Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Education

Post-Graduate Training

Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurosurgery, SUNY Upstate
Medical Center - Research in brainstem projections into
the spinal cord and their modulation of sensory
information. Real time biomedical data collection.

6/80 - 8/80

Fellow in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus/Optics
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute - Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD.
Preceptor: David L. Guyton, M.D.
Research interests: Computers in ophthalmology
Development of clinical instrumentation, produced current version of Wilmer Information System

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Diplomas

Professional Employment and Hospital Appointments

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Board Certification

Board Certified - American Board of Ophthalmology

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Professional Society Membership

Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Greater New York Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Medical Informatics Association
New York Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (past)
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (past)
Society for Engineering in Medicine and Biology (past)
Society of Neuroscience (past)

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Awards and Honors

Senior Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2006

Distinguished Teaching & Service Award, ORBIS International, February, 2005.

American Academy of Ophthalmology Honor Award - October 1996

Ophthalmology Faculty Resident Teaching Award, Mt. Sinai Medical Center - 1991, 1993.

Heed/Scobee Fellow in Ophthalmology - July 1985

Medical Student National Winner - First Place,
Mead Johnson Excellence Research Award
National Student Research Forum, April 1981
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Dr. Aaron Chausmer Award in Biomedical Computing
National Student Research Forum, April 1981
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) - Inducted 1976

State University Scholarship, 9/73-5/77

National Winner - Westinghouse Science Talent Search
National Science Foundation, January, 1973

Honorable Mention
Tomorrow's Scientists and Engineers Competition - April, 1972

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Other Professional Activities

Member, Website Committee, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2006-present

Member, Vision Screening Committee, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2006-present

Principal Investigator, NYC School Vision Screening: Quality Assuarance and Training for Bureau of School Health Vision Screening Teams. New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Grant. PIN 816 RFP 06H252. 2005-8.

Member, Medical Advisory Review Committee, 2005-present
FOJP – Federation of Jewish Philanthropies

Honorary Surgeon, New York City Police Department. 2003-present.

Member, New York State Fraternal Order of Police. 2003-present.

Principal Investigator, A Multi-Center, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study to
Evaluate the Efficacy of a New Computerized System in the Treatment of
Amblyopia in Older Children and Adults, 2001-3

Chairman, Committee on Appointments & Promotions (Assoc. Professors), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006-7. Co-Chairman 2005-6. Committee member 2003-5.

Chair, Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, Self-Assessment Committee,
American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2004-present

Member, Self-Assessment Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2002-present.

Editorial Board Member, 1997- present
EyeNet – American Academy of Ophthalmology

Consultant, Visiting Faculty, ORBIS International, 1996-present.

Member, Editorial Board, Ophthalmology Times; Editor, Tech Talk 1995-present

Chairman, Committee on Continuing Medical Education
Beth Israel Medical Center. 1991-present.

Department Chairman Committee, Beth Israel Medical Center 1989-present

Member, Executive Committee, Department of Ophthalmology
The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary 1989-present

Member, Medical Board, Beth Israel Medical Center. 1989-present

Member, Medical Board, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary. 1989-present

Faculty Practice Plan Committee - Beth Israel Medical Center. 1989-present

Member, New Educational Technologies Committee
American Academy of Ophthalmology (past)

Member, Executive Board, National Society to Prevent Blindness (past)

National Society to Prevent Blindness Vision Screening Task Force (past)

Chairman, Information Technology and Services Clinical Group (past)
Beth Israel Medical Center

Member, Information Technology and Services Strategic Council (past)
Beth Israel Medical Center
 
Member, Committee on Scientific Activities  (past)
Beth Israel Medical Center

Representative, Faculty Council, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (past)

Program Chairman, the Greater New York Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology 
& Strabismus  

Secretary, the Greater New York Society for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus – present

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Publications

SR Schwartz, HJ Wisnicki. Immediate Post-operative Adjustment in Adjustable Suture Strabismus Surgery. Submitted, Journal of AAPOS, 2006.

JJ Song, PT Finger, M Kurli, HJ Wisnicki, CE Iacob. Giant secondary conjunctival inclusion cysts: a late complication of strabismus surgery. Ophthalmology. 113(6): 1049.e1-2. June, 2006.

H. Jay Wisnicki, Michele McLeod, and Norman Medow.  Vision Impairment in the Pediatric Population. The Lighthouse Handbook on Vision Impairment and Vision Rehabilitation, 1999.

H. Jay Wisnicki, Editor.  Ophthalmology PreTest Self-Assessment and Review. McGraw-Hill, 1997.

John R. Thornborough, Editor.  H. Jay Wisnicki, Contributor.  PreTest STEP 3 Simulated Exam. McGraw-Hill, 1997.

H. Jay Wisnicki. Advances in Clinical Ophthalmology.  Adjustable-Suture Strabismus Surgery.  Mosby-Year Book, Inc.,  3:241-251, 1996.

ProVision Interactive:  Clinical Case Studies.  Vol 1.  Cornea and Neuro-Ophthalmology, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1996.

Carl D. Reimers, Richard J. Williams, Marvin Berger, H. Jay Wisnicki, Robert F. Tranbaugh.  Retinal Artery Embolization:  A Rare Presentation of Calcific Aortic Stenosis.  Clin. Cardiol., 19:253-254. March, 1996.

F Murillo-Lopez, J Fukuhara, HJ Wisnicki, DL Guyton. Origin of the Foveal Granular Pattern in Entoptic Viewing. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 35(8): 3319-3324, July, 1994.

HJ Wisnicki, MX Repka, E Raab, G. Hamad, D. Kirsch, A. Nath, D. Loupe. A Comparison of the Success Rates of Resident and Attending Strabismus Surgery. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 30(2): 118-121, 1993.

HJ Wisnicki. Review Problems in Optics and Contact Lenses
Contact Point Newsletter. 2(2), Dec. 1991.

HJ Wisnicki, B Brandt. Computer-Administered Ocular Torsion Testing for Cyclovertical Deviations Binocular Vision. 6(1): 15-19, BVQ723, 1991.

D Guyton, H Uozato, HJ Wisnicki. Rapid Determination of Intraocular Lens Tilt and Decentration Through the Undilated Pupil. Ophthalmology, 97(10): 1259-1264, Oct. 1990.

M Feldman and HJ Wisnicki. Use of the Operating Microscope. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 5(4): 399-400, 1989.

MX Repka, K Wellish, HJ Wisnicki, DL Guyton. Changes in the Refractive Error of 94 . Spectacle-treated Patients with Acquired Accommodative Esotropia. Binocular Vision, 4:15-21, 1989.

H Uozato, HJ Wisnicki, DL Guyton. Rapid Determination of Intraocular Lens Tilt and
Decentration through the Undilated Pupil,Folia Ophthalmol Jpn. 39:2155-2161, 1988.

MX Repka, HJ Wisnicki, DL Guyton. Letter to the Editor
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 25(5): 258, 1988.

M Feldman, L Lowry, HJ Wisnicki. Standardization of Computer Systems for Logging Operative Cases. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. Vol 114: 1178-1180, 1988.

KM Miller, HJ Wisnicki, JP Buchman, MJ Riley, MX Repka, HR Taylor, DL Guyton
The Wilmer Information System. A Classification and Retrieval System for Information on Diagnosis and Therapy in Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology, 95(3): 403-409, 1988.

HJ Wisnicki and DL Guyton. A Computerized Clinical Database: Application for Strabismus. Binocular Vision, 3(2): 85-88, 1988

HJ Wisnicki, MX Repka, and DL Guyton. Reoperation Rate in Adjustable Strabismus Surgery.
Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 25(3):112-114, 1988.

CA Swinger, HJ Wisnicki, and EW Kornmehl. A Modified Corneal Press to Restore Normal Corneal Dimensions. Journal of Refractive Surgery. 3(2):50, 1987.

HJ Wisnicki, DL Guyton. A Modified Corneal Light Reflex Test with Distance Fixation.American Journal of Ophthalmology, 192(5): 661, Nov 1986.

CA Swinger and HJ Wisnicki. Freezing Increment in Keratophakia. Cornea. 4(4): 225-228, 1986.

AV Apkarian, CJ Hodge, HJ Wisnicki and J Delatizky. A Simple Computerized Neuroanatomical Data Collection System. IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering 30(2): 126-130, 1983.

CJ Hodge, AV Apkarian, RT Stevens, GD Vogelsang, and HJ Wisnicki. Locus Coeruleus Modulation of Dorsal Horn Responses to Cutaneous Stimulation, Brain Research 204: 415-420, 1981.

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Abstracts

HJ Wisnicki, A. Dayan. Vision Screening in the New York City Public School System
American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. June, 1994.

HJ Wisnicki, A. Dayan. Vision Screening in the New York City Public School System
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. April, 1994.

HJ Wisnicki, M. Eng. Computer Animated Interactive Learning in Ophthalmology
The American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. November, 1993.

HJ Wisnicki, Alan R. Dayan
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Eye Disorders by Pediatricians: A Survey
Presented: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. May, 1992.

HJ Wisnicki, MX Repka, E Raab, GG Hamad, D Kirsch, A Nath, and D Loupe
A Comparison of Success Rates of Resident and Attending Strabismus Surgery
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting. May, 1991.

HJ Wisnicki, A Nath, and MX Repka
A Comparison of Success Rates of Resident and Attending Strabismus Surgery
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. May, 1990.

HJ Wisnicki, and B Brandt. Computer-Administered Ocular Torsion Testing
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. May, 1989.

HJ Wisnicki, and B Brandt. Computer-Administered Ocular Torsion Testing
The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting. April, 1989.

HJ Wisnicki, A Davis, and M Luntz. Clinical Evaluation of Factors Affecting IOL Tilt and Decentration as Determined by the Alignment of Purkinje Images. The Association for Research and Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. May, 1988.

MX Repka, HJ Wisnicki, and DL Guyton. Lack of Emmetropization of Patients with Accommodative Esotropia. The American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting. March, 1987.

HJ Wisnicki, C Swinger, and EW Kornmehl. A Modified Corneal Press to Restore Normal Corneal Dimensions. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts, May 1985.

HJ Wisnicki, and C Swinger. Freezing Increment in Keratophakia. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts, May 1984.

HJ Wisnicki, CJ Hodge, and AV  Apkarian.  Computerized Collection and Reconstruction of
Neuroanatomic Data. National Student Research Forum, Abstracts, April 1981.

J Franck, CJ Hodge, AV Apkarian, RT Stevens, GD Vogelsang, and HJ Wisnicki. Does
Noradrenaline Mediate the Modulatory Effects of the Locus Coeruleus on Lumbar Dorsal
Horn Interneurons? Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1981.

RT Stevens, CJ Hodge, AV Apkarian, GD Vogelsang, HJ Wisnicki, and O Brown. The Functional Anatomy of the Coeruleo-Spinal Pathway. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1981.

CJ Hodge, AV Apkarian, RT Stevens, GD Vogelsang, and HJ Wisnicki.  Locus Coeruleus Projections to the Spinal Cord: Anatomy and Physiology. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts, 1980.

RT Stevens, CJ Hodge, AV Apkarian, GD Vogelsang, and HJ Wisnicki. Functional Anatomy of Locus Coeruleus Projections to the Lumbar Spinal Cord. Lake Ontario Regional Neuroscience Meeting. June, 1980.

AV Apkarian, CJ Hodge, RT Stevens, GD Vogelsang, and HJ Wisnicki. The Modulation of Dorsal Horn Cell Responses to Cutaneous Stimulation by Locus Coeruleus. Lake Ontario Regional Neuroscience Meeting. June, 1980.

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Other Journals

HJ Wisnicki, Tech talk Column. Ophthalmology Times, 1996-present (monthly)

HJ Wisnicki. Deteriorated Accommodative Esotropia.
Bulletin of Belgium Society of Ophthalmology, 1994

HJ Wisnicki and B Brandt. Computer Reduces Torsion Measurement Bias. Reported in Ophthalmology Times, Vol. 14, No. 14, July 15, 1989

HJ Wisnicki.  Medicine Enters the Computer Era.   Ophthalmology Times, April 15, 1996

HJ Wisnicki.  Surgery is Adjustable.   Ophthalmology Times, Pediatric Special Edition, June 15, 1996

HJ Wisnicki.  Case Histories a Diagnostic Challenge.   Ophthalmology Times, Pediatric Special Edition, June 15, 1996

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Book Reviews

In Survey of Ophthalmology, 39(1):78-79 July - August 1994 Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology

Principles and Practices of Ophthalmology, 6 vol., edited by Albert, Daniel M. and Jacobiec, Frederick A. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company, 1993.

Textbook of Ophthalmology, 10 vol. edited by Podos, Steven M., and Yanoff, Myron, London, Mosby - Yearbook Eurpoe, Ltd., 1991-1994.

Pediatric Ophthalmology. A Text Atlas - Robert A. Catalano & Leonard B. Nelson, Norwalk, Connecticut, Appleton & Lange 1994. 402 pages, index, illustrated. American Journal of Ophthalmology, January, 1995.

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Presentations

1986 - 1995

1996 - 2005

2006 - present

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