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UC Davis Health System

Lawrence S. Morse, M.D., Ph.D.

Lawrence S. Morse

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Morse has clinical interests in the use of surgical or medical approaches to rehabilitate eyes with subretinal hemorrhages, age-related macular degeneration, viral retinitis, posterior uveitis, diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachments. His research interests include the study of the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration and the role of growth factors and lipid metabolism in regulating behavior of choroidal endothelial cells.

Title:

 Professor
Director of the Vitreo-Retinal Service

Specialty:

 Ophthalmology

Center/Program Affiliation:

 Eye Center

Address:

 Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 2400
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

 (916) 734-6602

Education:

 UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
M.D. 1982

University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D. 1978

UC Riverside
Riverside, California
B.S. 1973

Internships:

 UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Internal Medicine

Residency:

 UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute
Los Angeles, California
1985-1988

Fellowships:

 Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina
1989

Professional Memberships:

 Alta California Ophthalmology Society
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
California Association of Ophthalmology
The Macula Society
The Retina Society
The Vitreous Society
The Western Retina Study Club

Select Recent Publications:

Barak A, Morse LS, Schwab I: Leflunomide (Arava)-induced cystoid macular oedema. Rheumatology (Oxfor). 2004 Feb: 43(2): 246-8.

Gerth C, Hauser D, Morse LS, Werner J: Assessment of Multifocal ERG Abnormalities and their Relationship to Morphology in Patients with Large Drusen, Archives of Ophthalmology, 2003 Oct; 121(10): 1404-14.

Miyamura N, Mishima K, Honda S, Aotaki-Keen AE, Morse LS, Handa JT, Hjelmeland LM. Topographic and age-dependent expression of heme-I and catalase in the human retinal pigment epithelium IOVS.

Shikh S, Goldblum RS, Morse LS, Aslam R, Singh K: Setons and serum IgG titers to silicone J Glaucoma 2002 Dec; 11(6): 508-10.

Barak A, Morse LS, Goldkorn T: Ceramide: A Potential Mediator of Apoptosis in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells IOVS: 42: 247-254, 2001.

Blumenkranz MS, Ohano E, Shikh S, Chang S, Coll G, Morse LS, DeBustros S: Adjuvant Methods In Macular Hole Surgery: Intraoperative Plasma-thrombin mixture and Postoperative Fluid-Gas Exchange. Ophthalmic surgery and Lasers 32: 198-207, 2001.

Miyamura N, Mishira K, Honda S, Aotaki-Keen AE, Morse LS, Handa JT, Hjelmeland LM: Age and Topographic Variation of Insulin-like Growth factor-Binding Protein 2 in Human RPE IOCS:, 42: 1626-1630, 2001.

Reed JB, MacDonald JC. Freeman WR, Morse LS: Highly active antiretroviral therapy associated regression of cytomegalovirus retinitis: long term results Retina The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Disease, 21: 339-343, 2001.

Weeks De, Conley YP, Tsai HJ, Mah TS, Rosenfeld PJ, Paul TO, Eller AW, Morse LS, Dailey JP, Ferrell RE, Gorin MB: Age-related maculopathy: an expanded genome-wide scan with evidence of susceptibility loci within the 1q31 and 17q25 regions Am J Ophthalmol. 2001 Nov; 132(5): 682-92.

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