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Andrew Lee, MD

  • Houston Methodist neuro-ophthalmologist
  • Chair, Houston Methodist Hospital Blanton Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology
  • Professor of Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic Medicine
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Andrew Lee, MD

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Areas of Expertise

  • Double vision
  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Nystagmus
  • Ocular genetics
  • Ocular inflammation/uveitis
  • Ocular oncology
  • Ocular trauma
  • Optic nerve
  • Visual field loss

Credentials

BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Ophthalmology
MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of Virginia School of Medicine-Charlottesville, VA | 1989
RESIDENCY
Baylor College of Medicine - Houston, TX | 1993
INTERNSHIP
University of Virginia - Charolttesvle, VA
FELLOWSHIP
Johns Hopkins Hospital - Baltimore, MD-Neuro-Ophthalmology | 1994

Publications

The case for anterior segment optical coherence tomography (AS-OCT) for the international space station and future planetary spaceflight: Clinical relevance and technical implementation
Sandhur, BS, Ong, J, Sampige, R, Lee, R, Memon, H, Panzo, N, Kadipasaoglu, CM, Guo, Y, Soares, B, Osteicoechea, D, Waisberg, E, Suh, A, Nguyen, T, Masalkhi, M, Sarker, P, Zaman, N, Tavakkoli, A, Berdahl, J, Chévez-Barrios, P, Mader, TH, Gibson, CR & Lee, AG 2025, , Life Sciences in Space Research, vol. 46, pp. 74-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2025.04.001

Molecular and biomechanical changes of the cornea and lens in spaceflight
Panzo, N, Memon, H, Ong, J, Suh, A, Sampige, R, Lee, R, Waisberg, E, Kadipasaoglu, CM, Berdahl, J, Chévez-Barrios, P & Lee, AG 2025, , Life Sciences in Space Research, vol. 45, pp. 151-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lssr.2025.03.005


Cerebral achromatopsia secondary to cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Woods, MD, Siliezar, PD, Laylani, N, Friedman, ER, Fung, SH & Lee, AG 2025, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 37, 102202, pp. 102202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102202

Neuro-ophthalmic complications following eighth cranial nerve microvascularx decompression
Saju, SM, Hunt, PJ, Davila-Siliezar, P, Laylani, N & Lee, AG 2025, , American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, vol. 37, 102258, pp. 102258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2025.102258

Neuro-Ophthalmic Presentations of Adult-Onset Sinus Pericranii
Younes, S, Raviskanthan, S, Mortensen, PW, Diaz, O, Chinnadurai, P, Malik, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. e7-e9. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000002091

Herpes zoster ophthalmicus temporally after COVID-19 vaccination: a systematic review of uncontrolled case reports and case series
Muayad, J, Masood, H, Alam, Z, Loya, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/08998280.2024.2426439

NASA's impact on medical innovation: Breakthrough technologies from space research
Jaber, JM, Ong, J, Waisberg, E, Sarker, P, Zaman, N, Tavakkoli, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Acta Astronautica, vol. 226, pp. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.10.026

Generative artificial intelligence in ophthalmology
Waisberg, E, Ong, J, Kamran, SA, Masalkhi, M, Paladugu, P, Zaman, N, Lee, AG & Tavakkoli, A 2025, , Survey of Ophthalmology, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.survophthal.2024.04.009


Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Neuro-Ophthalmology: Neuro-Ophthalmic Imaging Patterns and Implementation Challenges
Lee, R, Ong, J, Waisberg, E, Ben-David, G, Jaiswal, S, Arogundade, E, Tavakkoli, A & Lee, AG 2025, , Neuro-Ophthalmology. https://doi.org/10.1080/01658107.2025.2459206

A multifactorial, evidence-based analysis of pathophysiology in Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome (SANS)
Galdamez, LA, Mader, TH, Ong, J, Kadipasaoglu, CM & Lee, AG 2025, , Eye (Basingstoke), vol. 39, no. 4, 33, pp. 700-709. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-025-03618-3

Influence of Common Medications on Diabetic Macular Edema in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Muayad, J, Loya, A, Hussain, ZS, Lee, DH, Chauhan, MZ, Lee, AG, Movahedan, A & Dahr, SS 2025, , Ophthalmology Retina. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oret.2024.12.006

Delayed Sensory Exotropia With Retained Metallic Intraorbital Foreign Body
Lee, RS, Sofoluke, RF, Alryalat, SA, Deyabat, OA, Kuwera, E & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. e4-e7. https://doi.org/10.3928/01913913-20241104-02

Hepatotoxicity in spaceflight: intrinsic and extrinsic risks for astronaut metabolic health
Waisberg, E, Ong, J, Masalkhi, M, Cools, B, Lee, R, Vinken, M & Lee, AG 2025, , Irish Journal of Medical Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-025-03884-w

Polydipsia Induced Acute Angle-Closure Crisis
Maheshwari, A, Laylani, N, Siliezar, PD & Lee, AG 2025, , Journal of Glaucoma. https://doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000002546


SANS-CNN: An automated machine learning technique for spaceflight associated neuro-ocular syndrome with astronaut imaging data
Kamran, SA, Hossain, KF, Ong, J, Zaman, N, Waisberg, E, Paladugu, P, Lee, AG & Tavakkoli, A 2024, , npj Microgravity, vol. 10, no. 1, 40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-024-00364-w

GQ1b Seropositive Guillain–Barré/Miller Fisher Overlap Syndrome After Pembrolizumab Treatment
Hunt, PJ, Keys, PH, Dalal, S, Boardman, D, Davila-Siliezar, P, Laylani, N, Al-Zubidi, N & Lee, AG 2024, , Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. e542-e543. https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0000000000001976

Optic neuritis in retinitis pigmentosa
Kuang, GT, Alryalat, SA, Deyabat, OA & Lee, AG 2024, , Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. e846-e849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.05.021

Languages

  • English