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:
- Optic Disk Tilt as a Risk Factor for Glaucoma Progression
- Pediatric Patients With Suspected Glaucoma
- Three-Year Outcomes After Ahmed Baerveldt Implantation
- Prevalence of Ocular Hypertension in Uveitis
- Getting It Right: Diagnosing Glaucoma
- Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness in Glaucoma Patients
- Underestimation of Glaucoma Likelihood
- SSRI Use Associated With Cataract Surgery
- SSRI Use Associated With Cataract Surgery
- Risk Factors for Disc Hemorrhage in Low-Pressure Glaucoma