Jason Miller, MD, PhD
James Grosfield Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
1000 Wall Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
[email protected]

Available to mentor
Jason Miller, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
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    • About

    Physician-scientist with a clinical practice dedicated to medical retina, and age-related macular degeneration in particular. Bench science lab dedicated to primary and iPSC culture models of age-related macular degeneration.

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    Research Overview

    We focus on dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and in particular study the lipid biology and metabolism of the primary cell type that dies in this disease, the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE).

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    • Journal Article
      Long-term Monitoring of Oxygen Consumption Rates in Highly Differentiated and Polarized Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cultures.
      Zhang Q, Shu DY, Bryan RA, Han JYS, Gulette GA, Lo K, Kim LA, Miller JML. J Vis Exp, 2024 Aug 16; (210): DOI:10.3791/67038
      PMID: 39221933
    • Journal Article
      Reassessing retinal pigment epithelial ketogenesis: Enzymatic assays for ketone body levels provide inaccurate results.
      Gulette GA, Hass DT, Pandey K, Zhang Q, Han JYS, Engel A, Chao JR, Philp NJ, Hurley JB, Miller JML. Exp Eye Res, 2024 Aug; 245: 109966 DOI:10.1016/j.exer.2024.109966
      PMID: 38857822
    • Journal Article
      Drug Approval for the Treatment of Geographic Atrophy: How We Got Here and Where We Need to Go.
      Csaky KG, Miller JML, Martin DF, Johnson MW. Am J Ophthalmol, 2024 Jul; 263: 231 - 239. DOI:10.1016/j.ajo.2024.02.021
      PMID: 38387826
    • Preprint
      Reassessing Retinal Pigment Epithelial Ketogenesis: Enzymatic Assays for Ketone Body Levels Provide Inaccurate Results
      Gulette GA, Hass DT, Pandey K, Zhang Q, Han JYS, Engel A, Chao JR, Philp NJ, Hurley JB, Miller JML. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.06.03.597221
    • Journal Article
      Intraocular Pressure Lowering Associated With Worsening Optic Pit-Like Retinoschisis.
      Yousif JE, Miller JML. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina, 2024 Feb; 55 (2): 100 - 102. DOI:10.3928/23258160-20231208-01
      PMID: 38198609
    • Journal Article
      Basic science observations link subretinal drusenoid deposit formation to retinal pigment epithelial hypoxia.
      Digsby K, Zhang Q, Miller JML. Eye (Lond), 2024 Jun 13; DOI:10.1038/s41433-024-03167-1
      PMID: 38871936
    • Presentation
      Introduction to Age-Related Macular Degeneration
      Miller J. 2024
    • Journal Article
      Retinal artery occlusion in young patients without typical cardiovascular risk factors: etiologies, prognosis, and suggested work-up.
      Maiz AM, Murali S, Miller JML. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 2024 Jun 7; DOI:10.1007/s00417-024-06527-5
      PMID: 38847894
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