EricPostelMD

Ophthalmology • Durham, NC

Retinal Disease

Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine; Vice Chair; Chief, Ambulatory Surgery, Ophthalmology

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Office
2351 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 27705
Phone+1 919-681-3937
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Education & Training

Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated HospitalsResidency, Ophthalmology, 1995 - 1996
Duke University HospitalResidency, Ophthalmology, 1992 - 1995
Miriam HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1991 - 1992
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1996 - 2024
WI State Medical License 1995 - 1997
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Certificate of Achievement American Academy of Ophthalmology
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endogenous Endophthalmitis Retinal Detachment Repairs.
Xinxin Zhang, Jessica Seidelman, Dilraj Grewal, Tamer H Mahmoud, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Eric Postel, Xi Chen, Frank Brodie> ;Ophthalmology. Retina. 2022 Aug 1
Clinical characteristics and mortality rates for suprachoroidal hemorrhage: seven-year experience at a tertiary eye center.
Terry Lee, Atalie C. Thompson, C Ellis Wisely, Mitchell G Nash, Eric A. Postel, Leon W. Herndon> ;Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie. 2021 Sep 15
3 citations
Endogenous Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Endophthalmitis: A Six-year Series at a Tertiary Care Center.
Xinxin Zhang, Frank L. Brodie, Eric A. Postel, Jessica Seidelman> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2021 May 4
1 citations
Management of a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a pregnant patient.
Cassandra C Brooks, Frank L. Brodie, Rachel Brodie, Matthew Buck, Eric A. Postel> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2020 Apr 13
Reply to Thompson and Associates.
Atalie C. Thompson, Daniel M. Vu, Eric A. Postel, Pratap Challa> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020 Jan 1
13 citations
Factors Impacting Outcomes and the Time to Recovery From Malignant Glaucoma.
Atalie C. Thompson, Daniel M. Vu, Eric A. Postel, Pratap Challa> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2020 Jan 1
Association of Nonuveitic Retinal Vasculitis and Tractional Retinoschisis With Cystoid Macular Edema With Fabry Disease
C Ellis Wisely, Jong G Park, Scott D. Walter, Eric A. Postel, Mohsin H. Ali> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2019 Jul 3
Sudden Unilateral Decrease in Vision in a Healthy Middle-aged Man.
Sally S. Ong, Eric A. Postel> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2018 Nov 1
24 citations
Comparison of Visual Outcomes in Coats' Disease: A 20-Year Experience
Sally S. Ong, Edward G. Buckley, Brooks W. McCuen, Glenn J. Jaffe, Eric A. Postel, Tamer H. Mahmoud, Sandra S. Stinnett, Cynthia A. Toth, Lejla Vajzovic, Prithvi Mruth...> ;Ophthalmology. 2017 Sep 1
13 citations
Pesticide Use and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Agricultural Health Study.
Martha P. Montgomery, Eric A. Postel, David M. Umbach, Marie Richards, Mary A. Watson, Aaron Blair, Honglei Chen, Dale P. Sandler, Silke Schmidt, Freya Kamel> ;Environmental Health Perspectives. 2017 Jul 19
9 citations
Embolic central retinal artery occlusion after subcutaneous auricular steroid injection
Sai H. Chavala, Jennifer F. Williamson, Eric A. Postel> ;Lancet. 2016 May 28
960 citations
A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants
Lars G. Fritsche, Wilmar Igl, Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, Felix Grassmann, Sebanti Sengupta, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Kathryn P. Burdon, Scott J. Hebbring, Cindy Wen, M...> ;Nature Genetics. 2016 Feb 1
58 citations
Preclinical evaluation and intraoperative human retinal imaging with a high-resolution microscope-integrated spectral domain optical coherence tomography device.
Paul Hahn, Justin V Migacz, Rachelle V. O'Connell, Shelley Day, Annie Lee, Phoebe Lin, Robin Vann, Anthony N. Kuo, Sharon Fekrat, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, Eric A. Postel,...> ;Retina. 2013 Jul 1
14 citations
DWI findings of optic nerve ischemia in the setting of central retinal artery occlusion.
Ramsey K. Kilani, Lee Marshall, Spencer Koch, Mark M Fernandez, Eric A. Postel> ;Journal of Neuroimaging. 2013 Jan 1
20 citations
The ARMS2 A69S variant and bilateral advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Stephen G. Schwartz, Anita Agarwal, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Paul Gallins, William Cade, Eric A. Postel, Gaofeng Wang, Juan Ayala-Haedo, Kylee M. Spencer, Jonathan L. Haines,...> ;Retina. 2012 Sep 1
10 citations
Delayed recalcitrant fungal endophthalmitis secondary to Curvularia.
Justis P. Ehlers, Sai H. Chavala, Julie A. Woodward, Eric A. Postel> ;Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. Journal Canadien D'ophtalmologie. 2011 Apr 1
15 citations
Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the NOS2A Gene and Interaction with Smoking in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Juan Ayala-Haedo, Paul Gallins, Patrice L. Whitehead, Stephen G. Schwartz, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Eric A. Postel, Anita Agarwal, Gaofeng Wang, Jonathan L. Haines, Margaret ...> ;Annals of Human Genetics. 2010 Mar 31
420 citations
Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein–associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration
Wei Chen, Dwight Stambolian, Albert O. Edwards, Kari Branham, Mohammad Othman, Johanna Jakobsdottir, Nirubol Tosakulwong, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Peter A. Campochia...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2010 Apr 20
26 citations
Inverse association of female hormone replacement therapy with age-related macular degeneration and interactions with ARMS2 polymorphisms.
Digna R. Velez Edwards, Paul Gallins, Monica Polk, Juan Ayala-Haedo, Stephen G. Schwartz, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Kylee L. Spencer, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Jonathan L...> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2010 Apr 1
48 citations
Analysis of the indel at the ARMS2 3′UTR in age-related macular degeneration
Gaofeng Wang, Kylee L. Spencer, William K. Scott, Patrice L. Whitehead, Brenda L. Court, Juan Ayala-Haedo, Ping Mayo, Stephen G. Schwartz, Jaclyn L. Kovach, Paul Galli...> ;Human Genetics. 2010 Feb 25
25 citations
Overall diet quality and age-related macular degeneration.
Martha P. Montgomery, Freya Kamel, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Eric A. Postel, Anita Agarwal, Marie Richards, William K. Scott, Silke Schmidt> ;Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2010 Jan 25
6 citations
Rapid and Sensitive Method for Detection of Y402, H402, I62, and V62 Variants of Complement Factor H in Human Plasma Samples Using Mass Spectrometry
Una Kelly, Catherine Bowes Rickman, Eric A. Postel, Michael A. Hauser, Gregory S. Hageman, Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Nikolai P. Skiba> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2008 Oct 24
98 citations
C3 R102G polymorphism increases risk of age-related macular degeneration
Kylee L. Spencer, Lana M. Olson, Brent M. Anderson, Nathalie Schnetz-Boutaud, William K. Scott, Paul Gallins, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance,...> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2008 Jun 15
80 citations
Mitochondrial DNA Polymorphism A4917G Is Independently Associated With Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Jeffrey A. Canter, Lana M. Olson, Kylee L. Spencer, Nathalie Schnetz-Boutaud, Brent Anderson, Michael A. Hauser, Silke Schmidt, Eric A. Postel, Anita Agarwal, Margaret...> ;Plos One. 2008 May 7
72 citations
Deletion of CFHR3 and CFHR1 genes in age-related macular degeneration
Kylee L. Spencer, Michael A. Hauser, Lana M. Olson, Silke Schmidt, William K. Scott, Paul Gallins, Anita Agarwal, Eric A. Postel, Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L...> ;Human Molecular Genetics. 2008 Apr 1
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