Ryan McNabb

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Dr. Ryan McNabb is an Assistant Professor the Duke Department of Ophthalmology and director of the Eye Robotics and Imaging Systems (EyeRIS) lab. He’s an engineer by training, earning his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at North Carolina State University and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Duke University under the mentorship of the late Prof. Joseph Izatt. He continued his post-doctoral training with Dr. Anthony Kuo at the Duke Eye Center developing novel ophthalmic OCT systems for scientific and clinical use. His research group builds and expands upon this background with a focus on pairing optical imaging techniques and robots for use in ophthalmology.

Appointments and Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology

Contact Information

  • Office Location: DUMC 2351 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27710
  • Email Address: rpm10@duke.edu
  • Websites:

Education

  • Ph.D. Duke University, 2013

Courses Taught

  • BME 493: Projects in Biomedical Engineering (GE)

Representative Publications

  • McNabb, Ryan P., Tomas Blanco, Howard M. Bomze, Henry C. Tseng, Daniel R. Saban, Joseph A. Izatt, and Anthony N. Kuo. “Method for single illumination source combined optical coherence tomography and fluorescence imaging of fluorescently labeled ocular structures in transgenic mice.” Exp Eye Res 151 (October 2016): 68–74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2016.08.003.
  • McNabb, Ryan P., Dilraj S. Grewal, Rajvi Mehta, Stefanie G. Schuman, Joseph A. Izatt, Tamer H. Mahmoud, Glenn J. Jaffe, Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, and Anthony N. Kuo. “Wide field of view swept-source optical coherence tomography for peripheral retinal disease.” Br J Ophthalmol 100, no. 10 (October 2016): 1377–82. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307480.
  • Kuo, Anthony N., Pavan K. Verkicharla, Ryan P. McNabb, Carol Y. Cheung, Saima Hilal, Sina Farsiu, Christopher Chen, et al. “Posterior Eye Shape Measurement With Retinal OCT Compared to MRI.” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 57, no. 9 (July 1, 2016): OCT196–203. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-18886.
  • McNabb, Ryan P., Pratap Challa, Anthony N. Kuo, and Joseph A. Izatt. “Complete 360° circumferential gonioscopic optical coherence tomography imaging of the iridocorneal angle.” Biomed Opt Express 6, no. 4 (April 1, 2015): 1376–91. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.6.001376.
  • McNabb, Ryan P., Sina Farsiu, Sandra S. Stinnett, Joseph A. Izatt, and Anthony N. Kuo. “Optical coherence tomography accurately measures corneal power change from laser refractive surgery.” Ophthalmology 122, no. 4 (April 2015): 677–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.10.003.
  • Polans, J., B. Jaeken, R. P. McNabb, P. Artal, and J. A. Izatt. “Wide-field optical model of the human eye with asymmetrically tilted and decentered lens that reproduces measured ocular aberrations.” Optica 2, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 124–34. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.2.000124.
  • McNabb, Ryan P., Anthony N. Kuo, and Joseph A. Izatt. “Quantitative single and multi-surface clinical corneal topography utilizing optical coherence tomography.” Opt Lett 38, no. 8 (April 15, 2013): 1212–14. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.38.001212.
  • Hendargo, Hansford C., Ryan P. McNabb, Al-Hafeez Dhalla, Neal Shepherd, and Joseph A. Izatt. “Doppler velocity detection limitations in spectrometer-based versus swept-source optical coherence tomography.” Biomed Opt Express 2, no. 8 (August 1, 2011): 2175–88. https://doi.org/10.1364/BOE.2.002175.