Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences / Pediatric Ophthalmology

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Susan M. Culican, MD, PhD

Specialty Areas
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Glaucoma
Cataract

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Areas of Clinical Interest
Strabismus (crossed-eyes), nystagmus and eye movement disorders, amblyopia, pediatric cataract, IOL, refractive surgery, pediatric glaucoma, pediatric nasolacrimal disorders and ptosis

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Major or Recent Publications/Awards

Honors and Awards

Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2009 (Best Doctors, Inc)
Special Service Award, John Cochran VA Hospital, 2008
Inducted Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, 2007
Fellowship, Society of Heed Fellows, Heed Ophthalmic Foundation, 2003-2004
Doris P. and Harry J. Wexler Award for Ophthalmic Research. Spring. 2000

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Culican SM, Custer PL. Repair of cicatricial ectropion in an infant with harlequin ichthyosis using engineered human skin. Am J Ophthalmol 2002; 134:442-443

Akaaboune M, Culican SM, Turney SG, Lichtman JW. Rapid and reversible effects of activity on acetylcholine receptor density at the neuromuscular junction in vivo. Science 1999; 286:503-507

Culican SM, Nelson CC, Lichtman JW. Axon withdrawal during synapse elimination at the neuromuscular junction is accompanied by disassembly of the postsynaptic specialization and withdrawal of Schwann cell processes. J Neurosci 1998; 18:4953-4965

Tourney SG, Culican SM, Lichtman JW. A quantitative fluorescence-imaging technique for studying acetylecholine receptor turnover at neuromuscular junctions in living animals. J Neurosci Methods 1996; 64:199-208

Culican SM, Baumrind NL, Yamamoto M, Pearlman AL. Cortical radial glia: Indentification in tissue culture and evidence for their transformation to astrocytes. J Neurosci 1990; 10:684-692

Book Chapters

Culican SM. Ophthalmology. In: Moylan K (ed). The Washington Manual Geriatrics Subspecialty Consult. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2004, pp 103-108

Lichtman JW, Burden SJ, Culican SM, Wong ROL. Synapse formation and elimination. In: Fundamental Neuroscience. San Diego, Academic Press, 1999, pp 547-580

Journal Articles

Culican SM, Turney SG, Lichtman JW. In vivo examination of acetylcholine receptor turnover in denervated neuromuscular junctions using calibrated fluorescence imaging. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1995; 21(3):1748

Culican SM, Turney SG, Lichtman JW. Calibrated in vivo imaging of acetylcholine receptor turnover of normal and denervated neuromuscular junctions. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1994; 20(1):632

Culican SM, Cohen JB, Lichtman JW. Changes in the distribution of 43k protein during synapse elimination at the neuromuscular junction. Soc Neurosci Abstr 1993; 19(2):1294


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Susan M. Culican, MD, PhD