Publications

Yin, G. S., Shao, Z., Faghfoury, H., & Ballios, B. G. (2024). Streamlined Ophthalmologist-Led Pathway to Diagnosis and Accessibility of Genetics Testing for Patients with Inherited Retinal Dystrophies in Canada. Ophthalmology. Retina, S2468-6530(24)00367-1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.08.007

Ashworth, K.E., Weisbrod, J., & Ballios, B.G. (2024). Inherited Retinal Diseases and Retinal Organoids as Preclinical Cell Models for Inherited Retinal Disease Research. Genes, 15(6), 705. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15060705

Pereira, A., Wright, T., Weisbrod, D., & Ballios, B.G. (2024). Vitamin A deficiency retinopathy in the setting of celiac disease and liver fibrosis. Doc Ophthalmol.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10633-024-09978-7

Zhai, Y., & Ballios, B. G. (2024). Exploring the diverse clinical and variant spectrum of CEP78-associated syndrome: Novel pathogenic variants identified in a case series. American journal of medical genetics. Part A, e63720. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63720

Zhai, Y., Wright, T., & Ballios, B. G. (2024). X-linked cone dystrophy with an uncommon tapetal-like sheen caused by a novel RPGR variant. Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie, 59(3), e289–e293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2023.11.016

Pandey, P. U., Ballios, B. G., Christakis, P. G., Kaplan, A. J., Mathew, D. J., Ong Tone, S., Wan, M. J., Micieli, J. A., & Wong, J. C. Y. (2024). Ensemble of deep convolutional neural networks is more accurate and reliable than board-certified ophthalmologists at detecting multiple diseases in retinal fundus photographs. The British journal of ophthalmology, 108(3), 417–423. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-322183

Ballios, B. G. (2024). Severe Macular Edema After Traumatic Head Injury: A Case of Whiplash Maculopathy. Retinal cases & brief reports, 18(1), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001305

Raparia, E., Ballios, B. G., Place, E. M., Husain, D., & Huckfeldt, R. M. (2023). RP2 X-LINKED RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA CARRIER STATE PRESENTING WITH VASCULAR LEAKAGE AND UNILATERAL MACULAR ATROPHY. Retinal cases & brief reports, 17(5), 533–537. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001239

Ballios, B. G., Mandola, A., Tayyib, A., Tumber, A., Garkaby, J., Vong, L., Heon, E., Roifman, C. M., & Vincent, A. (2023). Deep phenotypic characterization of the retinal dystrophy in patients with RNU4ATAC-associated Roifman syndrome. Eye (London, England), 37(18), 3734–3742. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02581-1

Pandey, P. U., Ballios, B. G., Christakis, P. G., Kaplan, A. J., Mathew, D. J., Ong Tone, S., Wan, M. J., Micieli, J. A., & Wong, J. C. Y. (2023). An ensemble of deep convolutional neural networks is more accurate and reliable than board-certified ophthalmologists at detecting multiple diseases in retinal fundus photographs. The British journal of ophthalmology, bjo-2022-322183. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo-2022-322183

Pereira, A., Ballios, B. G., Sarraf, D., & Yan, P. (2022). Full-Thickness Macular Hole Due to Choroidal Neovascularization in the Setting of Pathologic Myopia. Journal of vitreoretinal diseases, 7(1), 65–69. https://doi.org/10.1177/24741264221104592

Leinonen, H., Zhou, T. E., Ballios, B. G., Kauppinen, A., & Fu, Z. (2022). Editorial: Regulation of inflammation and metabolism in retinal neurodegenerative disorders. Frontiers in neuroscience, 16, 1102385. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.1102385

Ballios B. G. (2022). Severe Macular Edema after Traumatic Head Injury: A Case of Whiplash Maculopathy. Retinal cases & brief reports, 10.1097/ICB.0000000000001305. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICB.0000000000001305

Felfeli, T., Katsnelson, G., Kiss, A., Plumptre, L., Paterson, J. M., Ballios, B. G., Mandelcorn, E. D., Glazier, R. H., Brent, M. H., & Wong, D. T. (2022). Prevalence and predictors for being unscreened for diabetic retinopathy: a population-based study over a decade. Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie, S0008-4182(22)00119-3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2022.04.002

Garg, A., Popovic, M. M., Cioana, M., Ballios, B. G., Brent, M. H., Hurley, B., Kertes, P. J., & Yan, P. (2022). PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF SPONTANEOUS RELEASE OF VITREOMACULAR TRACTION: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.), 42(7), 1219–1230. https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000003513

Madjedi, K., Pereira, A., Ballios, B. G., Arjmand, P., Kertes, P. J., Brent, M., & Yan, P. (2022). Switching between anti-VEGF agents in the management of refractory diabetic macular edema: A systematic review. Survey of ophthalmology, 67(5), 1364–1372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2022.04.001

Catomeris, A. J., Ballios, B. G., Sangermano, R., Wagner, N. E., Comander, J. I., Pierce, E. A., Place, E. M., Bujakowska, K. M., & Huckfeldt, R. M. (2022). Novel RCBTB1 variants causing later-onset non-syndromic retinal dystrophy with macular chorioretinal atrophy. Ophthalmic genetics, 43(3), 332–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/13816810.2021.2023196

Ballios, B. G., Place, E. M., Martinez-Velazquez, L., Pierce, E. A., Comander, J. I., & Huckfeldt, R. M. (2021). Beyond Sector Retinitis Pigmentosa: Expanding the Phenotype and Natural History of the Rhodopsin Gene Codon 106 Mutation (Gly-to-Arg) in Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa. Genes, 12(12), 1853. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12121853

Martinez Velazquez, L. A., & Ballios, B. G. (2021). The Next Generation of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics for Inherited Retinal Disease. International journal of molecular sciences, 22(21), 11542. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms222111542

Ballios, B. G., Cooke, M. J., Donaldson, L., Coles, B. L., Morshead, C. M., van der Kooy, D., & Shoichet, M. S. (2015). A Hyaluronan-Based Injectable Hydrogel Improves the Survival and Integration of Stem Cell Progeny following Transplantation. Stem cell reports, 4(6), 1031–1045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2015.04.008

Clarke, L., Ballios, B. G., & van der Kooy, D. (2012). Generation and clonal isolation of retinal stem cells from human embryonic stem cells. The European journal of neuroscience, 36(1), 1951–1959. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08123.x

Ballios, B. G., Clarke, L., Coles, B. L., Shoichet, M. S., & Van Der Kooy, D. (2012). The adult retinal stem cell is a rare cell in the ciliary epithelium whose progeny can differentiate into photoreceptors. Biology open, 1(3), 237–246. https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.2012027

Ballios, B. G., Cooke, M. J., van der Kooy, D., & Shoichet, M. S. (2010). A hydrogel-based stem cell delivery system to treat retinal degenerative diseases. Biomaterials, 31(9), 2555–2564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.12.004