Professor, Ophthalmology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Joseph W. Sassani, MD
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Joseph Sassani is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He researched medicine at Jefferson Medical College. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAO)". Joseph Sassani is also published. He has 88 publications published. The lastest publication: "Re-epithelialization of the rabbit cornea is regulated by opioid growth factor.' Joseph Sassani accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Topical Application of Naltrexone to the Ocular Surface of Healthy Volunteers: A Tolerability Study.
- Ocular surface abnormalities related to type 2 diabetes are reversed by the opioid antagonist naltrexone.
- Regulation of Tenon's capsule fibroblast cell proliferation by the opioid growth factor and the opioid growth factor receptor axis.
- Linkage of posterior amorphous Corneal dystrophy to chromosome 12q21.33 and exclusion of coding region mutations in KERA, LUM, DCN, and EPYC.
- Failure of radiation therapy in orbital xanthogranuloma.
- Diabetic keratopathy and treatment by modulation of the opioid growth factor (OGF)-OGF receptor (OGFr) axis with naltrexone: a review.
- Topical application of naltrexone facilitates reepithelialization of the cornea in Diabetic rabbits.
- Dry eye reversal and Corneal sensation restoration with topical naltrexone in diabetes mellitus.
- Prevention of exuberant granulation tissue and Neovascularization in the rat cornea by naltrexone.
- Use of topical insulin to normalize Corneal epithelial healing in diabetes mellitus.
- Naltrexone accelerates healing without compromise of adhesion complexes in normal and diabetic Corneal epithelium.
- Topically applied naltrexone restores Corneal reepithelialization in diabetic rats.
- Regulation of Corneal repair by particle-mediated gene transfer of opioid growth factor receptor complementary DNA.
- X-linked retinoschisis: novel mutation in the initiation codon of the XLRS1 gene in a large family.
- Corneal safety of topically applied naltrexone.
- Adaptation of homeostatic ocular surface epithelium to chronic treatment with the opioid antagonist naltrexone.
- Insulin treatment ameliorates impaired Corneal reepithelialization in diabetic rats.
- Particle-mediated gene transfer of opioid growth factor receptor cDNA regulates cell proliferation of the Corneal epithelium.
- The Health Policy and Legislative Awareness Initiative at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine: theory meets practice.
- Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist, facilitates reepithelialization of the cornea in Diabetic rat.
- Secondary Corneal amyloidosis after perforating Corneal trauma: A series of 5 cases and review of the literature.
- Autoimmune basis for visual paraneoplastic syndrome in patients with small cell lung carcinoma. Retinal immune deposits and ablation of retinal ganglion cells.
- Alexander''s disease: further light-, and electron-microscopic observations.
- Optic neuropathy and paratrigeminal syndrome due to Aspergillus fumigatus.
- Treatment of bleb infection after glaucoma surgery.
- Opioid growth factor modulates Corneal epithelial outgrowth in tissue culture.
- Conserved expression of the opioid growth factor, [Met5]enkephalin, and the zeta (zeta) opioid receptor in vertebrate cornea.
- A history of low vision and Blind rehabilitation in the United States.
- Notes, cases and instruments.
- Subconjunctival phacocele: an unusual complication of Cataract surgery.
- Progressive chloroquine Retinopathy.
- Anatomic features of the eye disclosed with nuclear magnetic resonance imaging.
- Electron microscopic study of Corneal epithelial-endothelial interactions in organ culture.
- Cerebro-ocular dysplasia-muscular dystrophy (COD-MD) syndrome.
- Combined use of A-scan ultrasound, plain roentgenograms, and computerized axial tomography in the evaluation of a pseudo-intraocular foreign body.
- The myofibroblastic component of rubeosis iridis.
- Scanning electron microscopy of rubeosis iridis.
- Massively invasive diffuse Choroidal melanoma.
- Pulse techniques for the suppression of individual components in multiexponential relaxation curves.
- Osseous choristoma of the ciliary body in guinea pigs.
- Cosegregation of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa and hemophilia A.
- An approach to a genetic eye disorder.
- Treatment of Conjunctival lesions.
- Keratoconus and lattice and granular Corneal dystrophies in the same eye.
- Nuclear magnetic resonance study of free and bound water fractions in normal Lenses.
- A mannequin for teaching ocular fundus examination skills.
- Immunoreactive atrial natriuretic peptide in the retina of rats and rabbits.
- Use of a symblepharon ring for treatment of over-filtration and leaking blebs after glaucoma filtration surgery.
- Fungal contact Lens infiltration simulating crystalline deposits.
- Late bleb-related Endophthalmitis after trabeculectomy with adjunctive 5-fluorouracil.
- Punch biopsy technique for the ophthalmologist.
- Ocular invasion in mucormycosis.
- Diffuse histiocytosis X involving the eyelid of a 65-year-old woman.
- Traumatic intraconal hematic cyst of the orbit.
- Keratoconus and bilateral lattice-granular Corneal dystrophies.
- Inverted follicular keratosis clinically mimicking malignant melanoma.
- Anophthalmos in an infant with multiple congenital anomalies.
- Inverted follicular keratosis.
- Epithelial adhesion complexes and organ culture of the human cornea.
- Cellular dynamics of Corneal wound re-epithelialization in the rat. III. Mitotic activity.
- Supervision during automated perimetry.
- Reepithelialization of the human cornea is regulated by endogenous opioids.
- Cellular dynamics of Corneal wound re-epithelialization in the rat. II. DNA synthesis of the ocular surface epithelium following wounding.
- Topical therapies for glaucoma: what family physicians need to know.
- Cellular dynamics of Corneal wound re-epithelialization in the rat. I. Fate of ocular surface epithelial cells synthesizing DNA prior to wounding.
- Re-epithelialization of the rabbit cornea is regulated by opioid growth factor.
- Re-epithelialization of the rat cornea is accelerated by blockade of opioid receptors.
- The autocrine derivation of the opioid growth factor, [Met5]-enkephalin, in ocular surface epithelium.
- Sushruta: the father of Indian surgery and ophthalmology.
- Homeostasis of ocular surface epithelium in the rat is regulated by opioid growth factor.
- Herpes simplex blepharoconjunctivitis presenting as complete acquired ankyloblepharon.
- Timolol hemihydrate vs timolol maleate to treat ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma.
- Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the orbit: a clinicopathologic report.
- Effect of intermittent versus continuous patient monitoring on reliability indices during automated perimetry.
- Simultaneous bilateral malignant glaucoma following laser iridotomy.
- Basal cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva.
- Choroidal nonperfusion in giant cell arteritis.
- Histopathology of argon laser peripheral iridoplasty.
- Phenotypic variation in combined granular-lattice (Avellino) Corneal dystrophy.
- Disciform Choroidal melanoma.
- Health administration education for physicians: why?
- Opioid growth factor modulation of Corneal epithelium: uppers and downers.
- Immunoelectron microscopic localization of the opioid growth factor receptor (OGFr) and OGF in the cornea.
- Simulating the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis procedure during Cataract surgery on the EYESI system.
- A haptic surgical simulator for the continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis procedure during Cataract surgery.
- Naltrexone and insulin are independently effective but not additive in accelerating Corneal epithelial healing in type I diabetic rats.
- The wages of CIN research.
Schools
Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania
Scheie Eye Institute University Penn
Ny Eye and Ear Inf Mass Eye and Ear Inf
Procedures Preformed
- Anterior Vitrectomy
- Blepharorrhaphy
- Cataract Removal Surgery
- Contact Lens
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Conditions Treated
- Acute Endophthalmitis
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Anisocoria
- Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAAO)
Education
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University of Pennsylvania -
University of Pennsylvania Health System -
Jefferson Medical College
Hospital
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1518921451 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | SASSANI | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | JOSEPH | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 170332360 | |
| NPPES Provider State | PA | |
| Specialty Description | Pathology | |
| Total Claim Count | 3819.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1518921451 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | SASSANI |
| First Name Of The Provider | JOSEPH |
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