Directory

Full Time Faculty

Debra Goldstein, MD
Best Doctors in America logo
Debra A. Goldstein, MD, FRCS(C)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Uveitis Service
Ocular AIDS Service

Email debrgold@yahoo.com
Phone 312-996-6660
Fax 312-355-0520
Office EEI 3rd Floor
Address University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648
Chicago, IL 60612

Research Interest
Anterior uveitis, intermediate uveitis, posterior uveitis, scleritis, immunomodulatory therapy for uveitis, local therapy of uveitis, ocular manifestations of AIDS, pediatric uveitis.

Research Projects
Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment (MUST) Trial—To refer a patient or join the study, call 312-996-4747. 



Education
1984-1988 MD McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1980-1984 BS McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1988-1989 Resident in Internal Medicine Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1989-1993 Resident in Ophthalmology McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
1993-1994 Fellowship in Uveitis and External Disease Royal Victoria Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec Preceptor Dr. Jean Deschênes
1994-1995 Fellowship in Ocular Immunology  The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Preceptors Dr. Howard H. Tessler and Dr. J. Chandler

UIC Appointments

2009-present Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois at Chicago
2003-2009 Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
University of Illinois at Chicago
1995-2003 Assistant Professor, Director Ocular HIV/AIDS Clinic,
Associate Director Uveitis Service, University of Illinois at Chicago
2004-present Director, Uveitis Service
University of Illinois at Chicago
1995-present Director Ocular HIV/AIDS Clinic
University of Illinois at Chicago

Uveitis Service
Learn more about the Uveitis Service.

Recent Publications (selected)

  • The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial Research Group. The Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment Trial: Rationale, Design, and Baseline Characteristics. Am J Ophthalmol, In press
  • AD Birnbaum, F Oh, O Sahin,  D M. Little, HH Tessler, DA Goldstein. Long-term sequelae of short-term high-dose chlorambucil. Ophthalmology. In press
  • F Oh, D Choi, A Birnbaum, HH Tesler, DA Goldstein.  Pediatric uveitis secondary to probable, presumed and biopsy proven sarcoidosis JAAPOS. In press
  • B. Meghpara, G. Sulkowski, MR. Kesen, HH. Tessler, DA. Goldstein.  Long-term follow- up of patients with acute retinal necrosis. Retina. 2010 [Epub ahead of print]
  • A Birnbaum, W Huang, O Sahin, HH Tessler, DA Goldstein.  Ocular sarcoidosis misdiagnosed as primary intraocular lymphoma. Retina. 2010;30:310-316
  • QV Hoang, DM Simon, GN Kumar, FS Oh, DA Goldstein. Recurrent CMV retinitis in a non-HIV patient with drug resistant CMV. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Published online: 22 January 2010
  • S Gupta, MP Blair, AY Lin, O David, HH Tessler, Goldstein DA. Cutaneous melanoma metastatic to the vitreous cavity. Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. In press
  • FA Fontanilla,  DP Edward, M Wong, HH Tessler, RC Eagle, DA Goldstein. Juvenile xanthogranuloma masquerading as melanoma. JAAPOS 2009; 13(5): 515-518
  • M Wong, M Janowicz, HH Tessler, DA Goldstein. High resolution OCT of presumed sarcoid retinal granulomas.  Retina 2009; 29:1545-1546

Cirriculum Vitae
View Dr. Goldstein's online CV.