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James McCulley, M.D.

James McCulley, M.D.

Professor Emeritus

School
Medical School
Department
Ophthalmology
  • Education
    Undergraduate
    Texas Christian University (1965)
    Medical School
    Washington University (1968)
  • Research Interest
    • Acanthamoeba Keratitis
    • Chronic Blepharitis
    • Corneal transplantation
    • Severe Infectious Disease
    • Tissue culture of endothelium and epithelium
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    The accuracy of the double-k adjustment for third-generation intraocular lens calculation formulas in previous keratorefractive surgery eyes.
    Awwad ST, Kilby A, Bowman RW, Verity SM, Cavanagh HD, Pessach Y, McCulley JP Eye Contact Lens 2013 May 39 3 220-7
    Sarnicola Air-Visco Bubble Technique in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty.
    Muftuoglu O, Toro P, Hogan RN, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Mootha VV, Sarnicola V Cornea 2012 Nov
    Histopathology and spectral domain OCT findings of pneumatic-assisted dissection in DALK.
    Kim SY, Muftuoglu O, Hogan RN, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP, Mootha VV Cornea 2012 Nov 31 11 1288-93
    Quantitative 3-Dimensional Corneal Imaging In Vivo Using a Modified HRT-RCM Confocal Microscope.
    Petroll WM, Weaver M, Vaidya S, McCulley JP, Cavanagh HD Cornea 2012 Oct
    Resident experience with toric and multifocal intraocular lenses in a public county hospital system.
    Roensch MA, Charton JW, Blomquist PH, Aggarwal NK, McCulley JP J Cataract Refract Surg 2012 May 38 5 793-8
    Experimental transplantation of cultured human limbal and amniotic epithelial cells onto the corneal surface.
    He YG, Alizadeh H, Kinoshita K, McCulley JP Cornea 1999 Sep 18 5 570-9
    The pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
    Niederkorn JY, Alizadeh H, Leher H, McCulley JP Microbes Infect. 1999 May 1 6 437-43
    Results of a trial of combined propamidine isethionate and neomycin therapy for Acanthamoeba keratitis. Brolene Study Group.
    Hargrave SL, McCulley JP, Husseini Z Ophthalmology 1999 May 106 5 952-7
    The immunobiology of Acanthamoeba keratitis.
    Niederkorn JY, Alizadeh H, Leher HF, McCulley JP Springer Semin. Immunopathol. 1999 21 2 147-60
    Reliability of intraocular pressure measurements after myopic excimer photorefractive keratectomy.
    Abbasoglu OE, Bowman RW, Cavanagh HD, McCulley JP Ophthalmology 1998 Dec 105 12 2193-6
  • Honors & Awards
    • D Magazine
      Best Doctors in Dallas (2017)
    • Texas Monthly Magazine
      Super Doctors (2017)
    • Distinguished Service Award (Texas Ophthalmological Association)
      Highest honor bestowed by the TOA; a peer-recognized award acknowledging the recipient's lifelong dedication to ophthalmology patients and to the profession. (2016)
    • Life Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
      (2014)
    • Washington University Medical Center
      Alumni Achievement Award (2008)
    • Harvard Medical School (formerly Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary)
      Distinguished Alumni Award (2006)
    • TCU Alumni Association
      Distinguished Alumni Award (2001)
    • Castle Connolly
      America's Top Doctors (2001 onwards)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Alpha Omega Alpha
    • American Academy of Ophthalmology
    • American College of Surgeons
    • American Medical Association
    • American Ophthalmological Society