Todd Klesert, M.D., Ph.D.

Vitreo-Retinal Service

Todd R. Klesert, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Vitreo-Retinal Service
Phone (612) 625-4400, Fax (612) 626-3119
klese001@umn.edu

Education                 
Alma College, B.S.
University of Washington, M.D., Ph.D.

Residency                 
John Hopkins University
 
Fellowship                
University of Southern California
 
Research Interests 
Macular Degeneration and Adult Ocular Tumors

Awards and Associations                   
*National Institutes of Health, MSTP Fellowship
*Poncin Scholarship Fund Fellowship
*Alma College, Barlow Trophy
*Robert C. Byrd Congressional Honors Scholar
*Phi Beta Kappa

Selected Publications
Chang TS, Bressler NM, Fine JT, Dolan CM, Ward JF, Klesert TR.  Ranibizumab versus sham for subfoveal minimally classic or occult (no classic) lesions secondary to age-related macular degeneration: vision-related quality-of-life findings from MARINA, a randomized clinical trial.  Archives of Ophthalmology. In press.

Klesert TR, Lim JI, Rosenfeld PJ.  Anti-VEGF Drugs in Clinical Trials.  In: Lim JI, ed. Age Related Macular Degeneration, 2^nd Edition.  Taylor & Francis; In press.

Klesert TR, Lim JI.  Anti-VEGF Treatment of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. In: Holz F, Spaide R, eds.  Medical Retina (Essentials in Ophthalmology Series).  Springer; 2007.

Klesert TR, Lim JI.  Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Looking Into The Future. Johns Hopkins Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology. 2007;4(4).

Klesert TR, Schachat A.  Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (Preeclampsia-Eclampsia). In: Joussen A, Gardner T, Kirchhof B, Ryan S, eds.  Retinal Vascular Disease, 1^st Edition.  Springer; 2007.

Pakravan M, Klesert TR, Akpek EK.  Isolated lichen planus of the conjuctiva.  British Journal of Ophthalmology 2006;90(10):1325-1326.

Filippova GN, Thienes CP, Penn BH, Cho DH, Hu YJ, Moore JM, Klesert TR, Lobanenkov VV, Tapscott SJ.  CTCF-binding sites flank CTG/CAG repeats and form a methylation-sensitive insulator at the DM1 locus.  Nature Genetics. 2001;28(4):335-343.

Klesert TR, Cho DH, Clark JI, Maylie J, Adelman J,  Snider L, Yuen EC, Soriano P, Tapscott SJ. Mice deficient in Six5 develop cataracts: implications for myotonic dystrophy.  Nature Genetics. 2000;25(1):105-109.

Klesert TR, Otten AD, Bird TD, Tapscott SJ.  Trinucleotide repeat expansion at the myotonic dystrophy locus reduces expression of DMAHP.  Nature Genetics. 1997;16(4):402-406.