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David A. Berntsen

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentOptometry
Address4800 Calhoun Rd
Houston TX 77004
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    R34EY033395     (WALLINE, JEFFREY JAY)Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2024
    NIH
    Feasibility of study to delay myopia onset
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    UG1EY023204     (BERNTSEN, DAVID A)Apr 1, 2014 - Mar 31, 2025
    NIH
    Examination of Myopia Progression and Consequences and Mechanism of Soft Multifocal Contact Lens Myopia Control - Clinical Center
    Role: Principal Investigator
    U10EY023204     (BERNTSEN, DAVID A)Apr 1, 2014 - May 31, 2019
    NIH
    Soft Bifocal Contact Lens Myopia Control
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Berntsen DA, Ticak A, Orr DJ, Giannoni AG, Sinnott LT, Mutti DO, Jones-Jordan LA, Walline JJ, Bifocal Lenses in Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study Group. Axial Growth and Myopia Progression After Discontinuing Soft Multifocal Contact Lens Wear. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 Feb 01; 143(2):155-162. PMID: 39821272; PMCID: PMC11843368.
      Citations:    Fields:    
    2. Ritchey ER, Gregory HR, Nti AN, Berntsen DA. Intraocular Straylight and Multifocal Soft Contact Lens Fit With a Myopia Control Approach. Eye Contact Lens. 2024 Apr 01; 50(4):171-176. PMID: 38345090; PMCID: PMC10963149.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Berntsen DA, Ticak A, Sinnott LT, Chandler MA, Jones JH, Morrison A, Jones-Jordan LA, Walline JJ, Mutti DO, BLINK Study Group. Peripheral Defocus, Pupil Size, and Axial Eye Growth in Children Wearing Soft Multifocal Contact Lenses in the BLINK Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 11 01; 64(14):3. PMID: 37910092; PMCID: PMC10627291.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Ticak A, Walline JJ, Berntsen DA, Mutti DO, Jones-Jordan LA, Cardenas L, Day E, Dougherty BE, BLINK Study Group. Quality of life after wearing multifocal contact lenses for myopia control for 2?weeks in the BLINK Study. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2023 Nov; 43(6):1491-1499. PMID: 37609711; PMCID: PMC10592163.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Walline JJ, Berntsen DA. Atropine, 0.01%, for Myopia Control. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2023 08 01; 141(8):766-767. PMID: 37440252.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Chandler MA, Robich ML, Jordan LA, Mutti DO, Berntsen DA, Fenton R, Day E, Walline JJ, BLINK2 Study Group. Accommodation in Children after 4.7 Years of Multifocal Contact Lens Wear in the BLINK Study Randomized Clinical Trial. Optom Vis Sci. 2023 Jul 01; 100(7):425-431. PMID: 37369096; PMCID: PMC10527037.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Sankaridurg P, Berntsen DA, Bullimore MA, Cho P, Flitcroft I, Gawne TJ, Gifford KL, Jong M, Kang P, Ostrin LA, Santodomingo-Rubido J, Wildsoet C, Wolffsohn JS. IMI 2023 Digest. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2023 05 01; 64(6):7. PMID: 37126356; PMCID: PMC10155872.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Berntsen DA, Walline JJ. Delaying the Onset of Nearsightedness. JAMA. 2023 02 14; 329(6):465-466. PMID: 36786802.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Mutti DO, Sinnott LT, Berntsen DA, Jones-Jordan LA, Orr DJ, Walline JJ, BLINK Study Group. The Effect of Multifocal Soft Contact Lens Wear on Axial and Peripheral Eye Elongation in the BLINK Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2022 09 01; 63(10):17. PMID: 36169949; PMCID: PMC9526360.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Tomiyama ES, Berntsen DA, Richdale K. Peripheral Refraction With Toric Orthokeratology and Soft Toric Multifocal Contact Lenses in Myopic Astigmatic Eyes. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2022 07 08; 63(8):10. PMID: 35819285; PMCID: PMC9287617.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Nti AN, Owusu-Afriyie B, Osuagwu UL, Kyei S, Ovenseri-Ogbomo G, Ogbuehi KC, Ouzzani M, Agho KE, Mashige KP, Ekure E, Ekpenyong BN, Ocansey S, Ndep AO, Obinwanne CJ, Berntsen DA, Wolffsohn JS, Naidoo KS. Trends in myopia management attitudes and strategies in clinical practice: Survey of eye care practitioners in Africa. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2023 02; 46(1):101597. PMID: 35428590.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Gaume Giannoni A, Robich M, Berntsen DA, Jones-Jordan LA, Mutti DO, Myers J, Shaw K, Walker MK, Walline JJ, BLINK Study Group. Ocular and Nonocular Adverse Events during 3 Years of Soft Contact Lens Wear in Children. Optom Vis Sci. 2022 06 01; 99(6):505-512. PMID: 35413027; PMCID: PMC9177738.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    13. Nti AN, Gregory HR, Ritchey ER, Wolffsohn JS, Berntsen DA. Contrast Sensitivity with Center-distance Multifocal Soft Contact Lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2022 04 01; 99(4):342-349. PMID: 35121719; PMCID: PMC8986568.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
    14. Hair LA, Steffensen EM, Berntsen DA. The Effects of Center-near and Center-distance Multifocal Contact Lenses on Peripheral Defocus and Visual Acuity. Optom Vis Sci. 2021 08 01; 98(8):983-994. PMID: 34393205; PMCID: PMC8405543.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Jong M, Jonas JB, Wolffsohn JS, Berntsen DA, Cho P, Clarkson-Townsend D, Flitcroft DI, Gifford KL, Haarman AEG, Pardue MT, Richdale K, Sankaridurg P, Tedja MS, Wildsoet CF, Bailey-Wilson JE, Guggenheim JA, Hammond CJ, Kaprio J, MacGregor S, Mackey DA, Musolf AM, Klaver CCW, Verhoeven VJM, Vitart V, Smith EL. IMI 2021 Yearly Digest. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2021 04 28; 62(5):7. PMID: 33909031; PMCID: PMC8088231.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Gregory HR, Nti AN, Wolffsohn JS, Berntsen DA, Ritchey ER. Visual Performance of Center-distance Multifocal Contact Lenses Fit Using a Myopia Control Paradigm. Optom Vis Sci. 2021 03 01; 98(3):272-279. PMID: 33771957; PMCID: PMC8007064.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Nti AN, Ritchey ER, Berntsen DA. Power profiles of centre-distance multifocal soft contact lenses. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2021 03; 41(2):393-400. PMID: 33295033.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Walline JJ, Walker MK, Mutti DO, Jones-Jordan LA, Sinnott LT, Giannoni AG, Bickle KM, Schulle KL, Nixon A, Pierce GE, Berntsen DA, BLINK Study Group. Effect of High Add Power, Medium Add Power, or Single-Vision Contact Lenses on Myopia Progression in Children: The BLINK Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2020 08 11; 324(6):571-580. PMID: 32780139; PMCID: PMC7420158.
      Citations: 82     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Nti AN, Berntsen DA. Optical changes and visual performance with orthokeratology. Clin Exp Optom. 2020 01; 103(1):44-54. PMID: 31378996.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Mutti DO, Sinnott LT, Reuter KS, Walker MK, Berntsen DA, Jones-Jordan LA, Walline JJ, Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study Group. Peripheral Refraction and Eye Lengths in Myopic Children in the Bifocal Lenses In Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2019 Apr; 8(2):17. PMID: 31019848; PMCID: PMC6469879.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    
    21. Wolffsohn JS, Kollbaum PS, Berntsen DA, Atchison DA, Benavente A, Bradley A, Buckhurst H, Collins M, Fujikado T, Hiraoka T, Hirota M, Jones D, Logan NS, Lundstr?m L, Torii H, Read SA, Naidoo K. IMI - Clinical Myopia Control Trials and Instrumentation Report. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 02 28; 60(3):M132-M160. PMID: 30817830.
      Citations: 58     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Berntsen DA, Cox SM, Bickle KM, Mathew JH, Powell DR, Seidman SH, Little BK, Lorenz KO, Nichols JJ. A Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Toric Versus Spherical Contact Lenses on Vision and Eyestrain. Eye Contact Lens. 2019 Jan; 45(1):28-33. PMID: 30562274; PMCID: PMC6319569.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    23. Cox SM, Berntsen DA, Bickle KM, Mathew JH, Powell DR, Little BK, Lorenz KO, Nichols JJ. Efficacy of Toric Contact Lenses in Fitting and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Contact Lens Wearers. Eye Contact Lens. 2018 Sep; 44 Suppl 1:S296-S299. PMID: 28945646.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Schulle KL, Berntsen DA, Sinnott LT, Bickle KM, Gostovic AT, Pierce GE, Jones-Jordan LA, Mutti DO, Walline JJ, Bifocal Lenses in Nearsighted Kids (BLINK) Study Group. Visual Acuity and Over-refraction in Myopic Children Fitted with Soft Multifocal Contact Lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2018 04; 95(4):292-298. PMID: 29561497; PMCID: PMC5880703.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Bullimore MA, Berntsen DA. Low-Dose Atropine for Myopia Control: Considering All the Data. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018 03 01; 136(3):303. PMID: 29423500.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Nguyen MT, Berntsen DA. Aberrometry Repeatability and Agreement with Autorefraction. Optom Vis Sci. 2017 09; 94(9):886-893. PMID: 28727613; PMCID: PMC5578873.
      Citations: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Moore KE, Benoit JS, Berntsen DA. Spherical Soft Contact Lens Designs and Peripheral Defocus in Myopic Eyes. Optom Vis Sci. 2017 03; 94(3):370-379. PMID: 28225372; PMCID: PMC5324711.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Twa MD, Schulle KL, Chiu SJ, Farsiu S, Berntsen DA. Validation of Macular Choroidal Thickness Measurements from Automated SD-OCT Image Segmentation. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 11; 93(11):1387-1398. PMID: 27668634; PMCID: PMC5108587.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    29. Babaei Omali N, Heynen M, Subbaraman LN, Papinski D, Lakkis C, Smith SL, Morgan PB, Berntsen DA, Nichols JJ, Jones LW, Performance of Contact Lens Solutions Study Group. Impact of Lens Care Solutions on Protein Deposition on Soft Contact Lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 08; 93(8):963-72. PMID: 27391539.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    30. Schulze MM, Srinivasan S, Hickson-Curran SB, Berntsen DA, Howarth GF, Toubouti Y, Morgan P, Nichols JJ, Jones LW, Performance of Contact Lens Solutions Study Group. Lid Wiper Epitheliopathy in Soft Contact Lens Wearers. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 08; 93(8):943-54. PMID: 27391533.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Berntsen DA, Hickson-Curran SB, Jones LW, Mathew JH, Maldonado-Codina C, Morgan PB, Schulze MM, Nichols JJ, Performance of Contact Lens Solutions Study Group. Subjective Comfort and Physiology with Modern Contact Lens Care Products. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 08; 93(8):809-19. PMID: 27309523.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Cox SM, Berntsen DA, Chatterjee N, Hickson-Curran SB, Jones LW, Moezzi AM, Morgan PB, Nichols JJ, Performance of Contact Lens Solutions Study Group. Eyelid Margin and Meibomian Gland Characteristics and Symptoms in Lens Wearers. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 08; 93(8):901-8. PMID: 27273272.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Dantam J, McCanna DJ, Subbaraman LN, Papinski D, Lakkis C, Mirza A, Berntsen DA, Morgan P, Nichols JJ, Jones LW, Performance of Contact Lens Solutions Study Group. Microbial Contamination of Contact Lens Storage Cases During Daily Wear Use. Optom Vis Sci. 2016 08; 93(8):925-32. PMID: 27254809.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    34. Moore KE, Berntsen DA. Central and peripheral autorefraction repeatability in normal eyes. Optom Vis Sci. 2014 Sep; 91(9):1106-12. PMID: 25062133; PMCID: PMC4142103.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Berntsen DA, Kramer CE. Peripheral defocus with spherical and multifocal soft contact lenses. Optom Vis Sci. 2013 Nov; 90(11):1215-24. PMID: 24076542; PMCID: PMC3932782.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Berntsen DA, Barr CD, Mutti DO, Zadnik K. Peripheral defocus and myopia progression in myopic children randomly assigned to wear single vision and progressive addition lenses. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Aug 27; 54(8):5761-70. PMID: 23838771; PMCID: PMC3755539.
      Citations: 53     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. Schulle KL, Berntsen DA. Repeatability of on- and off-axis eye length measurements using the lenstar. Optom Vis Sci. 2013 Jan; 90(1):16-22. PMID: 23208194; PMCID: PMC3534894.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. Berntsen DA, Sinnott LT, Mutti DO, Zadnik K. A randomized trial using progressive addition lenses to evaluate theories of myopia progression in children with a high lag of accommodation. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Feb; 53(2):640-9. PMID: 22205604; PMCID: PMC3317412.
      Citations: 56     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. Berntsen DA, Sinnott LT, Mutti DO, Zadnik K, CLEERE Study Group. Accommodative lag and juvenile-onset myopia progression in children wearing refractive correction. Vision Res. 2011 May 11; 51(9):1039-46. PMID: 21342658; PMCID: PMC3111954.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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