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allan e. Kreiger, mD<br />
Professor of Ophthalmology Emeritus (Active Recall)<br />
Founding Chief of the Retina Division<br />
Member of the <strong>Jules</strong> <strong>Stein</strong> <strong>Eye</strong> <strong>Institute</strong><br />
ReseaRch summaRy<br />
Retinal Disease and<br />
Vitreoretinal Surgery<br />
Dr. Kreiger is interested in the expanding field of<br />
vitreoretinal surgery. He has worked to clarify the<br />
indications for improved outcomes of operations on<br />
complex forms of vitreous and retinal diseases, including<br />
diabetic retinopathy, complicated rhegmatogenous<br />
retinal detachment, and ocular trauma. He has designed<br />
numerous surgical instruments and has developed a<br />
wide array of surgical techniques. He is particularly<br />
interested in the surgical incisions made in the pars<br />
plana during vitrectomy and has reported several basic<br />
science and clinical investigations that define normal<br />
healing as well as the complications that can occur<br />
when healing is abnormal. His most recent work<br />
examined the epidemiology of proliferative vitreoretinopathy,<br />
the most complex form of retinal detachment.<br />
In this work, the risk of visual loss in the fellow<br />
eye was surveyed and found to be much higher than<br />
previously suspected.<br />
Public Service<br />
Reviewer for many scientific journals<br />
Faculty | Kreiger 49
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