Joseph W. Sassani MD
Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Penn State Health Eye Center, Hershey, PennsylvaniaDr. Joseph Sassani is an ophthalmologist in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center/Penn State Health Eye Center. He has been in practice for more than 45 years.
Dr. Sassani was awarded his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel Medical College) in Philadelphia. He underwent residency training at the Scheie Eye Institute of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine), where he also completed his fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Visual Prognosis After Stopping Treatment in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Factors Affecting Visits to the Emergency Department for Urgent and Nonurgent Ocular Conditions
- Residential Pesticide Exposures in Pregnancy and the Risk of Sporadic Retinoblastoma
- Steroid-Induced Glaucoma Risk in Children
- Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Variants and Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy
- Predictors of Discordance Between Symptoms and Signs in Dry Eye Disease
- Behavioral Economics and Risk Aversion Impedes Deliverance of High-Quality Retinal Care
- Automated Diabetic Retinopathy Image Assessment Software: Diagnostic Accuracy and Cost-Effectiveness Compared With Human Graders
- Effects of Diabetes on Endothelial Cell Density and Transplant Suitability of Corneal Tissue
- Positive Long-Term Visual and Systemic Prognoses of Biopsy-Proven Sarcoid Uveitis