Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Miami School of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Byron L. Lam, MD
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Byron is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He went to Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine has a rank of 30 in research and a 52 in primary care He over the years received 3 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FAAO)" and "Super Doctor". Byron is a published physician. He has 101 publications published. The most current publication "Impaired retinal microcirculation in multiple sclerosis." Byron accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Cigarette Smoking and Activities of Daily Living in Ocular Myasthenia Gravis.
- Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Initial Results.
- Impaired retinal microcirculation in multiple sclerosis.
- In Vivo Characterization of Retinal Microvascular Network in Multiple Sclerosis.
- Relationship between Optic Nerve Protrusion Measured by OCT and MRI and Papilledema Severity.
- In vivo imaging rhodopsin distribution in the photoreceptors with nano-second pulsed scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.
- Longitudinal relationships between visual acuity and severe depressive symptoms in older adults: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation study.
- Smoking causes Blindness: time for eye care professionals to join the fight against tobacco.
- An unusual ophthalmic finding in Lane-Hamilton syndrome.
- Cost of a community-based Diabetic retinopathy screening program.
- Diabetes Eye Screening in Urban Settings Serving Minority Populations: Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy and Other Ocular Findings Using Telemedicine.
- Human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium in patients with age-related Macular degeneration and Stargardt's Macular dystrophy: follow-up of two open...
- Longitudinal Relationships Among Visual Acuity, Daily Functional Status, and Mortality: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Study.
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt as a Treatment of Visual Loss in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
- Trial End Points and Natural History in Patients With G11778A Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy : Preparation for Gene Therapy Clinical Trial.
- Clinical and Electrophysiologic Characteristics of a Large Kindred with X-linked Retinitis Pigmentosa Associated with the RPGR Locus.
- Structural equation modeling: a framework for ocular and Other medical sciences research.
- Functional slit lamp biomicroscopy for imaging bulbar conjunctival microvasculature in contact Lens wearers.
- RETINAL GANGLION CELL DYSFUNCTION IN ASYMPTOMATIC G11778A LEBER HEREDITARY Optic NEUROPATHY.
- Aberrant dolichol chain lengths as biomarkers for retinitis pigmentosa caused by impaired dolichol biosynthesis.
- Differentiating Mild Papilledema and Buried Optic Nerve Head Drusen Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.
- Non-exomic and synonymous variants in ABCA4 are an important cause of Stargardt disease.
- Randomized Trial of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Delivered by Encapsulated Cell Intraocular Implants for Retinitis Pigmentosa.
- Novel mutation in BEST1 associated with retinoschisis.
- Automated segmentation and fractal analysis of high-resolution non-invasive capillary perfusion maps of the human retina.
- Automated Quantitation of the Posterior Scleral Flattening and Optic Nerve Protrusion by MRI in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
- Influence of Socio-Demographic Characteristics on Eye Care Expenditure: Data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2007.
- Magnetic resonance imaging finding of empty sella in obesity related idiopathic intracranial hypertension is associated with enlarged sella turcica.
- Transient Optic Perineuritis as the Initial Presentation of Central Nervous System Involvement by Pre-B Cell Lymphocytic Leukemia.
- Untreated bilateral Optic nerve sheath meningiomas observed for 27 years.
- Optic nerve involvement from Pseudomonas aeruginosa -associated skull base osteomyelitis.
- Human Conjunctival microvasculature assessed with a retinal function imager (RFI).
- Wide-field spectral-domain Optical coherence tomography in patients and carriers of X-linked retinoschisis.
- Longitudinal relationships among visual acuity and tasks of everyday life: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation study.
- Retinal oximetry using ultrahigh-resolution Optical coherence tomography.
- Dry eye medication use and expenditures: data from the medical expenditure panel survey 2001 to 2006.
- Mass spectrometric analyses of phosphatidylcholines in alkali-exposed corneal tissue.
- Sociodemographic correlates of eye care provider visits in the 2006-2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey.
- Primary dural lymphoma masquerading as a meningioma.
- MRI Evidence of Impaired CSF Homeostasis in Obesity-Associated Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
- Racial Disparities in Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Associated With Diabetes and Visual Impairment.
- Quantitative analysis of the intraretinal layers and Optic nerve head using ultra-high resolution Optical coherence tomography.
- Increased mortality risk among the visually impaired: the roles of mental well-being and preventive care practices.
- Visual observations of an American patient with Leber hereditary Optic neuropathy after purported injections of stem cells in China.
- Reversible Prolonged Bilateral Inferior Altitudinal Visual Field Defects Associated With Migraine.
- Evidence for altered spinal canal compliance and cerebral venous drainage in untreated idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
- Association between paroxysmal tonic spasms and neuromyelitis Optica.
- Slit-Lamp-Adapted Ultra-High Resolution OCT for Imaging the Posterior Segment of the Eye.
- Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa caused by Mutations in the MAK Gene.
- Age-related Macular degeneration and smoking cessation advice by eye care providers: a pilot study.
- Determination of cranio-spinal canal compliance distribution by MRI: Methodology and early application in idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
- Tribute to j. Lawton smith and joel s. Glaser.
- Neuro-ophthalmic Manifestations of Fungal Disease Associated With Posthurricane Environment.
- Trends in Glaucoma Medication Expenditure: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2001-2006.
- Impact of rituximab on relapse rate and disability in neuromyelitis Optica.
- Autosomal recessive vitelliform Macular dystrophy in a large cohort of vitelliform Macular dystrophy patients.
- Proteomic analyses of corneal tissue subjected to alkali exposure.
- Whole-exome sequencing links a variant in DHDDS to retinitis pigmentosa.
- Variations in NPHP5 in patients with nonsyndromic leber congenital amaurosis and Senior-Loken syndrome.
- Structural-functional dissociation in presumed ethambutol Optic neuropathy.
- Leber hereditary Optic neuropathy gene therapy clinical trial recruitment: year 1.
- Visual acuity in patients with Leber's congenital amaurosis and early childhood-onset retinitis pigmentosa.
- Multicentric malignant glioma of adulthood masquerading as Optic neuritis.
- Loss of Foveal Cone Photoreceptor Outer Segments in Occult Macular Dystrophy.
- Characteristics of Optic nerve head drusen on Optical coherence tomography images.
- Transient electro-oculogram impairment in unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy.
- Sensory impairment among older US workers.
- Predicting the pathogenicity of RPE65 mutations.
- Disparity in prevalence of self-reported visual impairment in older adults among U.S. race-ethnic subgroups.
- Reported eye care utilization and health insurance status among US adults.
- Trends in reported visual impairment in United States adults.
- Genetic heterogeneity in autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa with low-frequency damped electroretinographic wavelets.
- Drusen of the Optic disc.
- Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor arising from the third cranial nerve.
- Assessment of the effect of visual impairment on mortality through multiple health pathways: structural equation modeling.
- Reported visual impairment and risk of suicide: the 1986-1996 national health interview surveys.
- Atypical mild enhanced S-cone syndrome with novel compound heterozygosity of the NR2E3 gene.
- Severity of concurrent visual and hearing impairment and mortality: the 1986-1994 National Health Interview Survey.
- Risk of non-arteritic Anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (NAION) after cataract extraction in the fellow eye of patients with prior unilateral NAION.
- Giant cell arteritis among Hispanic Americans.
- The effect of decreased visual acuity on clinical Color vision testing.
- Concurrent visual and hearing impairment and risk of mortality: the National Health Interview Survey.
- Rocky mountain spotted fever.
- Prevalence of concurrent hearing and visual impairment in US adults: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2002.
- Sociodemographic correlates of visual acuity impairment in Hispanic children and adolescents.
- Concurrent hearing and visual impairment and morbidity in community-residing adults: the National Health Interview Survey, 1986 to 1996.
- Transvenous n-butyl-cyanoacrylate infusion for complex dural carotid cavernous fistulas: technical considerations and clinical outcome.
- Bilateral Optic disc edema in patients with severe systemic arterial hypertension: clinical features and visual acuity outcomes.
- Erythromycin as a potential precipitating agent in the onset of Leber''s hereditary Optic neuropathy.
- Electroretinographic monitoring in birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
- Estimating visual acuity by character counting using the Snellen visual acuity chart.
- Visual impairment and morbidity in community-residing adults: the national health interview survey 1986-1996.
- A comparison of risk factors for postoperative and spontaneous nonarteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
- Trends in hearing impairment in United States adults: the national health interview survey, 1986-1995.
- Comparison of pupil responses to luminance and colour in severe Optic neuritis.
- Trends in visual acuity impairment in US adults: the 1986-1995 National Health Interview Survey.
- Nonarteritic Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy and surgery of the Anterior segment: temporal relationship analysis.
- Visual impairment and unintentional injury mortality: the National Health Interview Survey 1986-1994.
- Glaucoma and survival: the National Health Interview Survey 1986-1994.
- Paraneoplastic autoimmune Optic neuritis with retinitis defined by CRMP-5-IgG.
Schools
Boston Univ Sch Of Med
University Of Iowa Hospitals amp Clinics
Bascom Palmer Eye Inst
University Of Illinois
Procedures Preformed
- Extraocular Muscle Surgery
- Eyelid Surgery
Conditions Treated
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Anisocoria
- Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
- Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FAAO)
- Super Doctor
Education
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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics -
Boston University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute-Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital -
Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System -
University of Miami Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1518982727 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | LAM | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | BYRON | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 331016960 | |
| NPPES Provider State | FL | |
| Specialty Description | Ophthalmology | |
| Total Claim Count | 251.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1518982727 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | LAM |
| First Name Of The Provider | BYRON |
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