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Professors
Barrett
G. Haik, MD, FACS (Chair)
Edward
Chaum, MD, PhD
Richard
D. Drewry, Jr., MD, FACS*
James.
C. Fleming, MD, FACS
Eldon
E. Geisert, Jr., PhD
Ralph S. Hamilton, MD
Roger L. Hiatt, Sr., MD*
Dianna
A. Johnson, PhD
Natalie
C. Kerr, MD, FACS
Peter
A. Netland, MD, PhD
R.
Christopher Walton, MD, MHA
Matthew
W. Wilson, MD, FACS
Associate Professors
Alessandro
Iannaccone, MD, MS
Monica
M. Jablonski, PhD
William
R. Morris, MD
Jena
J. Steinle, PhD
Assistant Professors
Mary
Ellen Hoehn, MD
Elliott M. Kanner, MD, PhD
Thomas O'Donnell, MD
Andreea
E. Partal, MD
Kathryn L. Reed, MD
Tonia
S. Rex, PhD
Sarwat
Salim, MD, FACS
Instructors
John M. Freeman, MD
Brendan P. Girschek,
MD
Heather Hancock, MD
Maria Kirzhner, MD
Scott D. Lawrence, MD
Alan E. Oester, MD
Yevgeniy
(Eugene) Shildkrot, MD
Mary
E. Smith, MPH, RDMS
* Professor Emeritus
Professors
Steven Charles, MD
Jerre M. Freeman, MD
Thomas C. Gettelfinger, MD
Ivan Marais, MD
Spencer Thornton, MD
Audrey W. Tuberville, MD
Ralph Wesley, MD
Thomas O. Wood, MD
Associate Professors
Howard L. Beale, MD
Brian S. Biesman, MD
Ernesto Calvo, MD
Michael A. Dyer, PhD
Fletcher Goode, MD
Andrew Lawton, MD
Peter A.D. Rubin, MD, FACS
Richard E. Sievers, MD
Ming Wang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professors
Kathryn W. Byrd, MD
Jorge I. Calzada, MD
Thomas A. Currey, MD
Roger L. Deshaies, MD
James Freeman, MD
Lawrence W. Gordon, MD
Henry T. Grizzard, MD
Ralph F. Hamilton, MD
James
C. Hart, MD, MPH
J. Charles Henry, MD
Faramarz (Fred) Hidaji, MD
Tawan (Sunny) Khamapirad, MD
Sidney Kriger, MD
Melvin Litch, MD
Gary Passons, MD
William Bradford Priester, MD
Alan R. Schaeffer, MD
Instructors
Jesse M. Wesberry, MD
Erno
Lindner, PhD, DSc
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Jena
J. Steinle, PhD
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
The Hamilton Eye Institute
930 Madison Avenue, Room 722a
Memphis, TN 38163
(901) 448-1910
jsteinl1@utmem.edu
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Education
- 2001-2003: Post-doctoral training, Texas A&M University Health
Science Center, Temple, TX, Advisor: Harris J. Granger, Cardiovascular
Physiology
- 1997-2001: PhD with honors (Molecular and Integrative Physiology)
University of Kansas Medical Center
- 1994-1997: B.S. in Biology, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
(graduated Summa Cum Laude)
- 1993-1994: Saint Joseph's College, Rensselaer, IN
Employment
- 2007-present: Assistant Professor, Hamilton Eye Institute,
University of Tennessee, Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
- 2003-2007: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University School
of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Carbondale, IL
- 2001-2003: Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Texas A&M University System
HSC, Temple,TX
- 1999-2001: Biomedical Research Scholar Fellow, University of Kansas
Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
- 1999-2001: Doctoral Candidate, University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City, KS
- 1997-1999: Graduate Student, University of Kansas Medical Center,
Kansas City, KS
- 1995-1997: Teaching and Research Assistant, University of
Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT
Awards
- 2003, August Krogh Young Investigator Award, Microcirculatory
Society
- 2003, Caroline tum Suden/Frances A. Hellebrandt Professional
Opportunity Award, American Physiological Society
- 2002, Participant in "Fundamental Issues in Vision Research
" course
Sponsored by a National Eye Institute Fellowship, Marine Biologicals
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
- 2002, Inventor Agreement Form signed on "Rodent Model for
Ocular Vascular Neogenesis," University of Kansas Medical Center;
co-inventor with doctoral advisor Dr. Peter G. Smith
- 2000, International Congress of Eye Research Travel Fellowship
- 1999-2001, Biomedical Research Scholar Fellow, University of Kansas
Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Professional Affiliations
- American Diabetic Association
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Microcirculatory Society-Member of Nominating Committee
- American Physiological Society (APS)
- Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
- International Society for Autonomic Neuroscience (ISAN)
- Sigma Xi
Invited Lectures
- 2006, Role of Sympathetic Nerves in Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular
Degeneration, Schepen's Eye Research Institute, Harvard University,
Boston, MA
- 2006, Role of Sympathetic Nerves in Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular
Degeneration, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2006, Neuro-Vascular Interactions in Posterior Eye Disease,
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
- 2005, Neuro-Vascular Interactions in Posterior Eye Disease,
University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, UT
- 2005, Role of sympathetic nerves in retinopathy and macular
degeneration, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
- 2002, Effects of sympathetic nerves on the ocular vasculature,
University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale,IL
- 2002, Role of Autonomic Regulation of Ocular Vasculogenesis, Alcon
Industries, Fort Worth, TX
- 2001, Role of Autonomic Innervation in the Regulation of Ocular
Blood Flow, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, MD.
Recent Publications *
Articles
- Steinle, JJ and Sharma, S. Normal Aging Involves Modulation of Key
Angiogenic Factors in the Rat Choroid, (submitted).
- Walker, RJ and Steinle, JJ. Role of ß-adrenergic Receptors in
Inflammatory Marker Expression in Muller Cells, in revision at Invest.
Ophthalmol. Vis. Science, In Press 2007.
- Smith, CP, Sharma, S, and Steinle, JJ. Age Related Changes in
Sympathetic Neurotransmission in Rat Retina and Choroid, Exp. Eye
Res. 84: 75-81, 2007.
- 20) Steinle, JJ. Sympathetic Neurotransmission Regulates Expression
of Inflammatory Markers in the Rat Retina, Exp Eye Res. 84:118-125,
2007.
- Wiley, LA, Berkowitz, BA and Steinle, JJ. Superior Cervical
Ganglionectomy Induces Changes in Growth Factor Expression in the Rat
Retina. Invest. Ophthal. Vis. Sci. 47(1):439-43, 2006.
- Steinle, JJ and Lashbrook, BL. Cervical Sympathectomy Regulates
Expression of Key Angiogenic Factors in the Rat Choroid. Exp. Eye
Res. 83:16-23, 2006.
- Wiley, LA, Rupp, G, Steinle, JJ. Sympathetic Innervation Regulates
Basement Membrane Thickening and Pericyte Numbers in Rat Retina. Invest.
Ophthal. Vis. Sci. 46:744-748, 2005.
- Steinle, JJ, Lindsay, NL and Lashbrook, BL. Loss of Sympathetic
Nerves Causes Photoreceptor Loss and Increased GFAP staining in the
Rat Retina. Autonomic Neuroscience:Basic and Clinical.
120:46-51, 2005.
- Lashbrook, BL and Steinle, JJ. ß-Adrenergic Receptor Regulation of
Pigment Epithelial-Derived Factor Expression in Rat Retina. Autonomic
Neuroscience:Basic and Clinical. Aug 31;121(1-2):33-9,2005.
- Davis, J. Steinle, JJ, Oitker, J, Peterson, R, and Banz, WJ. Soy
Protein influence on the development of Insulin Resistance and
Metabolic Syndrome in lean male SHHF (cp/?) rats. Journal of
Hormone and Metabolic Research 37(5):309-315, 2005.
- Davis, J, Igbal, MJ, Steinle, JJ, Oitker, J, Peterson, R, and Banz,
WJ. Soy Protein Influence on the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome
in obese male ZDFxSHHF Rats. Journal of Hormone and Metabolic
Resarch 37(5):316-25, 2005.
- Banz WJ, Davis J, Steinle JJ, Adler S, Oitker J, Winters T,
Higginbotham A, Hou Y, Henry N, Peterson R, Meyers CY
(+)-Z-Bisdehydrodoisynolic Acid Ameliorates Obesity and the Metabolic
Syndrome in Female ZDF Rats. Obesity Research, 13(11):1915-24,
2005.
- Steinle, JJ, Zamora, DO, Rosenbaum, JT, and Granger, HJ. ß3-Adrenergic
Receptors Mediate Choroidal Endothelial Cell Migration and Tube
Formation with Limited Effect on Cell Proliferation. Exp. Eye.
Res.80(1):83-91. 2005.
Abstracts
- Wiley, LA and Steinle, JJ. The effects of advanced glycation end
products (AGEs) on primary human microvascular retinal endothelial
cells (HMRECs). The Association for Research in Vision and
Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2007.
- Steinle, JJ, McFadyen-Ketchum, LS, Chin, VC, Capoccia, FA. Apoptotic
Markers in Choroid-RPE Complex in Normal Aging. The Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2007.
- Walker, RJ and Steinle, JJ. Inflammatory Cytokines Modulated by
Beta-Adrenergic Receptors in Retinal Muller Cells. The Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2007.
- Smith, CP and Steinle, JJ. Changes in Growth Factor Expression in
Normal Aging of the Rat Retina. The Association for Research in Vision
and Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2007.
- Steinle, JJ, Kern, TS, Wiley, LA, Smith, CP. Combination of Diabetes
and Loss of Sympathetic Neurotransmission Increases the Progression of
Microvascular Disease in Rat Retina. JDRF Fellow's Forum, Washington,
DC 2007.
- Smith, CP and Steinle, JJ. Age Related Changes in Sympathetic
Neurotransmission in Rat Retina and Choroid. The Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2006.
- Wiley, LA and Steinle, JJ. Hydrogen Peroxide Induces Apoptotic
Markers in Human Retinal Endothelial Cells. The Association for
Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Abstracts. 2006.
*List updated October 2007
Inventions
- Methods and materials for treating retinopathy, patent application
filed November 15, 2006, patent pending.
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