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Sara Downes, OD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Current Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • Doctor of Optometry, Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, TN
  • Orthoptic Fellowship in Orthoptics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Selected Publications

  • Horner Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient, American Academy of Optometry Fellowship Candidate Crash Course. Case Report.
  • Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, Christiansen SP, Chandler DL, Holmes JM, Arnold RW, Birch E, Dagi LR, Hoover DL, Klimek DL, Melia BM, Paysse E, Repka MX, Suh DW, Ticho BH, Wallace DK, Weaver RG Jr. (2008). Instability of ocular alignment in childhood esotropia. Ophthalmology 115(12):2266-2274. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.011. PMID: 18973948. PMCID: PMC2597336.
  • Holmes JM, Manh VM, Lazar EL, Beck RW, Birch EE, Kraker RT, Crouch ER, Erzurum SA, Khuddus N, Summers AI, Wallace DK, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. (2016). Effect of a Binocular iPad Game vs Part-time Patching in Children Aged 5 to 12 Years With Amblyopia: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Ophthalmol 134(12):1391-1400. DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.4262. PMID: 27812703. PMCID: PMC5145771.
  • Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. (2019). A randomized trial of binocular dig rush game treatment for amblyopia in children aged 7-12 years. Ophthalmology 126(3):456-466.
  • Mortensen ZQ, Simmons BA,  Shriver EM, Carter KD, Downes SJ. (2022). Scleral contact lens as initial management in a neonate with a large congenital upper eyelid coloboma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 38(1):e10-e13. DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002057. PMID: 34570047.
  • Leske DA, Holmes JM, Melia BM, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. (2015). Evaluation of the intermittent exotropia questionnaire using rasch analysis. JAMA Ophthalmology 133(4):461-5. DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2014.5622. PMID: 25634146. PMCID: PMC4393341.
  • Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, Cotter SA, Mohney BG, Chandler DL, Holmes JM, Repka MX, Melia M, Wallace DK, Beck RW, Birch EE, Kraker RT, Tamkins SM, Miller AM, Sala NA, Glaser SR. (2014). A randomized trial comparing part-time patching with observation for children 3 to 10 years of age with intermittent exotropia. Ophthalmology 121(12):2299-310. DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.021. PMID: 25234012. PMCID: PMC4253733.
  • Weise KK, Kaminski B, Melia M, Repka MX, Bradfield YS, Davitt BV, Johnson DA, Kraker RT, Manny RE, Matta NS, Schloff S, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. (2013). Intraobserver reliability of contact pachymetry in children. Journal of AAPOS 17(2):144-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2012.11.005. PMID: 23622447. PMCID: PMC3639436.
  • Wallace DK, Lazar EL, Melia M, Birch EE, Holmes JM, Hopkins KB, Kraker RT, Kulp MT, Pang Y, Repka MX, Tamkins SM, Weise KK, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. (2011). Stereoacuity in children with anisometropic amblyopia. Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 15(5):455-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2011.06.007. PMID: 22108357. PMCID: PMC3223370.
  • Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, Bradfield YS, Melia BM, Repka MX, Kaminski BM, Davitt BV, Johnson DA, Kraker RT, Manny RE, Matta NS, Weise KK, Schloff S. (2011). Central corneal thickness in children. Archives of ophthalmology 129(9):1132-8. DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.225. PMID: 21911662. PMCID: PMC3253021.