George W. Weinstein

Psychotic Reaction Induced by Cyclopentolate (Cyclogyl): Results of pilot study and a double-blind study

Program Requirements Undergraduate Level – Summer Semester Courses (1 year) (7.5 credits) Term Planned Term Completed Grade Earned Course # Course Title Credits ANAT 3010 Human Gross Anatomy 6 PHTH 3201 Professional Development I 1.5 Undergraduate Level – Fall Semester Courses (1 year) (18.5 credits) Term Planned Term Completed Grade Earned Course # Course Title Credits INDI 3110 Kinesiology 3 PHTH 3302 Patient/Client Management I 2.5 PHTH 3303 Research Methods & Evidence-Based Practice 2.5 PHTH 3304 Physical Therapy Examination I 1.5 PHTH 3402 Patient/Client Management II 3 PHYS 3110 Principles of Human Physiology and Biochemistry 6 Undergraduate Level – Spring Semester Courses (1 year) (16 credits) Term Planned Term Completed Grade Earned Course # Course Title Credits ANAT 3210 Human Neuroanatomy 2.5 MSCI 3211 Medical Sciences 4 PHTH 3205 Pathology 2 PHTH 3206 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy I 3 PHTH 3207 Principles of Education in Physical Therapy 2 PHTH 3401 Physical Therapy Examination II 1 PHYS 3212 Neurophysiology of Motor Control 1.5 Doctoral Level – Summer Semester Courses (2 year) (12 credits) Term Planned Term Completed Grade Earned Course # Course Title Credits PTDP 6105 Motor Control and Motor Learning I 2 PTDP 6107 Clinical Electrophysiology 2.5 PTDP 6108 Patient/Client Management III: Physical Agents 2.0 PTDP 6206 Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Physical Therapy 5 PTDP 6305 Preventative Care and Health and Wellness 1 Doctoral Level – Fall Semester Courses (2 year) (18 credits) Term Planned Term Completed Grade Earned Course # Course Title Credits PTDP 6109 Introduction to Clinical Practice 2 PTDP 6204 Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy II 5 PTDP 6205 Motor Control and Motor Learning II 4 PTDP 6306 Pediatric Physical Therapy 3 PTDP 6308 Integumentary Physical Therapy: Prosthetics & Orthotics 4

Extracellular Recordings from Human Retinal Ganglion Cells

Ganglion cells were studied in the isolated retina, with extracellular recordings. Activity was found similar to that seen in the retinas of other animal species.

The "lost lens": a new surgical technique using the Machemer lens.

We describe a method of removing a posteriorly dislocated lens involving the use of a Machemer lens to visualize displaced lens remnants. Following core vitrectomy, the lens remnants are brought anteriorly and then removed by phacoemulsification. Lens implantation may then be performed with sulcus fixation. Eight of 10 patients in which this technique was used achieved 20/40 or better visual acuity.

Prediction of Post Cataract Extraction Visual Acuity: 10 Hz Visually Evoked Potentials

Cataract patients suspected of having disease that might interfere with good postoperative visual function were evaluated by eliciting monocular steady-state luminance visual evoked potentials (VEPs) with closed eyes at a stimulus rate of 10 flashes/sec. VEPs were rated as either normal or abnormal. Patients with normal VEPs were predicted to have visual acuity of 6/15 (20/50) or better. Patients with abnormal VEPs were predicted to have acuities of 6/18 (20/60) or worse. Postoperative acuities were determined for all patients who underwent surgery and who had no intraoperative or early postoperative complications. The predicted and observed postoperative acuities were quantitatively compared for the 59 patients who met these criteria, using a 2 X 2 contingency table. The chi-square was significant (p less than .001). The overall accuracy of prediction was 80%. Accuracy of the predictions for patients with preoperative acuities of 6/60 (20/200) or better was compared with the accuracy of the predictions for those with preoperative acuities of 60/120 (20/400) or worse. There was no significant difference (p greater than 0.10).

Ophthalmology in service to the public.

Medicine has always striven to serve the public collectively and the patient individually. Now the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and its foundation are planning to implement two public service projects of unprecedented scope to provide information and assistance about eye health and disease to important segments of American society: the elderly and workers. The AAOs National Eye Care Project has been designed to reach elderly Americans, particularly the needy elderly, to provide information about and assistance with age-related eye problems, eg, glaucoma, cataracts, and macular degeneration. Every ophthalmologist in all 50 states will be invited to participate in this project on a voluntary basis. The project will be implemented nationwide in a sequential, staged manner. Participating ophthalmologists will be asked to make themselves available, in rotation, to all patients in their area referred to them from the AAOs clearinghouse service. The clearinghouse service will be located at the AAOs

A Comparison of Electroretinographic and Dark Adaptation Studies in Retinitis Pigmentosa

Electroretinography and studies of dark adaptation are both frequently used laboratory tests for retinitis pigmentosa (R.P.). Until the past decade, a complete absence of the electroretinogram (ERG) was thought to be pathognomonic for R.P. (francois, 1961) but Rubino & Ponte (1962) documented the presence of a subnormal ERG in 30 patients reported by 8 different authors. All of these patients showed decreased dark adaptation, whatever the evolution or seriousness of their disease. This high correlation between abnormal dark adaptation and electroretinography in the diagnosis of R.P. has been found by other authors. (Campbell, 1965; Gouras & Carr 1964, Gouras, Armington, Kropfl & Gunkel 1964) This raises the question of whether studies of dark adaptation (DA) are of equal or greater diagnostic value than electroretinography.