Robert J. Zawadzki, Ph.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Zawadzki is studying various types of retinal and ONH diseases. His research interests focus on development of new instrumentation for high-resolution in vivo retina imaging (allowing visualization of individual cellular structures). This includes, but is not limited to Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), Scanning Laser Opthalmoscopy (SLO), Adaptive Optics (AO) and combinations of all the above. Currently, Dr. Zawadzki is also involved in studying eye aging process as well as various types of retinal diseases by using these novel instruments to enhance the understanding of its mechanisms.

Title:

Assistant Research Professor

Specialty:

Ophthalmology

Center/Program Affiliation:

Eye Center

Education:

Technical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Ph.D. 2003

Fellowships:

University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
2003
Medical Physics

Professional Memberships:

Association for Reserach in Vision and Ophthalmology
Optical Society of America
The International Society for Optical Engineering

Select Recent Publications:

Christina Gerth, Robert J. Zawadzki, Elise Heon, John S. Werner, High-resolution retinal imaging of young children using a hand-held scanner and Fourier-domain OCT Journal of AAPOS 13, 72-74 (2009)

Christina Gerth, Robert J. Zawadzki, John S. Werner, Elise Heon Retinal microstructure in patients with EFEMP 1 retinal dystrophy evaluated by Fourier-domain OCT Eye 23,480-483 (2009)

Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, Alfred R. Fuller, Julia W. Evans, Bernd Hamann, John S. Werner Cellular resolution volumetric in vivo retinal imaging with adaptive optics - optical coherence tomography; Optics Express 17, 4084-4094 (2009)

Michael F. Marmor, Stacey S. Choi, Robert J. Zawadzki, John S. Werner Visual Insignificance of the Foveal Pit: Reassessment of Foveal Hypoplasia as Fovea Plana Archives of Ophthalmology 126, 907-913 (2008)

Stacey S. Choi, Robert J. Zawadzki, John L. Keltner, John S. Werner Changes in Cellular Structures Revealed by Ultra-high Resolution Retinal Imaging in Optic Neuropathies Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 49,2103-2119 (2008)

Robert J. Zawadzki, Barry Cense, Van Zhang, Stacey S. Choi, Donald T. Miller, and John S. Werner Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography with monochromatic and chromatic aberration correction Optics Express 16 (11), 8126-8143 (2008)

Allison J. Smith, David G. Telander, Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, Lawrence S. Morse, John S. Werner and Susanna S. Park High-Resolution Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Microperimetric Findings After Macula-off Retinal Detachment Repair Ophthalmology 115, 1923-1929 (2008)

Christina Gerth, Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, John L. Keltner, Susanna S. Park and John S. Werner. Visualization of Lipofuscin Accumulation in Stargardt Macular Dystrophy by High-resolution Fourier-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography. Archives of Ophthalmology 125, 575. 2007

Robert J. Zawadzki, Stacey S. Choi, Steven M. Jones, Scot S. Olivier, John S. Werner. Adaptative Optics - Optical Coherence Tomography: Optimizing Visualization of Microscopic Retinal Structures in Three Dimensions. Journal of Optical Society of America A 24 (5), 1373-1383. 2007

Robert J. Zawadzki, Alfred R. Fuller, David F. Wiley, Bernd Hamann, Stacey S. Choi, John S. Werner Adaptation of a support vector machine algorithm for segmentation and visualization of retinal structures in volumetric optical coherence tomography data sets. Journal of Biomedical Optics 12(4).