Thomas Gardner
Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Thomas Gardner
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Center MemberCenter for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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Center MemberCaswell Diabetes Institute
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Center MemberTaubman Institute
Recent Publications
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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:Journal ArticleDiabetic retinal disease cure accelerator: Modernizing staging and endpoints
DOI:10.1016/j.preteyeres.2026.101485 -
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):Journal ArticleDiabetic Retinopathy Severity on Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiography versus Color Photography and Association with Risk of Disease Worsening
DOI:10.1016/j.xops.2026.101182 -
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): e1454Journal ArticlePD26-02 THE MISSING PIECE IN PROSTATE CANCER EVALUATION: ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LOW TESTOSTERONE AND HIGHER-GRADE PATHOLOGY DESPITE PSA LEVELS
DOI:10.1097/01.ju.0001191720.97092.ae.02 -
Torm MEW, Johannesen J, Gardner TW, Hajari JN, Klefter ON, Larsen M. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 2026 May 1; 67 (5):Journal ArticleRetinal Neurophysiological Parameters in Young Patients With Type 1 Diabetes
DOI:10.1167/iovs.67.5.3 -
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;Journal ArticleUltra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiographic Quantitative Leakage Parameters and Clinical Outcomes in Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy.
DOI:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2025.5658 PMID: PMC12856738 -
Sivaprasad S, Wong TY, Gardner TW, Sun JK, Bressler NM. Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2025 Dec 1; 11 (1):Journal ArticleDiabetic retinal disease
DOI:10.1038/s41572-025-00646-x PMID: 40877334 -
Levine SR, Markel DS, Myers MG, Barunas R, Sun JK, Chang DS, Maguire MG, Vujosevic S, Fort PE, Atkinson M, Baschiera F, Gates C, Hunt JM, King GL, Kretzler M, Lai P, Lewis D, Luhmann UFO, McLeod S, Oxenreiter C, Unsworth S, Chambers W, Aiello LP, Ehrlich J, German CL, Tadayoni R, Wolf RM, Silva P, Carlson E, Gott B, Oxenreiter M, Sexton N, Das A, Gardner TW. Translational Vision Science and Technology, 2025 Jul 1; 14 (7):Journal ArticleReport of the 2023 Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative Workshop
DOI:10.1167/tvst.14.7.11 PMID: 40679331 -
Weber SR, Gardner TW, Sundstrom JM. Frontiers in Bioscience Landmark, 2025 Jun 1; 30 (6):Journal ArticlePrecision Medicine in Ophthalmology: Progress and Future Needs
DOI:10.31083/FBL38304 PMID: 40613287
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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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Preserving an artist’s vision after diabetic retinal disease
Kim Hartman is an artist with Type 1 diabetes. She started developing vision problems and doctors at Michigan Medicine helped her slow the vision loss and manage it.