ALESSANDRO IANNACCONE, M.D., M.S.

Associate Professor

Department of Ophthalmology

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Director, Retinal Degeneration & Ophthalmic Genetics Service

Director, Lions Visual Function Diagnostic Lab

Address

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Hamilton Eye Institute

930 Madison Ave, Suite 470

Memphis, TN 38163

Tel: (901) 448-7831 (office) (901) 448-6445/6185 (lab); Fax: (901) 448-5028;

Education

M.D. Institution: University La Sapienza, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

M.S. Institution: (Epidemiology) College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

Postdoctoral: (Medical Retina Research) Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; (Pediatric Retinal and Optic Nerve Diseases) University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Residency: School of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of Rome, Italy

Research Interests

My research is focused on clinical, functional, and genetic studies of macular and retinal degenerations. Presently, stronger emphasis in my research is on age related macular degeneration, X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and retinoschisis, Usher syndrome (RP with hearing loss) and Bardet-Biedl syndrome (RP with obesity, polydactyly, and other systemic manifestations).

Links

Ophthalmology - Alessandro Iannaccone

UT Medical Group - Alessandro Iannaccone

Recent Publications

• Miyake N, Chilton J, Psatha M, Cheng L, Andrews C, Chan WM, Law K, Crosier M, Lindsay S, Cheung M, Allen J, Gutowski NJ, Ellard S, Young E, Iannaccone A, Appukuttan B, Stout JT, Christiansen S, Ciccarelli ML, Baldi A, Campioni M, Zenteno JC, Davenport D, Mariani LE, Sahin M, Guthrie S, Engle EC. Human CHN1 mutations hyperactivate alpha2-chimaerin and cause Duane's retraction syndrome. Science. 2008 Aug 8;321(5890):839-43. Epub 2008 Jul 24. PMID: 18653847
• Wang X, Iannaccone A, Jablonski MM. Contribution of Müller cells toward the regulation of photoreceptor outer segment assembly. Neuron Glia Biol. 2004 Aug;1(3):291-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18634602
• Iannaccone A, Gallaher KT, Buchholz J, Jennings BJ, Neitz M, Sidjanin DJ. Identification of two novel mutations in families with X-linked ocular albinism. Mol Vis. 2007 Oct 2;13:1856-61. PMID: 17960122
• Mura M, Sereda C, Jablonski MM, MacDonald IM, Iannaccone A. Clinical and functional findings in choroideremia due to complete deletion of the CHM gene. Arch Ophthalmol. 2007 Aug;125(8):1107-13. PMID: 17698759
• Iannaccone A, Tedesco SA, Gallaher KT, Yamamoto H, Charles S, Dryja TP. Fundus albipunctatus in a 6-year old girl due to compound heterozygous mutations in the RDH5 gene. Doc Ophthalmol. 2007 Sep;115(2):111-6. Epub 2007 May 3. PMID: 17476461
• Iannaccone A, Mura M, Gallaher KT, Johnson EJ, Todd WA, Kenyon E, Harris TL, Harris T, Satterfield S, Johnson KC, Kritchevsky SB. Macular pigment optical density in the elderly: findings in a large biracial Midsouth population sample. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Apr;48(4):1458-65. PMID: 17389471

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