Joseph W. Sassani
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Academic title Professor of Ophthalmology
College College of Medicine
Campuses Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Department Ophthalmology
Graduate programs
Email Phone
  jsassani@psu.edu
  717 531 8783
 
Educational background
  M.D., Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, 1973
Internship, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Residency, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Fellowship, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
Areas of expertise
 
Uveal NeoplasmsVertebrates
Receptors, OpioidKeratoconus
Epithelial CellsKidney Neoplasms
WaterMiotics
Giant Cell ArteritisBlepharitis
Magnetic Resonance SpectroscopyBlindness
Ciliary BodyGuinea Pigs
GlaucomaEnkephalin, Methionine
Atrial Natriuretic FactorGlaucoma, Open-Angle
SympathomimeticsHomeostasis
Adrenergic beta-AntagonistsHerpes Simplex
Ocular PhysiologyGlaucoma, Angle-Closure
Wound HealingConjunctiva
Lens, CrystallineContact Lenses, Extended-Wear
Growth SubstancesCell Movement
Prostaglandins, SyntheticBone and Bones
Rodent DiseasesAnterior Chamber
ChoristomaChoroid
IschemiaAspergillus
Vision, LowEye Infections, Fungal
Hemophilia AWounds, Penetrating
RetinaConjunctivitis, Viral
EyePostoperative Complications
Carbonic Anhydrase InhibitorsBandages
Carcinoma, Renal CellSurgery
Eye DiseasesOrbit
Choroid NeoplasmsCysts
Orbital DiseasesOrbital Neoplasms
Epithelium, CornealEndorphins
Opioid PeptidesOphthalmology
HemidesmosomesHealth Services
MucormycosisX Chromosome
MelanomaCornea
Eye InjuriesTrabeculectomy
Corneal Dystrophies, HereditaryLimbus Corneae
Retinitis PigmentosaMitotic Index
IrisLinkage (Genetics)
Corneal UlcerDiabetes Mellitus, Experimental
NaltrexoneNarcotic Antagonists
CurriculumEducation, Medical, Undergraduate
Health PolicySchools, Medical
BiolisticsCell Proliferation
DNA, ComplementaryInsulin
Codon, InitiatorEye Proteins
Point MutationRetinoschisis
Laser Therapy
Publication author name
  Sassani JW
Select publications
  Zagon IS. Sassani JW. McLaughlin PJ. Reepithelialization of the human cornea is regulated by endogenous opioids. 2000 Jan. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 41(1):73-81.
National Eye Institute
Zagon IS. Sassani JW. Ruth TB. McLaughlin PJ. Cellular dynamics of corneal wound re-epithelialization in the rat. III. Mitotic activity. 2000 Nov 3. Brain Res. 882(1-2):169-79.
National Eye Institute
Zagon IS. Sassani JW. Ruth TB. McLaughlin PJ. Epithelial adhesion complexes and organ culture of the human cornea. 2001 May 11. Brain Res. 900(2):205-13.
National Eye Institute
Zagon IS. Jenkins JB. Sassani JW. Wylie JD. Ruth TB. Fry JL. Lang CM. McLaughlin PJ. Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist, facilitates reepithelialization of the cornea in diabetic rat. 2002 Oct. Diabetes. 51(10):3055-62.
National Eye Institute
National Center for Research Resources
Zagon IS. Ruth TB. Leure-duPree AE. Sassani JW. McLaughlin PJ. Immunoelectron microscopic localization of the opioid growth factor receptor (OGFr) and OGF in the cornea. 2003 Mar 28. Brain Res. 967(1-2):37-47.
National Eye Institute
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