Posts by Deeba Husain, MD
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Finding Treatment Targets for Age-related Macular Degeneration
Mass Eye and Ear clinician scientists have been behind some of the biggest breakthroughs in treating age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but they believe more work needs to be done. They are looking at new ways to detect, classify, and treat the blinding disease earlier.
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Potential Treatment Targets Identified for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
By assessing genomic–metabolomic associations in age-related macular degeneration, Deeba Husain, MD, of the Department of Ophthalmology, and colleagues have obtained additional evidence of the pathogenic role of the LIPC gene and glycerophospholipid metabolism, which may represent novel treatment targets.
Biography
Deeba Husain, M.D. is a full-time member of the Mass. Eye and Ear Retina Service and the site director of Mass. Eye and Ear Retina Consultants located at 1 Montvale Ave. in Stoneham. She is a vitreoretinal specialist and certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology. She also directs the Medical Retina (Boston) and International Retina fellowships.
Dr. Husain attended medical school at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, India. In 1995, she joined the Department of Ophthalmology at Mass. Eye and Ear to conduct post-doctoral research in photodynamic therapy and age-related macular degeneration with Evangelos Gragoudas, M.D. and Joan W. Miller, M.D., FARVO. She subsequently completed ophthalmology residency training at Harvard Medical School, followed by subspecialty training as a vitreoretinal fellow at Mass. Eye and Ear. Before joining Mass. Eye and Ear, Dr. Husain was at Boston University School of Medicine, where she served as Director of the Retina Service and Director of the retina fellowship training program.
Mass Eye and Ear/Mass General Ophthalmology
An international center for ophthalmology treatment and research, Mass Eye and Ear/Massachusetts General Hospital is the primary teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Ophthalmology, and is consistently recognized as one of the nation’s top hospitals for eye care. Led by Chief and Chair Joan W. Miller, MD, the department provides seamless access to the most innovative care available anywhere in the world.
