Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD

Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, is a full-time clinician scientist in the Retina Service of Mass. Eye and Ear, an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology with Harvard Medical School, and the Joan W. Miller Scholar in Retina.

Clinical Interests

AMD (macular degeneration), diabetic retinopathy, oncology

Research Interests

Neuroprotection, melanoma, angiogenesis, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), diabetes

Publications

For a full publication list, please see his CV. A representative list (2006 - 2012) is available through www.pubmed.gov. 

Roh MI, Murakami Y, Thanos A, Vavvas DG, Miller JW. Edaravone, an ROS scavenger, ameliorates photoreceptor cell death after experimental retinal detachment. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 May; 52(6): 3825-31.

Morizane Y, Thanos A, Takeuchi K, Murakami Y, Kayama M, Trichonas G, Miller J, Foretz M, Viollet B, Vavvas DG. AMP-activated protein kinase suppresses matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. J Biol Chem. 2011 May 6; 286(18): 16030-8.

Murakami Y, Miller JW, Vavvas DG. RIP kinase-mediated necrosis as an alternative mechanisms of photoreceptor death. Oncotarget. 2011 Jun; 2(6): 497-509.

Suzuki J, Manola A, Murakami Y, Morizane Y, Takeuchi K, Kayama M, Miller JW, Sobrin L, Vavvas DG. Inhibitory effect of aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleotide (AICAR) on endotoxin-induced uveitis in rats. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Aug; 52(9): 6565-71.

Chen L, Miller JW, Vavvas D, Kim IK. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor monotherapy versus combination treatment with photodynamic therapy for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to causes other than age-related macular degeneration. Retina.2011 Nov; 31(10): 2078-83.