RussellWayneReadMDPhD

Ophthalmology • Birmingham, AL

Uveitis

Professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine

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Office
1720 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35233
Phone(205) 325-8620
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Education & Training

U Southern CaliforniaFellowship, 2000
University of WashingtonResidency, 1998
Caraway Methodist Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1994 - 1995
University of Alabama School of MedicineClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 2012 - 2016
AL State Medical License 2000 - 2021
CA State Medical License 1998 - 2022
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Rehabilitation Referral for Patients With Irreversible Vision Impairment Seen in a Public Safety-Net Eye Clinic.
M Austin Coker, Carrie Huisingh, Gerald McGwin, Russell W. Read, Mark W. Swanson, Laura E. Dreer, Dawn K. DeCarlo, Lindsay Gregg, Cynthia Owsley> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2018 Apr 1
12 citations
Subretinal Pigment Epithelial Deposition of Drusen Components Including Hydroxyapatite in a Primary Cell Culture Model
Matthew G. Pilgrim, Imre Lengyel, Antonio Lanzirotti, Matthew Newville, Sarah Fearn, Eszter Emri, Jonathan C. Knowles, Jeffrey D. Messinger, Russell W. Read, Clyde Gui...> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2017 Feb 1
Author reply: To PMID 24359625.
Russell W. Read, Grace A. Levy-Clarke, Douglas A. Jabs, J. T. Rosenbaum, Albert T. Vitale, Van Gelder Rn> ;Ophthalmology. 2014 Jul 9
68 citations
Expert panel recommendations for the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor biologic agents in patients with ocular inflammatory disorders.
Grace A. Levy-Clarke, Douglas A. Jabs, Russell W. Read, James T. Rosenbaum, Albert T. Vitale, Russell N. Van Gelder> ;Ophthalmology. 2014 Mar 1
5 citations
Retinal vasculitis in two pediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
Katherine J. Donnithorne, Russell W. Read, Robert Lowe, Peter Weiser, Randy Q. Cron, Timothy Beukelman> ;Pediatric Rheumatology. 2013 Jun 4
3 citations
Statin use and ocular inflammatory disease risk
Jacob J. Yunker, Gerald McGwin, Russell W. Read> ;Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection. 2013 Jan 11
Ocular toxocariasis: epidemiologic, anatomic, and therapeutic variations based on a survey of ophthalmic subspecialists.
Dana M. Woodhall, Michelle C. Starr, Susan P. Montgomery, Jeffrey L. Jones, Flora Lum, Russell W. Read, Ramana S. Moorthy> ;Ophthalmology. 2012 Jun 1
38 citations
Retinal pigment epithelial expression of complement regulator CD46 is altered early in the course of geographic atrophy.
S. D. Vogt, Christine A. Curcio, Lan Wang, Chuan-Ming Li, Gerald McGwin, Nancy E. Medeiros, Nancy J. Philp, James A. Kimble, Russell W. Read> ;Experimental Eye Research. 2011 Oct 1
Imaging of Dalen-Fuchs Nodules in a Likely Case of Sympathetic Ophthalmia by Fluorescein Angiography and OCT.
Anthony J. Correnti, Russell W. Read, James A. Kimble, Robert Morris> ;Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers & Imaging. 2010 Mar 9
11 citations
Frequency of Distinguishing Clinical Features in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
Narsing A. Rao, Amod Gupta, Laurie Dustin, Soon-Phaik Chee, Annabelle A. Okada, Moncef Khairallah, Bahram Bodaghi, Phuc LeHoang, Massimo Accorinti, Manabu Mochizuki, T...> ;Ophthalmology. 2010 Mar 1
Uveitis in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis
Lyndell L Lim, John D. Scarborough, Jennifer E. Thorne, Elizabeth M. Graham, John H. Kempen, Friederike Mackensen, Quan Dong Nguyen, Tisha Prabriputaloong, Russell W. ...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2009 Feb 1
Characteristics of untreated AIDS-related cytomegalovirus retinitis. I. Findings before the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (1988 to 1994).
Gary N Holland, Jean D Vaudaux, Samuel M Jeng, Fei Yu, David T Goldenberg, Ina-Caren Folz, William G Cumberland, Colin A McCannel, Craig J Helm, W David Hardy> ;American journal of ophthalmology. 2008 Jan 1
33 citations
Characteristics of untreated AIDS-related cytomegalovirus retinitis. II. Findings in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (1997 to 2000).
Gary N Holland, Jean D Vaudaux, Kevin M Shiramizu, Fei Yu, David T Goldenberg, Anurag Gupta, Margrit Carlson, Russell W Read, Roger D Novack, Baruch D Kuppermann> ;American journal of ophthalmology. 2008 Jan 1
Patient blogs: windows into the soul of uveitis care?
Read, R. W.> ;Ocular immunology and inflammation. 2007 Dec 19
Unusual presentation of gastric adenocarcinoma metastatic to the orbit.
Jacob J. Yunker, Matthew G. Vicinanzo, Ronald A. Braswell, Russell W. Read, George F. Goldin, John A. Long> ;Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2006 Nov 1
16 citations
Uveitis: Advances in understanding of pathogenesis and treatment
Russell W. Read> ;Current Rheumatology Reports. 2006 Aug 1
Evaluation of the effect on outcomes of the route of administration of corticosteroids in acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Russell W. Read, Fei Yu, Massimo Accorinti, Bahram Bodaghi, Soon-Phaik Chee, Christine Fardeau, Hiroshi Goto, Gary N. Holland, Hidetoshi Kawashima, E. Kojima, Phuc LeH...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2006 Jul 1
38 citations
Distribution of complement anaphylatoxin receptors and membrane-bound regulators in normal human retina.
Vogt, S. D., Barnum, S. R., Curcio, C. A., Read, R. W.> ;Experimental eye research. 2006 Jun 13
Experimental autoimmune uveitis in the C57BL/6 mouse.
Read, R. W., Vogt, S. D., Barnum, S. R., Szalai, A. J.> ;Experimental eye research. 2006 Mar 10
223 citations
Acute Aminoglycoside Retinal Toxicity In Vivo and In Vitro
Heather A. Hancock, Clyde Guidry, Russell W. Read, Edgar L. Ready, Timothy W. Kraft> ;Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2005 Dec 1
Optic disk edema associated with sudden-onset anterior uveitis.
Blythe E. Monheit, Russell W. Read> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2005 Oct 1
35 citations
Genetic deficiency of C3 as well as CNS-targeted expression of the complement inhibitor sCrry ameliorates experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis.
Read, R. W., Szalai, A. J., Vogt, S. D., McGwin, G., Barnum, S. R.> ;Experimental eye research. 2005 Sep 7
Splendore-Hoeppli Phenomenon in the Conjunctiva: Immunohistochemical Analysis
Russell W. Read, Jie Zhang, Thomas A. Albini, Monica Evans, Narsing A. Rao> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2005 Aug 1
Magnetic resonance imaging of choroidal inflammation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.
Vaphiades, M. S., Read, R. W.> ;Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. 2005 Jan 22
1 citations
Intraocular pressure in a Somali population living in the United States.
Russell W. Read, Philip P. Chen, Anuja Bhandari, Richard P. Mills, Grace S. Cinciripini, Christopher C. Taylor> ;Journal of Glaucoma. 2003 Aug 1
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