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Erin Boese, MD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Current Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Education

  • BA in Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  • MD in Medicine, University of Iowa, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA
  • Resident in Ophthalmology, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
  • Fellow in Glaucoma, Kellogg Eye Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Selected Publications

  • Hedberg-Buenz A, Boese EA, Nyunt AW, Sears NC, Pouw AE, Wang K, Fingert JH. (2025). Increased aqueous humor levels of endothelin-1 in patients with open angle glaucoma. BMC Ophthalmol 25(1):46. DOI: 10.1186/s12886-025-03861-y. PMID: 39856599. PMCID: PMC11760677.
  • Fingert JH, Tollefson MR, Roos BR, Boese E, Pouw AE, Stone EM, Schnieders M, Scheetz TE. (2024). METTL23 mutations and normal tension glaucoma (NTG) in a United States population. Inves. Ophth. & Vis. Sci. 65(7):4235.
  • Kecova H, Kardon RH, Lavik E, Park SA, Jacobson S, Hamouche K, Alward EM, Harper MM, Grozdanic SD. (2010). Treatment of Laser-Induced Retinal Injury and Visual Loss Using Sustained Release of Intra-vitreal Neurotrophic Growth Factors. Presented at ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Nzokwe RN, Kecova H, Kardon RH, Park SA, Hamouche K, Jacobson S, Alward EM, Harper MM, Grozdanic SD. (2010). Early functional and structural optic nerve deficits in a canine model of compressive optic neuropathy. Presented at ARVO, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Boese EA. (2021). Cataract surgery in the presence of hypotony. Review of Ophthalmology 28(11):74-8. Available: https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/cataract-surgery-in-the-presence-of-hypotony
  • Boese EA, Parikh M, Alward WLM. (2020). Chapter 56: Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome. In: Cornea, 3rd ed. Eds: Mannis M, Holland E. Elsevier.
  • Harper MM, Boese EA, Kardon RH, Ledolter J, Kuehn MH. (2021). High Correlation between Glaucoma Treatment with Topical Prostaglandin Analogs and BDNF Immunoreactivity in Human Retina. Curr Eye Res 46(5):739-745. DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2020.1822417. PMID: 32985274.
  • Hagedorn J, Avdic A, Schnieders MJ, Roos BR, Kwon YH, Drack AV, Boese EA, Fingert JH. (2020). Nanophthalmos patient with a THR518MET mutation in MYRF, a case report. BMC Ophthalmol 20(1):388. DOI: 10.1186/s12886-020-01659-8. PMID: 33004036. PMCID: PMC7528587.
  • Shen SR, Boese EA, Clark CP, Man X, Nika M, Moroi SE. (2021). Acute angle-closure crisis secondary to topiramate-induced ciliochoroidal effusion with underlying plateau iris configuration. Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography 37(6):528-534. DOI:10.1177/87564793211035777
  • van der Heide C, Goar W, Meyer KJ, Alward WLM, Boese EA, Sears NC, Roos BR, Kwon YH, DeLuca AP, Siggs OM, Gonzaga-Jauregui C, Sheffield VC, Wang K, Stone EM, Mullins RF, Anderson MG, Fan BJ, Ritch R, Craig JE, Wiggs JL, Scheetz TE, Fingert JH. (2021). Exome-based investigation of the genetic basis of human pigmentary glaucoma. BMC Genomics 22(1):477. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07782-0. PMID: 34174832. PMCID: PMC8235805.