Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Christopher A. Girkin, MD
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Doctor Christopher A. Girkin, MD works in the field of Ophthalmology. He went to University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is ranked 83/35 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Regional Top Doctor". Christopher A. Girkin has written publications. He has 100 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'A relative afferent pupillary defect without any visual sensory deficit.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Diagnostic Accuracy of the Spectralis and Cirrus Reference Databases in Differentiating between Healthy and Early Glaucoma Eyes.
- The African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): Predictors of Visual Field Damage in Glaucoma Suspects.
- Binocular visual field impairment in Glaucoma and at-fault motor vehicle collisions.
- Feasibility, Patient Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Culturally Informed, Health Promotion Program to Improve Glaucoma Medication Adherence Among African ...
- Age- and Race-related Differences in Human Scleral Material Properties.
- Variation of Laminar Depth in Normal Eyes with Age and Race.
- Human Scleral Structural Stiffness Increases More Rapidly with Age in Donors of African Descent Compared to Donors of European Descent.
- Photoreceptor perturbation around subRetinal drusenoid deposits revealed by adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.
- Rates of Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thinning in Glaucoma Suspect Eyes.
- Variation of the Axial Location of Bruch's Membrane Opening with Age, Choroidal Thickness and Race.
- Peripapillary choroidal thickness variation with age and race in normal Eyes.
- Glaucomatous Patterns in Frequency Doubling Technology (FDT) Perimetry Data Identified by Unsupervised Machine Learning Classifiers.
- Predicting Progression of Glaucoma from Rates of Frequency Doubling Technology Perimetry Change.
- Evaluation of Progressive Neuroretinal Rim Loss as a Surrogate End Point for Development of Visual Field Loss in Glaucoma.
- Glaucoma Medication Adherence among African Americans: Program Development.
- Investigation of known genetic risk factors for primary open angle Glaucoma in two populations of african ancestry.
- Age-related changes in human peripapillary scleral strain.
- Estimated Retinal Ganglion Cell Counts in Glaucomatous Eyes with Localized Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Defects.
- Predicting Progression in Glaucoma Suspects with Longitudinal Estimates of Retinal Ganglion Cell Counts.
- Material properties of the posterior human sclera.
- The relationship between cup to disc ratio and estimated number of retinal ganglion Cells.
- Retinal ganglion Cell count estimates associated with early development of visual field defects in glaucoma.
- Outcomes of Shunt Tube Coverage With Glycerol Preserved Cornea Versus Pericardium.
- A combined index of structure and function for staging Glaucomatous damage.
- African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study: Asymmetry of Structural Measures in Normal Participants.
- Circumferential Trabeculotomy With an Illuminated Microcatheter in Congenital Glaucomas.
- Variation in Optic Nerve and Macular Structure with Age and Race with Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.
- The effects of race, optic disc area, age, and Disease severity on the diagnostic performance of spectral domain optical coherence tomography.
- Association between Retinal thickness measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) and rod-mediated dark adaptation in non-exudative age-related macu...
- GALC Deletions Increase the Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma: The Role of Mendelian Variants in Complex Disease.
- The post-illumination pupil response is reduced in Glaucoma patients.
- A comparison of rates of change in neuroretinal rim area and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in progressive Glaucoma.
- Post-illumination pupil response in subjects without ocular Disease.
- Optic disc morphology in open-angle Glaucoma compared with anterior ischemic optic neuropathies.
- The association between self-reported Glaucoma and ginkgo biloba use.
- Comparing the full-threshold and Swedish interactive thresholding algorithms for short-wavelength automated perimetry.
- Visual function-specific perimetry to identify Glaucomatous visual loss using three different definitions of visual field abnormality.
- Artifacts on the optic nerve head analysis of the optical coherence tomography in glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous Eyes.
- Progressive normal-tension Glaucoma.
- Educating older African Americans about the preventive importance of routine comprehensive eye care.
- Comparison of diagnostic accuracy of Heidelberg Retina Tomograph II and Heidelberg Retina Tomograph 3 to discriminate glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous Eyes.
- Selective vs Argon laser trabeculoplasty: controversy in evolution.
- Selective perimetry in Glaucoma diagnosis.
- Effect of Glaucomatous damage on repeatability of confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope, scanning laser polarimetry, and optical coherence tomography.
- Detecting visual function abnormalities using the Swedish interactive threshold algorithm and matrix perimetry in Eyes with glaucomatous appearance of the optic disc.
- Correlations between retinal nerve fiber layer and visual field in Eyes with nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
- Comparison of the Moorfields classification using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and subjective optic disc classification in detecting Glaucoma in blacks and w...
- Discrimination between glaucomatous and nonglaucomatous Eyes using quantitative imaging devices and subjective optic nerve head assessment.
- Perceived barriers to care and attitudes about vision and eye care: focus groups with older African Americans and eye care providers.
- A statistical approach to the evaluation of covariate effects on the receiver operating characteristic curves of diagnostic tests in Glaucoma.
- Agreement in assessing cup-to-disc ratio measurement among stereoscopic optic nerve head photographs, HRT II, and Stratus OCT.
- Glaucoma after ocular contusion: a cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry.
- Differences in visual function and optic nerve structure between healthy Eyes of blacks and whites.
- Glaucoma following penetrating ocular trauma: a cohort study of the United States Eye Injury Registry.
- Differences in optic disc topography between black and white normal subjects.
- Secondary acute angle-closure Glaucoma associated with vitreous hemorrhage after ruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysm.
- Glaucoma risk factor assessment and prevention: lessons from coronary heart disease.
- Hypothyroidism and the development of open-angle Glaucoma in a male population.
- Radionecrosis of the inferior occipital lobes with altitudinal visual field loss after gamma knife radiosurgery.
- Risk assessment in the management of patients with Ocular hypertension.
- Subjective and objective optic nerve assessment in African Americans and whites.
- Relationship between structure of optic nerve/nerve fiber layer and functional measurements in Glaucoma.
- Primary open-angle Glaucoma in African Americans.
- Evaluating several sources of variability for standard and SWAP visual fields in Glaucoma patients, suspects, and normals.
- Racial differences in the association between optic disc topography and early Glaucoma.
- Is reading disability likely to interfere with Glaucoma screening of adults using frequency-doubling technology perimetry?
- Evaluation of the pupillary light response as an objective measure of visual function.
- Environmental tilt illusion as the only symptom of a thalamic astrocytoma.
- The role of neuroimaging studies in normal-pressure Glaucoma.
- Optic disc morphology after AAION.
- Ocular trauma-related Glaucoma.
- Management of iris melanoma with secondary Glaucoma.
- Comparing machine learning classifiers for diagnosing Glaucoma from standard automated perimetry.
- African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): II. Ancestry differences in optic disc, retinal nerve fiber layer, and Macular structure in healthy subjects.
- African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): III. Ancestry differences in visual function in healthy Eyes.
- Profile and predictors of normal ganglion Cell-inner plexiform layer thickness measured with frequency-domain optical coherence tomography.
- The African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): design and baseline data.
- Optical coherence tomography of the retina and optic nerve - a review.
- Differences in optic nerve structure between individuals of predominantly African and European ancestry: Implications for Disease detection and pathogenesis.
- 3-D histomorphometry of the normal and early Glaucomatous monkey optic nerve head: lamina cribrosa and peripapillary scleral position and thickness.
- Biogeographic Ancestry in the African Descent and Glaucoma Evaluation Study (ADAGES): Association With Corneal and Optic Nerve Structure.
- Patterns of Glaucomatous visual field loss in sita fields automatically identified using independent component analysis.
- Three-dimensional histomorphometry of the normal and early Glaucomatous monkey optic nerve head: neural canal and subarachnoid space architecture.
- Curbing our enthusiasm.
- A randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial of super blue-green algae in patients with essential blepharospasm or Meige syndrome.
- Statins and other cholesterol-lowering medications and the presence of Glaucoma.
- Thin corneas and the risk of progression.
- Aging-related changes in the multifocal electroretinogram.
- Emerging perspectives in Glaucoma: optimizing 24-hour control of intraocular pressure.
- Visual function-specific perimetry for indirect comparison of different ganglion Cell populations in glaucoma.
- Short-wavelength automated perimetry and standard perimetry in the detection of progressive optic disc cupping.
- Evisceration: a new technique of trans-scleral implant placement.
- Reproducibility of nerve fiber layer thickness measurements by use of optical coherence tomography.
- Central disorders of vision in humans.
- Strategies for neuroprotection.
- Radiation optic neuropathy after stereotactic radiosurgery.
- Pachymeningitis with multiple cranial neuropathies and unilateral optic neuropathy secondary to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: case report and review.
- Herpes simplex encephalitis and bilateral acute Retinal necrosis syndrome after craniotomy.
- A relative afferent pupillary defect without any visual sensory deficit.
Schools
University Of Arkansas College Of Medicine
University Of Al Hospital
University Of Ar College Of Med
Procedures Preformed
- Canthotomy
- Cataract Removal Surgery
- Dilation of Outflow Canal
- Eyelid Surgery
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Conditions Treated
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Blepharitis
- Blind Hypertensive Eye
- Blindness
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
Education
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University of Alabama Medical Center -
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1891730073 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | GIRKIN | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | CHRISTOPHER | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 35233 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | Ophthalmology | |
| Total Claim Count | 4538.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1891730073 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | GIRKIN |
| First Name Of The Provider | CHRISTOPHER |
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