RalphDLevinsonMD

Ophthalmology • Los Angeles, CA

Uveitis

Health Sciences Professor, Ophthalmology, UCLA School of Medicine

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100 Stein Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone+1 310-825-5440

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Education & Training

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Ophthalmology, 1990 - 1993
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1989 - 1990
University of New Mexico School of MedicineClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1990 - 2024
NM State Medical License 1994 - 2007
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

8 citations
Classification criteria for acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Andrew D. Dick, Ralph D. Levinson, Lyndell L Lim, Peter McCluskey, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko, ...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
17 citations
Classification criteria for punctate inner choroiditis
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Ralph D. Levinson, Susan Lightman, Peter McCluskey, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Narsing A. Rao, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko,...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
18 citations
Classification Criteria For Multiple Evanescent White Dot Syndrome
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Andrew D. Dick, Ralph D. Levinson, Lyndell L Lim, Peter McCluskey, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko, ...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
24 citations
Classification criteria for birdshot chorioretinitis
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Ralph D. Levinson, Peter McCluskey, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Russell W. Read, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko, Albert T. Vita...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
19 citations
Classification criteria for multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis.
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Ralph D. Levinson, Peter McCluskey, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Russell W. Read, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko, Albert T. Vita...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
8 citations
Classification criteria for serpiginous choroiditis.
Douglas A. Jabs, Antoine P. Brézin, Ralph D. Levinson, Neal Oden, Alan G. Palestine, Narsing A. Rao, Jennifer E. Thorne, Brett Trusko, Albert T. Vitale, Susan E Witten...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021 Apr 9
49 citations
Uveitis in Patients Treated with CTLA-4 and PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade Inhibition
Michel M. Sun, Ralph D. Levinson, D O Artur Filipowicz, Stephen Anesi, Henry J. Kaplan, Wei Wang, Debra A. Goldstein, Sapna Gangaputra, Robert T. Swan, H. Nida Sen, Ly...> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2020 Feb 17
3 citations
Implications of Birdshot-Like Uveitis on the Pathogenesis of Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
Michel M. Sun, Lynn K. Gordon, Ralph D. Levinson> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2019 May 1
Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
Cunningham, E. T.,Levinson, R. D.,Denniston, A. K.,Brézin, A. P.,Zierhut, M.> ;Ocul. Immunol. Inflamm.. 2017 Nov 18
14 citations
Fundus Autofluorescence Findings in Eyes With Birdshot Chorioretinitis.
Christian Böni, Jennifer E. Thorne, Richard F. Spaide, Trucian A. Ostheimer, David Sarraf, Ralph D. Levinson, Debra A. Goldstein, Lana M. Rifkin, Albert T. Vitale, Gle...> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2017 Aug 1
17 citations
Choroidal Findings in Eyes With Birdshot Chorioretinitis Using Enhanced-Depth Optical Coherence Tomography.
Christian Böni, Jennifer E. Thorne, Richard F. Spaide, Trucian A. Ostheimer, David Sarraf, Ralph D. Levinson, Debra A. Goldstein, Lana M. Rifkin, Albert T. Vitale, Gle...> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2016 Jul 1
8 citations
KIR and HLA Genotypes Implicated in Reduced Killer Lymphocytes Immunity Are Associated with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease.
Ralph D. Levinson, Madeline Yung, Akira Meguro, Elham Ashouri, Fei Yu, Nobuhisa Mizuki, Shigeaki Ohno, Raja Rajalingam> ;Plos One. 2016 Aug 4
6 citations
Late posterior segment relapses in a series of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
Marie-Hélène Errera, Ralph D. Levinson, Christine Fardeau, Dhanes Thomas, David Cohen, Audrey Navarro, Emmanuel Héron, Michel Paques, Carlos Pavesio, José-Alain Sahel,...> ;Acta Ophthalmologica. 2015 Sep 1
12 citations
Programmed cell death-1 is expressed in large retinal ganglion cells and is upregulated after optic nerve crush
Wei Wang, Ann Chan, Yu Qin, Jacky M. K. Kwong, Joseph Caprioli, Ralph D. Levinson, Ling Chen, Lynn K. Gordon> ;Experimental Eye Research. 2015 Nov 1
120 citations
Mesenchymal stem cell population derived from human pluripotent stem cells displays potent immunomodulatory and therapeutic properties.
Erin A. Kimbrel, Nicholas A. Kouris, Gregory Yavanian, Jianlin Chu, Yu Qin, Ann Chan, Ram P. Singh, Deborah McCurdy, Lynn K. Gordon, Ralph D. Levinson, Robert Lanza> ;Stem Cells and Development. 2014 Jul 15
6 citations
Visual migraine aura with or without headache: association with right to left shunt and assessment following transcutaneous closure
M. Khalid Mojadidi, Hamidreza Khessali, Rubine Gevorgyan, Ralph D. Levinson, Jonathan M. Tobis> ;Clinical Ophthalmology. 2012 Jul 17
35 citations
The effect of patent foramen ovale closure on visual aura without headache or typical aura with migraine headache.
Hamidreza Khessali, M. Khalid Mojadidi, Rubine Gevorgyan, Ralph D. Levinson, Jonathan M. Tobis> ;JACC. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2012 Jun 1
45 citations
HLA-A29 and birdshot chorioretinopathy.
Antoine P. Brézin, Dominique Monnet, Jacques H. M. Cohen, Ralph D. Levinson> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2011 Nov 22
41 citations
HLA-DRB1*0102 is associated with TINU syndrome and bilateral, sudden-onset anterior uveitis but not with interstitial nephritis alone.
Friederike Mackensen, Felix David, Vedat Schwenger, Lynnelle K. Smith, Raj Rajalingam, Ralph D. Levinson, Carrie R. Austin, Donald C. Houghton, Tammy M. Martin, James ...> ;The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2011 Jul 1
20 citations
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genes in uveitis.
Ralph D. Levinson> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2011 May 19
22 citations
Extraocular manifestations of birdshot chorioretinopathy in 118 French patients.
Christian Pagnoux, Alfred Mahr, Achille Aouba, Alice Bérezné, Dominique Monnet, Pascal Cohen, Ralph D. Levinson, Antoine P. Brézin, Loïc Guillevin> ;Presse Medicale. 2010 May 1
7 citations
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for prophylaxis of acute anterior uveitis.
Ralph D. Levinson, James T. Rosenbaum> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2010 Apr 6
15 citations
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors in HLA-B27-associated acute anterior uveitis, with and without axial spondyloarthropathy.
Ralph D. Levinson, Tammy M. Martin, Lihui Luo, Elham Ashouri, James T. Rosenbaum, Justine R. Smith, Carrie R. Austin, Joseph R. Lutt, Raja Rajalingam> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2010 Mar 1
20 citations
Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor gene-cluster 3DS1-2DL5-2DS1-2DS5 predisposes susceptibility to Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome in Japanese individuals
Ralph D. Levinson, Annabelle A. Okada, Elham Ashouri, Hiroshi Keino, Raja Rajalingam> ;Human Immunology. 2010 Feb 1
34 citations
Constitutive Neuronal Expression of the Immune Regulator, Programmed Death 1 (PD-1), Identified During Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis
Ling Chen, Vicky C. Pai, Ralph D. Levinson, Arlene H. Sharpe, Gordon J. Freeman, Jonathan Braun, Lynn K. Gordon> ;Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2009 Jul 8
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