Edwin M. Stone, M.D., PhD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Howard Hughes Medical Investigator
Seamans-Hauser Chair in Molecular Ophthalmology
Education
◦BA (Biology and English), Rice University
◦PhD (Cell Biology), Baylor College of Medicine
◦MD, Baylor College of Medicine
Post Graduate Education
◦Internship (Transitional), St Joseph Hospital, Houston
◦Residency (Ophthalmology), University of Iowa
◦Fellowship (Ophthalmology Research), University of Iowa
◦Fellowship (Vitreoretinal Surgery), University of Iowa
Research Interest
◦Molecular Genetics of Inherited Eye Diseases
Current Projects
◦Molecular genetics of inherited eye diseases including:
■Age-related macular degeneration
■Hereditary Glaucoma
■Autosomal dominant RPE dystrophies
■Autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa
■Autosomal dominant neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy
■Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
■Leber congenital amaurosis
■Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy
■Hereditary corneal dystrophies
■Stickler syndrome
■von Hippel Lindau syndrome
◦Carver Laboratory for Molecular Diagnosis