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OUR MISSION & PASSION:
ELIMINATE GLAUCOMA BLINDNESS 

OUR AREAS OF EMPHASIS

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GLAUCOMA PATIENT CARE

The Glaucoma Clinic is staffed by 4 faculty fellowship trained glaucoma specialists who are renowned for their expertise in clinical and surgical glaucoma management.

OUR GLAUCOMA SERVICE FACULTY

Erin Boese Glaucoma Doctor

Erin A. Boese MD

John Fingert Glaucoma Doctor

John H. Fingert MD PHD

Andrew Pouw Glaucoma Doctor

Andrew E. Pouw MD

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Marc Töteberg-Harms MD

Clinic Profile

Academic Profile

Clinic Profile

Academic Profile

Clinic Profile

Academic Profile

Clinic Profile

Academic Profile

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Wallace LM Alward MD

Young H. Kwon MD PHD

Andrew Zolot MD

Glaucoma Fellow Physician

Emeritus Glaucoma Faculty

Glaucoma Research Faculty

OUR RECENT NEWS

Iowa glaucoma team reports mutations in new normal tension glaucoma gene (METTL23) in JAMA Ophthalmology

In a JAMA Ophthalmology article, Dr. Fingert, Dr. Boese, Dr. Pouw, and Dr. Töteberg report discovering three novel mutations in the methyltransferase-like 23 (METTL23) gene. This is the first population-based study of the METTL23 gene and it suggests that it is responsible for 0.5% of NTG cases in the United States and that it is one of the four most common NTG-causing genes in the world. Read more about this discovery here.

OUR PUBLICATIONS

John Fingert Glaucoma Genetics Lab PCR

Click here to see all of our publications on PUBMED

Select publications described below:

GJA3 Genetic Variation and Autosomal Dominant Congenital Cataracts and Glaucoma Following Cataract Surgery. JAMA Ophthalmology, 2023; 141(9): 872-879.

Research lead by Dr. Boese assessed the family members in a 4-generation pedigree with congenital cataracts caused by a GJA3 variant who have a remarkably high incidence of glaucoma following cataract surgery in early childhood.

Read more about this research here.

OUR MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

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GLAUCOMA EDUCATION

• Development of the world's most used audio/visual resources for teaching glaucoma

• Faculty are award-winning teachers

• Education of patients, trainees, and colleagues is a top-priority 

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Read more about our glaucoma education efforts

and access our glaucoma education resources here.

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