Beth Edmunds, M.D., Ph.D.

Phone:: 503 494-7667
Office:: 503 494-4029

Background

Dr. Edmunds specializes in treating adult and pediatric glaucoma, with a special interest in complicated cases and the surgical management of cataracts and glaucoma. She received her M.D. from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and did her residency training in the United Kingdom. She took fellowship training at Moorfields Eye Hospital and King's College and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, and undertook research for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists into the practice of trabeculectomy in the UK. Her research interests include epidemiology, glaucoma surgery, and the optic nerve in glaucoma.

Selected Publications

"Variants in ASB10 are associated with open-angle glaucoma," Human Molecular Genetics (Vol: 21, Issue: 6, Page 1336-1349) - 2012

"The effect of nitrous oxide on intra-ocular pressure in healthy adults," Anaesthesia (Vol: 67, Issue: 3, Page 256-260) - 2012

"Comparison of the new perimetric GATE strategy with conventional full-threshold and SITA standard strategies," Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Vol: 50, Issue: 1, Page 488-494) - 2009

"Central Corneal Thickness in Northwestern American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Comparison with White and African-American Persons," American Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol: 146, Issue: 5, Page 747-751.e2) - 2008

"Community visual field screening: Prevalence of follow-up and factors associated with follow-up of participants with abnormal frequency doubling perimetry technology results," Ophthalmic Epidemiology (Vol: 14, Issue: 3, Page 134-140) - 2007

"Causes of visual impairment and common eye problems in northwest American Indians and Alaska Natives," American Journal of Public Health (Vol: 95, Issue: 5, Page 881-886) - 2005

"Central corneal thickness: Will one measurement suffice?," Ophthalmology (Vol: 112, Issue: 2, Page 225-228) - 2005

"The gradient of retinal functional changes during acute intraocular pressure elevation," Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Vol: 46, Issue: 1, Page 202-213) - 2005

"A randomised, prospective study comparing trabeculectomy with viscocanalostomy with adjunctive antimetabolite usage for the management of open angle glaucoma uncontrolled by medical therapy," British Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol: 88, Issue: 8, Page 1012-1017) - 2004

"National survey of antimetabolite use in glaucoma surgery in the United Kingdom," British Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol: 88, Issue: 7, Page 873-876) - 2004

"Ocular Involvement in Systemic Vasculitis Associated with Perinuclear Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies," Archives of Ophthalmology (Vol: 122, Issue: 5, Page 786-787) - 2004

"Factors Associated with Success in First-Time Trabeculectomy for Patients at Low Risk of Failure with Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma," Ophthalmology (Vol: 111, Issue: 1, Page 97-103) - 2004

"Genetic linkage analysis of a novel syndrome comprising North Carolina-like macular dystrophy and progressive sensorineural hearing loss," British Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol: 87, Issue: 7, Page 893-898) - 2003

"A practical guide to the examination and interpretation of pupillary responses," CPD Journal Acute Medicine (Vol: 2, Issue: 1, Page 27-29) - 2003

"Traumatic enucleation with chiasmal damage: Magnetic resonance image findings and response to steroids [7]," British Journal of Ophthalmology (Vol: 86, Issue: 11, Page 1317-1318) - 2002

"Success rates in the National Survey of Trabeculectomy [24]," Eye (Vol: 16, Issue: 5, Page 678-) - 2002

"Direct ophthalmoscopy for the acute physician - Papilloedema and other abnormalities of the optic nerve head," CPD Journal Acute Medicine (Vol: 1, Issue: 2, Page 60-63) - 2002

"The National Survey of Trabeculectomy. III. Early and late complications," Eye (Vol: 16, Issue: 3, Page 297-303) - 2002

"The national survey of trabeculectomy. II. Variations in operative technique and outcome," Eye (Vol: 15, Issue: 4, Page 441-448) - 2001

"The National Survey of Trabeculectomy. I. Sample and methods," Eye (Vol: 13, Issue: 4, Page 524-530) - 1999

"Levator palpebrae superioris fibre size in normals and patients with congenital ptosis," Eye (Vol: 12, Issue: 1, Page 47-50) - 1998

"Communication and compliance in eye casualty," Eye (Vol: 11, Issue: 3, Page 345-348) - 1997

"Histochemical staining of levator palpebrae superioris in normals and in congenital dystrophic ptosis," Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Vol: 37, Issue: 3, Page S618) - 1996

"The effect of prophylactic acetazolamide in patients undergoing extensive retinal detachment repair," Eye (Vol: 10, Issue: 3, Page 328-330) - 1996