Clinical Assistant Professor of     Biomedical Sciences, OU Bruce R. Garretson, M.D. Associated Retinal Consultants (248) 288-2280

BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Garretson received a B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) from Michigan State University in 1978 and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Wayne State University Medical School in 1982.  Following completion of his fellowship training at the Mayo Clinic,  Dr. Garretson was the Chief Resident and Training Director for Ophthalmology at the University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Garretson worked in Chicago until 1993 with Illinois Retina Associates and was an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center.  He joined Associated Retinal Consultants in 1993.

Dr. Garretson is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and is currently a member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists, Michigan Ophthalmological Society, and Oakland County Medical Society.

Dr. Garretson has a special interest in retinal detachment and age-related macular degeneration. He has authored several articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and is actively involved in clinical research including trials sponsored by the National Institute of Health and National Eye Institute. He has been named to The Best Doctors in the Midwest, and The Best Doctors in America.

PUBLICATIONS

2005  Responsiveness of the National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire to Progression to Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Vision Loss, and Lens Opacity. AREDS Report No. 14. Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:1207-1214.

2005  Correlation Analysis of the In-Clinic and Telephone Batteries from the AREDS Cognitive Function Ancillary Study. AREDS Report No. 15. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 12:271-277.

2005  The Age-Related Eye Disease Study Severity Scale for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. AREDS Report No. 17. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:1484-1498.

2005  A Simplified Severity Scale for Age-Related Macular Degeneration. AREDS Report No. 18. The Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005;123:1570-1574.

2005  Risk Factors for the Incidence of Advanced Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS): AREDS Report No. 19. Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. Ophthalmol 2005;112:533-539.

2005  Effect of Order of Administration of Health-Related Quality of Life Interview Instruments on Responses. SST Report No. 3. Ashley L. Childs & the Submacular Surgery Trials Research Group. Qual Life Res 2005;14:493-500.

2005  Histopathologic and Ultrastructural Features of Surgically Excised Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascular Lesions. SST Report No. 7. Submacular Surgery Trials Research Group. Arch Ophthalmol 2005;123:914-21.

2005  Guidelines for Interpreting Retinal Photographs and Coding Findings in the Submacular Surgery Trials (SST). SST Report No. 8. Submacular Surgery Trials Research Group. Retina 2005;25:253-68.

2006 Comparison of 2D Reconstructions of Surgically Excised Subfoveal Choroidal Neovascularization with Fluorescein Angiographic Features: SST Report No. 15. Submacular Surgery Trials Research Group. Ophthalmology 2006;113:267-279 2006

2006 Cognitive Impairment in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study. AREDS Report No. 16. Age-Related Eye Disease Study Research Group. Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124:537-543.

2006  Laser Treatment in Patients with Bilateral Large Drusen. The Complications of Age- Related Macular Degeneration Prevention Trial Research Group.  Ophthalmology 2006;113:1974-1986.

2006  The COMS Randomized Trial of Iodine 125 Brachytherapy for Choroidal Melanoma. Twelve-Year Mortality Rates and Prognostic Factors: COMS Report No. 28. Collaborative Ocular Melanoma Study (COMS) Group.  Arch Ophthalmol. 2006;124:1684-1693.

2007  Joshi Mandar M MD, Garretson Bruce R MD. Paclitaxel Maculopathy. Arch Ophthalmol, May 2007; 125:709-710