ALESSANDRO IANNACCONE, M.D., M.S., F.A.B.D.A.

Associate Professor

Department of Ophthalmology

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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 731 (academic)

930 Madison Ave, Suite 400 (clinical)

Memphis, TN 38163 (USA)

Tel: (901) 448-7831 (academic) (901) 448-6445/6185 (lab) (901) 448-1241 (UTMG front desk);
Fax: (901) 448-5028 (UT)/1021 (UTMG);

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

• Philp AR, Jin M, Li S, Schindler EI, Iannaccone A, Lam BL, Weleber RG, Fishman GA, Jacobson SG, Mullins RF, Travis GH, Stone EM. Predicting the pathogenicity of RPE65 mutations. Hum Mutat. 2009 Aug;30(8):1183-8. PMID: 19431183
• Iannaccone A, Fung KH, Eyestone ME, Stone EM. Treatment of adult-onset acute macular retinoschisis in enhanced s-cone syndrome with oral acetazolamide. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Feb;147(2):307-312.e2. Epub 2008 Oct 4. PMID: 18835469
• 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, Othman MI, Cantrell AD, Jennings BJ, Branham K, Swaroop A. Retinal phenotype of an X-linked pseudo-Usher syndrome in association with the G173R mutation in the RPGR gene. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2008;613:221-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18188948
• 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

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