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Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss

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Edward Linton, MD

 

 

 

Edward Linton, M.D

Investigator, Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Visual Loss
Postdoc Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Iowa

Phone: (319) 356-0382

E-mail: edward-linton@uiowa.edu 

Education

BA, Biological Basis of Behaviour, University of Pennsylvania

MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

 

Research Interests

Dr. Linton's primary research interests are in structural and functional assessment of the visual system including new approaches to perimetry to improve reliability and access, integration of different imaging modalities including blood flow and OCT imaging, and deep learning approaches to image analysis.

Highlighted Publications

Early Optic Nerve Head Swelling Rate Is Associated with Worsening of Visual Outcomes in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy.

Woods B, Szanto D, Wang JK, Erekat A, Golden A, Garvin MK, Williams ZR, Linton EF, Kardon RH, Kupersmith MJ.Ophthalmology. 2026 May 18:S0161-6420(26)00360-X. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2026.05.013. Online ahead of print. PMID: 42155674 

Real-world short-term outcomes after switching to fixed-interval anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular AMD during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Reyes AG, Shah TJ, Linton EF, Mortensen ZQ, Boyce TM, Ricca AM, Coussa RG, Boldt HC, Folk JC, Russell SR, Han IC, Gehrs KM, Sohn EH.Int J Retina Vitreous. 2025 Oct 8;11(1):103. doi: 10.1186/s40942-025-00734-w. PMID: 41063197

MOG35 - 55-induced EAE model of optic nerve inflammation compared to MS, MOGAD and NMOSD related subtypes of human optic neuritis. 
Capper EN, Linton EF, Anders JJ, Kardon RH, Gramlich OW.J Neuroinflammation. 2025 Apr 7;22(1):102. doi: 10.1186/s12974-025-03424-4. PMID: 40197321 

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