Penn Medicine Provider
Ophthalmology
Joan M. O'Brien, MD
4.8
(30)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian

About me

  • Director, Penn Medicine Center for Ophthalmic Genetics in Complex Diseases
  • Harold G. Scheie-Nina C. Mackall Research Professor of Ophthalmology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School
  • Residency: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
  • Fellowship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
  • Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.8

30 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

April 2022
5.0
5.0
she was very nice to work with
February 2022
5.0
5.0
excellent medical.care
February 2022
5.0
5.0
everyone was courteous, friendly and professional!
December 2021
5.0
5.0
dr. o'brien and her staff are wonderful and are top experts

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. O'Brien is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Jordan JA, Daniel E, Chen Y, Salowe R, Zhu Y, Miller-Ellis E, Addis V, Sankar PS, Zhu D, Smith E, Lee R, Ying GS, O’Brien JM. Features Associated with Visible Lamina Cribrosa Pores in Individuals of African Ancestry with Glaucoma: Primary Open-Angle African Ancestry Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) Study , Vision (Basel, Switzerland), 8(2): 2024


Verma SS*, Gudiseva HV*, Chavali VRM, Salowe R, Bradford Y, Guare L, Lucas A, Collins DW, Vrathasha V, Nair RM, Rathi S, Zhao B, He J, Lee R, Zenebe-Gete S, Bowman AS, McHugh CP, Zody MC, Pistilli M, Khachatryan N, Daniel E, Murphy W, Henderer J, Regeneron Genetics Center, Kinzy TG, Iyengar SK, Peachey NS, VA Million Veteran Program, Taylor KD, Guo X, Chen YDI, Zangwill L, Girkin C, Ayyagari R, Liebmann J, Chuka-Okosa CM, Williams SE, Akafo S, Budenz DL, Olawoye OO, Ramsay M, Ashaye A, Akpa OM, Aung T, Wiggs JL, Ross AG, Cui QN, Addis V, Lehman A, Miller-Ellis E, Sankar PS, Williams SM, Ying GS, Cooke Bailey J, Rotter JI, Weinreb R, Khor CC, Hauser MA, Ritchie MD‡, O'Brien JM.‡ A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in African ancestry individuals reveals risk loci for primary open-angle glaucoma , Cell, 187(2): 2024,464–480


Chintagumpala M, Piao J, Gombos D, Chevez-Barrios, P., Brock, L., Dunkel, I. J., Jubran, R., Leahey, AM., Kim, J., O'Brien, J., Shields, C. L., & Rodriguez-Galindo, C. A multi-institutional feasibility study of intra-arterial chemotherapy in children with retinoblastoma. A Children's Oncology Group study (COG ARET12P1) , Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 71(1): 2024


Salowe RJ, Chen Y, Zenebe-Gete S, Lee R, Gudiseva HV, Di Rosa I, Ross AG, Cui QN, Miller-Ellis E, Addis V, Sankar PS, Daniel E, Ying G, O’Brien JM Risk factors for structural and functional progression of primary open-angle glaucoma in an African ancestry cohort. , BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 8: 2023


Daniel E, Gao J, Maguire MG, Ying GS, Gudiseva HV, Salowe R, Addis V, Sankar PS, Lee R, Smith EJ, O'Brien J. Prevalence and factors associated with optic disc grey crescent in the Primary Open-Angle African Ancestry Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) Study , BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 8(1): 2023


Mamidipaka A, Di Rosa I, Lee R, Zhu Y, Chen Y, Salowe R, Addis V, Sankar P, Daniel E, Ying GS, O'Brien JM. Factors Associated with Large Cup-to-Disc Ratio and Blindness in the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) Study , Genes, 14(9): 2023,1809


Addis V, Chan L, Chen J, Goodyear K, Pistilli M, Salowe R, Lee R, Sankar P, Miller-Ellis E, Cui Q, Maguire MG, O’Brien JM Evaluation of the Cirrus HD-OCT Normative Database Probability Codes in an African American Population. , Ophthalmology Glaucoma, 5(1): 2022,110-118


Brodin AC, Tamhankar MA, Whitehead G, MacKay D, Kim BJ, O'Brien JM Approach of an Academic Ophthalmology Department to Recovery During the Coronavirus Pandemic. , Clinical Ophthalmology, 16: 2022,695-704


Daniel E, Addis A, Maguire MG, McGeehan B, Chen M, Salowe RJ, Zenebe-Gete S, Meer E, Lee R, Smith E, Gudiseva HV, Sankar PS, O’Brien JM Prevalence and Factors Associated with Optic Disc Tilt in the Primary Open-Angle African American Glaucoma Genetics (POAAGG) Study. , Ophthalmology Glaucoma: 2022


Alapati T, Sagal KM, Gudiseva HV, Pistilli M, Pyfer M, Chavali VRM, O'Brien JM Evaluating TNF-α and interleukin-2 (IL-2) as biomarkers for Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma in African Americans. , Genes, 13: 2022,54


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