Professor, Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine
Ophthalmology
Dr. Eve J. Higginbotham, MD
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Higginbotham practices Ophthalmology. He went to medical school at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical college. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He over the years received 1 awards: "Elected Member". Higginbotham is also published. He has 100 publications published. The lastest publication: "Report of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) injection in a very low dose for the treatment of posttrabeculectomy fibrin.' He accepts all Medicare patients.
Publications
- Tailored and targeted interventions to encourage dilated fundus examinations in older african americans.
- Assessing the status of ophthalmic education 100 years after the flexner report.
- Community-based strategies for recruiting older, African Americans into a behavioral intervention study.
- Historically black medical schools: addressing the minority health professional pipeline and the public mission of care for vulnerable populations.
- Multivitamin supplements, ageing, and loss of vision: seeing through the shadows.
- The story of Percy Lavon Julian: against all odds.
- Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study.
- The public health approach to eliminating disparities in health.
- Ophthalmology and primary care: partners in peril?
- Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about dilated eye examinations among African-Americans.
- Managing glaucoma during pregnancy.
- Are we there yet? Celebrating the centennial of the Schiøtz tonometer.
- How much influence do socioeconomic factors have on glaucoma prevalence and therapeutic outcomes?
- Why did my surgery fail, doc?
- Ethnic differences in glaucoma: prevalence, management, and outcome.
- Glaucoma and its treatment: a review.
- Antiglaucoma eye drop pulses--increased interleukin-6 secretion by Tenon's capsule fibroblast cultures.
- Does sex matter in glaucoma?
- The case against glaucoma drainage implant surgery in patients with a poor prognosis for standard filtering procedure.
- The efficacy and safety of unfixed and fixed combinations of latanoprost and other antiglaucoma medications.
- The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: a randomized trial determines that topical ocular hypotensive medication delays or prevents the onset of primary open-angle gl...
- The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study: baseline factors that predict the onset of primary open-angle glaucoma.
- "Who's on first?": Considering the options for primary glaucoma therapy.
- Primary drug treatment for glaucoma: beta-blockers versus other medications.
- Multifocal defects and splenomegaly in sarcoidosis: a new scintigraphic pattern.
- Clinical management of women at increased risk for breast cancer.
- Sympathetic ophthalmia following Nd:YAG cyclotherapy.
- Uveal effusion syndrome.
- Histologic effect of diode laser sclerostomy in human cadaver eyes.
- Sympathetic ophthalmia following neodymium:YAG cyclotherapy.
- Effects of ascorbic acid on trabecular meshwork cells in culture.
- Will latanoprost be the 'wonder' drug of the '90s for the treatment of glaucoma?
- Comparison of the Baerveldt implant with the double-plate Molteno implant.
- Topical beta-adrenergic antagonists and quinidine. A risky interaction.
- Importance of increasing public awareness regarding glaucoma.
- Bleb-related endophthalmitis after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C.
- Prevent Blindness America visual field screening study. The Prevent Blindness America Glaucoma Advisory Committee.
- Long-term visual outcome of ocular hypotension after thermosclerostomy.
- Diode laser surgery. Ab interno and ab externo versus conventional surgery in rabbits.
- Can the concentration of timolol or the frequency of its administration be reduced?
- Effects of antiglaucoma medications on bovine trabecular meshwork cells in vitro.
- Ab-interno sclerostomy using a goniodiathermy instrument.
- Response of exfoliation glaucoma to laser trabeculoplasty.
- Effect of vitamin A on glycoconjugate: synthesis in the trabecular meshwork. A preliminary report.
- Lens clarity after argon and neodymium-YAG laser iridotomy in the rabbit.
- The effect of caffeine on intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients.
- MK-927: a topical carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. Dose response and duration of action.
- Assessment of intraocular pressure in vitrectomized gas-containing eyes. A clinical and manometric comparison of the Tono-Pen to the pneumotonometer.
- Ascorbic acid modulates the production of fibronectin and laminin by cells from an eye tissue-trabecular meshwork.
- Effects of topical glaucoma drugs on fistulized rabbit conjunctiva.
- Clinical evaluation of the Oculab Tono-Pen.
- Lensectomy and vitrectomy in the presence of filtering blebs.
- Delayed suprachoroidal hemorrhage following filtration surgery. Case report.
- Effects of cyclocryotherapy on aqueous humor dynamics in cats.
- Use of intraocular gas in flat anterior chamber after filtration surgery.
- Internal sclerostomy with the Nd: YAG contact laser versus thermal sclerostomy in rabbits.
- ALO 2145 reduces the intraocular pressure elevation after anterior segment laser surgery.
- Laser therapy in glaucoma: an overview and update.
- Collagen-shield adjunct for shell tamponade following filtration surgery.
- MK-507 versus sezolamide. Comparative efficacy of two topically active carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
- Cyclophotocoagulation with the transscleral contact neodymium: YAG laser versus cyclocryotherapy in rabbits.
- Laser trabeculoplasty.
- Intraoperative mitomycin versus postoperative 5-fluorouracil in high-risk glaucoma filtering surgery.
- Surgical options in high-risk patients.
- Larger optic nerve heads have more nerve fibers in normal monkey eyes.
- Ascorbic acid modulates collagen type I gene expression by cells from an eye tissue--trabecular meshwork.
- What is on the horizon for cycloablation?
- Underscoring the importance of mentoring.
- Celebrating women in ophthalmology: peering through the prism of time.
- A survey of ocular complaints in postmenopausal women.
- Comparison of frequency doubling perimetry with humphrey visual field analysis in a glaucoma practice.
- Reaffirming the role of the laser in glaucoma management.
- Filtering surgery with lasers.
- Report of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) injection in a very low dose for the treatment of posttrabeculectomy fibrin.
- Celebrating women in ophthalmology.
- Latanoprost treatment for glaucoma: effects of treating for 1 year and of switching from timolol. United States Latanoprost Study Group.
- Evidence of early change in iris color with latanoprost use.
- Glaucomatocyclitic crisis in a child.
- Effects of ascorbic acid on levels of fibronectin, laminin and collagen type 1 in bovine trabecular meshwork in organ culture.
- Initial treatment for open-angle glaucoma- medical, laser or surgical? Medication is the treatment of choice for chronic open-angle glaucoma.
- Vasoactive intestinal peptide stimulation of human trabecular meshwork cell growth.
- Transconjunctival mitomycin C as an adjunct to conventional glaucoma filtration surgery in rabbits.
- Advances in laser sclerostomy: how far have we come?
- In vitro evaluation of antiproliferative potential of calcium channel blockers in human Tenon''s fibroblasts.
- Glaucoma: a preventable cause of blindness.
- Adjunctive use of mitomycin in filtration surgery. Is it worth the risk?
- Mitomycin C versus 5-fluorouracil in high-risk glaucoma filtering surgery. Extended follow-up.
- Contact transscleral Nd:YAG laser cyclophotocoagulation for the treatment of refractory pediatric glaucoma.
- Evaluating a visual field screening test for glaucoma: how the choice of the gold standard affects the validity of the test.
- Adjunctive use of transconjunctival mitomycin-C in ab externo diode laser sclerostomy surgery in rabbits.
- Loss of cell-matrix cohesiveness after phagocytosis by trabecular meshwork cells.
- The importance of public service in the life of an ophthalmologist.
- Is laser sclerostomy surgery ready for 'prime time'?
- MMPs and proteinase inhibitors in the human aqueous humor.
- Comparative Efficacy of the SLT versus LASAG Nd: YAG Delivery Systems in Rabbits.
- Effects of papaverine pilocarpine and epinephrine on fistulized rabbit conjunctiva.
- Diagnostic and therapeutic projections for glaucoma management into the 21st century.
- Minority primary care physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices on eye health and preferred sources of information.
- Duplicate publication.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Conditions Treated
- Cataract
Doctors Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Personal Choice PPO
- Regional Pref Network EPO
- Regional Pref Network HMO
- Regional Pref Network HMO+
- Regional Pref Network POS+
- Regional Pref Network PPO
- Blue Card PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Community Blue PPO
- Direct Access
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield POS
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Preferred PPO
- Keystone Health Plan East HMO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Freedom Plan
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- Oxford Liberty
Awards
- Elected Member
Education
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Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary -
Harvard Medical School
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1245283324 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | HIGGINBOTHAM |
| First Name Of The Provider | EVE |
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