WasimSamaraMD

Ophthalmology • Raleigh, NC

Retinal Disease

Physician

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Office
1101 Dresser CT
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone+1 919-878-4060

Fax+1 919-256-0499
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Education & Training

University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Retina and Vitreous, 2020 - 2022
University of Alabama/ Retina Specialists of AlabamaFellowship, Vitreoretinal Surgery, 2020 - 2022
St Agnes HealthCareResidency, Internal Medicine, 2016 - 2017
University of Jordan Faculty of MedicineClass of 2013

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2022 - 2024
AL State Medical License 2020 - 2022
VA State Medical License 2017 - 2020
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
Unexplained Vision Loss Associated With Intraocular Silicone Oil Tamponade in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair.
Alhoyek, S., Parastou Pakravan, Abdulla Shaheen, Veshesh Patel, Maria F Villalba, Bernard Dib, James Lai, Landon Rohowetz, Viet Chau, Nimesh A Patel, Jonathan H Tzu, A...> ;Journal of Vitreoretinal Diseases. 2023 Jun 10
Incomplete Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada in a 14-year-Old African American female with bilateral disc edema.
Yasaman Ataei, Wasim A. Samara, Warren L. Felton, Vikram S Brar> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 2021 May 2
Painful Proptosis in a 12-Year-Old Boy.
Jamie H Choi, Wasim A. Samara, Adam E Pflugrath, William H Benson> ;Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2020 May 1
9 citations
The history of cataract surgery: from couching to phacoemulsification
Christopher T. Leffler, Andrey Klebanov, Wasim A. Samara, Andrzej Grzybowski> ;Annals of Translational Medicine. 2020 Feb 11
4 citations
Accentuation of optical coherence tomography angiography projection artefacts on hyper-reflective retinal layers.
Abtin Shahlaee, Wasim A. Samara, Jayanth Sridhar, Sundeep K. Kasi, Jason Hsu, Allen C. Ho> ;Acta Ophthalmologica. 2018 Nov 1
92 citations
VARIABILITY IN FOVEAL AVASCULAR ZONE AND CAPILLARY DENSITY USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY MACHINES IN HEALTHY EYES.
George N. Magrath, Emil Anthony T. Say, Kareem Sioufi, Sandor R. Ferenczy, Wasim A. Samara, Carol L. Shields> ;Retina. 2017 Nov 1
49 citations
IMAGE QUALITY AND ARTIFACTS ON OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY: Comparison of Pathologic and Paired Fellow Eyes in 65 Patients With Unilateral Choroidal Melan...
Emil Anthony T. Say, Sandor R. Ferenczy, George N. Magrath, Wasim A. Samara, Chloe T.L. Khoo, Carol L. Shields> ;Retina. 2017 Sep 1
1 citations
EN FACE VERSUS 12-LINE RADIAL OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SCAN PATTERNS FOR DETECTION OF MACULAR FLUID IN NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.
Murtaza K. Adam, Abtin Shahlaee, Wasim A. Samara, Joseph I. Maguire, Allen C. Ho, Jason Hsu> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2017 Aug 1
36 citations
COMBINED PARS PLANA VITRECTOMY AND SCLERAL FIXATION OF AN INTRAOCULAR LENS USING GORE-TEX SUTURE: One-Year Outcomes
M. Ali Khan, Wasim A. Samara, Adam T. Gerstenblith, Allen Chiang, Sonia Mehta, Sunir J. Garg, Jason Hsu, Omesh P. Gupta> ;Retina. 2017 May 1
59 citations
A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROL PILOT STUDY OF EPLERENONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY (ECSELSIOR).
Ehsan Rahimy, John D. Pitcher, Jason Hsu, Murtaza K. Adam, Abtin Shahlaee, Wasim A. Samara, James F. Vander, Richard S. Kaiser, Allen Chiang, Marc J. Spirn, Mitchell S...> ;Retina. 2017 Apr 1
13 citations
SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES OF HYBRID 23-, 25-, AND 27-GAUGE VITRECTOMY FOR COMPLEX DIABETIC TRACTIONAL RETINAL DETACHMENT REPAIR.
Mohammed Ali Khan, Wasim A. Samara, Jason Hsu, Sunir J. Garg> ;Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2017 Mar 1
7 citations
Detection of Minimally Visible Recurrent Retinoblastoma by Hand-held Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.
Maria E Gonzalez-Montpetit, Wasim A. Samara, George N. Magrath, Carol L. Shields> ;Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2017 Feb 14
230 citations
Quantification of Diabetic Macular Ischemia Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Its Relationship with Visual Acuity.
Wasim A. Samara, Abtin Shahlaee, Murtaza K. Adam, M. Ali Khan, Allen Chiang, Joseph I. Maguire, Jason Hsu, Allen C. Ho> ;Ophthalmology. 2017 Feb 1
32 citations
PARAFOVEAL CAPILLARY DENSITY AFTER PLAQUE RADIOTHERAPY FOR CHOROIDAL MELANOMA: Analysis of Eyes Without Radiation Maculopathy.
Emil Anthony T. Say, Wasim A. Samara, Chloe T.L. Khoo, George N. Magrath, Priya Sharma, Sandor R. Ferenczy, Carol L. Shields> ;Retina. 2016 Sep 1
3 citations
En Face Optical Coherence Tomography of Bilateral Myopic Macular Retinoschisis.
Wasim A. Samara, Abtin Shahlaee, Jayanth Sridhar, M. Ali Khan, Allen C. Ho> ;Retina. 2016 Sep 1
32 citations
Retinal Astrocytic Hamartoma Arises in Nerve Fiber Layer and Shows “Moth-Eaten” Optically Empty Spaces on Optical Coherence Tomography
Carol L. Shields, Emil Anthony T. Say, Timothy S. Fuller, Saurabh Arora, Wasim A. Samara, Jerry A. Shields> ;Ophthalmology. 2016 Aug 1
60 citations
OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE MACULA AFTER PLAQUE RADIOTHERAPY OF CHOROIDAL MELANOMA: Comparison of Irradiated Versus Nonirradiated Eyes in 65 Patients.
Carol L. Shields, Emil Anthony T. Say, Wasim A. Samara, Chloe T.L. Khoo, Arman Mashayekhi, Jerry A. Shields> ;Retina. 2016 Aug 1
8 citations
Conjunctival fibrous histiocytoma in an 8-year-old boy
Austen N. Knapp, Wasim A. Samara, Carol L. Shields, Jerry A. Shields, Ralph C. Eagle> ;Journal of AAPOS. 2016 Aug 1
127 citations
Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Features and Visual Function in Eyes With Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.
Wasim A. Samara, Abtin Shahlaee, Jayanth Sridhar, M. Ali Khan, Allen C. Ho, Jason Hsu> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2016 Jun 1
153 citations
In Vivo Assessment of Macular Vascular Density in Healthy Human Eyes Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
Abtin Shahlaee, Wasim A. Samara, Jason Hsu, Emil Anthony T. Say, M. Ali Khan, Jayanth Sridhar, Bryan K. Hong, Carol L. Shields, Allen C. Ho> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2016 May 1
Pilomatrixoma of the Eyebrow in an 11-Year-Old Child.
Michelle E. Wilson, Wasim A. Samara, Ralph C. Eagle, Jerry A. Shields, Carol L. Shields> ;Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2016 May 1
6 citations
En Face Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Imaging of Taxane-Associated Cystoid Macular Edema
Jayanth Sridhar, Abtin Shahlaee, David Ehmann, Wasim A. Samara, Ehsan Rahimy, Allen C. Ho, Allen Chiang> ;Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers & Imaging Retina. 2016 Feb 13
2 citations
Conjunctival Melanoma with Intraocular Extension.
Wasim A. Samara, Ralph C. Eagle, Sara E. Lally, Carol L. Shields> ;Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov 1
249 citations
CORRELATION OF FOVEAL AVASCULAR ZONE SIZE WITH FOVEAL MORPHOLOGY IN NORMAL EYES USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY.
Wasim A. Samara, Emil Anthony T. Say, Chloe T.L. Khoo, Timothy Patrick Higgins, George N. Magrath, Sandor R. Ferenczy, Carol L. Shields> ;Retina. 2015 Nov 1
44 citations
Juvenile Xanthogranuloma Involving the Eye and Ocular Adnexa: Tumor Control, Visual Outcomes, and Globe Salvage in 30 Patients.
Wasim A. Samara, Chloe T.L. Khoo, Emil Anthony T. Say, Jarin Saktanasate, Ralph C. Eagle, Jerry A. Shields, Carol L. Shields> ;Ophthalmology. 2015 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Callahan Eye HospitalBirmingham, Alabama
UNC REX Health CareRaleigh, North Carolina