D. Jackson Coleman
Encyclopedia
D. Jackson Coleman is the John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology
and Chairman Emeritus
of the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University
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and his medical degree from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. Following his internship at the Columbia Medical Division at Bellevue Hospital, he served with the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, DC. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of Columbia Presbyterian as a National Institutes of Health
Special Fellow.
He remained on the staff at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center until 1979, when he was appointed Chief of the Ophthalmology Department at The New York Hospital and John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology at Cornell University Medical College. He served as President of the Medical Board from 1991–1992, and again from 1994-1997. He has also served as Surgical Director of Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
(MEETH), Senior Research Physician at Riverside Research Institute in New York City and consultant at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
.
technologies for examining and treating the eye. Together with William Konig and Louis Katz, he created the first commercially available B-scan ultrasound equipment
. His numerous patents include those for an ultrasonically vibrated surgical knife, an ultrasonic diagnostic and therapeutic transducer assembly (with methodology), a system of therapeutic ultrasound and real-time ultrasonic scanning, and an ultrasound system for cornea
l biometry. His pioneering surgical techniques include the first vitreo-retinal surgery
in New York and, using the ultrasound that he developed, demonstrating that operating at an earlier stage in ocular trauma could vastly improve the patient’s prognosis for recovery. He has specialized in vitreo-retinal surgery and has had a career-long interest in imaging research. With a generous gift from Charles and Margaret Dyson
, He established the Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, one of the major retinal research programs in the world. The Dyson Institute continues research on the causes and possible therapies for age related macular degeneration
and ultrasound imaging of the retina
and choroid
.
, the Societas Internationalis de Diagnostica Ultrasonica en Ophthalmologia and the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Inc. He is past President of the American Retina Society and Past President of the Club Jules Gonin
of the International Retina Society. Coleman has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers as well as numerous chapters in ophthalmology textbooks and has recently published the second edition of his textbook , "Ultrasonography of the Eye and Orbit".
For his research he has received many awards including the Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Herman Wacker Award of Club Jules Gonin, the Award of Merit in Retinal Research from the Retina Society and an honorary degree from the University of Ferrara
in Ferrara, Italy. Additionally, Coleman was the 2001 recipient of the Greenberg Award of New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Peer Reviewed:
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology is the branch of medicine that deals with the anatomy, physiology and diseases of the eye. An ophthalmologist is a specialist in medical and surgical eye problems...
and Chairman Emeritus
Emeritus
Emeritus is a post-positive adjective that is used to designate a retired professor, bishop, or other professional or as a title. The female equivalent emerita is also sometimes used.-History:...
of the Department of Ophthalmology at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
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Career
Coleman received his undergraduate degree from Union CollegeUnion College
Union College is a private, non-denominational liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. In the 19th century, it became the "Mother of Fraternities", as...
and his medical degree from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. Following his internship at the Columbia Medical Division at Bellevue Hospital, he served with the U.S. Public Health Service in Washington, DC. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute of Columbia Presbyterian as a National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health
The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...
Special Fellow.
He remained on the staff at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center until 1979, when he was appointed Chief of the Ophthalmology Department at The New York Hospital and John Milton McLean Professor of Ophthalmology at Cornell University Medical College. He served as President of the Medical Board from 1991–1992, and again from 1994-1997. He has also served as Surgical Director of Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital is a specialty hospital in New York City that was founded in 1869 and is currently located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan at 210th East 64th Street...
(MEETH), Senior Research Physician at Riverside Research Institute in New York City and consultant at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital...
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Research
His strong interest in physics led him to develop new ultrasoundUltrasound
Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
technologies for examining and treating the eye. Together with William Konig and Louis Katz, he created the first commercially available B-scan ultrasound equipment
B-scan ultrasonography
B-scan ultrasonography, or B-scan, is a diagnostic test used in ophthalmology to produce a two-dimensional, cross-sectional view of the eye and the orbit.It is otherwise called brightness scan.-External links:*...
. His numerous patents include those for an ultrasonically vibrated surgical knife, an ultrasonic diagnostic and therapeutic transducer assembly (with methodology), a system of therapeutic ultrasound and real-time ultrasonic scanning, and an ultrasound system for cornea
Cornea
The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber. Together with the lens, the cornea refracts light, with the cornea accounting for approximately two-thirds of the eye's total optical power. In humans, the refractive power of the cornea is...
l biometry. His pioneering surgical techniques include the first vitreo-retinal surgery
Eye surgery
Eye surgery, also known as orogolomistician surgery or ocular surgery, is surgery performed on the eye or its adnexa, typically by an ophthalmologist.-Preparation and precautions:...
in New York and, using the ultrasound that he developed, demonstrating that operating at an earlier stage in ocular trauma could vastly improve the patient’s prognosis for recovery. He has specialized in vitreo-retinal surgery and has had a career-long interest in imaging research. With a generous gift from Charles and Margaret Dyson
Charles Dyson
Charlie Henry Dyson was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was founder of the Dyson Kissner-Moran Corporation and the Dyson Foundation .-Business career:...
, He established the Margaret M. Dyson Vision Research Institute, one of the major retinal research programs in the world. The Dyson Institute continues research on the causes and possible therapies for age related macular degeneration
Macular degeneration
Age-related macular degeneration is a medical condition which usually affects older adults and results in a loss of vision in the center of the visual field because of damage to the retina. It occurs in “dry” and “wet” forms. It is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment in older adults...
and ultrasound imaging of the retina
Retina
The vertebrate retina is a light-sensitive tissue lining the inner surface of the eye. The optics of the eye create an image of the visual world on the retina, which serves much the same function as the film in a camera. Light striking the retina initiates a cascade of chemical and electrical...
and choroid
Choroid
The choroid, also known as the choroidea or choroid coat, is the vascular layer of the eye, containing connective tissue, and lying between the retina and the sclera. The human choroid is thickest at the far extreme rear of the eye , while in the outlying areas it narrows to 0.1 mm...
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Offices & Awards
Dr Coleman has been an officer of every major ultrasound medical society throughout the world, including the American Institute of Ultrasound in MedicineAmerican Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine is a multidisciplinary association dedicated to advancing the use of ultrasound in medicine through professional and public education, research, development of guidelines, and accreditation....
, the Societas Internationalis de Diagnostica Ultrasonica en Ophthalmologia and the World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Inc. He is past President of the American Retina Society and Past President of the Club Jules Gonin
Jules Gonin
Jules Gonin was a Professor of Ophthalmology in Lausanne who pioneered the procedure of ignipuncture, the first successful surgery for the treatment of retinal detachments.-External links:** at www.ascrs.org...
of the International Retina Society. Coleman has authored over 200 peer-reviewed papers as well as numerous chapters in ophthalmology textbooks and has recently published the second edition of his textbook , "Ultrasonography of the Eye and Orbit".
For his research he has received many awards including the Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Herman Wacker Award of Club Jules Gonin, the Award of Merit in Retinal Research from the Retina Society and an honorary degree from the University of Ferrara
University of Ferrara
The University of Ferrara is the main university of the city of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. In the years prior to the First World War the University of Ferrara, with more than 500 students, was the best attended of the free universities in Italy...
in Ferrara, Italy. Additionally, Coleman was the 2001 recipient of the Greenberg Award of New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
Recent Publications
Books:- Coleman DJ, Silverman RH, Lizzi FL, Reinstein DZ, Rondeau MJ, Lloyd HO, Daly SW. “Ultrasonography of the Eye and Orbit.” 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2006.
Peer Reviewed:
- Silverman RH, Ketterling JA, Coleman DJ. “High-frequency ultrasonic imaging of the anterior segment using an annular array transducer.” Ophthalmology. 114(4); 816-822, 2007.
- Coleman DJ, Silverman RH, Rondeau MJ, Lloyd HO, Daly SW. Explaining the current role of high-frequency ultrasound in ophthalmic diagnosis. Exp Rev Ophthalmol, 1(1):63-76, 2006.
- Reinstein DZ, Sutton HFS, Srivannaboon S, Silverman RH, Archer TJ, Coleman DJ. “Evaluating microkeratome efficacy by 3D corneal lamellar flap thickness accuracy and reproducibility using Artemis VHF digital ultrasound arc-scanning.” J Refract Surg. 22;431-440, 2006.
- Belmont SC, Chen S, Ruffy R, Chai SJ, Silverman R, Coleman DJ. “Very high-frequency ultrasound analysis of non-contact holmium laser thermal keratoplasty treatment spots.” J Refract Surg 22:2006.
- Coleman DJ, Silverman RH, Lizzi FL, Reinstein DZ, Rondeau MJ, Lloyd HO, Daly SW. “Ultrasonography of the Eye and Orbit.” 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2006.
- Silverman RH, Coleman DJ, Ketterling JA, Lizzi FL. High-frequency harmonic imaging of the eye. Proceedings of SPIE, 5750:16-25, 2005.
- Lizzi FL. Coleman DJ. History of ophthalmic ultrasound. J Ultra Med. 23(10):1255-66, 2004.
- Rondeau MJ, Barcsay G, Silverman RH, Reinstein DZ, Krishnamurthy R, Chabi A, Du T, Coleman DJ. Very high frequency ultrasound biometry of the anterior and posterior chamber diameter. J Refract Surg. 20:454-464, 2004.
- Coleman DJ, Silverman RH, Rondeau MJ, Boldt HC, Lloyd HO, Lizzi FL, Weingeist TA, Chen X, Vangveeravong S, Folberg R. Noninvasive in vivo detection of prognostic indicators for high-risk uveal melanoma: ultrasound parameter imaging. Ophthalmology 111:558-564, 2004.
- Coleman DJ, Silverman RH, Chabi A, Rondeau MJ, Shung KK, Cannata J, Lincoff H. High Resolution Ultrasonic Imaging of the Posterior Segment, Ophthalmology 111:1344-1351,2004.
- Cannata J, Ritter T, Silverman R. Shung K. Design of efficient, broadband single element (20 – 80 MHz) ultrasonic transducers for medical imaging applications. IEEE Trans Ultra Ferro Freq Contr. 50:1548-1557, 2003.
- Silverman RH; Folberg R; Rondeau MJ; Boldt HC; Lloyd HO; Chen X; Lizzi FL; Weingeist TA; Coleman DJ. Spectral parameter imaging for detection of prognostically significant histologic features in uveal melanoma. Ultrasound Med Biol, 29(7):951-9, 2003
- Lincoff H; Madjarov B; Lincoff N; Movshovich A; Saxena S; Coleman DJ; Schubert H; Rosberger D; McCormick S. Pathogenesis of the vitreous cloud emanating from subretinal hemorrhage. Arch Ophthalmol, Jan 2003, 121(1) 91-6
- Coleman DJ; Fish SK. Presbyopia, accommodation, and the mature catenary. Ophthalmology, 108(9):1544-51, 2001
- Silverman RH, Lizzi FL, Ursea BG, Cozzarelli L, Ketterling JA, Deng CX, Folberg R, Coleman DJ. Safety levels for exposure of cornea and lens to very high frequency ultrasound. J Ultra Med. 20:979-986, 2001.
- Silverman RH, Reinstein DZ, Lizzi FL, Coleman DJ. Ultrasound signal processing for characterization and enhanced biometry of the cornea. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging. Proceedings of SPIE. Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 2:346-355, 2001.
- Kruse DE, Mai JJ, Silverman RH, Insana MF, Coleman DJ, Ferrara KW. Optimization of real-time high frequency ultrasound for blood flow imaging in the microcirculation. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging. Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. Proceedings of SPIE. 2:284-292, 2001.
- Silverman RH, Lizzi FL, Ursea BG, Rondeau MJ, Badr Eldeen N, Kaliscz A, Lloyd HO, Coleman DJ. High resolution ultrasonic imaging and characterization of the ciliary body. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 42: 885-894, 2001.
- Coleman DJ; Silverman RH; Rondeau MJ. Ophthalmology. Ultrasound Med Biol, 26:S128-S130, 2000
- Reinstein DZ; Silverman RH; Raevsky T; Simoni GJ; Lloyd HO; Najafi DJ; Rondeau MJ; Coleman DJ. Arc-scanning very high-frequency digital ultrasound for 3D pachymetric mapping of the corneal epithelium and stroma in laser in situ keratomileusis. J Refract Surg, 16(4):414-430, 2000
- Silverman RH, Lizzi FL, Kaliscz A, Coleman DJ. Three-dimensional high-resolution ultrasonic imaging of the eye. Proceeding of SPIE, 1(27):36-46, 2000.
- Deng CX. Lizzi FL. Kalisz A. Rosado A. Silverman RH. Coleman DJ. Study of ultrasonic contrast agents using a dual-frequency band technique. Ultrasound Med Biol 26(5):819-31, 2000.