Louis B. Cantor, M.D.    Chairman and Professor of Ophthalmology    Jay C. and Lucile L. Kahn Professor of Glaucoma    Research and Education; Director, Glaucoma Service    Phone :(317) 274-8485   Fax:(317) 278-1007     E-mail: lcantor@iupui.edu

Special Interests

• Glaucoma medical therapy
• Glaucoma laser therapy
• Glaucoma surgical therapy
• Glaucoma pharmaceutical and biomedical research

Degrees Awarded

• A.B.-Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• M.D.-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Postgraduate Education

• Internship-St. Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Residency-Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
• Fellowship (Glaucoma)-Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Certification/Special Training

• American Board of Ophthalmology

Professional Activities/Committees

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)--Secretary for Ophthalmic Knowledge (oversight over 9 AAO educational committees)
• Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
  1. Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology--Chair
  2. Council of Review Committee Chairs--Chair
  3. Board of Directors--Member
  4. Executive Committee--Member
  5. Committee on Innovation in the Learning Environment--Member
  6. Task Force on Funding of Graduate Medical Education--Member
• American Medical Association--Member
• Indiana State Medical Association--Member
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology--Member
• Prevent Blindness Indiana-Chair, Medical Advisory Committee
• Indianapolis Ophthalmological Society--Member
• Professional ophthalmology publications (Ophthalmology, American Journal of Ophthalmology, Archives of Ophthalmology, Acta Ophthalmologica, Journal of Glaucoma)-Scientific Reviewer
• American Glaucoma Society-Member
• Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology-Glaucoma Representative to the Fellowship Compliance Committee
• American Board of Ophthalmology-Associate Examiner

Publications (selected)

1. Rogers DL, Cantor RN, Catoira Y, Cantor LB, WuDunn D.  Central corneal thickness and visual field loss in fellow eyes of patients with open-angle glaucoma.  American Journal of Ophthalmology 143(1): 159-61, 2007 January.  Epub August 31, 2006. 
2. Cantor LB, Hoop J, WuDunn D, Yung CW, Catoira Y, Valluri S, Cortes A, Acheampong A, Woodward DF, Wheeler LA.  Levels of bimatoprost acid in the aqueous humour after bimatoprost treatment of patients with cataract.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 91(5): 629-32, 2007 May.  Epub November 29, 2006. 
3. Budenz DL, Anderson DR, Varma R, Schuman J, Cantor L, Savell J, Greenfield DS, Patella VM, Quigley HA, Tielsch J.  Determinants of normal retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured by Stratus OCT.  Ophthalmology 114(6): 1046-52, 2007 June.  Epub January 8, 2007. 
4. Brandt JD, Cantor LB, Katz LJ, Batoosingh AL, Chou C, Bossowska I, Ganfort Investigators Group II.  Bimatoprost/timolol fixed combination: a 3-month double-masked, randomized parallel comparison to its individual components in patients with glaucoma or ocular hypertension.  Journal of Glaucoma 17(3): 211-6, 2008 April-May. 
5. Harris A, Werne A, Cantor LB.  Vascular abnormalities in glaucoma: from population-based studies to the clinic?  American Journal of Ophthalmology 145(4): 595-7, 2008 April. 
6. Goulet RJ 3rd, Phan AD, Cantor LB, WuDunn D.  Efficacy of the Ahmed S2 glaucoma valve compared with the Baerveldt 250-mm2 glaucoma implant.  Ophthalmology 115(7): 1141-7, 2008 July.  Epub December 27, 2007. 
7. Cantor LB, WuDunn D, Catoira-Boyle Y, Yung CW.  Absorption of brimonidine 0.1% and 0.15% ophthalmic solutions in the aqueous humor of cataract patients.  Journal of Glaucoma 17(7): 529-34, 2008 October-November. 

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