May 27, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Russell W. Read, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of ophthalmology and pathology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), is among the founding members of the editorial board of a new medical journal representing the International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS). 

The Journal of Ophthalmic Inflammation and Infection will be the official journal of the IOIS; it will be electronic and offered free of charge to IOIS members. The journal will publish original studies, review articles, case reports, photo essays and challenging cases with expert commentary.

The editorial board represents international experts in the field of ophthalmic inflammation and infection and will guarantee a prompt peer-review process.

Read is an internationally recognized leader in the treatment of uveitis, a potentially blinding disease that causes inflammation of the eye. Uveitis is thought to be responsible for 10-15 percent of all blindness in the United States.

Read joined the faculty of the UAB Department of Ophthalmology in August 2000. He is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Uveitis Society, Hogan Eye Pathology Society, American Medical Association, Medical Association of the State of Alabama and Alabama Academy of Ophthalmology. He is active in clinical and applied basic science research and diagnostic ophthalmic pathology.

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