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Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

James B. Shepherd, III, MD

Current Position
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Acting Chief of Ophthalmology, John J. Cochran Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Areas
Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology - Neuro

Patients Seen At
Eye Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, C, 12
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-362-3937
Fax:   314-362-3725
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
660 So. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8096
St. Louis, MO  63110

Areas of Clinical Interest
Occular manifestations of neurologic diseases, diseases of the optic nerve and oculomotor system, migraine, pseudotumor cerebri, adult strabismus, hemifacial spasm, blepharospasm

 Areas of Research Interest
Phase III Trial of Irofulven Versus 5-Fluorouracil in Patients with Gemcitabine-Refractory Advanced Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
Board Certification
Ophthalmology -- Certified

Medical Education
Internship: Pediatric and Adult Neurology, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
B.A.: Political Science, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1992
Medical Degree: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, 1997
Residency: Ophthalmology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
Fellowship: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, 2003
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis Veterans Medical Center

Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2007-2013 (Best Doctors, Inc.)

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
McClelland C, Van Stavern GP, Shepherd JB, Gordon M, Huecker J. "Neuroimaging in Patients Referred to a Neuro-ophthalmology Service: The Rates of Appropriateness and Concordance in Interpretation." Ophthalmology. 2012 Aug;119(8):1701-4.

Naismith RT, Shepherd JB, Weihl CC, Tutlam NT, Cross AH. "Acute and bilateral blindness due to optic neuropathy associated with copper deficiency." Arch Neurol. 2009 Aug;66(8):1025-7.

Naismith RT, Tutlam NT, Xu J, Shepherd JB, Klawiter EC, Song SK, Cross AH. "Optical coherence tomography is less sensitive than visual evoked potentials in optic neuritis."
Neurology. 2009 Jul 7;73(1):46-52.

Knopf HL, Carter K, Shepherd JB, Vemulakonda GA. "Vision loss in one eye." Compr Ophthalmol Update. 2006 Mar-Apr;7(2):95-6.

Hariprasad SM, Prasad A, Smith M, Shah GK, Grand MG, Shepherd JB, Wickens J, Apte RS, Liao RS, Van Gelder R. "Bilateral choroiditis from Prototheca wickerhamii algaemia."
Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 Aug;123(8):1138-41.

Shepherd JB 3rd. "Ocular vasculitis." Curr Rheumatol Rep. 2003 Apr;5(2):100-6.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. James B. Shepherd.
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