Lawrence Kaufman, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
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About
Dr. Kaufman is a part-time attending physician in the Pediatric Ophthalmology & Adult Strabismus Service at Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, where he participates in the monthly Pediatric Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neurofibromatosis clinics. He joined the faculty in 1988. He has a private pediatric ophthalmology practice in Chicago. Dr. Kaufman is board certified in ophthalmology.
Selected Publications
- Shapiro MJ, Chow CC, Blair MP, Kiernan DF, Kaufman LM. Peripheral nonperfusion and tractional retinal detachment associated with congenital optic nerve anomalies. Ophthalmology. 2013 Mar;120(3):607-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.08.027. Epub 2012 Nov 22. PubMed PMID: 23178156.
- Wood MG, Kaufman LM. Apnea and bradycardia in two premature infants during routine outpatient retinopathy of prematurity screening. J AAPOS. 2009 Oct;13(5):501-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.04.008. Epub 2009 May 30. PubMed PMID: 19482499.
- Asseidat I, Kaufman LM. Ocular abnormalities in Floating-Harbor syndrome. J AAPOS. 2009 Apr;13(2):218-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2008.11.002. PubMed PMID: 19393524.
- Sulkowski GM, Kaufman LM. Oculomotor abnormalities in a patient with fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. J AAPOS. 2008 Apr;12(2):195-6. doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2007.10.010. Epub 2008 Mar 10. PubMed PMID: 18329929.
- Ticho BH, Ticho KE, Kaufman LM. Combined strabismus and lens surgery. J AAPOS. 2006 Oct;10(5):430-4. PubMed PMID: 17070478.
- Kaufman LM, Doroftei O. Optic glioma warranting treatment in children. Eye (Lond).2006 Oct;20(10):1149-64. PubMed PMID: 17019413.
- Garcia-Valenzuela E, Kaufman LM. High myopia associated with retinopathy of prematurity is primarily lenticular. J AAPOS. 2005 Apr;9(2):121-8. PubMed PMID: 15838438.
- LaRocca V, Gorelick G, Kaufman LM. Medical imaging in pediatric neuro-ophthalmology. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2005 Feb;15(1):85-105. Review. PubMed PMID: 15927862.
- Tran T, Kaufman LM. The child’s eye in systemic diseases. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2003 Feb;50(1):241-58, ix. Review. PubMed PMID: 12713116.
- Chavez M, Mafee MF, Castillo B, Kaufman LM, Johnstone H, Edward DP. Medulloepithelioma of the optic nerve. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2004 Jan-Feb;41(1):48-52. Review. PubMed PMID: 14974835.
Education
MD: University of Miami
PhD in Physiology and Biophysics: University of Miami
Residency in Ophthalmology: University of Florida College of Medicine
Clinical Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology: Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary at UIC