Myron Yanoff MD
Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of PennsylvaniaDr. Myron Yanoff is Chair Emeritus of Ophthalmology at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia and Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly, he was Director of the Scheie Eye Institute at Penn Medicine.
Board-certified in both ophthalmology and pathology, Dr. Yanoff has published over 190 scientific articles and authored, coauthored, or edited over 50 textbooks in the field of ophthalmology and ocular pathology. In 1988, he received one of the highest honors in American science—the Senior Distinguished US Scientist Award (Humboldt Research Award).
Dr. Yanoff received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia. He completed residency training in both pathology and ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a fellowship in ophthalmic pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. He also undertook a retinal fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Visual Loss in Childhood Optic Gliomas Improved With Nerve Growth Factor
- Incorporating Health-Related Quality of Life Into the Assessment of Outcome Following Strabismus Surgery
- 2015 Top Stories in Eye Care: Low Luminance Deficit, Night Vision Symptoms, and Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- 2015 Top Stories in Eye Care: Diabetic Eye Examination Adherence
- Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin-C in Glaucoma Secondary to Iridocorneal Endothelial Syndrome
- Predicting Future Myopia in Children
- Seasonal, Geographic, and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Microbial Keratitis
- 2014 Top Stories in Eye Care: Ocular Retinoblastoma
- Need for Close Follow-Up After Removal of a Noncomplicated Corneal Foreign Body
- MY APPROACH to Glaucoma Screening in the Public Arena