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

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Education and training

  • Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine
  • 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

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Oertel FC, Cabrera Debuc D, Calabresi PA, Chen M, Cordano C, Dietrich M, Feltgen N, Gramlich O, Green AJ, Groh J, Huang SC, Knier B, Korn T, Leocani L, Loewenstein A, van Oterendorp C, Peto T, Schippling S, Schmetterer L, Schmitz-Valckenberg S, Seeliger MW, Shindler KS, Schuman JS, Sindi M, Tufail A, Wang JK, Wolf S, You Y, Zinkernagel M, Lagrèze W, Albrecht P; IMSVISUAL consortium. APOSTEL-R Recommendations for Reporting Retinal Optical Coherence Tomography Studies in Rodents , Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm, In press: 2025


Aleman TS, Uyhazi KE, Roman AJ, Weber ML, O'Neil EC, Swider M, Sumaroka A, Maguire KH, Aleman EM, 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 Lebercilin associated retinal ciliopathy after gene therapy: One-year results of a phase I/II trial , Mol Ther, 33: 2025,4784-4798


Pham K, Uyhazi KE. Retinal Findings in Kjellin Syndrome , Ophthalmology: 2025


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, 255: 2025,110382


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Bell BA, Uyhazi KE Lineage Tracing of Photoreceptor Precursor Cell Subpopulations During Murine Retinal Development , 20th International Congress of Developmental Biology / Society for Developmental Biology 84th Annual Meeting (San Juan, Puerto Rico): 2025


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Bell BA, Uyhazi KE. Lineage Tracing of Photoreceptor Precursor Cell Subpopulations During Murine Retinal Development , 2025 Mid-Atlantic Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Regional Meeting (Richmond, VA).: 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


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


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


Yano JJ, Wei Z, Uyhazi KE Lineage Tracing Photoreceptor Precursor Cells During Murine Retinal Development , 152nd Anniversary Meeting of the Scheie Eye Institute. (Philadelphia, PA): 2025