Robert N. Kleinstein OD, MPH, PhD
Emeritus Professor, Optometry and Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, Birmingham, AlabamaDr. Robert Kleinstein is Emeritus Professor of Optometry and Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry, Department of Optometry and Vision Science, having served as Chair for 12 years. While in tenure at the school, Dr. Kleinstein created the concurrent program of Optometry and Public Health and served as Associate Dean for Professional Programs. His research interests center around the role of optometry in vision care needs of the public.
Dr Kleinstein holds an OD, MPH, and PhD (physiological optics) from the University of California, Berkeley.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Time Trends, Associations and Global Burden of Intraocular Foreign Bodies
- 2020 Top Stories in Eye Care: Virtual Ophthalmology: Telemedicine in a COVID-19 Era
- Patterns of Diabetic Retinopathy Progression Over 5 Years
- Ophthalmic Emergency Department Visits: Factors Associated With Loss to Follow-Up
- Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Associations With Treatment and Survival in Uveal Melanoma
- Demographic and Socioeconomic Differences in Outpatient Ophthalmology Visits in the US
- Loss to Follow-Up of Patients With Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
- Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Using a Gold Nanoparticle–Based Paper Strip Assay for the at-Home Detection of the Urinary Biomarker 8-OHdG
- Positive Predictive Value of Optic Disc Hemorrhages for Open-Angle Glaucoma
- Incidence of Myopia Is Highest in Chinese Individuals