John Hwang, MD

John Hwang, MD

John Hwang, MD, MBA received his Doctor of Medicine degree from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. In addition to his primary MD degree, he also received a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School. Dr. Hwang then completed his medicine internship at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. He subsequently completed his residency at the Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute at Columbia University, followed by a combined medical and surgical vitreoretinal fellowship at Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California. Dr. Hwang has authored numerous papers in the peer-reviewed ophthalmic literature with expertise in the treatment of age-related macular degeneration and surgical management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, and macular hole. Dr. Hwang sees patients at the Newport Beach, Laguna Hills, and Santa Ana offices.

Original Articles

  1. Lee TJ, Hwang JC, Chen RW, Lima LH, Wang NK, Tosi J, Freund KB, Yannuzzi LA, Tsang SH. The Role of Fundus Autofluorescence in Late-Onset Retinitis Pigmentosa (LORP) Diagnosis. Ophthalmic Genet (in press).
  2. Hwang JC, Sharma AG, Eliott D. Fellow eye vitrectomy for proliferative diabetic retinopathy in an inner city population. Br J Ophthalmol. 2013;97:297-301.
  3. Hwang JC, Konduru R, Zhang X, Tan O, Francis BA, Varma R, Sehi M, Greenfield DS, Sadda SR, Huang D. Relationship among visual field, blood flow, and neural structure measurements in glaucoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012;53:3020-6.
  4. Hwang JC. Regional practice patterns for retinal detachment repair in the United States. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012;153:1125-8.
  5. Chen RW, Greenberg JP, Lazow MA, Ramachandran R, Lima LH, Hwang JC, Schubert C, Braunstein A, Allikmets R, Tsang SH. Autofluorescence imaging and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in incomplete congenital stationary night blindness and comparison with retinitis pigmentosa. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012;153:143-54.
  6. Gasperini JL, Fawzi AA, Khondkaryan A, Lam L, Chong LP, Eliott D, Walsh AC, Hwang J, Sadda SR. Bevacizumab and ranibizumab tachyphylaxis in the treatment of choroidal neovascularisation. Br J Ophthalmol. 2012;96:14-20.
  7. Hwang JC, Del Priore LV, Freund KB, Chang S, Iranmanesh R. Development of subretinal fibrosis after anti-VEGFtreatment in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2011;42:6-11.
  8. Hwang JC, Gelman SK, Fine HF, Chang S, Del Priore LV. Combined arteriovenous sheathotomy and intraoperative intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide for branch retinal vein occlusion. Br J Ophthalmol. 2010;94:1483-9.
  9. Kim DY, Hwang JC, Moore AT, Bird AC, Tsang SH. Fundus autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography of congenital grouped albinotic spots. Retina. 2010;30:1217-22.
  10. Hwang JC, El-Sawy T, Zoumalan CI, Zain J, O'Connor OA, Kazim M. Acute orbitocranial inflammation following radioimmunotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010;26:210-2.
  11. Hwang JC, Steiner AS. Indirect intraoperative visualization of the posterior sclera. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2010 Mar 22:1-2.
  12. Hwang JC, Kim DY, Chou CL, Tsang SH. Fundus autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, and electroretinogram findings in choroidal sclerosis. Retina. 2010;30:1095-103.
  13. Hwang JC, Zernant J, Allikmets R, Barile GR, Chang S, Smith RT. Peripapillary atrophy in Stargardt disease. Retina. 2009;29:181-6.
  14. Hwang J, Escariao P, Iranmanesh R, Tosi GM, Chang S. Outcomes of macular hole surgery in patients treated intraoperatively for retinal breaks and/or lattice degeneration. Retina. 2007;27:1243-8.
  15. Schiff WM, Hwang JC, Ober MD, Olson JL, Dhrami-Gavazi E, Barile GR, Chang S, Mandava N. Safety and efficacy assessment of chimeric ribozyme to proliferating cell nuclear antigen to prevent recurrence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007;125:1161-7.
  16. Schiff WM, Barile GR, Hwang JC, Tseng JJ, Cekiç O, Del Priore LV, Chang S. Diabetic vitrectomy: influence of lens status upon anatomic and visual outcomes. Ophthalmology. 2007;114:544-50.
  17. Rodriguez-Coleman H, Schiff WM, Hwang JC, Speaker MG. Optic pit maculopathy after laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. Can J Ophthalmol. 2007;42:123-4.
  18. Hwang JC, Barile GR, Schiff WM, Ober MD, Smith RT, Del Priore LV, Turano MR, Chang S. Optical coherence tomography in asteroid hyalosis. Retina. 2006;26:661-5.
  19. Hwang JC, Chan JW, Chang S, Smith RT. Predictive value of fundus autofluorescence for development of geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2006;47:2655-61.
  20. Hwang JC, Yu AC, Casper DS, Starren J, Cimino JJ, Chiang MF. Representation of ophthalmology concepts by electronic systems: intercoder agreement among physicians using controlled terminologies. Ophthalmology. 2006;113:511-9.
  21. Chiang MF, Hwang JC, Yu AC, Casper DS, Cimino JJ, Starren JB. Reliability of SNOMED-CT coding by three physicians using two terminology browsers. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2006:131-5.
  22. Marmor MF, Cabael L, Shukla S, Hwang JC, Marcus M. Clinical S-cone ERG recording with a commercial hand-held full-field stimulator. Doc Ophthalmol. 2004;109:101-7.

Book Chapters

  1. Fields MA, Hwang JC, Gong J, Cai H, Del Priore LV. The Eye as a Target Organ for Stem Cell Therapy. In: Tsang SH, ed. Biology and Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology. New York: Springer 2013.

Misc Articles

  1. Hwang JC, Gasperini J, Fawzi AA. Is tachyphylaxis a concern in anti-VEGF therapy? Retinal Physician. March 2011.

Abstracts/Presentations

  1. Huang D, Hwang JC, Konduru R, Zhang X, Tan O, Francis BA, Varma R, Sehi M, Greenfield DS, Sadda SR. Relationship among Visual Field, Blood Flow, and Neural Structure Measurements in Glaucoma. Meeting of the American Glaucoma Society. New York, NY, 2012.
  2. Hwang JC. Regional practice patterns for retinal detachment repair in the United States. Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Orlando, Florida, 2011.
  3. Hwang JC, Konduru R, Tan O, Francis BA, Varma R, Sadda SR, Huang D. Assessment of retinal blood flow in glaucoma by fourier-domain Doppler OCT and correlation with other diagnostic modalities. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2011.
  4. Huang D, Tan O, Zhang X, Konduru R, Hwang JC, Sadda SR, Francis BA, Varma R, Sehi M, Greenfield DS. Correlation between retinal blood flow, retinal anatomy, and visual field in glaucoma. Meeting of the International Society for Imaging in the Eye. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2011.
  5. Hwang JC, Lima LH, Wang NK, Freund KB, Yannuzzi LA, Tsang SH. Fundus autofluorescence in late-onset retinitis pigmentosa. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010.
  6. Chen RW, Greenberg JP, Hwang JC, Tsang SH. Evaluation of individuals with congenital stationary night blindness and retinitis pigmentosa using spectral domain optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence imaging. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2010.
  7. Hwang JC, Kim DY, Chou CL, Tsang SH. Fundus autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, and electroretinogram findings in choroidal sclerosis. 8th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Rome, Italy, 2009.
  8. Hwang JC. Intraoperator reliability of central corneal thickness pachymetry measurements. Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. San Francisco, CA, 2009.
  9. Hwang JC, Zernant J, Allikmets R, Barile GR, Chang S, Smith RT. Peripapillary atrophy in Stargardt disease. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2008.
  10. Hwang JC, Escariao P, Iranmanesh R, Tosi GM, Chang S. Outcomes of macular hole surgery in patients treated intraoperatively for retinal breaks and/or lattice degeneration. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2007.
  11. Hwang JC, Taclas C, Hebsur S, Jacobs JL. Prevalence of disturbed physiologic heart and respiratory rate in the inpatient population: establishing metrics for rapid response team activation. Meeting of the American College of Physicians, Hawaii Chapter. Honolulu, Hawaii, 2007.
  12. Hwang JC, Schiff WM, Olson JL, Barile GR, Chang SC, Ober MD, Gavazi E, Mandava N. A safety and efficacy assessment of chimeric ribozyme to proliferating cell nuclear antigen to prevent recurrence of proliferative vitreoretinopathy. Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006.
  13. Hwang JC, Barile GR, Schiff WM, Smith RT, Del Priore LV, Chang S. Optical coherence tomography in asteroid hyalosis. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2006.
  14. Hwang JC, Schiff, WM, Olson, JL, Mandava N. VIT100 for proliferative vitreoretinopathy. 6th International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Berlin, Germany, 2006.
  15. Hwang JC, Tari SR, Seiple W, Greenstein VC. Reproducibility of eye movement compensated fundus perimetry. Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 2005.

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