David Lee Guyton, MD

Professional Titles

• Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology
• The Zanvyl Krieger Children's Eye Center at the Wilmer Institute

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Ophthalmology

Background

Centers and Institutes

• Johns Hopkins Children's Center
• Wilmer Eye Institute Research

CV

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/-/media/wilmer/documents/cvs/Guyton-CV.pdf

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

• Passing the Scalpel in Strabismus, Wilmer Insider (June 2021)

  WRA Day: Steeped in History, Rooted in Education, Wilmer Insider (May 2021)

  How to Protect Children's Eyes During Remote Learning, New York Times (Aug. 2020)

  How Do Our eye Move in Perfect Synchrony?, Live Science (Jun. 2020)

  Theory That da Vinci's Art Was Tied to Rare Eye Condition Refuted, CNN (Nov. 2019)

  Why Rembrandt and da Vinci may have painted themselves with skewed eyes, Science News (Dec. 2019)

Contact for Research Inquiries

600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287-9028

dguyton@jhmi.edu

Research Interests

Causes and mechanisms of changes of strabismus over time, especially cyclovertical strabismus, Feedback techniques to treat blink deficiency, Novel instruments for screening for neurologic dysfunction, Novel instruments for screening for strabismus, amblyopia, and refractive errors, Novel techniques for the treatment of amblyopia and defects of binocular function, Ophthalmic instrumentation, Ophthalmic optics, Strabismus surgical techniques, especially adjustable sutures in children and adults

Research Summary

For more information about David Guyton's research view his CV and PubMed.

PubMed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=david+guyton

Selected Publications

• Guyton DL, Hunter DG, Sandruck JC, Patel SN, Fry RL. Eye fixation monitor and tracker.  U.S. Patent No. 6,027,216. February 22, 2000.

• Guyton DL. Dissociated vertical deviation: Etiology, mechanism, and associated phenomena. Costenbader Lecture. J AAPOS 2000;4:131-144.

• Guyton DL. Exaggerated traction test for the oblique muscles.  Ophthalmology 1981;88:1035 1039.

• Guyton DL. The American Optical SR IV Programmed Subjective Refractor:    Principles of design and operation. Am J Optom Physiol Optics 1982;59:800-814. 

• Guyton DL. The Mildred Weisenfeld Award Lecture:  Ocular torsion reveals the mechanisms of cyclovertical strabismus.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49:847-857.

Honors

• Marshall M. Parks, M.D., Medal, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 4/21/14
• Lifetime Achievement, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 1/1/10
• Mildred Weisenfeld Award, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 1/1/07
• President, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 1/1/95
• President, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus, 1/1/93
• Senior Honor Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1/1/91

Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Optical Society
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
• American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology & Strabismus (AAPOS)
• National Advisory Eye Council, National Institutes of Health ‚Äì 1992-95