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Jacob Wilensky, MD
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Jacob Wilensky, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Glaucoma Service

Email jacowile@uic.edu
Phone 312-996-7030
Fax 312-996-7770
Office EEI Room 2.
Address University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1855 W. Taylor Street M/C 648
Chicago, IL 60612

Education
1968 MD, Tulane University
1964 BA, Tulane University
1968 - 1969 Intern, Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital
1969 - 1972 Resident, Ophthalmology Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals
1972 - 1973 NEI Special Fellow Glaucoma Center, Washington University

UIC Appointments
  • Professor of Ophthalmology College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Director, Glaucoma Service, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary
  • Medical Director, Ambulatory Care, University of Illinois Hospitals
  • Consulting Ophthalmologist, Westside Veterans Administration Hospital

Glaucoma Service
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Recent Publications
Nelson GA, Edward DP, Wilensky JT: Ocular amyloidosis and secondary glaucoma. Ophthalmology 106:1363-6, 1999

Fiscella RG, Geller JL, Gryz LL, Wilensky JT, Viana M: Cost consideration of medical therapy for glaucoma. Am J Ophthalmol 128:426-433, 1999

Wilensky JT: Discussion: Shahs, Chatterjee A, Mathai M, et al: Relationship between corneal thickness and measured intraocular pressure in a general ophthalmology clinic. Ophthalmology 106:2154-60, 1995

Wilensky JT, Mittica N, Kammer J: Experience with early internal obstruction of the filtration site following filtration surgery. Transact AM Ophthalmol Soc, Vol XCVII 323-332, 1999

Asrani S, Zeimer, R, Wilensky J, et al: Large diurnal fluctuation in intraocular pressure are an independent risk factor in patients with glaucoma. Glaucoma 9:134-142, 2000

Cirriculum Vitae
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