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Surgery - Main

Surgery
P.O. Box 208062
New Haven, CT 06520-8062

Lawrence James Rizzolo, PhD, FARVO

Associate Professor of Surgery (Gross Anatomy) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director of Medical Studies

Departments & Organizations

Surgery | Ophthalmology and Visual Science: Research - Secondary | Stem Cell Center, Yale

Research Interests

Retinal disease, tight junctions, outer blood-retinal barrier, medical education  more...


Education

  • Ph.D., Duke University, 1977

Selected Publications

  • Peng, S., Adelman, R., and Rizzolo, L.J., (2010) Minimal effects of VEGF and Anti-VEGF drugs on the permeability or selectivity of RPE tight junctions. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. in press
  • Sun R., Peng, S., Chen X., Zhang H. and Rizzolo L.J. (2008) Diffusible retinal secretions regulate the expression of tight junctions and other diverse functions of the retinal pigment epithelium. Mol. Vis. 14:2237-2262.
  • Cong, L., Sun, D., Zhang, Z., Jiao, W., Rizzolo, L.J., Peng S. (2008) A novel rabbit model for studying RPE transplantation. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 49:4115-4125.

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