Health Sciences Professor, Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Ralph D. Levinson, MD
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Ralph D. Levinson is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He went to medical school at University of New Mexico School of Medicine. University of New Mexico School of Medicine is ranked 83/35 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAO)". Ralph Levinson is a published MD as well. He has 48 publications published. The latest was: Triple viral retinitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction of the vitreous biopsy in a patient with Richter syndrome. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Programmed cell death-1 is expressed in large retinal ganglion cells and is upregulated after Optic nerve crush.
- Mesenchymal stem cell population derived from human pluripotent stem cells displays potent immunomodulatory and therapeutic properties.
- Visual migraine aura with or without Headache: association with right to left shunt and assessment following transcutaneous closure.
- The effect of patent foramen ovale closure on visual aura without Headache or typical aura with migraine Headache.
- Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors in HLA-B27-associated acute anterior Uveitis, with and without axial spondyloarthropathy.
- Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene-cluster 3DS1-2DL5-2DS1-2DS5 predisposes susceptibility to Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome in Japanese individuals.
- Longitudinal cohort study of patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy. V. Quality of life at baseline.
- Contrast sensitivity among patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy.
- Associations of seroreactivity against crystallin proteins with disease activity and Cataract in patients with uveitis.
- KIR and HLA gene combinations in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis and Uveitis syndrome.
- Longitudinal cohort study of patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy. IV. Visual field results at baseline.
- Longitudinal cohort study of patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy. III. Macular imaging at baseline.
- Longitudinal cohort study of patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy II: color vision at baseline.
- Longitudinal cohort study of patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy. I. Baseline clinical characteristics.
- Research criteria for the diagnosis of birdshot chorioretinopathy: results of an international consensus conference.
- Birdshot chorioretinopathy.
- In silico prediction of binding of putative antigenic peptides to HLA-DRB1 alleles in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
- A locus on chromosome 9p predisposes to a specific disease manifestation, acute anterior Uveitis, in ankylosing spondylitis, a genetically complex, multisystem, inflam...
- HLA-DRB1 and -DQB1 alleles in mestizo patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada's disease in Southern California.
- Human leukocyte antigen A29 subtypes associated with birdshot retinochoroidopathy.
- Strong associations between specific HLA-DQ and HLA-DR alleles and the tubulointerstitial nephritis and Uveitis syndrome.
- Birdshot retinochoroidopathy: immunopathogenesis, evaluation, and treatment.
- Relationship of AcrySof acrylic and PhacoFlex silicone intraocular Lenses to visual acuity and posterior capsule opacification.
- Physical activity of public housing residents in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Prolongation of skin allograft survival by pretreatment of allograft with monoclonal antibody and steroids.
- Immunogenetics of Ocular inflammatory disease.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Granulomatous panUveitis.
- Triple viral retinitis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction of the vitreous biopsy in a patient with Richter syndrome.
- Chronic multifocal Retinal infiltrates in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
- Relationship between aqueous humor protein level and outflow facility in patients with Uveitis.
- Combination of KIR and HLA gene variants augments the risk of developing birdshot chorioretinopathy in HLA-A*29-positive individuals.
- Dose-related difference in progression rates of cytomegalovirus retinopathy during foscarnet maintenance therapy. AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 915 Team.
- HLA-DRB1*0102 is associated with TINU syndrome and bilateral, sudden-onset anterior Uveitis but not with interstitial nephritis alone.
- Ischemic maculopathy in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- An association between Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease and Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Constitutive neuronal expression of the immune regulator, programmed death 1 (PD-1), identified during experimental autoimmune Uveitis.
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis and Uveitis syndrome: recognizing the importance of an uncommon disease.
- Differential efficacy of tumor necrosis factor inhibition in the management of inflammatory eye disease and associated rheumatic disease.
- The tubulointerstitial nephritis and Uveitis syndrome.
- HLA-A29 and birdshot chorioretinopathy.
- Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in Uveitis.
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome: a case with an autoimmune reactivity against Retinal and renal antigens.
- Standardized visual field assessment for patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy.
- The monthly variation in acute anterior Uveitis in a community-based ophthalmology practice.
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for prophylaxis of acute anterior Uveitis.
- ExtraOcular manifestations of birdshot chorioretinopathy in 118 French patients.
Schools
University of New Mexico Main Campus
University Of California Los Angeles
Jules Stein Eye InstUCLA
Procedures Preformed
- Cataract Removal Surgery
- Repair of Eye Laceration
Conditions Treated
- Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Aphakia and Other Disorders of Lens
- Blepharitis
- Cataract
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Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Fellow (FAAO)
Education
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UCLA Medical Center J Stein Eye Institute -
UCLA Medical Center -
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Hospital
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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
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