Robert Kersten, MD
Professor Emeritus
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• M.D. School of Medicine University of Iowa 1978

Websites

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• Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)

Publications (211)

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Orbital NeoplasmsEyelid NeoplasmsBlepharoptosisEye NeoplasmsOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresLacrimal ApparatusOrbital DiseasesLacrimal Apparatus DiseasesLacrimal Duct ObstructionEyelidsDacryocystorhinostomyOrbitBlepharoplastyNasolacrimal DuctOrbital Fractures

• Quality of Life in Patients With Acquired Anophthalmia Using an Ocular Prosthesis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Meer E, Miller AC, Ahmad M, Arnold BF, Kersten RC, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Afshar AR, Vagefi MR
• Quality of Life in Patients With Acquired Anophthalmia Using an Ocular Prosthesis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Meer E, Miller AC, Ahmad M, Arnold BF, Kersten RC, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Afshar AR, Vagefi MR
• Central Retinal Artery Occlusion Following Intralesional Triamcinolone Injection for IgG4-related Orbital Disease.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Sanchez G, Srivatsan S, Kim HJ, Kersten RC
• Müller Muscle Conjunctival Resection: A Prospective Multicenter Comparison of Eyelid Height at the Immediate, 1-Week, and 3-Month Postoperative Time Points.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Lussier C, El-Khazen Dupuis J, Leung VC, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Massicotte E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E
• A Unique Medial Rectus Entrapment Configuration.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Srivatsan S, Polski A, Kersten RC

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• Transcutaneous Retrobulbar Amphotericin B Injection for Invasive Fungal Sinusitis with Orbital Involvement: A Systematic Review.
  American journal of rhinology & allergy 2024 Abdulbaki H, Callander JK, Fastenberg JH, Russell MS, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Loftus PA
• Invasive Fungal Sinusitis in an Immunocompetent Patient After Sinus Surgery for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps and a Mycetoma.
  The Laryngoscope 2024 Patel EJ, Ahmad M, Schwartz BS, van Zante A, Kersten R, Loftus P
• Eye and Orbit Injuries Caused by Electric Scooters and Hoverboards in the United States.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2024 Ruan MZC, Meer E, Kaur G, Namiri NK, Ashraf DC, Winn BJ, Kersten R, Vagefi MR, Grob S
• Probing versus primary nasal endoscopy for the treatment of congenital dacryocystoceles.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2024 Ahmad TR, Lindquist KJ, Oatts JT, de Alba Campomanes AG, Kersten RC, Chan DK, Indaram M
• Evaluating for unrecognized deficits in perimetry associated with functional upper eyelid malposition.
  Advances in ophthalmology practice and research 2024 Wang L, Ashraf DC, Deiner M, Idowu OO, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Outcomes for expanded polytetrafluoroethylene strip in frontalis suspension surgery.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024 Meer E, Ahmad M, Lifton J, Mosenia A, Ashraf DC, Grob S, Vagefi MR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC
• Orbital Emphysema Caused by a Tik-Tok Challenge.
  Ophthalmology 2023 Woertz EN, Srivatsan S, Kersten R
• Cutaneous Mucormycosis of the Eyelid Treated With Subcutaneous Liposomal Amphotericin B Injections.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Smith LD, Ahmad M, Ashraf DC, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Grob SR, Vagefi MR
• A Case of Eyelid Lesion Clear-Cell Acanthoma.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Meer E, Ahmad M, Kersten RC
• Eye Trauma in Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Chang CC, Saifee M, Ton L, Ashraf D, Winn BJ, Kersten R, Vagefi MR, Deiner M, Grob SR
• Dacryoscintigraphy as a guide for surgery in patients with functional epiphora.
  Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie 2023 Bernier M, Miller A, Leung V, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E
• A Case of Orbital Sarcoidosis with Caseating Granulomatous Inflammation.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Meer E, Ahmad M, Pekmezci M, Kersten RC
• Metagenomic Deep Sequencing for Orbital Inflammatory Disease.
  Ocular immunology and inflammation 2023 Vagefi MR, Idowu OO, Miller A, Doan T, Chen C, Hinterwirth A, Zhong L, Ahmad M, Ashraf DC, Grob SR, Kersten RC, Winn BJ
• Perceived Barriers to Increasing Diversity within Oculofacial Plastic Surgery.
  Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) 2022 Maru JA, Carvajal ND, de Alba Campomanes AG, Parikh N, Ashraf DC, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Grob SR
• Prevalence and Predictors of Hering's Response in Müller's Muscle-conjunctival Resection.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2022 Lussier C, Leung VC, El-Khazen Dupuis J, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Massicotte E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E
• Müller Muscle Conjunctival Resection: A Multicentered Prospective Analysis of Surgical Success.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2022 Leung VC, Dupuis JE, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Massicotte E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E
• Augmentation of telemedicine post-operative follow-up after oculofacial plastic surgery with a self-guided patient tool.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2022 Ashraf DC, Miller A, Ahmad M, Smith LD, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prognostic Findings for Visual and Mortality Outcomes in Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis.
  Ophthalmology 2022 Idowu OO, Soderlund KA, Laguna B, Ashraf DC, Arnold BF, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Russell MS, Kersten RC, Dillon WP, Vagefi MR
• Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma With Unusual Histopathology in a Young Adult.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2022 Ahmad TR, Ahmad M, Kersten R
• Efficacy of Care and Antibiotic Use for Chalazia and Hordeola.
  Eye & contact lens 2022 Alsoudi AF, Ton L, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Kong AW, Wang L, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Grob SR, Vagefi MR
• Neonatal corneal ulcer secondary to congenital entropion.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2022 Redd TK, Kersten RC, Ashraf D, Hennein L, Seitzman GD
• New-Onset of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a Patient Treated With Teprotumumab for Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Ashraf DC, Jankovic I, El-Nachef N, Winn BJ, Kim GE, Kersten RC
• Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Excision and Reconstruction of Periocular Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer.
  Facial plastic surgery & aesthetic medicine 2021 Kinde B, Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Chen RM, Hirabayashi KE, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Outcomes of a Modified Treatment Ladder Algorithm Using Retrobulbar Amphotericin B for Invasive Fungal Rhino-Orbital Sinusitis.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2021 Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Hirabayashi KE, Kalin-Hajdu E, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Patient-Specific Implants in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Copperman TS, Idowu OO, Jalaj S, Winn BJ, Pham C, Setabutr P, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Teprotumumab: Interpreting the Clinical Trials in the Context of Thyroid Eye Disease Pathogenesis and Current Therapies.
  Ophthalmology 2021 Winn BJ, Kersten RC
• Acute Invasive Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis in a Patient With COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Mekonnen ZK, Ashraf DC, Jankowski T, Grob SR, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Simko JP, Winn BJ
• Multidisciplinary Frontotemporal Orbitozygomatic Craniotomy for Spheno-orbital Meningiomas: Ophthalmic and Orbital Outcomes.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Magill ST, Kersten RC, McDermott MW, Vagefi MR
• Hypodiploid B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presenting as an Isolated Orbital Mass Prior to Systemic Involvement: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
  Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 2020 Wang L, Ashraf DC, Kinde B, Ohgami RS, Kumar J, Kersten RC
• The Role of Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Oculofacial Plastic Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Study.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Wang Q, YeEun T, Copperman TS, Tanaboonyawat S, Arnold BF, Oldenburg CE, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Perioperative Prophylactic Antibiotics in 1,250 Orbital Surgeries.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Fay A, Nallasamy N, Allen RC, Bernardini FP, Bilyk JR, Cockerham K, Cruz AA, Devoto M, Dolman PJ, Dutton JJ, Jordan DR, Kersten R, Kim YD, Lucarelli MJ, McNab AA, Mombaerts I, Mourits M, Nerad J, …
• Dacryoadenitis Associated With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Idowu OO, Saifee M, Copperman TS, Kersten RC
• Hyperostosing sphenoid wing meningiomas: surgical outcomes and strategy for bone resection and multidisciplinary orbital reconstruction.
  Journal of neurosurgery 2020 Dalle Ore CL, Magill ST, Rodriguez Rubio R, Shahin MN, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos PV, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Kersten RC, Idowu OO, Vagefi MR, McDermott MW
• Nasolacrimal Obstruction Following the Placement of Maxillofacial Hardware.
  Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction 2020 Kang JM, Kalin-Hajdu E, Idowu OO, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Intracapsular High-Grade Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ Ex Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Lacrimal Gland.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Garakani R, Kersten R, Pekmezci M
• Primary ductal adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland: A review and report of five cases.
  Survey of ophthalmology 2019 See TRO, Stålhammar G, Tang T, Manusow JS, Jordan DR, Nerad JA, Kersten RC, Yonkers M, Syed NA, Brownstein S, Grossniklaus HE
• Floppy eyelid syndrome: ocular and systemic associations.
  Current opinion in ophthalmology 2019 Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Winn BJ
• Foreign Body Cyst Reaction to Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix (ENDURAGen).
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Pasricha ND, Copperman TS, Crawford JB, Kersten RC
• Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: Risk Factors for Visual Acuity Outcomes and Mortality.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Hirabayashi KE, Idowu OO, Kalin-Hajdu E, Oldenburg CE, Brodie FL, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Dacryops - A review.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2019 Tanaboonyawat S, Idowu OO, Copperman TS, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• A Case of Lacrimal Gland Ductal Carcinoma With Regional Lymph Node Metastasis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Everett LA, Copperman TS, Kersten RC
• Occult Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Secondary to IgG4-Related Ophthalmic Disease.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Alsoudi A, Copperman TS, Idowu OO, Kersten RC
• Subcutaneous Tocilizumab for Thyroid Eye Disease: Simplified Dosing and Delivery.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Copperman T, Idowu OO, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Correction of Lower Eyelid Retraction with En Glove Placement of Porcine Dermal Collagen Matrix Implant.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Grumbine FL, Idowu O, Kersten RC, Deparis SW, Vagefi MR
• Efficacy of Care for Blind Painful Eyes.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Kalin-Hajdu E, Ryan MC, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Following Hyaluronic Acid Rejuvenation of the Tear Trough.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Kalin-Hajdu E, Kersten RC
• Mixed cranial neuropathies due to occult perineural invasion of basal cell carcinoma.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2018 Ashraf DC, Kalin-Hajdu E, Levin MH, Kersten RC
• Reply.
  Ophthalmology 2018 Kersten R, Vagefi MR, Bartley GB
• Acute Vision Loss From Dacryocystitis.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2018 Lowry EA, Kalin-Hajdu E, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Re: "Frontalis Muscle Contraction and the Role of Visual Deprivation and Eyelid Proprioception".
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2018 Kersten RC, Copperman TS
• Clinical Features and Outcomes of Post-Traumatic Silent Sinus Syndrome.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2018 Wladis EJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR, Pinheiro-Neto C, Shinder R, Kim HJ
• Orbital "Blowout" Fractures: Time for a New Paradigm.
  Ophthalmology 2018 Kersten RC, Vagefi MR, Bartley GB
• Silent sinus syndrome without opacification of ipsilateral maxillary sinus.
  The Laryngoscope 2018 Lee DS, Murr AH, Kersten RC, Pletcher SD
• Invasive Aspergillosis Masquerading as a Lacrimal Sac Abscess.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2018 Hirabayashi KE, Kalin-Hajdu E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Diagnosing Distensible Venous Malformations of the Orbit With Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2018 Kalin-Hajdu E, Colby JB, Idowu O, Grumbine FL, Kang JM, Hirabayashi KS, Glastonbury CM, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Normalization of Congenital Venous Stasis Retinopathy Following Sclerotherapy of a Macrocystic Lymphatic Malformation.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2018 Hirabayashi KE, Kalin-Hajdu E, Bever GJ, Vagefi MR, de Alba Campomanes AG, Cooke DL, Dowd CF, Kersten RC
• Restrictive Strabismus Following Frontotemporal-orbitozygomatic Craniotomy.
  Cureus 2017 Idowu OO, Kalin-Hajdu E, Grumbine FL, Kersten RC, McDermott M, Vagefi MR
• Invasive fungal sinusitis: treatment of the orbit.
  Current opinion in ophthalmology 2017 Kalin-Hajdu E, Hirabayashi KE, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Progressive Proptosis Secondary to an Orbital Floor Implant.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Kalin-Hajdu E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Retrobulbar Injection of Amphotericin B for Orbital Mucormycosis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Hirabayashi KE, Kalin-Hajdu E, Brodie FL, Kersten RC, Russell MS, Vagefi MR
• Diagnostic Approaches to Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma of the Orbit.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Geske MJ, Bloomer MM, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• Lacrimal Sac Smooth Muscle Tumor of Uncertain Malignant Potential.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Grumbine FL, DeParis SW, Vagefi MR, Bloomer M, Kersten RC
• Paranasal Sinus Mucocele as a Late Complication of Dacryocystorhinostomy.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 DeParis SW, Goldberg AN, Indaram M, Grumbine FL, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• The Masquerade Syndrome.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2017 Peng MY, Kersten RC
• Primary hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the orbit.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2016 Alsberge JB, Grumbine FL, Bloomer MM, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation Associated With Necrotizing Scleritis and Temporal Bone Inflammation.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2016 Kasi SK, Kim HJ, Basham RP, Cunningham ET, Sy A, Lustig L, Kersten RC
• Modified tarsotomy for the treatment of severe cicatricial entropion.
  Eye (London, England) 2016 Chi M, Kim HJ, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Orbital compartment syndrome following retrobulbar injection of amphotericin B for invasive fungal disease.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2016 Brodie FL, Kalin-Hajdu E, Kuo DS, Hirabayashi KE, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Persistent Upgaze Restriction after Orbital Floor Fracture Repair.
  Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction 2016 DeParis SW, Grumbine FL, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Orbital MRI Pre- and Post-Vemurafenib Therapy for Erdheim-Chester Disease.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 Grumbine FL, Aderman C, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Temporal Artery Calciphylaxis Presenting as Temporal Arteritis in a Case of Rhinoorbitocerebral Mucormycosis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 Chi M, Kim HJ, Basham R, Yoon MK, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Delayed periocular hemorrhage after upper blepharoplasty.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015 Grumbine FL, Deparis SW, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR
• The clinical characterization and surgical correction of blepharoptosis associated with congenital aniridia.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 Peralta RJ, Kersten RC, Holland EJ, Snyder ME, Nerad JA
• Tissue necrosis following diode laser-assisted transcanalicular dacryocystorhinostomy.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 McClintic SM, Yoon MK, Bidar M, Dutton JJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Orbital schwannomatosis in the absence of neurofibromatosis.
  The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2014 Koktekir BE, Kim HJ, Geske M, Bloomer M, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Diffusely swollen eyelid.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2014 Cui QN, Geske MJ, Kersten RC
• Masson tumor in the eyelid.
  The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2014 Koktekir BE, Basham R, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Acute eosinophilic meningitis and orbital inflammation from presumed angiostrongyliasis.
  Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie 2014 Chi M, Kim HJ, Haug S, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• The oculocardiac reflex in an adult with a non-displaced orbital floor fracture.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2014 Kasi SK, Gorovoy IR, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Optic nerve cyst-like formation presenting as a delayed complication of optic nerve sheath fenestration.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2014 Naqvi SM, Thiagarajah C, Golnik K, Lee A, Kersten R, Nerad J
• Papillary cystadenocarcinoma of the lacrimal gland after radiation for bilateral retinoblastoma.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2014 Menda SA, Kim HJ, Bloomer MM, Crawford JB, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Iatrogenic cerebrospinal fluid oculorrhea.
  The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2014 Chi M, Kim HJ, Koktekir BE, Vagefi R, Kersten RC
• Extrascleral spread of choroidal melanoma via tantalum marker suture track.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2013 Desai SJ, Kim HJ, Kersten RC, Bloomer MM, Vagefi MR
• Parameningeal alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with metastases to all the extraocular muscles.
  Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2013 McClintic SM, Kim HJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Pilomatrixoma in a patient with bilateral retinoblastoma.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2013 Gorovoy IR, Layer N, Kim HJ, Nobles SM, Stewart PJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
• Fungal rhinosinusitis and imaging modalities.
  Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society 2012 Gorovoy IR, Kazanjian M, Kersten RC, Kim HJ, Vagefi MR
• Evaluation of orbital disorders and cranial nerve innervation of the extraocular muscles.
  Magnetic resonance imaging clinics of North America 2012 Kralik SF, Kersten R, Glastonbury CM
• Extraintestinal Crohn disease causing bilateral nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2012 Greninger DA, Yoon MK, Bloomer MM, Keyser R, Kersten RC
• Surgical outcomes in patients with bilateral ptosis and Hering's dependence.
  Ophthalmology 2011 Cetinkaya A, Kersten RC
• Medial wall fracture: an update.
  Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction 2009 Thiagarajah C, Kersten RC
• Re: "Pathogenesis of canalicular lacerations".
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2009 Kersten RC
• Re: "Transient descent of the contralateral eyelid in unilateral ptosis surgery".
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2009 Kersten RC, McCulley TJ
• Intraoperative predictability of temporal artery biopsy results.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2008 Cetinkaya A, Kersten RC, Brannan PA, Thiagarajah C, Kulwin DR
• Outcomes after surgical excision of large and massive orbital tumors.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2008 Bernardini FP, Kersten RC, Devoto MH, Morton AD, Johnson TE
• Levator superioris muscle function in involutional blepharoptosis.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2008 Pereira LS, Hwang TN, Kersten RC, Ray K, McCulley TJ
• Relationship between radioactive iodine therapy for thyroid carcinoma and nasolacrimal drainage system obstruction.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2007 Cetinkaya A, Kersten RC
• Management of cosmetically objectionable periocular veins.
  Seminars in plastic surgery 2007 Kersten RC
• Periocular inflammation after retrobulbar chlorpromazine (thorazine) injection.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2006 McCulley TJ, Kersten RC
• Isolated medial orbital wall fractures with medial rectus muscle incarceration.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2006 Brannan PA, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Sclerosing idiopathic orbital inflammation.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2006 Brannan PA, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Clinical controversy: congenital unilateral and jaw-winking ptosis.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2006 O'donnell B, Codère F, Dortzbach R, Lucarelli M, Kersten R, Rosser P
• A case of primary adenocarcinoma of the lacrimal sac.
  Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2005 Brannan PA, Kersten RC, Schneider S, Kulwin DR
• Unilateral frontalis sling for the surgical correction of unilateral poor-function ptosis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2005 Kersten RC, Bernardini FP, Khouri L, Moin M, Roumeliotis AA, Kulwin DR
• Late enophthalmos mimicking silent sinus syndrome secondary to orbital trauma.
  The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2005 Ross JJ, Kersten RC
• Bowen disease of the eyelid successfully treated with imiquimod.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2005 Brannan PA, Anderson HK, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Dacryocystoceles in the aftermath of Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2005 McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Yip CC, Kulwin DR
• Enucleation versus evisceration.
  Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2005 O'Donnell BA, Kersten R, McNab A, Rose G, Rosser P
• Effect of unilateral blepharoptosis repair on contralateral eyelid position.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2004 Erb MH, Kersten RC, Yip CC, Hudak D, Kulwin DR, McCulley TJ
• Unilateral microblepharon.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2004 Bernardini FP, Kersten RC, de Conciliis C, Devoto MH
• Primary Nocardia brasiliensis of the eyelid.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2004 Brannan PA, Kersten RC, Hudak DT, Anderson HK, Kulwin DR
• Medial rectus muscle incarceration in pediatric medial orbital wall trapdoor fractures.
  European journal of ophthalmology 2004 McCulley TJ, Yip CC, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Enucleation versus preservation of blind eyes following plaque radiotherapy for choroidal melanoma.
  Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie 2004 Augsburger JJ, Khouri L, Roumeliotis A, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Schneider S
• Ocular surface reconstruction in a patient with complete ankyloblepharon resulting from stevens-johnson syndrome.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2004 Nordlund ML, Holland EJ, Kersten RC
• Osteogenic sarcoma after orbital radiation rhabdomyosarcoma.
  Ophthalmology 2003 Yip CC, Kersten RC, McCulley TJ, Ballard ET, Kulwin DR
• Outcome and influencing factors of external levator palpebrae superioris aponeurosis advancement for blepharoptosis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2003 McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Feuer WJ
• Silent sinus syndrome as a cause of diplopia in a child.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2003 Yip CC, McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Tami TA, Kulwin DR
• Adult nasolacrimal duct mucocele.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2003 Yip CC, McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Bowen AT, Alam S, Kulwin DR
• Solitary fibrous tumor of the orbit: is it rare? Report of a case series and review of the literature.
  Ophthalmology 2003 Bernardini FP, de Conciliis C, Schneider S, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Re: Endoscopic subperiosteal midface lift--surgical technique with indications and outcomes.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2003 Kersten RC
• Proptosis after hair pulling.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2003 Yip CC, McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Malignant mesenchymoma of the orbit: case report and review of the literature.
  Ophthalmology 2003 Brannan PA, Schneider S, Grossniklaus HE, Mutema GK, Tarle I, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Monitored anesthesia care for enucleations and eviscerations.
  Ophthalmology 2003 Burroughs JR, Soparkar CN, Patrinely JR, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Lowe CL
• An ectopic site of lacrimal gland secretion mimicking epiphora.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2002 McCulley TJ, Yip CC, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Isolated unilateral neurogenic blepharoptosis secondary to eyelid trauma.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2002 McCulley TJ, Kersten RC, Yip CC, Kulwin DR
• Routine histopathologic evaluation of the lacrimal sac during dacryocystorhinostomy: how useful is it?
  Ophthalmology 2002 Bernardini FP, Moin M, Kersten RC, Reeves D, Kulwin DR
• Bilateral subperiosteal orbital hematomas in a child with sickle cell disease.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2002 Khouri LM, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Superior rectus-levator synkinesis.
  Ophthalmology 2001 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Destructive eyelid lesions in sarcoidosis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2001 Moin M, Kersten RC, Bernardini F, Kulwin DR
• Unsuspected recurrent pituitary adenoma presenting as an orbital mass.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2001 Bernardini FP, Kersten RC, Moin M, Kulwin DR
• Chronic eyelid lymphedema and acne rosacea. Report of two cases.
  Ophthalmology 2000 Bernardini FP, Kersten RC, Khouri LM, Moin M, Kulwin DR, Mutasim DF
• Spontaneous hemorrhage in an intraorbital arteriovenous malformation.
  Ophthalmology 2000 Moin M, Kersten RC, Bernardini F, Kulwin D, Biddinger PW, Ernst RJ, Khouri LM
• Pediatric orbital floor fracture : direct extraocular muscle involvement.
  Ophthalmology 2000 Egbert JE, May K, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Atypical presentation of a dacryolith.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2000 Bernardini FP, Kersten RC, Spaulding AG, Moin M, Kulwin DR
• Total upper eyelid reconstruction with mucosalized tarsal graft and overlying bipedicle flap.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1999 Patrinely JR, O'Neal KD, Kersten RC, Soparkar CN
• Vertical lid split orbitotomy revisited.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1999 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Visual loss in idiopathic intracranial hypertension after resolution of papilledema.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1999 Golnik KC, Devoto TM, Kersten RC, Kulwin D
• Scurvy causing bilateral orbital hemorrhage.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1999 Sloan B, Kulwin DR, Kersten RC
• Spontaneous resolution of upper eyelid retraction in thyroid orbitopathy.
  Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 1999 von Brauchitsch DK, Egbert J, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Conjunctival cysts of the orbit.
  Ophthalmology 1998 Goldstein MH, Soparkar CN, Kersten RC, Orcutt JC, Patrinely JR, Holds J
• The modified rhomboid transposition flap in periocular reconstruction.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1998 Teske SA, Kersten RC, Devoto MH, Kulwin DR
• Hering's law and eyebrow position.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1998 Teske SA, Kersten RC, Devoto MH, Kulwin DR
• Optic nerve head swelling in the Hadju-Cheney syndrome.
  Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 1998 Golnik KC, Kersten RC
• The role of enophthalmos in involutional entropion.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1997 Kersten RC, Hammer BJ, Kulwin DR
• Optic nerve injury after retrobulbar anesthesia.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1997 Devoto MH, Kersten RC, Zalta AH, Kulwin DR
• Criteria for selective management of the orbital rim and floor in zygomatic complex and midface fractures.
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 1997 Shumrick KA, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Smith CP
• Female genital tract papillomavirus in conjunctival papillomas of infancy.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1997 Egbert JE, Kersten RC
• Simplified technique for eyelid margin repair.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1997 Devoto MH, Kersten RC, Teske SA, Kulwin DR
• Accuracy of clinical diagnosis of cutaneous eyelid lesions.
  Ophthalmology 1997 Kersten RC, Ewing-Chow D, Kulwin DR, Gallon M
• Secondary squamous cell carcinoma of the orbit.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1997 Johnson TE, Tabbara KF, Weatherhead RG, Kersten RC, Rice C, Nasr AM
• The perils of permanent punctal plugs.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1997 Soparkar CN, Patrinely JR, Hunts J, Linberg JV, Kersten RC, Anderson R
• MMC in ONS decompression.
  Ophthalmology 1996 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• "One-stitch" canalicular repair. A simplified approach for repair of canalicular laceration.
  Ophthalmology 1996 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Mycoplasma hominis orbital abscess.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1995 Kersten RC, Haglund L, Kulwin DR, Ma'luf R, DeConciliis C
• Paralytic ectropion of the lower eyelid.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 1995 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Management of canalicular injury associated with eyelid burns.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1995 Meyer DR, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Paskowski JR, Selkin RP
• Acquired ptosis in the young and middle-aged adult population.
  Ophthalmology 1995 Kersten RC, de Conciliis C, Kulwin DR
• Surgical management of orbital cavernous angiomas: prognosis for visual function after removal.
  Neurosurgery 1995 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Periorbital dirofilariasis.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1994 Kersten RC, Locastro AJ, Eberhard ML, Spaulding AG, Kulwin DR
• The silent sinus syndrome. A cause of spontaneous enophthalmos.
  Ophthalmology 1994 Soparkar CN, Patrinely JR, Cuaycong MJ, Dailey RA, Kersten RC, Rubin PA, Linberg JV, Howard GR, Donovan DT, Matoba AY
• Optic nerve sheath fenestration through a lateral canthotomy incision.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1993 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Rhabdomyosarcoma manifesting as acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1993 Baron EM, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Medial canthoplasty with microplate fixation.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1992 Howard GR, Nerad JA, Kersten RC
• Extended access/internal approaches for the management of facial trauma.
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 1992 Shumrick KA, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Sinha PK, Smith TL
• Tarsotomy for the treatment of cicatricial entropion with trichiasis.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1992 Kersten RC, Kleiner FP, Kulwin DR
• Reanimation of the paretic eyelid.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1992 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Locastro AJ
• Congenital entropion with intact lower eyelid retractor insertion.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1991 Bartley GB, Nerad JA, Kersten RC, Maguire LJ
• Diffuse malignant melanoma of iris with metastases.
  Survey of ophthalmology 1991 Kersten RC, Tse DT, Anderson RL
• Lipomatous hamartoma of the orbit.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1991 Brown HH, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Management of lower-lid retraction with hard-palate mucosa grafting.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1990 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR, Levartovsky S, Tiradellis H, Tse DT
• Evaluation of the eye prior to blepharoplasty.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 1990 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Re: Uchinuma et al: Anterofrontal superficial temporal artery island flap for full-thickness eyelid reconstruction.
  Annals of plastic surgery 1990 Kulwin DR, Kersten RC
• Combined approach to orbital decompression.
  Otolaryngologic clinics of North America 1990 Kulwin DR, Cotton RT, Kersten RC
• Management of congenital lacrimal sac fistula.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1990 Birchansky LD, Nerad JA, Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Ptosis in blepharoplasty surgery.
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 1990 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• The value of intranasal surgery in assuring the success of a conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1990 Kulwin DR, Tiradellis H, Levartovsky S, Kersten RC, Shumrick KA
• Sagittal CT scans debated.
  Ophthalmology 1989 Kulwin DR, Kersten RC
• Anterior chamber paracentesis.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 1989 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Subcutaneous forehead lift.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 1989 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Cryotherapy for trichiasis in trachoma.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Rice CD, Kersten RC, al-Hazzaa S
• Upper eyelid crease approach to dermoid cysts.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Kersten RC
• Selective approach to surgery for delayed enophthalmos.
  Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery 1989 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• An orbital hemangiopericytoma recurrent after 33 years.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Rice CD, Kersten RC, Mrak RE
• Management of cosmetically objectionable veins in the lower eyelids.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1989 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Staple closure of the retroauricular donor site.
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 1989 Kulwin DR, Kersten RC, Gingold MP, Hornblass A
• Chronic hematic cyst of the orbit. Role of magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis.
  Ophthalmology 1988 Kersten RC, Kersten JL, Bloom HR, Kulwin DR
• Suturing of stents after dacryocystorhinostomy.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1988 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Traumatic orbital decompression.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1988 Kersten RC, Kulwin DR
• Hemangioblastoma of the optic nerve. Report of a case and review of literature.
  Ophthalmology 1988 Nerad JA, Kersten RC, Anderson RL
• Metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the conjunctiva.
  Ophthalmology 1988 Tabbara KF, Kersten R, Daouk N, Blodi FC
• Absence of Chlamydia in trachomatous lacrimal sacs.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1988 Rice CD, Kersten RC
• The eyelid crease approach to superficial lateral dermoid cysts.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 1988 Kersten RC
• Subperiosteal orbital hematoma: visual recovery following delayed drainage.
  Ophthalmic surgery 1987 Kersten RC, Rice CD
• A warning on antimetabolites and cryosurgery in the reconstruction of eyelids. Case report.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1987 Kersten RC
• Blowout fracture of the orbital floor with entrapment caused by isolated trauma to the orbital rim.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1987 Kersten RC
• Correction of upper eyelid retraction using tissue removed in blepharoptosis repair.
  American journal of ophthalmology 1986 Kersten RC
• Orbital myiasis.
  Ophthalmology 1986 Kersten RC, Shoukrey NM, Tabbara KF
• Tarsal rotational flap for upper eyelid reconstruction.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1986 Kersten RC, Anderson RL, Tse DT, Weinstein GL
• Iris melanoma. Nevus or malignancy?
  Survey of ophthalmology 1985 Kersten RC, Tse DT, Anderson R
• The role of orbital exenteration in choroidal melanoma with extrascleral extension.
  Ophthalmology 1985 Kersten RC, Tse DT, Anderson RL, Blodi FC
• The use of a periosteal strip for eyelid reconstruction.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1985 Weinstein GS, Anderson RL, Tse DT, Kersten RC
• Enucleation-as-cause-of-metastasis theory in choroidal melanomas.
  Ophthalmology 1985 Kersten R, Blodi F
• Double-ended needle holder for anterior segment surgery.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1984 Belin MW, Kersten R
• Hematoporphyrin derivative photoradiation therapy in managing nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome. A preliminary report.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1984 Tse DT, Kersten RC, Anderson RL
• Hematoporphyrin photoradiation therapy for intraocular and orbital malignant melanoma.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 1984 Tse DT, Dutton JJ, Weingeist TA, Hermsen VM, Kersten RC
• Management of choroidal malignant melanoma at Iowa.
  Ophthalmologica. Journal international d'ophtalmologie. International journal of ophthalmology. Zeitschrift fur Augenheilkunde 1984 Kersten RC
• Ophthalmic drugs.
  Primary care 1982 Kersten RC