John Laurence Keltner, M.D.
Director of Research & Faculty Development
Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology
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Clinical Interests
I am an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and retired physician. I was also the Chair of the Department of Opthalmology for 26 years.
Division
Neuro-Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology
Undergraduate School
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware OH 1961
Medical School
M.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH 1965
Internship
New York Hospital, New York NY 1965-1966
Residency
Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 1971-1974
Residency
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem SC 1969-1970
Residency
New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York NY 1966-1967
Fellowship
Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis MO 1970-1971
Fellowship
Children's Hospital, Washington DC 1974
Best Ophthalmologists - Sacramento Magazine 2001, 2001
Keltner JL, Thirkill C, Merrill K, Hanna E, Burt RK, Oyama Y. A Case of autoimmune-related retinopathy and optic neuropathy syndrome treated by autologous non-myeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transportation. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 29(1):43-49, 2009 Mar.
Choi SS, Zawadzki RJ, Greiner MA, Keltner JL, Werner JS. Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography and adaptive optics reveal nerve fiber layer loss and photoreceptor changes in a patient with optic nerve drusen. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 28(2):120-125.2008.
Choi SS, Zawadzki RJ, Keltner JL, Werner JS. Changes in cellular structures revealed by ultra-high resolution retinal imaging in optic neuropathies. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49(5):2103-2119. 2008.
Gerth C, Zawadzki RJ, Choi SS, Keltner JL, Park SS, Werner JS. Visualization of lipofuscin accumulation in Stargardt macular dystrophy by high-resolution Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography. Archives of Ophthalmology, 125(4):575. 2007.
Keltner JL, Fine SL, Abrams GW and Mondino B. Subspecialty Fellowships: Standardizing and Enchancing the Educational Experience. Ophthalmology, 144(4): 628. 2007.
Sanchez R, Smith A, Carelli V, Sadun A, Keltner JL. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Possible Triggered by Exposure to Tire Fire. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 26(4), 268-272. Helped collect data and write manuscript. 2007.
Levine RA, Demirel S, Fan J, Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Kass MA, and the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group "Asymmetries and Visual Field Summaries as Predictors of Glaucoma in the OHTS." Invest Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 47(9): 3896-3903. Part of the OHTSG. 2006.
Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Anderson DR, Levine RA, Fan J, Cello KE, Quigley HA, Budenz DL, Parrish RK, Kass MA, Gordon MO and the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group. The Association Between Glaucomatous Visual Fields and Optic Nerve Head Features in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS). Ophthalmology, 113(9):1603-1612. Part of the OHTSG. 2006.
Keltner, JL, Thirkill CE, Yip PT. Clinical and Immunologic Characteristics of Melanoma-Associated Retinopathy Syndrome: Eleven New Cases and a Review of 51 Previously Published Cases. J. Neuro-Ophthalmology 21(3):173-187. 2001
Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Quigg JM, Cello KE, Kass MA, Gordon MO, Spurr JO and the Ocular Hypertension Study Group. Confirmation of Visual Field Abnormalities in the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) Arch Ophthalmol 118. 2000