Thomas W Gardner, MD, MS

 Thomas Gardner
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
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Thomas W Gardner, MD, MS
Thomas Gardner
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      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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      Caswell Diabetes Institute
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      Taubman Institute

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Diabetic retinal disease cure accelerator: Modernizing staging and endpoints
      Sampani K, Fickweiler W, Markel DS, Faulkner L, Vujosevic S, Peto T, Meyerhoffer O, Eydelman M, Levine SR, Sun JK, Gardner TW, Abramoff MD. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2026 Jul 1; 113: DOI:10.1016/j.preteyeres.2026.101485
    • Journal Article
      Diabetic Retinal Disease Beginning in Childhood
      Gardner TW. JAMA Ophthalmology, 2026 Jun 25; DOI:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2026.1590
    • Journal Article
      Diabetic Retinopathy Severity on Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiography versus Color Photography and Association with Risk of Disease Worsening
      Silva PS, Liu D, Aiello LP, Grigorian R, Grover S, Jampol LM, Martin DF, Melia M, Weng CY, Sun JK, Harara AM, Palacios AN, Berger BB, Corak B, Luong B, Jhaveri CD, Wilson DM, Jonna G, Gunderson I, Hosein K, Reid RM, Chexal S, Moore T, Seidu TA, Gatavaski V, Ren Y, Stern BA, Benvenutti CE, Oude-Reimerink DS, Shaheen J, Grybas J, Vitale-Kuhn J, Staffne JL, Ventimiglia KM, Allis M, Monk MK, Thomas ME, Massu NM, Edwards PA, Troszak TA, Irons AN, Rego B, Han DP, Dorsey E, Nelson E, Sheppard H, Beringer JR, Kim JE, Keller KL, Packard KL, Altmann ML, Goldberg M, Chen N, Winter PA, Bourgeois S, Jacobo S, Moebius SJ, Connor TB, Barwick V, Williams VV, Wirostko WJ, Ghuman AT, Leslie AH, Sharma AG, Kiesel C, Dyshanowitz D, Knips E, Wing G, Walker JP, Raskauskas PA, Kiesel RK, Schlossman DK, Weimann ES, Sharuk GS, Kwak H, Cavallerano JD, Rhee JW, Sampani K, Tran KV, Bestourous L, Miranda L, Krigman MN, Stockman ME, Arrigg PG, Cavicchi RW, Kirby RK, Glynn S, Papaconstantinou SL, Shah ST, Murtha TJ, Carli W, Finch AK, Gentile AK, Price AK, Murphy BA, Rowland BO, Fleming CJ, Mahr C, Shore CA, Browning D. Ophthalmology Science, 2026 Jun 1; 6 (6): DOI:10.1016/j.xops.2026.101182
    • Journal Article
      PD26-02 THE MISSING PIECE IN PROSTATE CANCER EVALUATION: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LOW TESTOSTERONE AND HIGHER-GRADE PATHOLOGY DESPITE PSA LEVELS
      Pereira TA, Santos M, Maloney J, Buttars AD, Amorim LGCR, Nelson-Fuller A, Dallmer J, Boris RS, Bahler C, Gardner T, Bernie HL. Journal of Urology, 2026 Apr 30; 215 (5S): e1454 DOI:10.1097/01.ju.0001191720.97092.ae.02
    • Journal Article
      Retinal Neurophysiological Parameters in Young Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
      Torm MEW, Johannesen J, Gardner TW, Hajari JN, Klefter ON, Larsen M. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2026 May 1; 67 (5): DOI:10.1167/iovs.67.5.3
    • Journal Article
      Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiographic Quantitative Leakage Parameters and Clinical Outcomes in Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
      Ehlers JP, Josic K, Aiello LP, Amine R, Indurkar A, Martin AA, Matar K, Silva PS, Sun JK, DRCR Retina Network . JAMA Ophthalmol, 2026 Jan 29; DOI:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.5658
      PMID: PMC12856738
    • Chapter
      Diabetic retinal disease: A sensory neuropathy.
      Gardner TW, Malik RA. Handb Clin Neurol, 2026 218: 191 - 217. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-443-22212-2.00001-X
      PMID: 42217974
    • Journal Article
      Diabetic retinal disease
      Sivaprasad S, Wong TY, Gardner TW, Sun JK, Bressler NM. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2025 Dec 1; 11 (1): DOI:10.1038/s41572-025-00646-x
      PMID: 40877334

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    Managing your diabetes can help prevent associated vision loss

    Diabetic retinal disease screening remains challenging because patients often do not have any symptoms in the early stages and, therefore, misunderstand the importance of regular screenings. In a recent publication Thomas Gardner discusses current screening recommendations and treatment options for DRD.
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