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An Emory Eye doctor near you
In 2015, many patients of the Emory Eye Center will
be able to see an Emory ophthalmologist closer to
their homes. Spaces in Emory Clinic B on Clifton Road
have been renovated and streamlined, and the center has
branched out more fully into the metro communities,
providing a significant reach into the northern suburban
areas. At present, the center offers the following locations
in addition to the main campus:
JOHNS CREEK Comprehensive eye care, evaluation
of patients for surgery, and high-level diagnostics
connect this location with the northern sector and
Emory campus locations where patients may go for
further treatment or surgery.
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EMORY AESTHETICS CENTER AT PACES Oculoplastic
surgery and cosmetic treatments including Botox,
facial fillers and peels, laser treatments, and Latisse are
available in a Buckhead location, off Northside Drive.
EMORY AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTER
AT DUNWOODY Easy-in, easy-out ambulatory surgery
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center on N. Shallowford Road in Dunwoody provides
cataract surgery and Descemet’s stripping endothelial
keratoplasty (DSEK) for cornea patients.
EMORY CLINIC PERIMETER MOVES TO THE EMORY
SAINT JOSEPH’S AREA Perimeter Clinic ophthalmology
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has relocated to the Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital
campus, providing retina, cornea, comprehensive,
and refractive surgery.
EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MIDTOWN MEDICAL
OFFICE TOWER Beautifully remodeled location on the
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18th floor, providing comprehensive, glaucoma, oculoplastics, pediatric, and neuro-ophthalmology services.
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AND, IN OTHER AREAS Emory retina specialists also
see patients in offices in Athens, Gainesville, Griffin,
LaGrange, and Lawrenceville.
Please visit the Emory Eye Center website for the latest
information: eyecenter.emory.edu/locations.html
| Research
Keep your eye on dopamine:
Parkinson’s drugs could provide
new avenue to treat diabetesrelated vision problems
D
iabetic retinopathy
affects more
than a quarter of
adults with diabetes and
threatens the vision of more
than 600,000 people in
the United States. Doctors
previously thought most of the
impairment of vision in diabetic
retinopathy came from damage
to the blood vessels induced
by high blood sugar, but also
knew that dopamine, a vital
neurotransmitter in the brain,
was important in the retina.
“There was some evidence
already that dopamine levels were reduced in diabetic
retinopathy, but what’s new is that we can restore
dopamine levels and improve visual function in an animal
model of diabetes,” says ophthalmology researcher
Machelle Pardue.
Vision was assessed by putting mice on a platform
and measuring whether they moved their heads in
response to a rotating pattern of vertical lines projected
on a cylinder around the mouse. The width and contrast
of the lines can be modulated to test the mouse’s vision.
“This is important because it shows that treatments
targeting dopamine could be beneficial to patients
with established diabetes,” says fellow ophthalmology
researcher Michael Iuvone.
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