Michael Goldbaum, M.D. at UC San Diego Medical Center

In 1996, Dr. Goldbaum published a report on the first known case of a newborn with E-Coli Endophthalmitis, resulting in inflammation of the internal structures of the tissues in the eyeball. Dr. Goldbaum's breakthrough in treatment for macular hole was featured in 1998 issues of Ocular Surgery News and the journal, Ophthalmology. The technique using silicone oil has the potential of greatly altering the treatment of macular holes worldwide.

In 2005, Dr. Goldbaum introduced a new method for detecting visual field patterns in glaucoma that was used independent component analysis, a form of unsupervised learning. This method was used to develop a new method of detecting progression of glaucoma from glaucoma tests that may change the approach for detecting worsening glaucoma.

Board Certification:

Ophthalmology

Experience:

Dr. Goldbaum is Co-Chief of the retina division at UCSD Healthcare's Shiley Eye Center. He also is Professor at UCSD School of Medicine.

Languages other
than English:

Italian

Education:

Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana
Doctor of Medicine

Training:

Residency in Ophthalmology
Tulane University School of Postgraduate Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Residency in Ophthalmology
U.S. Naval Hospital
Oakland, California

Fellowship in Retinal Diseases
Cornell Medical Center
New York Hospital
New York, New York

Clinical Interests:

Much of Dr. Goldbaum's research is focused on the effects of diabetes on the eye, treatment of macular holes, computerized diagnosis from digitized retrieval images, and artificial neural networks applied to visual fields, optic disk topography, and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness.

Hospital Affiliations:

UCSD Thornton Hospital, La Jolla
UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest

Office Address:

Shiley Eye Center
9415 Campus Point Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037
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Last Updated May 14, 2007

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