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Full Time Faculty

Thasarat S. Vajaranant, MD Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Service Director, Residency Program

Professional and Research Interests

• Women’s Eye Health and the Impact of Gender on Glaucoma
  BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Career in Women’s Health, an NIH career development award)
  http://www.uic.edu/orgs/womenshealth/bircwhscholars.htm
• Imaging and Electrophysiology in Glaucoma
  American Glaucoma Society (Young Clinician-Scientist Award and Mentoring for Advancement of Physician-Scientist Award Program)
• Glaucoma management in keratoplasty (Endothelial keratoplasty and Keratoprosthesis)

Education
M.D., Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Postgraduate Education

• Fellowship in Vision Research (Low Vision and Electrophysiology), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Internship in Internal Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago/Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL
• Residency in Ophthalmology (Administrative Chief Resident), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship in Glaucoma, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Fellowship in Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

UIC Appointments
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Director, Residency Program
University of Illinois at Chicago
Eye and Ear Infirmary
Chicago, Illinois

Glaucoma Service
Recognized internationally as a leader in the diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma and other conditions affecting intraocular pressure (IOP), the Glaucoma Service offers a range of specialized tests and the latest technologies, including a high resolution ultrasound biomicroscope, a confocal laser microscopoe for optic nerve imaging, and neodymium yag and diode laser

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News
Dr. Thasarat Vajaranant received an Achievement Award from the AAO in October, 2011.

Publications (Selected)

Vajaranant TS, Nayak S, Wilensky JT, Joslin CE. Gender and glaucoma: what we know and what we need to know. Curr Opin Ophthalmol;21(2):91-9.

Vajaranant TS, Price MO, Price FW, et al. Visual acuity and intraocular pressure after Descemet's stripping endothelial keratoplasty in eyes with and without preexisting glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2009;116(9):1644-50.

Vajaranant TS, Price MO, Price FW, et al. Intraocular pressure measurements following Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty. Am J Ophthalmol 2008;145(5):780-6.

Vajaranant TS, Fishman GA, Szlyk JP, et al. Detection of mosaic retinal dysfunction in choroideremia carriers electroretinographic and psychophysical testing. Ophthalmology 2008;115(4):723-9.

Szlyk JP, Vajaranant TS, Rana R, et al. Assessing responses of the macula in patients with macular holes using a new system measuring localized visual acuity and the mfERG. Doc Ophthalmol 2005;110(2-3):181-91.

Szlyk JP, Mahler CL, Seiple W, Vajaranant TS., Blair NP., Shadhidi S. Relationship of retinal structural and clinical vision parameters to driving performance of diabetic retinopathy patients. J Rehabil Res Dev 2004;41(3A):347-58.

Seiple W, Vajaranant TS, Szlyk JP, et al. Multifocal electroretinography as a function of age: the importance of normative values for older adults. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003;44(4):1783-92.

Vajaranant TS, Szlyk JP, Fishman GA, et al. Localized retinal dysfunction in central serous chorioretinopathy as measured using the multifocal electroretinogram. Ophthalmology 2002;109(7):1243-50.

Vajaranant TS, Seiple W, Szlyk JP, Fishman GA. Detection using the multifocal electroretinogram of mosaic retinal dysfunction in carriers of X-linked retinitis pigmentosa. Ophthalmology 2002;109(3):560-8.

Haq F, Vajaranant TS, Szlyk JP, Pulido JS. Sequential multifocal electroretinogram findings in a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy. Am J Ophthalmol 2002;134(1):125-8.

Seiple W, Vajaranant TS, Pepperberg DR, Szlyk JP. Lateral spread of adaptation as measured with the multifocal electroretinogram. Vis Neurosci 2001;18(5):687-94.