Staff - Dr. Michael P. Weisberg
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EDUCATION
2009 to Present University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship in Cornea and External Disease and Refractive Surgery
2006 to 2009 Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
Residency in Ophthalmology
2005 to 2006 St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital
Internship in Internal Medicine
2001 to 2005 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
MD degree May 2005
1998 to 2001 Brown University
BS, Neuroscience, magna cum laude with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors senior thesis: “Effects of altered NMDA glutamate receptor composition on synaptic plasticity in the visual cortex of NR2B overexpressing mice and NR2A knockout mice”
Mentor: Mark F. Bear, PhD, Department of Neuroscience
1997 Tulane University
HONORS AND AWARDS
2009 Illinois State Medical Licensure
2006 New York State Medical Licensure
2005 Sigmund L. Wilens Prize for excellence in Pathology in medical school.
2002 National Institutes of Health Research Grant. Summer research grant
2000 Howard Hughes Research Grant. Summer research grant
1999 Summer Undergraduate Neuroscience Program. Summer research grant
PAST RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer 2002 Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Gaetano Barile, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Created a mouse model for proliferative vitreal retinopathy injecting dispase into the eye vitreous of mice in order study various new treatment options.
2000-2001 Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Mark F. Bear, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Institute, Brown University
Conducted electrophysiology studies in the visual cortex of genetically engineered mice studying the effect on synaptic plasticity of overexpressing the NR2B subunit of the NMDA receptor.
Summer 1999 Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roger Beuerman, PhD, Department of
Ophthalmology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Using Reverse Transcription and Polymerase Chain Reaction studied the
induction of stress related genes in various parts of the rodent brain after a head
trauma stress was applied.
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Retrospective review studying the correlation between receiving the Flu Vaccine and the risk of corneal transplant rejection in penetrating keratoplasty patients.
Book Chapter on Keratoprosthesis
PUBLICATIONS
Philpot BD, Weisberg MP, Ramos MS, Sawtell NB, Tang YP, Tsien JZ, Bear MF. Effect of transgenic overexpression of NR2B on NMDA receptor function and synaptic plasticity in visual cortex. Neuropharmacology. 2001 Nov; 41(6): 762-70.
Lee SE, Pachydaki SI, Weisberg MP, Tari SR, Schmidt AM, Chang S, Barile
GR. Induction of PVR in a murine model: dispase-induced disease progresses in the presence of a retinal tear. Scientific Poster. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003 44: E-Abstract 3010.
Weisberg MP, Braunstein R. A Comparison of Iop Measurements by Goldmann Tonometry, Tonopen, and Palpation. Scientific Poster. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., Apr 2008; 49: 708.
Cotliar AM, Weisberg MP, Dagli M, Cotliar JM, Florakis GJ. Evaluation of Image Degradation Under Scotopic Conditions in Patients with Crystalens IOL. Paper Presentation. ASCRS. Apr 2008.
Weisberg MP, Flynn JT, Braunstein RE, Schrier A, Kleiman L, Maris PJ, Thumma P. Prospective Corneal Ulcer Microbiology Study. Paper Presentation. ASCRS. Apr 2009.
PRESENTATIONS
ARVO Poster 2008 Weisberg MP, Braunstein R. A Comparison of Iop Measurements by Goldmann Tonometry, Tonopen, and Palpation. Scientific Poster. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., Apr 2008; 49: 708.
ASCRS 2008
Paper Presentation Weisberg MP, Cotliar AM, Dagli M, Florakis GJ, Cotliar JM. Evaluation of Image Degradation Under Scotopic Conditions in Patients with Crystalens IOL. Paper Presentation. ASCRS. Apr 2008.
ASCRS 2009
Paper Presentation Weisberg MP, Flynn JT, Braunstein RE, Schrier A, Kleiman L, Maris PJ, Thumma P. Prospective Corneal Ulcer Microbiology Study. Paper Presentation. ASCRS. Apr 2009.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
2007 Association for Research and Vision
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmology
New York State Ophthalmologic Society
2001 Phi Beta Kappa
2001 Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
2008 The Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation Glaucoma Screenings.
Performed visual fields, direct ophthalmoscopy, and intraocular pressure measurements in at-risk populations in the community.
2002 Student Success Network.
Tutored 1st year medical students in Neuroscience
1998-2000 Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI.
As a college student, assisted in patient care as a volunteer in the
OR, medical ICU, and nursing ward.