Evelyn Annette Paysse, MD

Dr. Paysse's research interests are in the areas of refractive surgery for certain forms of amblyopia and retinopathy of prematurity. She is Principal Investigator and/or contributing investigator on numerous NIH-funded projects, including the Amblyopia Treatment Studies, Early Treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity Study, theCongenital Esotropia Observational Study and the Intermittent Exotropic Studies. She is the Principal Investigator on a Thrasher Research-funded study on photorefractive keratectomy for children with certain forms of severe refractive error associated with amblyopia.

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Ram R, Kang T, Weikert MP, Kong L, Coats DK, Paysse EA.  Corneal indices following photorefractive keratectomy in children at least 5 years after surgery.  J AAPOS 2019 May 16. pii: S1091-8531(19)30114-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2018.12.012. [Epub ahead of print].

Jin HD, Demmler-Harrison GJ, Coats DK, Paysse EA, Bhatt A, Edmond JC, Yen KG, Steinkuller P, Miller J.  Long-term Visual and Ocular Sequelae in Patients With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.  Congenital CMV Longitudinal Study Group. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2017 Sep;36(9):877-882.

Bhatti S, Paysse EA, Weikert MP, Kong L. Graefes.  Evaluation of structural contributors in myopic eyes of preterm and full-term children. Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2016 May;254(5):957-62.

Hussein MA, Coats DK, Khan H, Paysse EA, Steinkuller PG, Kong L, O'Brian SE.  Evaluating the association of autonomic drug use to the development and severity of retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS.2014 Aug;18(4):332-7.

Paysse EA, Coats DK, Hussein MA, Hamill MB, Koch DD.  Long-term outcomes of photorefractive keratectomy for anisometropic amblyopia in children. Ophthalmology 2006 Feb;113(2):169-76.

Paysse EA, Hamill MB, Hussein MA, Koch DD.  Photorefractive keratectomy for pediatric anisometropia: safety and impact on refractive error, visual acuity, and stereopsis. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2004 Jul;138(1):70-8.

Coats DK, Paysse EA, Towler AJ, Dipboye RL.  Impact of large angle horizontal strabismus on ability to obtain employment. Ophthalmology 2000 Feb;107(2):402-5. 

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