Chief of Ophthalmology, Roudebush VA Medical Centerr

Ophthalmology

Robert is an expert in the field of Ophthalmology. He went to medical school at Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a one of the best medicals schools. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Fellow", "Vice President", "Chair, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology", "Fellow (FACS)" and "Fellow (FAAO)". Robert D. Yee is also a published MD. He has 57 publication published. The most recent publication is: Ocular motor abnormalities in hereditary cerebellar ataxia.

Publications

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• Test-retest reliability of saccadic measures in subjects at risk for Huntington disease.
• Visual scanning and cognitive performance in prediagnostic and early-stage Huntington's disease.
• Gaze pursuit responses in nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis of head-unrestrained macaques.
• Acquired ocular motor apraxia after aortic surgery.
• Apnea and seizures following retrobulbar local anesthetic injection.
• Smooth-pursuit eye-movement-related neuronal activity in macaque nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis.
• Saccadic eye movements are associated with a family history of alcoholism at baseline and after exposure to alcohol.
• Eye movement abnormalities in rod monochromatism and blue-cone monochromatism.
• Eye movement abnormalities in a family with cerebellar vermian atrophy.
• Eye movements in patients with absent voluntary horizontal gaze.
• A comparison of the dynamics of horizontal and vertical smooth pursuit in normal human subjects.
• Effect of binocular and monocular patching on eye movements.
• Eye movements in patients with Wallenberg's syndrome.
• Visual-vestibular interaction and cerebellar atrophy.
• Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease. I. Extending the clinical spectrum.
• Current practices for monitoring ocular toxicity related to hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) therapy.
• Ocular motor abnormalities in hereditary cerebellar ataxia.
• Optokinetic responses in labyrinthine-defective human beings.
• Electrooculography and discriminant analysis in Duane's syndrome and sixth-cranial-nerve palsy.
• Experimental myelin intrusion in the nerve head.
• Visual loss and performance in blind athletes.
• Effects of an optokinetic background on pursuit eye movements.
• Eye movements induced by linear acceleration on a parallel swing.
• Saccadic eye movements in myasthenia gravis.
• Vertical saccades in superior oblique palsy.
• Congenital ocular motor apraxia.
• Effects of stimulus predictability and interstimulus gap on saccades in Alzheimer's disease.
• Slow build-up of optokinetic nystagmus associated with downbeat nystagmus.
• Velocities of vertical saccades with different eye movement recording methods.
• Concordance of smooth pursuit and saccadic measures in normal monozygotic twin pairs.
• Effect of propofol in brainstem auditory evoked responses.
• The Eye Book of Master Peter of Spain--a glimpse of diagnosis and treatment of eye disease in the Middle Ages.
• Papilledema and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
• Neuro-ophthalmic, radiographic, and pathologic manifestations of adult-onset Alexander disease.
• Anterior ischemic Optic neuropathy in eyes with Optic disc drusen.
• Eye movements in schizophrenia.
• Effect of eccentric gaze on pursuit.
• Downbeat nystagmus: characteristics and localization of lesions.
• Analysis of electro-oculographic artifact during vertical saccadic eye movements.
• Outcomes of Optic nerve sheath decompression for nonarteritic ischemic Optic neuropathy.
• Effects of acupuncture on foveation characteristics in congenital nystagmus.
• Voluntary saccadic oscillations, resembling ocular flutter and opsoclonus.
• Intermittent diplopia and strabismus caused by ocular neuromyotonia.
• Abnormal eye movements in Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease.
• Outcomes of surgical and nonsurgical management of nonarteritic ischemic Optic neuropathy.
• Eye movements in Parkinson's disease: before and after pallidotomy.
• Visual motion response properties of neurons in dorsolateral pontine nucleus of alert monkey.
• Smooth pursuit in twins before and after alcohol ingestion.
• Ocular neuromyotonia: three case reports with eye movement recordings.
• Multiple step pattern as a biomarker in Parkinson disease.
• Oculomotor control in asymptomatic and recently diagnosed individuals with the genetic marker for Huntington's disease.
• Saccadic characteristics of monozygotic and dizygotic twins before and after alcohol administration.
• Influences of chorion type on saccadic eye movements in twins.
• Smooth-pursuit eye-movement deficits with chemical lesions in macaque nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis.
• Smooth pursuitlike eye movements evoked by microstimulation in macaque nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis.
• Response of saccadic eye movements to alcohol in African American and non-Hispanic white college students.

Schools

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• Harvard Medical School

• Strong Memorial Hospital

• Jules Stein Eye InstUCLA

• National Eye InstNih

Conditions Treated

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• Blepharitis
• Giant Cell Arteritis
• Glaucoma
• Optic Neuritis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ophthalmology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow
• Vice President
• Chair, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology
• Fellow (FACS)
• Fellow (FAAO)

Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• University of Rochester
• Harvard Medical School

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