Scott M. Walsman M.D. received his undergraduate degrees from Rutgers College graduating Summa Cum Laude with highest honors in Biological Sciences. He completed his ophthalmology residency at New Jersey Medical School-UMDNJ in Newark. He served as Chief Resident in his final year before completing a Glaucoma Fellowship under Dr. Scott D. Smith at the Harkness Eye Institute of Columbia University in New York. Dr. Walsman maintains clinical appointments at both Columbia and UMDNJ and is actively involved with resident education and surgical training at both institutions. Dr. Walsman's research and publications focus on anterior segment imaging for glaucoma diagnosis and combined cataract surgery and glaucoma procedures, and he maintains professional affiliations with the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society, New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Association for Research in Vision. Dr Walsman is board certified in Ophthalmology by the American Board of Ophthalmology. He resides in Maplewood NJ.
Clinical Interests
Glaucoma Surgery Management Advanced Anterior Segment Surgery
Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, 2005
Internship
Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 2006
Residency
Rutgers/New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, 2009
Fellowship
Columbia University, New York, NY, 2010
Publications
Title:
Plasma Chemokine Levels in HIV-1-Infected and –Uninfected Children Born to Infected Mothers.
Authors:
Walsman, S.M., S. Gaur, P. Whitley-Williams, L. D. Frenkel, J. F. John, and J. E. Fitzgibbon.
Publisher:
38th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. San Diego, CA,
Date:
1998
Issue:
50-I.I45
Description:
Abstract
Title:
Emergence of Drug Resistance Mutations in a Group of HIV-Infected Children Taking Nelfinavir-Containing Regimens.
Authors:
Fitzgibbon, J.E., S. Gaur, S.M. Walsman, M. Janahi, P. Whitley-Williams, and J.F. John.
Publisher:
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
Date:
2001
Issue:
17:1321-1328
Description:
Title:
Frequency and Characteristics of Non–Nerve Fiber Layer Polarization Artifact in African–American Patients Undergoing Scanning Laser Polarimetry With the GDX/VCC
Authors:
Walsman, S.M., and P.J. Lama.
Publisher:
IOVS 2005
Date:
2005
Issue:
46:ARVO Abstract 4808
Description:
Title:
Outcomes Immunomodulatory Therapy With Mycophenolate Mofetil in Patients With Severe Ocular Inflammation.
Authors:
J.A. Capriotti, K. Narayana, S. Walsman, P. Latkany, S. Schwartzman, and C. Samson.
Publisher:
IOVS 2005
Date:
2005
Issue:
46:ARVO Abstract 2843.
Description:
Title:
Quantitative versus Qualitative Assessment and Correction with GDx/ECC Atypical GDx/VCC scans
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