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Professor Nathan Greenleaf CONGDON
AB (Princeton University, Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, Oriental Studies)
MPhil (Oriental Studies, Cambridge University)
MPH (Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Delta Omega)
MD (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha)
Professor (By Courtesy), School of Public Health and Primary Care
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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| Biography |
| Professor Congdon interned in Internal Medicine, Washington Hospital Centre from 1993 to 1994. Staring from 1994, he worked as resident in Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital for three years. He was fellow in Glaucoma, Wills Eye Hospital with Dr. George Spaeth during the period of 1997 to 1998. He acted as Assistant Chief of Service, Director of Ocular Trauma Service in the Wilmer Eye Institute. Since 1999, He worked in Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine as Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and was promoted to Associate Professor of Opthalmology from 2002 to 2006. Also, Professor Congdon was an Associate Professor of Internation Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Primary Care between 2002 and 2006. Before working in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he was Director of Eye Health, Helen Kelleer International for two years. Now, he is Professor (By Courtesy), School of Public Health and Primary Care and Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. From 2006 onwards, Professor Congdon is Professor in Joint Shantou International Eye Centre, Shantou PRC and acts as Advisor in Project Vision, Hong Kong. He has all-around language talent such as Mandarin Chinese (fluent spoken and reading), Spanish, Japanese (reading) and Arabic (some reading knowledge). |
| Select Publications |
| Peer-reviewed scientific articles |
| West, Congdon, Katala, Mele. Facial cleanliness and the risk of trachoma in families. Arch Ophthalmol 1991;109:855-857. |
| Congdon, Wang, Tielsch. Issues in the epidemiology and population-based screening of angle-closure glaucoma. Surv Ophthalmol 1992;36:411-423 (Invited Review). |
| Congdon, West, Katala, Vitale. Caretaking and household exposure to children as a risk factor for trachoma in women. Am J Epidemiol 1993;137:366-372. |
| Congdon, Humphrey, Friedman, Clement, Wu, Natadisastra, Sommer. Pupillary and visual thresholds in young children as an index of population vitamin A status. Am J Clin Nutr 1995;61:1076-1082 |
| Congdon, Quigley, Hung, Wang, Ho, Glovinsky. The impact of age, cataract and visual acuity on whole-field scotopic sensitivity screening for open-angle glaucoma in Taiwan. Arch Ophthalmol 1995;113:1138-1143. |
| Congdon, Quigley, Hung, Wang, Ho. Screening techniques for angle-closure glaucoma in rural Taiwan. Acta Ophthalmol 1996;74:113-119. |
| Sanchez, Congdon, Sommer, et al. Pupillary threshold as an index of population vitamin A status among children in India. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65:61-6. |
| Congdon, Qi, Quigley, Hung, Wang, Tielsch. Biometry and primary angle-closure glaucoma among Chinese, Caucasian and African-American populations, Ophthalmology 1997;104:1489-1495 |
| Katz, Congdon, Friedman. Variation in estimating apparent progression of visual field loss in clinical trials of glaucoma treatment. Arch Ophthalmol 1999;117:1137-1142. |
| Congdon, Spaeth, Augsburger, Klancnik, Patel, Hunter. A proposed simple method for measurement in the anterior chamber angle: Biometric gonioscopy. Ophthalmology 1999;106:2161-2167 |
| Congdon, West. Nutrition and the eye. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 1999;10:464-473. (Invited Review). |
| Congdon, West, Duncan, Fisher, Vitale, Rieger, Urist, Hazelwood, Sanchez, Pham, Cole, McNaughton. The effect of pantethine and ultraviolet-B radiation on the development of lenticular opacity in the Emory mouse. Curr Eye Res 2000;20:17-24. |
| Congdon, Dreyfuss, Christian, Navitsky, Sanchez, West, Thapa. Dark adaptation thresholds as an indicator of vitamin A status among pregnant and lactating women in Nepal. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:1004-1009 |
| Ng, Congdon, Sommer. Acute 6th nerve palsy in vitamin A treatment of xerophthalmia. Br J Ophthalmol 2000;84:931-932 |
| Congdon. Cataract genetics. Bull World Health Organ 2001;79(3):258-9. (Invited Review) |
| Congdon, Schein, von Kulajta, Lubomski, Gilbert, Katz. Corneal complications associated with topical ophthalmic use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. J Cat Refr Surg 2001;27:622-631. |
| Congdon. Prevention strategies for age-related cataract: present limitations and future possibilities. Br J Ophthalmol 2001;85:516-520. (Invited Review) |
| Congdon, West, Buhrmann, Kouzis, Munoz, Mkocha. Prevalence of the different types of age-related cataract in an African population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2001;42:2478-2482 |
| Quigley, Congdon, Friedman. Glaucoma in China (and worldwide): changes in established thinking will decrease preventable blindness. Br J Ophthalmol 2001 Nov;85(11):1271-2. (Invited Editorial). |
| Congdon, Foster, Wamsley, Gutmark, Nolan, Seah, Johnson, Broman. Biometric gonioscopy and the effects of age, race, and gender on the anterior chamber angle. Br J Ophthalmol. 2002;86:18-22. |
| Congdon, West. Physiologic Indicators of Vitamin A Status. J. Nutr 2002;132:2889S-2894S. |
| Wojciechowski, Congdon, Anninger, Broman. Age, gender, biometry, refractive error and the anterior chamber angle among Alaskan Eskimos. Ophthalmology. 2003;110:365-75. |
| Jampel, Friedman, Lubomski, Kempen, Quigley, Congdon, Levkovitch-Verbin, Robinson, Bass. The methodologic rigor of clinical trials on surgical management of eyes with coexisting cataract and glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2002;109:1892 - 1901 |
| Friedman, Jampel, Lubomski, Kempen, Quigley, Congdon, Levkovitch-Verbin, Robinson, Bass. Intraocular pressure control using surgical management strategies to treat coexisting cataract and glaucoma. Ophthalmology 2002;109:1902 – 1915. |
| Jampel, Friedman, Lubomski Kempen, Quigley, Congdon Levkovitch-Verbin, Robinson, Bass, Effect of technique on intraocular pressure after combined cataract and glaucoma surgery, Ophthalmology 2002;109:2215 - 2224. |
| Hylton, Congdon, Friedman D, Kempen J, Quigley H, Bass E, Jampel H. Cataract after glaucoma filtration surgery. Am J Ophthalmol. 2003;135:231-2. Review |
| Quigley HA, Fiedman DS, Congdon NG. Possible mechanisms of primary angle-closure and malignant glaucoma. J Glaucoma. 2003;12:167-80. |
| Congdon NG, Friedman DS. Angle-closure glaucoma: impact, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2003;14:70-73. |
| Bowie, Congdon, Lai, West. Validity of a personal and family history of cataract and cataract surgery in genetic studies. IOVS 2003;44:2905-8. |
| Congdon, Friedman, Lietman. Important causes of visual impairment in the world today.JAMA 2003; 290: 2057-2060 |
| Age-related Eye Disease Study Research Group (Congdon on Writing Committee). Potential Public Health Impact of Age-Related Eye Disease Study Results: AREDS Report No. 11. Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1621-1624. |
| Park, Congdon. Evidence for an “epidemic” of myopia. Ann Acad Med Sing 2004;33:21-26. |
| Wedner, Ross, Congdon, Balira, Spitzer, Foster. Validation of night blindness reports among children and women in a vitamin A deficient population in rural Tanzania. European J Clin Nutr 2004; 58:409-419. |
| Lewis, Congdon, Munoz, Bowie, Lai, Chen, West. Cataract surgery and sub-type in a defined, older population: the SEECAT Project. Br J Ophthalmol 2004 Dec;88(12):1512-7. |
| Congdon, Broman, Lai, Munoz, Bowie, Gilbert, Wojciechowski, Alston, West. Nuclear cataract shows significant familial aggregation in an older population after adjustment for possible shared environmental factors. IOVS 2004 ;45(7):2182-6. |
| Congdon, O'Colmain, Klaver, Klein, Munoz, Friedman, Kempen, Taylor, Mitchell; Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. Causes and prevalence of visual impairment among adults in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:477-485. |
| Congdon, Vingerling Klein, West, Friedman, Kempen, O'Colmain, Wu, Taylor; Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. The prevalence of cataract and pseudophakia/aphakia among adults in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:487-494. |
| Friedman, Wolfs, O'Colmain, Klein, Taylor, West, Leske, Mitchell, Congdon, Kempen J; Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. The prevalence of open-angle glaucoma among adults in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:532-538. |
| Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group (Congdon sat on Writing Committee). The prevalence of age-related macular degeneration among adults in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:564-572. |
| Kempen, Mitchell, Lee, Tielsch, Broman, Taylor, Ikram, Congdon, O'Colmain; Eye Diseases Prevalence Research Group. The prevalence of refractive error among adults in the United States, Western Europe and Australia. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:495-505. |
| Eye Disease Prevalence Research Group (Congdon sat on Writing Committee). The prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in the United States. Arch Ophthalmol 2004;122:552-563. |
| Congdon, Broman, Lai, Munoz, Bowie, Gilbert, Wojciechowski, West. Cortical, but not poster sub-capsular, cataract shows significant familial aggregation in an older population after adjustment for possible shared environmental factors. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:73-7. |
| Wojciechowski, Congdon, Bowie, Munoz, Gilbert, West. Heritability of refractive error and familial aggregation of myopia in an elderly population of siblings in Salisbury, Maryland. IOVS Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2005;46:1588-92.. |
| Wojciechowski, Congdon, Bowie, Munoz, Gilbert, West. Familial aggregation of hyperopia in an elderly population of siblings in Salisbury, Maryland. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:78-83.. |
| Nusz KJ, Congdon NG, Ho T, Gramatikov BI, Friedman DS, Guyton DL, Hunter DG. Rapid, objective detection of cataract-induced blur using a bull’s eye photodetector. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2005;31:763-70. |
| Chang TC, Congdon NG, Wojciechowski R, Munoz B, Gilbert D, Chen P, Friedman DS, West SK. Determinants and heritability of intraocular pressure and cup-to-disc ratio in a defined older population. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1186-91. |
| Chang MA, Congdon NG, Bykhovskaya I, Monoz B, West SK. The Association between Myopia and Various Subtypes of Lens Opacity SEE (Salisbury Eye Evaluation) Project. Ophthalmology. 2005;112:1186-91. |
| Congdon N. Self assessed benefit of cataract extraction. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:931. |
| Castanon Holguin AM, Congdon N, Patel N, Ratcliffe A, Esteso P, Toledo Flores S, Gilbert D, Pereyra Rito MA, Munoz B. Factors associated with spectacle-wear compliance in school-aged Mexican children. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006;47(3):925-8. |
| Congdon NG, Broman AT, Bandeen-Roche K, Grover D, Quigley HA. Central Corneal Thickness and Corneal Hysteresis Associated With Glaucoma Damage. Am J Ophthalmol. 2006 May;141(5):868-75. Epub 2006 Mar 9. |
| Jampel HD, Vitale S, Ding Y, Quigley H, Friedman D, Congdon N, Zeimer R. Test-retest variability in structural and functional parameters of glaucoma damage in the glaucoma imaging longitudinal study. J Glaucoma. 2006 Apr;15(2):152-7. |
| Brown KE, Congdon NG. Corneal structure and biomechanics: impact on the diagnosis and management of glaucoma. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2006 Aug;17(4):338-43. Review. |
| Geruschat DR, Hassan SE, Turano KA, Quigley HA, Congdon NG. Gaze behavior of the visually impaired during street crossing. Optom Vis Sci. 2006 Aug;83(8):550-8. |
| Botelho PJ, Congdon NG, Handa JT, Akpek EK. Keratoprosthesis in high-risk pediatric corneal transplantation: first 2 cases. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Sep;124(9):1356-7. |
| He M, Chan V, Baruwa E, Gilbert D, Frick KD, Congdon N. Willingness to Pay for Cataract Surgery in Rural Southern China. Ophthalmology. 2006 Dec 29; [Epub ahead of print] |
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Book Chapters
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| Congdon, Schein. “The epidemiology of ocular trauma” (chapter) in MacCumber, ed., Management of Ocular Emergencies, Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1997, pp. 9-28. |
| Matelis, Congdon. “Glaucoma associated with trauma,” (chapter) in Pieramici, Kuhn, eds., Trauma: Principles and Practice. Thieme, New York, 2002, pp. 169-179. |
| Congdon, Taylor. “Age-related cataract” (chapter) in Johnson, Minassian, Weale, West., eds., The Epidemiology of Eye Disease. Arnold, London, UK, 2003. pp. 105-119. |
| Congdon, Chang, Botelho, Datiles. Cataract: Clinical types. In Tasman, Jaeger, eds., Duane’s Ophthalmology. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2005. |
| Awards |
| Woods Legacy (Highest academic standing in class), Princeton University, 1983 |
| Marshall Scholarship for Study at Cambridge University, 1985-1987 |
| Franklin P. Mall Anatomy Department Prize, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1989 |
| Lange Outstanding Student Award, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1989 |
| Roy Scholz Prize for Research in Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1990 |
| Henry Strong Dennison Research Fellowship, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1991 |
| Susan T. Pettis Scholar, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 1991 |
| Ehrlich Medical Student Research Award, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1993 |
| Hewlett-Packard Award (First in graduating class), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1993 |
| Resident Research Award, Washington Hospital Center, 1994 |
| M. Noel Stowe Resident Research Award, Wilmer Eye Institute, 1996 |
| NEI ARVO Travel Award, 1996 |
| Paul Kayser International Scholar, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology, 1997 |
| Heed Fellowship, 1997; also the 1997 recipient the Heed Fellowship Alumni Associations Annual Special Award |
| P. Robb McDonald Award (Fellows Research Award), Wills Eye Hospital, 1998 |
| RPB Career Development Award, 1999-2003 |
| K-23 Career Development Award, NEI, 1999-2004 |
| Wilmer Resident Teaching Award, 2002 |
| APAO Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award, 2007 |
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