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Sila B. Bal, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: Turkish, English, Spanish

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Education History

Undergraduate Drexel University
BS
Professional Medical Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
MD, MPH
Residency Pennsylvania Hospital
Preliminary Resident
Residency Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Resident
Fellowship Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Chief Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bal S, Mills M, Tomlinson L, Meer E, Ying GS, Binenbaum (2022). Risk of Retinal Detachment in Children with Ocular Coloboma. Ophthalmology, 129(1), 117-118. (Read full article)
  2. Bal S, Laíns I, Chiou C, Patel N, Rudnik ND, Kim CB, Ma KK, Tone SO, in collaboration with project editors, Begaj T, Lu Y, Armstrong G (2022). Video-based surgical curriculum for open globe injury repair, IV: corneal wounds. Digital journal of ophthalmology, 28(4), 86-99. (Read full article)
  3. Anchouche S, Hall N, Bal S, Dana R, Elze T, Miller JW, Lorch AC, Yin J, IRIS Registry Data Analytic Center (2021). Chemical and thermal ocular burns in the United States: An IRIS registry analysis. The ocular surface, 21, 345-347. (Read full article)
  4. Bal S, Tahvildari M, Jurkunas (2021). Scleral Perforation Secondary to Cyclophotocoagulation. Ophthalmology, 128(5), 662. (Read full article)
  5. Bal S, Chang HP, Wolkow (2022). Pinguecula with spheroidal degeneration: clinicopathologic correlation. Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 41(1), 139. (Read full article)
  6. Bal S, Ying GS, Tomlinson L, Binenbaum G, Postnatal Growth and Retinopathy of Prematurity (G-ROP) Study Grou (2019). Association of Weight Gain Acceleration With Risk of Retinopathy of Prematurity. JAMA ophthalmology, 137(11), 1301-1305. (Read full article)
  7. Bal S, Duckles A, Buttenheim (2019). Visual Health and Visual Healthcare Access in Refugees and Displaced Persons: A Systematic Review. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 21(1), 161-174. (Read full article)
  8. Bal S, Kurichi JE, Kwong PL, Xie D, Hennessy S, Na L, Pezzin LE, Streim JE, Bogner H (2017). Presence of Vision Impairment and Risk of Hospitalization among Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 24(6), 364-370. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Bal S, Chodosh J, Venkateswaran (2021). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 on Ocular Surface Pathology and Treatment Practices: a Review. Current ophthalmology reports, 9(3), 77-82. (Read full article)
  2. Bal S, Chodosh (2022). Ocular Manifestations, Virulence, and Transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2: A Review of the Literature by Region. International ophthalmology clinics, 62(2), 1-18. (Read full article)

Case Report

  1. Bal S, Ciolino J (2021). Penetrating keratoplasty using collagen crosslinked donor tissue: A case report. American journal of ophthalmology case reports, 22, 101039. (Read full article)