Glaucoma Service
Wills Eye Institute
840 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Current Position

Other Appointments

Education

Board Certification
Committees

Awards

Posters/Presentations

Chapters

Journal Articles

Current Position

Director of Resident Education
Wills Eye Residency Program at Jefferson
Jefferson Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

 

Associate Director of Undergraduate Education in Ophthalmology
Jefferson Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

Other Appointments

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA

Education

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Glaucoma Research Fellowship
Merck Fellowship

 

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Glaucoma Clinical Fellowship
Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship

 

Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Ophthalmology Residency

 

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA
Internship

 

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
MD

Harvard Graduate National Scholar

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
A.M. summa cum laude/A.B. magna cum laude
Harvard National Scholar

Board Certification

American Board of Ophthalmology

Committees

2002 - present Education Committee, Wills Eye Institute
2002 - present Executive Council, Wills Eye Institute
2002 - present Resident Selection, Wills/Thomas Jefferson University (Chairman, 2004 present)
2003 - present GME, Jefferson Medical College/Thomas Jefferson University
2003 - 2007 Medical Records, Wills Eye Hospital
2003 - 2007 Patient Safety, Wills Eye Hospital
2003 - 2007 Quality Management, Wills Eye Hospital (Chairman, 2004-2007)
2004 - present Institutional Review Board, Wills Eye Institute
2004 - 2006 Medical Advisory Board, Wills Eye ASC
2006 - 2008 Abstract Reviewer for Program Advisory Committee, AAO
2006 - present Associate Examiner, American Board of Ophthalmology
2007- present Editorial Board, Journal of Academic Ophthalmology
2008 - present Committee for Resident Education, AAO (Chairman)
2008 - present Organization of Program Directors Association (OPDA), CMSS
2008 - present Program Directors Council, AUPO
2009- present Executive Committee, OPDA

Awards

2002 Merit Award, Pharmacia Ophthalmology’s Glaucoma Fellow Awards Program
2003 Merit Award, Pharmacia/Pfizer Ophthalmology’s Glaucoma Fellow Awards
2005 Residency Advocacy Award, Wills Eye Hospital
2009 Achievement Award, AAO
2009 Secretariat Award, AAO

Posters/Presentations

Kesen, M., Henderer, J.D., Wilson, R.P., Moster, M.R., Myers, J.S., Davis, G.H., Uhler, T.A., Donnelly, S., Hahn, K., Steinmann, W., Spaeth, G.L. Influence of Patient Data on Cup/Disc Ratio Measurement and Optic Nerve Interpretation. AAO poster 2001.

Uhler TA, Kesen MR, Henderer J, Steinmann W: Community glaucoma screening: follow-up assessment. Abstract. ARVO poster 2002.

Khan SJ, Henderer JD, Kesen MR, Wilson RP, Moster MR, Myers JS, Uhler T, Steinman WC, Fontanarosa J, Spaeth GL: Decreasing the Influence of Clinical Data on Glaucomatous Optics Nerve Evaluation Using the Disc Damage Likelihood Scale. ARVO poster 2003.

Uhler TA, Altangerel U, Steinmann WC, Henderer JD: Community Glaucoma Screenings: Assessment of Interventions to Improve Follow-up. ARVO poster 2003.

Uhler TA, Altangerel U, Steinmann WC, Henderer JD: Community Glaucoma Screenings: Assessment of Three Follow-up Interventions. AAO poster 2003.

Henderer JD, Nallamshetty HS, Altangerel U, Uhler TA, Fontanarosa J, Steinmann WC: Glaucoma Knowledge Asessment and Subjective Barriers to Access of Care Among Persons Involved in a Community Glaucoma Screening Program. AGS poster 2004.

Panday VA, Parikh M, Master S, Uhler TA: Presence of Retinopathy in Patients with Cranial Nerve Palsy. AAO poster 2004.

Khan SJ, Henderer JD, Kesen MR, Wilson RP, Moster MR, Myers JS, Uhler T, Steinmann WC, Fontanarosa J, Spaeth GL: Decreasing the Influence of Clinical Data on Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Evaluation Using the Disc Damage Likelihood Scale. AAO poster 2005.

Uhler TA, Pao K, Jaeger EA: The Human Eye Learning Model Assistant (THELMA). Annual Wills Eye Hospital Conference paper 2006.

Pao K, Uhler TA, Jaeger EA: Creating Thelma (The Human Eye Learning Model Assistant)). AAO poster 2006.

Uhler TA, Volpe NJ (Course Directors): The Fifth Annual Educating the Educators Conference January 30, 2008.

Uhler TA: How to Take Advantage of Online Resources for Residency Education. Presentation at AAO World Ophthalmology Leaders Forum in Education, November 10, 2008.

Uhler TA, Lauer A (Course Directors): The Sixth Annual Educating the Educators Conference January 28, 2009.

Uhler TA: Transitional Year and Ophthalmology AHME April 17, 2009.

Corbett EC, Jaeger EA, Uhler TA, Pao DC: Ophthalmoscopic Skills for the Internist. American College of Physicians April 23, 2009

Uhler TA REC Innovations for Streamlined Teaching. Teaching and Learning Symposium. AAO October 26, 2009.

Chapters

Uhler TA, Rapuano CJ. Managing superficial foreign bodies. The Clinical Atlas of Office Procedures: Essentials of Ophthalmology 3 (2): 233 - 243, 2000.

Uhler TA, Rhee D: Clinical appearance of glaucomatous optic neuropathy. In Glaucoma: Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology. Edited by D. Rhee. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2003.

Rhee D, Uhler TA, Katz LJ: Psychophysical Testing. In Glaucoma: Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology. Edited by D. Rhee. New York: McGraw-Hill Medical Publishing Division, 2003.

Vrabec TR, Uhler TA, Donoso LA: Duane’s Ophthalmology Solution. Chapter title: The Role of Genetic and Environmental Factors in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Passage Text: Tara A. Uhler. Duane’s Ophthalmology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 23A, April 1, 2008.

Uhler TA, Vrabec TR, Frost A, Donoso LA: Duane’s Ophthalmology Solution. Chapter title: Principles of Geneological Research and Practical Applications to Eye Disease. Passage Text: Tara A. Uhler. Duane’s Ophthalmology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Chapter 50, October 1, 2008.

Seymour J, Uhler TA: Other Secondary Glaucomas. In: Glaucoma. Edited by T. Shaaraway, M. Sherwood, R. Hitchings and G. Crowston. Philadelphia: Elsevier. 2009.

Journal Articles

Frim DM, Uhler TA, Short MP, Ezzedine ZD, Klagsbrun M, Breakefield XO, Isacson O: Effects of biologically delivered NGF, BDNF, and bFGF on striatal excitotoxic lesions. NeuroReport 4:367-370.1993.

Frim DM, Simpson J, Uhler TA, Short MP, Bossi SR, Breakefield XO, Isacson O: Striatal degeneration induced by mitochondrial blockade is prevented by biologically delivered NGF. Journal of Neuroscience Research 35:452-458, 1993.

Frim DM, Uhler TA, Galpern WR, Beal MF, Breakefield XO, Isacson O: Implanted fibroblasts genetically engineered to produce brain-derived neurotrophic factor prevent 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium toxicity to dopaminergic neurons in the rat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 91:5104-5108, 1994.

Uhler TA, Frim DM, Pakzaban P, Isacson O: The effects of megadose and methylprednisolone and U-78517F on toxicity mediated by glutamate receptors in the rat neostriatum. Neurosurgery 34:122-128, 1994.

Uhler TA, Piltz-Seymour J: Optic disc hemorrhages in glaucoma and ocular hypertension: Implications and recommendations. Current Opinion of Ophthalmology 2008 Mar;19(2):89-94.

Pao KY, Uhler TA, Jaeger EA: Creating THELMA—The Human Eye Learning Model Assistant. Journal of Academic Ophthalmology Vol 1, No 2, 2008

Altangerel U, Nallamshetty HS, Uhler T, Fontanarosa J, Steinmann WC, Almodin JM, Chen BH, Henderer JD: Knowledge about glaucoma and barriers to follow-up care in a community glaucoma screening program. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology 2009 Feb; 44(1):66-9.

Nallasamy S, Uhler T, Nallasamy N, Tampino PJ, Volpe NJ: Ophthalmology Resident Selection: Current Trends in Selection and Improving the Process. Ophthalmology.

Spaeth GL, Junk AK, Uhler T, Lopes JF, Katz LJ, Steinmann WC: Reversal of optic disc cupping predicts favorable visual field course in glaucoma patients. Ophthalmology.