Credentials

Medical School:

M.D. - University of Autonoma de Coahuila, Torreon, Mexico

Internship:

Internship Transitional Year - Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, IN

Residency:

Resident - Ophthalmology resident - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Additional Training:

Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Focus: Retina

Summary of Research Interests

I am interested in atypical retinal presentation of systemic diseases and side-effects of systemic medications. Research includes markers of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. Effect of ASA on expression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Publications

2019

• Gange WS, Holland SM, De Alba F. IGG4-Related Ophthalmic Disease Presenting As Choroidal and Orbital Lesions. 2019 Summer; 13(3): 283-286. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000580. PMID: 28346259.

2018

• Adam N, Iqbal O, De Alba F, Kuffel G, Zilliox MJ, Adams W, Siddiqui Z, Patel R, O'Malley P, Park P, Stefonowicz C, Bouchard CS. Genetic Polymorphisms Associated with Risk of Developing Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Patients with Chronic Aspirin Usage. Journal of Ophthalmology Eye Care. 2018 May; 1(1): 101.
• Rosen SM, Kaja S, De Alba F. Transient Colorblindness Associated with Sildenafil and Tadalafil. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2019 January; 137(1): 117-118. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.4716. PMID: 30286227.

2015

• Star M, Gill R, Bruzzone M, de Alba F, Biller J, Schneck MJ. Do not forget Susac syndrome in Patients with Unexplained acute confusion. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2015 April; 24(4): 93-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.11.028. PMID: 25680663.
• Iqbal O, Bramble W, Ottman A, O’Malley P, Gaynes J, De Alba F, Gaynes BI, Fareed J, Bouchard CS. Aspirin and its Metabolites Enhance the Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cell Cultures – Implications in the Pathophysiology of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. International Journal of Ophthalmology and Eye Science. 2015 August. 3(7), 115-120. doi: dx.doi.org/10.19070/2332-290X-1500025.

2004

• Munir WM, Sharma MC, Li T, De Alba F, Goldstein DA. Retinal Oxalosis in Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1. Retina. 2004 December; 24(6):074-976. doi: 10.1097/00006982-200412000-00024. PMID: 15580002.

2000

• Castillo Jr B, De Alba F, Thornton J, DeBrun G, Pulido J. Retinal Artery Occlusion Following Coil Embolization of Carotid-Ophthalmic Aneurysms. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2000 June; 118(6): 851-852. PMID: 10865329.