Michael Colucciello MD

Medical/Surgical Retina-Vitreous Consultant

http://www.macula.us

1010 Merion Square Road

Gladwyne, PA 19035

e-mail: michael@macula.us

 

Private Practice

 

Partner, South Jersey Eye Physicians

509 South Lenola Road, Suite #11

Moorestown, NJ 08057

August 1997 – Present

 

 

 

Specialty Certification

 

American Board of Ophthalmology (1992; Re-certified 2002 and 2010: Certification currently active through December 2022)

 

 

Education

MD State University of New York-Health Science

Center at Syracuse, August 1982- May 1986

BS (Biology) State University of New York at Albany, July 1978- May 1982

 

 

 

Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments

Retina-Vitreous Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania,

Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 1990- June 1992

 

Ophthalmology Residency, State University of New York at Stony Brook                                 Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, July 1987- June 1990

 

Transitional Internship, St. Joseph Hospital Health Center

Syracuse, New York, June 1986- June 1987

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty Appointments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clinical Associate, Department of Ophthalmology,

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992-Present

 

Instructor in Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1990-1992

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospital Appointments

Clinical Associate, Scheie Eye Institute, Department of

Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992-present

 

Virtua- Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly, NJ, 1997- present

 

Presbyterian Hospital /University of Pennsylvania Medical Center,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990-2005.

 

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990-2005

 

Mercy Community Hospital, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1992-1997

 

Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, Pennsylvania, 1993-1997

 

Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania, 1994-1997

 

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, Darby, Pennsylvania, 1994-1997

 

Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, 1994-1997

 

Methodist Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995-1997

 

Attending. Retina Service, Scheie Eye Institute, Department

Of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1992

 

Attending. Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology, Veterans' Administration Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1992

 

Attending, Retina Service, Department of Ophthalmology,

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1992

 

 

 

 

Awards, Honors, and Membership in Honorary Societies

1982           Phi Beta Kappa (SUNY -Albany)

1982           Summa Cum Laude (SUNY-Albany)

1984           Dean's Letter of Commendation (SUNY-HSC-Syracuse)

 

 

 

 

Membership in Professional Societies

 

 

 

 

American Society of Retina Specialists

Retina Society

American Academy of Ophthalmology

New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology

American Medical Association

Medical Society of the State of New Jersey

Burlington County (NJ) Medical Society (President, 2005-6)

Ophthalmic Club of Philadelphia

 

 

Editorial Positions

 

1998-Present: Editorial Board, Postgraduate Medicine

2009- Present:Editorial Board, The Physician and Sports Medicine

1991, 1997-present: Scientific Reviewer: Retina,

The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases

 

2003-Present: Scientific Reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology

2010- Present: Editor, “Controversies In Care”, Retinal Physician

1987: Manuscript Reviewer: Grossman ZD, Chew FS, et al.

The Clinician's Guide to Diagnostic Imaging (2nd edition)

 

 

Investigator

 

1988-90:  Oral Nadolol versus Topical Timolol

In the Treatment of Chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma

(Sponsored by Squibb Pharmaceuticals)

 

1982: Assistant. James Dawson PhD Doctoral Thesis: Kin

Selection in Bufo americanus, SUNY-Albany

 

 

 

Lectures by Invitation

01/11/92: "Concomitant Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and Toxoplasmic Retinitis in a Patient with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome." Grand Rounds, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

02/08/92: "Congenital Retinal Disorders" - Retina Symposium,

Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

08/28/92:  " Cilioretinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Central

Retinal Vein Occlusion" - Atlantic Coast Vitreoretinal

Fluorescein Conference, Wills Eye Hospital,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

08/27/93: " 'Occult' Macroaneurysms Detected by Indocyanine Green

Angiography"- Annual Wills Eye Hospital Retina/

Fluorescein Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

02/28/94: "Diabetic Retinopathy"- Diabetes Symposium, Delaware

Valley Medical Center, Langhorne, Pennsylvania

 

09/23/94: "ICG Angiography Evaluation of RPE Tears"- Annual Wills

Eye Hospital Retina/Fluorescein Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

09/22/95:  "Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms, Neuroretinitis, and Choroiditis"- Annual Wills Eye Hospital Retina/Fluorescein Conference

 

10/09/95:  "Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope" - The Philadelphia

Ophthalmic Club

 

09/20/96:  "Idiopathic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Distinguished From Choroidal Varices"- Annual Wills Eye Hospital Retina/Fluorescein Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

04/11/97:  "Submacular Hemorrhage Secondary to Neovascularized

Macular Degeneration - Surgical Approach." Annual

Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania

Ophthalmology Alumni Meeting

 

09/11/98:  "Macular Hole Following Ruptured Retinal Arterial

Macroaneurysm." Annual Wills Eye Hospital Retina/

Fluorescein conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

01/18/02:  “Pseudotumor Cerebri associated with All-Trans Retinoic Acid Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia”- Atlantic Coast Retina Conference, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

05/30/03: “Two-Port Pars Plana Vitrectomy”—University of Penn/ Scheie Eye Institute 129th Anniversary Meeting

 

05/22/04:  “Vision Loss due to Macular Edema induced by Rosiglitazone treatment of Diabetes Mellitus”—Univ. Penn/Scheie Eye Inst. 130th Anniv.

 

1/20/2005: “Age-Related Macular Degeneration”—Burlington Co. (NJ) Medical Society.

5/13/2006: “Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Combination Therapy for Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration:
Short-term Optical Coherence Tomography Results”
132nd Anniversary meeting, University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye Institute

9/28/2008: “Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Combination Therapy for Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration:
Short-term Optical Coherence Tomography Results”, Retina Society 41st Annual Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona

5/21/2010: "Early clinical experience with the intravitreal dexamethasone implant for treatment of macular edema associated with retinal venous occlusive disease", Univ. Penn/Scheie Eye Institute 136th Anniversary meeting

5/16/2014: “Controversies in Retina Debates”, (10th annual) Retinal Physician Symposium,Washington,DC. http://www.pentavisionevents.com/event.aspx?eid=1

5/18/2014: “Surgery for Lamellar Macular Holes”, (10th annual) Retinal Physician Symposium,Washington,DC. http://www.pentavisionevents.com/event.aspx?eid=1

 

Bibliography     

 

    

 

Colucciello M. Serial "En Face" Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging Of Slowly Resorbing Subretinal Fluid After Pneumatic Retinopexy.  Retinal Cases and Brief Reports 2016; 10 (3): 286-288.

http://journals.lww.com/retinalcases/Fulltext/2016/01030/SERIAL__EN_FACE__OPTICAL_COHERENCE_TOMOGRAPHY.24.aspx

 

Colucciello M, Mosfeghi A, Singh R.  Controversies in Care: PRP vs Anti-VEGF for PDR: Is It Time for Laser Ablation?  Retinal Physician 2016; Volume 13 , Issue: March 2016, page(s): 20, 23, 24.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/printarticle.aspx?articleID=114002

 

Colucciello M, Wykoff CC, Stewart J.  Controversies in Care: Foveal-sparing Rhegmatogenous RD Repair Timing: Is It an Emergency?  Retinal Physician 2015; Volume: 12 , Issue: November 2015, page(s): 18, 21, 22, 24.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/printarticle.aspx?articleID=113526

 

Colucciello M. Current intravitreal pharmacologic therapies for diabetic macular edema.  Postgrad Med 2015; 127 (6): 640-653.

 

Colucciello M, Avery RL.  Controversies In Care:  Systemic Safety Of Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Therapy: Are Concerns Real Or Theoretical?  Retinal Physician, Volume: 12, Issue: May 2015: 14-16.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=112767

 

 

Colucciello M, Kiss S, Hariprasad SM.  Controversies In Care:  Widefield Angiography-Guided Laser Photocoagulation For Recalcitrant Macular Edema In Retinal Vascular Disease.  Retinal Physician, Volume: 12, Issue: April 2015: 15-18.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=112479

 

 

Colucciello M, Duker JS, Singh RP.  Controversies in Care: Surgery for Non-Full Thickness Macular Holes.  Retinal Physician, Volume: 11 , Issue: September 2014: 17-19.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=111655

 

 

Colucciello M, Johnson MW, Oher, MD.  Controversies In Care: Treatment For Vitreomacular Interface Disease Spectrum: Vitrectomy, Pneumatic Vitreolysis, Or Ocriplasmin?  Retinal Physician, Volume: 11 , Issue: May 2014: 18-21.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=111138

 

Colucciello M, Koch FH, Sebag J.  Controversies in Care: Vitrectomy for Floaters.

Retinal Physician, Volume: 11 , Issue: April 2014, page(s): 14-17.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=110891

 

Colucciello M, Regillo CD, Elman M.  Controversies In Care:

DME: When Should You Initiate Local Treatment?  Retinal Physician, Volume 11, Issue: January 2014: 18 – 21.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=109362

 

Colucciello M,  Johnson R, Stewart MW.  Controversies In Care:

Anti-VEGF Dosing Strategies For Macular Edema Due To RVO.  Retinal Physician, Volume 10 , Issue: September 2013: 14 – 17.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=108858

 

Colucciello M, Hassan TS, Pieramici DJ.  Controversies In Care:

Primary Treatment Of Diffuse Dme In Pseudophakic Individuals: Anti-Inflammatory Or Anti-VEGF?   Retinal Physician, Volume: 10 , Issue: June 2013: 12 – 17.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=108450

 

Colucciello M,  Hakimbashi M, Maccumber MW, Awh C.  Controversies In Care: Genetics and AMD: Can We Take Advantage of the Code Yet? Retinal Physician, April 2013. Volume 10 (April): 12 - 16 .

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=108225

Colucciello M, Hopkins TB, Coyer M. "Controversies in Care": Posterior-segment IOFB Treatment: Timing and Approach. Retinal Physician  March 2013.   

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=108032

 
Colucciello M.  Update on Central Serous Chorioretinopathy.  Retinal Physician July 2012.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=107233

 
Colucciello M, Gragoudas ES, Shields CL.  "Controversies in Care": The Value of Systemic Evaluation for Patients with Choroidal Melanoma.  Retinal Physician  May 2012.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=107027

 
Colucciello M, Kokame G, Duker J.  "Controversies in Care": Does Surgery for Lamellar Macular Holes Offer Distinct Gains?  Retinal Physician  April 2012.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106907

 
Colucciello M, Vitale A, deSmet M.  "Controversies in Care": Pars Plana Vitrectomy for the Induction of Drug-Free Remission in Uveitis?  Retinal Physician  March 2012.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106810

 
Colucciello M, Schmitz-Valckenberg S. “Controversies in Care”: Fundus Autofluorescence Imaging: Illuminating valuable information?  Retinal Physician January 2012.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106582

 
Colucciello M, Antoszyk A, Scott I, Kovach J.   “Controversies in Care”: Does “Tomographically Significant Macular Edema” exist?  Retinal Physician October 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106235

 
Colucciello M, Campochiaro P, Jager R, et al.  “Controversies in Care”: Comparing Ozurdex and Anti-VEGF for RVO.  Retinal Physician September 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106149

 
Colucciello M, Adamis A, Dugel P, et al. “Controversies in Care”: The CATT’s Whiskers.  Retinal Physician July 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105897

 
Colucciello M, Moshfeghi A, Pollack J.  “Controversies in Care”: Microincisional Vitrectomy Surgery: Gauging the Best Approach. Retinal Physician June 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105780

 
Colucciello M, Fekrat S, Marcus D.  “Controversies in Care”: Clinical Vignettes in Retinal Vascular Disease and Macular Edema.  Retinal Physician April 2011. http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105548
 
Colucciello M, Regillo C, Thompson J.  “Controversies in Care”: “Treat and Extend” Dosing for Wet AMD: Optimal or Daring? Retinal Physician March 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105396

 

 

 

Colucciello M, D’Amico D, Tornambe P, Ryan E. “Controversies in Care”: Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair.  Retinal Physician January 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=105155

 

 

Colucciello M.  "Controversies in Care": Treating macular edema associated with Retinal Venous Occlusive Disease.  Retinal Physician November/December 2010; 7 (9): 22-24.   

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104946

 

 

Colucciello M, Sternberg P, Fletcher D, et al.  "Controversies in Care": The Merits and Limitations of the Implantable Miniature Telescope for AMD. Retinal Physician October 2010; 7 (8): 18-23. 

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104846

 

 

 

Colucciello M, Charles S, Thompson J.  "Controversies in Care": The role of Indocyanine Green in Macular Hole Surgery.  Retinal Physician September 2010; 7 (7).

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104691

 

 

Colucciello M, Dunaief J., Will D. "Controversies in Care": Avastin vs. Lucentis for treatment of Neovascular AMD.  Retinal Physician July/August 2010; 7 (6): 17-21. 

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104525

 

 

Colucciello M.  Treating Macular Edema.  Retinal Physician  June 2010; 7 (5): 51-55. 

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104431

 

Colucciello M.  Central Serous Retinopathy Update: Diagnostic and Treatment Highlights.  Retinal Physician 2010 March; 7 (2): 16-20.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=104009

 

Colucciello M.  Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment.  Physician and Sports Med 2009 June; 37 (2): 59- 65.

http://www.amazon.com/Rhegmatogenous-Detachment-Physician-Sportsmedicine-ebook/dp/B004Y0BOC0/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1364262021&sr=8-6&keywords=colucciello

 

Colucciello M.  Central Serous Retinopathy.  Retinal Physician 2008 Sept; 5 (7): 26- 34.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=102107

 

Colucciello M.  Images in Clinical Medicine. Retinal Arteriolar Cholesterol Emboli.  New England Journal of Medicine 2008 Feb 21; 358 (8): 826.

 http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMicm067294

 

Colucciello M. Intravitreal Bevacizumab and Triamcinolone Acetonide Combination Therapy for Exudative Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Short-Term Optical Coherence Tomography Results.

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics February 1, 2008, 24(1): 15-24. doi:10.1089/jop.2007.0080.

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/jop.2007.0080

 

Colucciello M.  Choroidal neovascularization complicating Photodynamic therapy treatment of central serous retinopathy.  Retina 2006;26(2):239-42.

http://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Citation/2006/02000/Choroidal_Neovascularization_Complicating.27.aspx

 

Colucciello M. Control of systemic factors can preserve vision in diabetic retinopathy.Diabetic Microvascular Complications Today 2005;2(4):38-43.

http://www.diabeticmctoday.com/HtmlPages/DMC0705/DMC0705_CME.pdf

 

Colucciello M.  Vision Loss from macular edema associated with rosiglitazone treatment of diabetes mellitus. Archives of Ophthalmology 2005;123(9):1273-5.

http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=417229

 

Colucciello M. Two-Port Pars Plana Vitrectomy. Eye 2005;19(8):869-72.

 

 

Colucciello M.  Retinal vascular disease in hypertension. Postgraduate Medicine  2005; 117 (6): 33-42.

http://www.amazon.com/RETINAL-VASCULAR-DISEASE-HYPERTENSION-ebook/dp/B00507CX1C/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1364265166&sr=8-8&keywords=colucciello

 

 

Colucciello M. Diabetic retinopathy: control of systemic factors preserves vision. Postgraduate Medicine. 2004; 116(1):57-64.

http://www.amazon.com/DIABETIC-RETINOPATHY-preserves-Postgraduate-ebook/dp/B0052OINV2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1364265166&sr=8-9&keywords=colucciello

 

 

Colucciello M.  Delamination of the retinal internal limiting membrane using blunt dissection and indocyanine green staining.  Retina.  2003; 23 (6): 885-6.

http://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Citation/2003/12000/Delamination_of_the_Retinal_Internal_Limiting.30.aspx

 

 

Colucciello M.  Pseudotumor Cerebri associated with All-Trans Retinoic Acid Treatment of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.  Archives of Ophthalmology.  2003; 121:1064-5.

http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=415469

 

 

Colucciello M. Evaluation and Management of Macular Holes.  Focal Points, American Academy of Ophthalmology.  March 2003.

 

 

Colucciello M., Nachbar JG.  Macular Hole Following Ruptured

Retinal Arterial Macroaneurysm.  Retina. 2000; 20(1):94-6.

http://journals.lww.com/retinajournal/Citation/2000/01000/Macular_Hole_Following_Ruptured_Retinal_Arterial.18.aspx

 

 

Colucciello M., Ginsburg L.  "The Scanning Laser

Ophthalmoscope: A New Frontier for Low Vision Rehabilitation."  In: The Essentials of Low Vision, R. Brilliant, editor (1998).

 

 

Colucciello M.  Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges: IRVAN Syndrome with Choroiditis?  Retina. 1997; 17(4):344-348.

 

 

Colucciello M., Ginsburg L, Sammartino J. et al. Indocyanine Green Angiographic Evaluation of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Tears. Retina. 1997: 17(1):23-7.

 

Colucciello M., Nauheim R. et al. Juxtafoveal subretinal neovascular

membranes associated with Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Nassau County Medical Center Proceedings, Summer 1992.

 

 

Colucciello M. Review: Long-term survival rate after

vitreous surgery for complications of diabetic

retinopathy. Diabetes Spectrum, June 1991.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Correspondence

 

Colucciello M, Ryan E.  Macular Edema and Thiazolidinediones.  Arch Ophthalmol Dec 2010; 128 (12): 1630-1632.

 

Colucciello M.  Ocular Lyme Borreliosis. 

New England Journal of Medicine.  2001; 345(18):1350-1. 

 

Colucciello, M. Choroidopathy in Suspected Systemic Lupus

Erythematosus. Retina. 1999; 19(1):88.

 

Colucciello, M. Vision After Photocoagulation for Diabetic

Retinopathy. Postgraduate Medicine. 1998; 103(5):37-38.

 

Lightman D, Colucciello M, Ginsburg L et al. "Surgeon

Glove Finger" Gas Delivery System. Ophthalmic Surgery. 1995; 26:188.

 

Colucciello M. Phosphonoformate for CMV Retinitis in

AIDS.   American Journal of Medicine. 1995; 98:317.

 

Colucciello M, Brucker AJ, Goyal A.  Corticosteroids in the treatment of

optic neuritis.  New England Journal of Medicine. 1992; 327:281.

 

    Licensure

 

Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners

 

New York State Physician's License

Pennsylvania Physician's License

New Jersey Physician's License

 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 12/97, 12/99, 12/01, 12/03, 12/05, 12/07, 12/09, 12/11, 12/13, 12/15  (Last Basic Cardiac Life Support Update 5/2015).

 

 

Features

 

Retinal Practice Efficiencies- Contributors Retinal Physician November 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106437

 

Revisiting DME Retinal Physician November 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106441

 

AMD Therapy Update Retinal Physician November 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106440

 

Responding to the big squeeze Retinal Physician November 2011.

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=106438

Inventory Systems Keep Track Of Injectables,.  Retinal Physician, Volume: 12 , Issue: January 2015: 56-58. 

http://www.retinalphysician.com/articleviewer.aspx?articleID=112137

 

My Resume

Michael Colucciello MD

Retina Specialist, South Jersey Eye Physicians