Penn Medicine Provider
Ophthalmology
Katherine E. Uyhazi, MD, PhD
Accepting new patients
Scheie Eye Institute Perelman

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Residency: Scheie Eye Institute

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. Uyhazi is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Wilder RJ, An AF, Bell BA, Fossett G, Wojciechowski AM, Shpylchak I, Uyhazi KE. Intraretinal variation in disease severity in the Oat(rhg) mouse model of gyrate atrophy , Exp Eye Res: 2025


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Uyhazi KE Lineage Tracing Photoreceptor Precursor Cells During Murine Retinal Development , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT) : 2025


Wilder RJ, An AF, Bell B, Fossett G, Wojciechowski A, Uyhazi KE Intraretinal variation in disease severity in the OAT-rhg mouse model of gyrate atrophy , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT) : 2025


Aleman TS, Cideciyan AV, Uyhazi KE, Weber ML, Roman AJ, Swider M, Sumaroka A, Maguire KH, Aleman EM, O'Neil EC, Santos A, Kim RJ, Parchinski KM, Fradin M, Chung W, Margaritis P, Sun J, Scoles DH, Wu V, Garafalo AV, Jayagopal A, Yerxa B, Tuller S, Maguire AM, Bennett J. Recovery of Cone-Mediated Vision in a Severe Ciliopathy after Gene Augmentation One Year Results of a Phase I/II Trial for LCA5-LCA. , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2025 Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, UT) : 2025


Aleman TS, Uyhazi KE, Roman AJ, zWeber ML, Swider MM, Sumaroka A, Maguire KH, Aleman EM, O'Neil EC, Santos AJ, Kim RJ, Parchinski KM, Billek A, Fradin M, Chung W, Margaritis P, Sun J, Scoles DH, Wu V, Garafalo AV, Jayagopal A, Yerxa B, Tuller S, Maguire AM, Bennett J, Cideciyan AV. Recovery of Cone-Mediated Vision in a Severe Ciliopathy after Gene Augmentation One Year Results of a Phase I/II Trial for LCA5-LCA. , Molecular Therapy: 2025


Passino R, Bell B, Uyhazi KE Microglia Inhibition Improves Gene Therapy in a Mouse Model of Photoreceptor Degeneration. , 152nd Anniversary Meeting of the Scheie Eye Institute (Philadelphia, PA): 2025


Aleman TS, Roman AJ, Uyhazi KE, Jiang YY, Bedoukian EC, Sumaroka A, Wu V, Swider M, Viarbitskaya I, Russell RC, Shagena EO, Santos AJ, Serrano LW, Parchinski KM, Kim RJ, Weber ML, Garafalo AV, Thompson DA, Maguire AM, Bennett J, Scoles DH, O'Neil EC, Morgan JIW, Cideciyan AV. Retinal Degeneration Associated With Biallelic RDH12 Variants: Longitudinal Evaluation of Retinal Structure and Visual Function in Pediatric Patients , Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 65: 2024,30


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Uyhazi KE. Lineage Tracing Photoreceptor Precursor Cells in the Murine Retina , 2025 Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Regional Meeting (College Park, MD).: 2024


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Bell BA, Uyhazi KE Characterizing Photoreceptor Precursor Cells During Murine Retinal Development , 2024 Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Regional Meeting (College Park, MD). : 2024


Bedoukian E, Bennett J, Uyhazi KE, Maguire AM, O’Neil EC, Krauss E, Roman AJ, Sumaroka A, Swider M, Scoles D, Garafalo AV, Cideciyan AV, Aleman TS Treatment Potential of RPGRIP1-associated Inherited Retinal Degenerations , Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2024 Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA). Notes: Poster #A0063.: 2024