Mark S. Humayun
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell and Neurobiology
Associate Director of Research at the Doheny Retina Institute at USC

Research Topics
- Electrical stimulation of the retina
- Retinal prosthesis
- Retinal disease
- Instrumentation for vitreoretinal surgery
Research Overview
Contact Information
- Web Sites:
- Department of Energy Artificial Retina
ERC
Doheny - E-mail:
- humayun@usc.edu
- Mailing Address:
- Doheny Eye Institute
1355 San Pablo Street, DVRC 119
Los Angeles, CA 90033 - Office Phone:
- (323) 442-6523
- Fax:
- (323) 442-6755
Education
- Duke University Medical School, M.D.
- University of North Carolina, Biomedical Engineering, PhD.
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Selected Publications
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Ameri H, Ratanapakorn T, Rao NA, Chader GJ, Humayun MS. (2008) Natural course of experimental retinal vein occlusion in rabbit; arterial occlusion following venous photothrombosis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. (In press). -PubMed
Lo R, Li PY, Saati S, Agrawal R, Humayun MS, Meng E. (2008) A refillable microfabricated drug delivery device for treatment of ocular diseases. Lab Chip. 2008 Jul;8(7):1027-1030. -PubMed
de Balthasar C, Patel S, Roy A, Freda R, Greenwald S, Horsager A, Mahadevappa M, Yanai D, McMahon MJ, Humayun MS, Greenberg RJ, Weiland JD, Fine I. (2008) Factors affecting perceptual thresholds in epiretinal prostheses. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 49(6):2303-2314. -PubMed
Lim TH, Humayun MS, Yoon YH, Kwon YH, Kim JG. (2008) The efficacy of retrobulbar block anesthesia only in pars plana vitrectomy and transconjunctival sutureless vitrectomy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 39(3):191-195. -PubMed
Ahuja AK, Behrend MR, Whalen JJ, Humayun MS, Weiland JD. (2008) The dependence of spectral impedance on disc microelectrode radius. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 55(4):1457-1460. -PubMed
Ameri H, Kim JG, Ratanapakorn T, Chader GJ, Humayun MS. (2008) Intravitreal and subretinal injection of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in the treatment of experimentally created retinal vein occlusion in rabbits. Retina. 28(2):350-355. -PubMed
Fang SY, Deboer CM, Humayun MS. (2008) Performance analysis of new-generation vitreous cutters. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 246(1):61-67. -PubMed
Ameri H, Chader GJ, Kim JG, Sadda SR, Rao NA, Humayun MS. (2007) The effects of intravitreous bevacizumab on retinal neovascular membrane and normal capillaries in rabbits. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 48(12):5708-5715. -PubMed
Huang CC, Zhou Q, Ameri H, Wu da W, Sun L, Wang SH, Humayun MS, Shung KK. (2007) Determining the acoustic properties of the lens using a high-frequency ultrasonic needle transducer. Ultrasound Med Biol. 33(12):1971-1977. -PubMed
Huang CC, Ameri H, Deboer C, Rowley AP, Xu X, Sun L, Wang SH, Humayun MS, Shung KK. (2007) Evaluation of lens hardness in cataract surgery using high-frequency ultrasonic parameters in vitro. Ultrasound Med Biol. 33(10):1609-1616. -PubMed


