Mary Whitman, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
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Mary Whitman, MD, PhD
Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Harvard College
2001
Cambridge
MA
Medical School
Yale University School of Medicine
2009
New Haven
CT
Internship
New York University
2010
New York
NY
Residency
Columbia University–New York Presbyterian
2013
New York
NY
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital
2014
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Ophthalmology (General)
Professional History
Dr. Whitman serves as an expert for the Department of Ophthalmology for Boston Children's Hospital Precision Medicine Service. For more information about the Precision Medicine Service please visit bostonchildrens.org/precisionmed.
Publications
Disrupted Motor Neuron and Neuromuscular Junction Development in an Albino Mice Model of Infantile Nystagmus. View Abstract
Systematic phenotype and genotype characterization of Moebius syndrome. View Abstract
Gene Identification for Ocular Congenital Cranial Motor Neuron Disorders Using Human Sequencing, Zebrafish Screening, and Protein Binding Microarrays. View Abstract
Strabismus in Genetic Syndromes: A Review. View Abstract
Genome-Wide and Rare Variant Association Studies of Amblyopia in the All of Us Research Program. View Abstract
Chromosome 4 Duplication Associated with Strabismus Leads to Gene Expression Changes in iPSC-Derived Cortical Neurons. View Abstract
Hospital-wide access to genomic data advanced pediatric rare disease research and clinical outcomes. View Abstract
Gene identification for ocular congenital cranial motor neuron disorders using human sequencing, zebrafish screening, and protein binding microarrays. View Abstract
Expanding the genetics and phenotypes of ocular congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders. View Abstract
Congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder with homozygous KIF26A variant. View Abstract
Neuromuscular Junction Development Differs Between Extraocular and Skeletal Muscles and Between Different Extraocular Muscles. View Abstract
Mental Health Conditions Associated With Strabismus in a Diverse Cohort of US Adults. View Abstract
Expanding the genetics and phenotypes of ocular congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders. View Abstract
Presence of Copy Number Variants Associated With Esotropia in Patients With Exotropia. View Abstract
Genetics of strabismus. View Abstract
Noncoding variants alter GATA2 expression in rhombomere 4 motor neurons and cause dominant hereditary congenital facial paresis. View Abstract
Impaired Extraocular Muscle Innervation Is Present Before Eye Opening in a Mouse Model of Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome. View Abstract
TWIST1, a gene associated with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, regulates extraocular muscle organization in mouse. View Abstract
First Visit Characteristics Associated with Future Surgery in Intermittent Exotropia. View Abstract
TUBB3 Arg262His causes a recognizable syndrome including CFEOM3, facial palsy, joint contractures, and early-onset peripheral neuropathy. View Abstract
Axonal Growth Abnormalities Underlying Ocular Cranial Nerve Disorders. View Abstract
Novel variants in TUBA1A cause congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles with or without malformations of cortical brain development. View Abstract
Recurrent Rare Copy Number Variants Increase Risk for Esotropia. View Abstract
Ocular injury via epinephrine auto-injector. View Abstract
Isolation and Culture of Oculomotor, Trochlear, and Spinal Motor Neurons from Prenatal Islmn:GFP Transgenic Mice. View Abstract
Etv1 Controls the Establishment of Non-overlapping Motor Innervation of Neighboring Facial Muscles during Development. View Abstract
Decreased ACKR3 (CXCR7) function causes oculomotor synkinesis in mice and humans. View Abstract
Ex Vivo Oculomotor Slice Culture from Embryonic GFP-Expressing Mice for Time-Lapse Imaging of Oculomotor Nerve Outgrowth. View Abstract
Survey of practice patterns for the management of ophthalmic genetic disorders among AAPOS members: report by the AAPOS Genetic Eye Disease Task Force. View Abstract
Loss of CXCR4/CXCL12 Signaling Causes Oculomotor Nerve Misrouting and Development of Motor Trigeminal to Oculomotor Synkinesis. View Abstract
Neuronal-Specific TUBB3 Is Not Required for Normal Neuronal Function but Is Essential for Timely Axon Regeneration. View Abstract
Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies a Susceptibility Locus for Comitant Esotropia and Suggests a Parent-of-Origin Effect. View Abstract
Ocular congenital cranial dysinnervation disorders (CCDDs): insights into axon growth and guidance. View Abstract
Ocular Motor Nerve Development in the Presence and Absence of Extraocular Muscle. View Abstract
Reply. View Abstract
Bifocals Fail to Improve Stereopsis Outcomes in High AC/A Accommodative Esotropia. View Abstract
Two unique TUBB3 mutations cause both CFEOM3 and malformations of cortical development. View Abstract
Complications of pediatric cataract surgery. View Abstract
Retinal vasculature remodeling in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus vaso-occlusive retinopathy. View Abstract
Dent in the forehead: a rare manifestation of metastatic cancer. View Abstract
A case of lower extremity venous thrombosis in the pediatric emergency department: associations with May-Thurner syndrome and isotretinoin use. View Abstract
Short tag noose technique for optional and late suture adjustment in strabismus surgery. View Abstract
Blood vessels form a migratory scaffold in the rostral migratory stream. View Abstract
Adult neurogenesis and the olfactory system. View Abstract
Principles of glomerular organization in the human olfactory bulb--implications for odor processing. View Abstract
Dynamic contribution of nestin-expressing stem cells to adult neurogenesis. View Abstract
Synaptic integration of adult-generated olfactory bulb granule cells: basal axodendritic centrifugal input precedes apical dendrodendritic local circuits. View Abstract
Adult-generated neurons exhibit diverse developmental fates. View Abstract
A unique subpopulation of Tbr1-expressing deep layer neurons in the developing cerebral cortex. View Abstract
A unique subpopulation of Tbr1-expressing deep layer neurons in the developing cerebral cortex. View Abstract
Disulfide bond-mediated dimerization of HLA-G on the cell surface. View Abstract
Binding of the natural killer cell inhibitory receptor Ly49A to its major histocompatibility complex class I ligand. Crucial contacts include both H-2Dd AND beta 2-microglobulin. View Abstract
Kinetics and thermodynamics of beta 2-microglobulin binding to the alpha 3 domain of major histocompatibility complex class I heavy chain. View Abstract
The isolated major histocompatibility complex class I alpha3 domain binds beta2m and CD8alphaalpha dimers. View Abstract
ICAM-1 co-stimulation has differential effects on the activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. View Abstract
Duane Syndrome View Abstract
Congenital Fibrosis of the Extraocular Muscles View Abstract