Nils Loewen, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Email	nils.loewen@yale.edu
Phone	(203) 785-2020 (800) 395-7949 (Toll-free, Nationwide)
Fax	(203) 785-5909
Office Address	Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science 40 Temple Street, Third Floor New Haven, CT 06510
Mailing Address	Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science Yale University School of Medicine P.O. Box 208061 New Haven, CT 06520-8061

Professional Statement

Dr. Loewen joined the Yale University School of Medicine on July 1, 2009 as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology. He is specialized in Glaucoma and Cataract care. He provides classic as well as novel, less invasive procedures that include small incision trabeculectomy, trabectome trabeculotomy and canaloplasty. In addition to standard cataract surgery, Dr. Loewen performs complex cataract and anterior segment surgeries. He has a special interest in new glaucoma procedures and offers suprachoroidal shunt implantation and transciliary filtration to select patients.

Dr. Loewen has authored more than 70 abstracts, articles, book chapters and patents. He serves as a reviewer for several scientific journals that include Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Molecular Vision, Journal of Gene Therapy, Gene Medicine and Human Gene Therapy. He is a member of the American Glaucoma Society, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and American Society of Gene Therapy. Dr. Loewen trained with Dr. Robert Weinreb at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center at UCSD, one of the most distinguished glaucoma specialists worldwide.

In his basic research Dr. Loewen spearheaded gene therapy for glaucoma with lentiviral vectors. He developed a technique to permanently genetically modify the outflow tract of the eye, the site of the primary pathology in glaucoma.

Clinical Interests

Glaucoma and cataract surgery, novel glaucoma surgeries, complex anterior segment surgery.

Research Interests

Gene therapy of glaucoma, repopulation dynamics of the outflow tract, lentiviral vectors.

Education & Training

Medical	Medical School of the Albert-Ludwig-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Internship	Dr. Eberhart Zrenner, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical School of the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Fellowship and PhD Studies	Dr. Eric Poeschla, Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, MN
Internship	Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Residency	Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Fellowship	Dr. Robert N. Weinreb, Hamilton Glaucoma Center, Shiley Eye Center, University of California, San Diego, CA