Peter Hersh Explained

Peter S. Hersh is an American ophthalmologist, researcher, and specialist in LASIK eye surgery, keratoconus, and diseases of the cornea. He co-authored the article in the journal Ophthalmology that presented the results of the study that led to the first approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the excimer laser for the correction of nearsightedness in the United States. Hersh was also medical monitor of the study that led to approval of corneal collagen crosslinking for the treatment of keratoconus. He was the originator, in 2015, of CTAK (corneal tissue addition keratoplasty) for keratoconus, patent holder, and co-developer.[1]

Life and career

Hersh grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey and graduated from Columbia High School.

Hersh graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in biochemistry, where he was awarded the Senior Thesis prize for his work on messenger RNA. He received his medical degree (M.D.) from Johns Hopkins University and completed his residency training at Harvard Medical School where he was Chief Resident. He also completed a Fellowship in Cornea and External Disease at Harvard. Afterwards, Hersh remained on the full-time faculty at Harvard.

In 1995 he founded the Cornea and Laser Eye Institute (CLEI) – Hersh Vision Group in New Jersey and serves as its director.[2] He also founded the CLEI Center for Keratoconus in 2001, dedicated to clinical care and research in the corneal disorder, keratoconus. He is a clinical professor at the Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science and director of the Institute's Cornea and Refractive Surgery Division and is a Visiting Research Collaborator at Princeton University in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.[3] [4] [5] He is also the Chief Team Ophthalmologist for the NY Jets.[6]

Hersh is a member of the American Ophthalmological Society[7] and has been awarded the Senior Honor Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology.[8] He is also a past recipient of the Teacher of the Year Award from the Harvard Medical School Residency in Ophthalmology.

Research

Hersh's research is focused on developing new techniques and technologies in refractive and corneal surgery, most particularly for the corneal disorder, keratoconus. He is the originator of CTAK (corneal tissue addition keratoplasty) for keratoconus, patent holder (US11759308B2, US11406531B1), and co-developer. His clinical interests are devoted to treatment of keratoconus, LASIK, femtosecond laser uses in LASIK and other corneal surgeries, LASEK/Photorefractive keratectomy, CK (conductive keratoplasty), and corneal inlays (Intacs) for keratoconus.[9] He authored or co-authored more than 100 research articles and abstracts on these subjects and has written or co-written four textbooks.

Hersh participated in nationwide clinical trials that led to the U.S. FDA's approval of the excimer laser system for the correction of nearsightedness and for the treatment of a variety of corneal diseases in the United States and co-authored the article that presented the results of the study.[10] [11]

Hersh is co-author of a patent regarding the use of short pulsed lasers for corneal surgery (#11/843,498) [12] and is the inventor of a number of surgical instruments used in corneal surgery, such as the Hersh Intralase Flap Spatula [13] and a complete instrument set for the CTAK procedure.

Hersh was one of two investigators to present the conductive keratoplasty (CK) procedure to the FDA device panel.[14] This led to FDA approval of this procedure in 2002.[15] He expanded on these efforts in his thesis for admission to the American Ophthalmological Society entitled "Optics of Conductive Keratoplasty: Implications for Presbyopia Management".[16] He has also devised new applications of this technique to treat optical irregularities of the cornea.

Hersh has done extensive work on corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL), a procedure for decreasing the progression of keratoconus and corneal ectatic disorders,[17] and he has published numerous articles in ophthalmology medical journals analyzing the results of the use of this procedure for keratoconus and ectasia.[18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] As of 2013, he was the U.S. medical monitor for the medical device and pharmaceutical company Avedro, which has developed a new technique of cross-linking to manage keratoconus.[25] [26] Hersh was one of 7 principal investigators involved in the Avedro clinical trials for patients with keratoconus [27]

Publications

Books

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hersh peter sPatents . 2024-04-23 . PatentGuru . en.
  2. Cornea and Laser Eye Institute-Hersh Vision Group. Peter S. Hersh, M.D.. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Peter S. Hersh, M.D.. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
  4. Web site: Professional Staff. Princeton University.
  5. Web site: Parker. Hilary. Frontiers of health: Sight for sore eyes. Princeton University. 10 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Official Site of the New York Jets . 2024-04-24 . www.newyorkjets.com . en-US.
  7. Web site: American Ophthalmological Society. July 27, 2012.
  8. Web site: Official Site of the New York Jets . 2024-04-23 . www.newyorkjets.com . en-US.
  9. Web site: Charters. Linda. Keratoconus Approach is promising. Ophthalmology Times. April 1, 2010.
  10. Hersh. Peter. Stulting D . Steinert RF . Waring GO . Thompson K . Doney K . O'Connell M. . Results of phase III excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia. Ophthalmology. 1997. 104. 10. 1535–1553 . 10.1016/s0161-6420(97)30073-6. 9331190.
  11. Web site: Maloney. R.K.. A multicenter trial of photorefractive keratectomy for residual myopia after previous ocular surgery. 16 April 2013.
  12. Web site: Method and device for cornea reshaping by intrastromal tissue removal. The United States Patent and Trademark Office. 2013-04-17. https://archive.today/20130626173856/http://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/patog/week09/OG/html/1387-4/US08382744-20130226.html. 2013-06-26. dead.
  13. Web site: Hersh Intralase Flap Spatula. Katena.
  14. Web site: Thornton. Sara. Summary minutes of the ophthalmic devices panel meeting. www.fda.gov. November 30, 2001.
  15. Web site: ViewPoint™ CK System - P010018. Food and Drug Administration.
  16. Hersh. Peter. Optics of Conductive Keratoplasty: Implications for Presbyopia Management. Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society. 2005. 103. 412–56. 17057812. 1447583. 2013-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20130926190244/http://www.refractec.com/docs/pdf/LASIKPKComplications.pdf. 2013-09-26. dead.
  17. Web site: Preston. Courtney. Collagen cross-linking shows promise for slowing keratoconus, ectasia. Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition. April 25, 2011.
  18. Greenstein. Steven. Fry KL . Bhatt J . Hersh PS . Natural history of corneal haze after collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: A Scheimpflug and biomicroscopic analysis. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2010. 36. 12. 2105–2114 . 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.06.067. 21111314. 1243528.
  19. Hersh. Peter. Greenstein SA . Fry KL . Corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: One year results. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2011. 37. 1. 149–160. 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.07.030. 21183110. 1495812.
  20. Greenstein. Steven. Shah VP . Fry KL . Hersh PS . Corneal thickness changes after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: One-year results. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2011. 37. 4. 691–700 . 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.10.052. 21420594. 45397974.
  21. Greenstein. Steven. Fry KL . Hersh PS . Corneal topography indices after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia: One-year results. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2011. 37. 7. 1282–1290. 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.01.029. 21700105. 22968419.
  22. Greenstein. Steven. Fry KL . Hersh PS . In Vivo Biomechanical Changes After Corneal Collagen Cross-linking for Keratoconus and Corneal Ectasia: 1-Year Analysis of a Randomized, Controlled, Clinical Trial. Cornea. 2012. 31. 1. 21–25. 10.1097/ico.0b013e31821eea66. 21993470. 10149180.
  23. Greenstein. Steven. Fry KL . Hersh MJ Hersh PS . Higher-order aberrations after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and corneal ectasia. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2012. 38. 2. 292–302. 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.08.041. 22322165. 5812226.
  24. Brooks. N. Greenstein SA . Fry KL . Hersh PS . Patient subjective visual function after corneal collagen crosslinking for keratoconus and cornea ectasia. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 2012. 38. 4. 615–619 . 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.11.029. 22342006. 17421548.
  25. Avedro. Medical Advisory Board. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  26. Web site: LASIK Founder Files NDA for LASIK Injury-healing Drug. www.fdaweb.com. March 9, 2012.
  27. [U.S. National Institutes of Health]

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