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Kathleen Stoessel, MD

Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
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Yale School of Medicine

P.O. Box 208061

New Haven, CT 06520-8061

United States

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Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Biography

Dr. Stoessel specializes in Medical Retina and is Director of the Retina Fellowship Program. She received her MD from the State University of New York/Downstate Medical Center and completed Ophthalmology Residency at the Yale School of Medicine in followed by a Vitreoretinal Fellowship, also at Yale. Dr. Stoessel joined the Yale Eye Center as a full-time faculty in Retina. Dr. Stoessel directs the Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) program at Yale-New Haven Hospital, in which premature infants have retina evaluations, monitoring, and laser treatment when indicated to lower the risk of vision loss. Dr. Stoessel is the Retina Co-investigator at Yale for the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) Trial. Her clinical interests lie in the evaluation and laser treatment of ROP and other adult and pediatric proliferative retinopathies, sickle cell retinopathy, retinal evaluation in pediatric head trauma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal dystrophies.

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Education & Training

MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center (1976)
BA
College of New Rochelle (1972)
Resident
Montefiore Hospital
Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine
Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine

Research

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Frequent collaborators of Kathleen Stoessel's published research.

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Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • honor

    Distinguished Clinical Career Award

Clinical Care

Overview

Kathleen Stoessel, MD, is an ophthalmologist who specializes in treating patients with retinopathy, or diseases of the retina.

Dr. Stoessel is also the director of the Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) program at Yale New Haven Hospital, which evaluates and treats premature infants with retinal problems to lower the risk of vision loss. She researches the effectiveness of laser treatments for ROP.

She also screens the eyes of infants and children who have head trauma or experienced battered baby syndrome. In addition, Dr. Stoessel treats patients with macular degeneration (a condition that can blur vision) and other retinal disorders.

Dr. Stoessel received the 2022 Yale Medicine Distinguished Clinician Award. She is an associate professor of ophthalmology and visual science at Yale School of Medicine.

Clinical Specialties

Ophthalmology

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Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology

    Certification Organization
    AB of Ophthalmology
    Original Certification Date
    1984

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Yale School of Medicine

P.O. Box 208061

New Haven, CT 06520-8061

United States

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