Melissa Neuwelt, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Office of the CEO
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Education & Training

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• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018

Interests

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• Retinopathy of prematurity
• Macular degeneration
• Pediatric retina
• Macular pucker
• Retinal detachment
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Macular hole

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Retinal PerforationsVitrectomyTrachomaDiabetic RetinopathyFibrinEndophthalmitisEndemic DiseasesRNA, BacterialChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisVitreous BodyWound HealingNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPostoperative ComplicationsRetinal Telangiectasis

• METformin for the MINimization of Geographic Atrophy Progression (METforMIN): A Randomized Trial.
  Ophthalmology science 2023 Shen LL, Keenan JD, Chahal N, Taha AT, Saroya J, Ma CJ, Sun M, Yang D, Psaras C, Callander J, Flaxel C, Fawzi AA, Schlesinger TK, Wong RW, Bryan Leung LS, Eaton AM, Steinle NC, Telander DG, Afshar AR,…
• Reply: To PMID 23609127.
  Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2014 Luo C, Ruby A, Neuwelt M, Williams GA
• Transvitreal fibrinoid pseudoendophthalmitis after diabetic vitrectomy.
  Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2013 Luo C, Ruby A, Neuwelt M, Williams GA
• Delayed closure of paediatric macular hole in Coats' disease.
  Acta ophthalmologica 2011 Wong SC, Neuwelt MD, Trese MT
• Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis ocular infection in trachoma-endemic communities by rRNA amplification.
  Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2008 Yang JL, Hong KC, Schachter J, Moncada J, Lekew T, House JI, Zhou Z, Neuwelt MD, Rutar T, Halfpenny C, Shah N, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM
• Trachoma research: it takes more than a village.
  Lancet (London, England) 2006 Lietman TM, Neuwelt MD, Gandhi NG, Dalmon CA, Benitah N