Sandra Rocio Montezuma

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Associate Professor, Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences

Emailsmontezu@umn.edu

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Dr. Montezuma joined the department of Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences at the University of Minnesota (UMN) in 2010 as an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology/ Vitreoretinal surgery. She has subspecialty expertise in providing medical and surgical care for all retina diseases in adults and children. she received her M.D. from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dr. Montezuma completed her ophthalmology residency and her fellowship training at Massachusetts Eye and Ear/ Harvard Medical School. Dr. Montezuma is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and is a member of the AAO, ASRS, ARVO and PAAO.

Dr. Montezuma's research interest focus on retina prosthesis, age related macula degeneration and angiogenesis.

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Research Interest Keywords

Reitnal Prosthesis
Age Related Macula Degeneration
Angiogenesis
Reitna detachment
Pediatric retina

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Mitochondrial defects in the retinal pigment epithelium
Ferrington, D. A., Dutton, J. R. & Montezuma, S. R.
NIH NEI NATL EYE INST
4/1/18 → 3/31/22
Project: Research project
A Phase III, Multicenter, randomized, visual,assessor-masked, active-comparator study of the efficacy,safety, and pharmacokinetics of the port delivery system with Ranibizumab in patients with neovascularage-related macular degeneration.
Montezuma, S. R. & Koozekanani, D.
Genentech Inc.
10/31/18 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
Study of a Prototype External System (A2E16) for the Arg
Montezuma, S. R.
SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
6/1/18 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
Second Sight Clinical Trial Contract
Montezuma, S. R.
SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
7/1/17 → 6/30/19
Project: Research project
Argus Retinal Prosthesis System
Montezuma, S. R., Koozekanani, D. & van Kuijk, E.
SECOND SIGHT MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
3/13/14 → 12/31/20
Project: Research project

56 Article
3 Review article
2 Letter
1 Comment/debate

Cancer-Associated Retinopathy due to Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma
Wagley, S., Tran, T. M., Mallory, P. W., Lee, M. S., Armbrust, K. R., Trautman, B. & Montezuma, S. R., Mar 2021, In: Ocular Oncology and Pathology. 7, 1, p. 31-35 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Short term visual and structural outcomes of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment delay during the first COVID-19 wave: A pilot study
Naravane, A. V., Mundae, R., Zhou, Y., Santilli, C., van Kuijk, F. J. G. M., Nazari, H., Yamanuha, J., Emerson, G. G., Koozekanani, D. D. & Montezuma, S. R., Feb 2021, In: PloS one. 16, 2 February, e0247161.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
ADVERSE EVENTS OF THE ARGUS II RETINAL PROSTHESIS: Incidence, Causes, and Best Practices for Managing and Preventing Conjunctival Erosion
Rizzo, S., Barale, P. O., Ayello-Scheer, S., Devenyi, R. G., Delyfer, M. N., Korobelnik, J. F., Rachitskaya, A., Yuan, A., Jayasundera, K. T., Zacks, D. N., Handa, J. T., Montezuma, S. R., Koozekanani, D., Stanga, P. E., da Cruz, L., Walter, P., Augustin, A. J., Chizzolini, M., Olmos de Koo, L. C., Ho, A. C. & 25 others, Kirchhof, B., Hahn, P., Vajzovic, L., Iezzi, R., Gaucher, D., Arevalo, J. F., Gregori, N. Z., Grisanti, S., Özmert, E., Yoon, Y. H., Kokame, G. T., Lim, J. I., Szurman, P., de Juan, E., Rezende, F. A., Salzmann, J., Richard, G., Huang, S. S., Merlini, F., Patel, U., Cruz, C., Greenberg, R. J., Justus, S., Cinelli, L. & Humayun, M. S., Feb 1 2020, In: Retina. 40, 2, p. 303-311 9 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations
Automating Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture and Differentiation of iPSC-Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium for Personalized Drug Testing
Truong, V., Viken, K., Geng, Z., Barkan, S., Johnson, B., Ebeling, M. C., Montezuma, S. R., Ferrington, D. A. & Dutton, J. R., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: SLAS Technology.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Comparing fundus autofluorescence and infrared imaging findings of peripheral retinoschisis, schisis detachment, and retinal detachment
Huang, N. T., Georgiadis, C., Gomez, J., Tang, P. H., Drayna, P., Koozekanani, D. D., van Kuijk, F. J. G. M. & Montezuma, S. R., Jun 2020, In: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. 18, 100666.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Scopus citations