Project Description

Partner, Retina Specialists of Southern Arizona

Clinical Professor, University of Arizona Medical Center

Degrees

June 1985 B.A., The Ohio State University, Pre-Medicine and International Studies
Dec  1991 M.D., The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Medicine

 

Fellowship, Internship or Residency

07/92 – 06/93 Internship, Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Carmel Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States.
10/93 – 06/96 Research Fellowship, Ophthalmic Genetics and Clinical Services Branch, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD, United States.
07/96 – 06/99 Residency, Ophthalmology, Maryland General Hospital, Baltimore, MD, United States.
11/99 – 12/00 Observer, Departments of Ophthalmology and Radiation Oncology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
01/01 – 06/03 Research Fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Retina Department: Dr. Donald J D’Amico, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
07/03 – 06/05 Clinical Fellowship at Massachussetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Retina Department, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

 

Faculty Positions

2005 – 2006 Lecturer, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery. Boston, MA, United States.
2006 – 2012 Assistant Professor-Tenure Track, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Division. Columbus, OH, United States.
2013 – 2018 Associate Professor-Tenure Track, Division Director-Medical and Surgical Retina, The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Retina Division. Tucson, AZ, United States.
2017 – present Partner, Retina Specialists of Southern Arizona; Clinical Professor University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Tucson, AZ, United States.

 

Book Chapters

Christoforidis, JB and Chang SC. 2014. Quinine. In Encyclopedia of Toxicology. 3rd ed. Edited by Philip Wexler. New York, NY, USA: Elsevier.

Romano Mario R MD PhD, Christoforidis John B MD, Vallejo-Garcia Jose L MD. 2013. Exposure and infection of scleral buckle. In Complications of Vitreo-Retinal Surgery. Edited by Noemi Lois, MD and David SH Wong, MD. New York, NY, USA: Springer.

Werner S, Christoforidis, JB.  Diabetic Retinopathy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Eye Diseases Associated With Obstructive Sleep Apnea   Edited by Mingwu Wang, MD. Nova Science Publishers pp. 81-93

Pollard K, Christoforidis, JB.  Central Serous Chorioretinopathy and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Eye Diseases Associated With Obstructive Sleep Apnea   Edited by Mingwu Wang, MD. Nova Science Publishers pp. 69-79

Imbornoni L, Christoforidis, JB   Retinal Venular Occlusions and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Eye Diseases Associated With Obstructive Sleep Apnea   Edited by Mingwu Wang, MD. Nova Science Publishers pp. 55-67

Inventions and Patents

Pharmacokinetic determination of intravitreal agents US 9,833,523 B2. John Christoforidis and Michael Knopp, Application number US 13/868,453, Publication date: Dec 5, 2017

Methods for Determining Biodistribution of Intravitreal Administered Medicaments.  John Christoforidis and Michael Knopp, Application number US 62/750,481, Oct 25, 2018