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About
Dr David Sousa
Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Visiting Researcher
Dr David Sousa is a Visiting Researcher in CERA’s Ophthalmic Neuroscience and Retinal Gene Therapy Unit.
Dr David Sousa
Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Visiting Researcher
MD, PhD, FRANZCO
Dr Sousa graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon in 2013. He completed his Ophthalmology specialty training in Portugal, followed by Vitreoretinal fellowships in Manchester, United Kingdom and Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Sousa currently works as a Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, in Melbourne and St John of God Hospital in Geelong.
Dr Sousa obtained his PhD in 2021 and is currently involved in multiple research projects at CERA, including retinal imaging biomarkers, artificial intelligence, and development of novel surgical devices.
Current projects
Selected publications
Current projects
Functional OCT-Angiography in Ocular and Systemic Disease
Macular Buckling: old concept, new idea
Photoreceptor survival strategies in Retinal detachment
Artificial intelligence applications in retinal imaging
Selected publications
Sousa DC, Leal I, Moreira S, do Vale S, Silva-Herdade AS, Aguiar P, Dionísio P, Abegão Pinto L, Castanho MARB, Marques-Neves C. Retinal Vascular Reactivity in Type 1 Diabetes Patients Without Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020 Jun 3;61(6):49. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.6.49.
Sousa DC, Leal I, Moreira S, do Vale S, Silva-Herdade AR, Dionísio P, Castanho MARB, Abegão Pinto L, Marques-Neves C. Optical coherence tomography angiography study of the retinal vascular plexuses in type 1 diabetes without retinopathy. Eye (Lond). 2020 Feb;34(2):307-311. DOI: 10.1038/s41433-019-0513-0.
Mursch-Edlmayr AS, Ng WS, Diniz-Filho A, Sousa DC, Arnold L, Schlenker MB, Duenas-Angeles K, Keane PA, Crowston JG, Jayaram H. Artificial Intelligence Algorithms to Diagnose Glaucoma and Detect Glaucoma Progression: Translation to Clinical Practice. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2020 Oct 15;9(2):55. DOI: 10.1167/tvst.9.2.55.
Taylor J, Sousa DC. Solar Retinopathy. N Engl J Med. 2023 Jul 13;389(2):165. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMicm2215436.
Sousa DC, Kane JX, Cooke DL, Fabinyi D. Theoretical correction of axial length measurement in perfluorocarbon liquid-filled eyes. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Aug;50(6):680-682. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14108.
Sousa DC, Kane JX, Cooke DL, Fabinyi D. Theoretical correction of axial length measurement in perfluorocarbon liquid-filled eyes. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Aug;50(6):680-682. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.14108. PMID: 35593691.
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Contact Dr David Sousa
david.sousa@unimelb.edu.au
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