Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Glaucoma Service

Medical school

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Residency

University of North Carolina Hospitals

Fellowship

Duke Eye Center

Background

Leon Herndon, MD, specializes in medical, laser, and surgical glaucoma management, and cataract surgery. He is committed to early identification of glaucoma in high-risk individuals and to reducing the incidence of glaucoma-related blindness.

Phone

919.684.6622

Fax

919.681.8267

Research Interests

• Genetics of glaucoma.
• Clinical trials of new glaucoma medications.
• Neuroprotection in glaucoma.
• Novel glaucoma surgical approaches.

Representative Publications

1. Herndon LW, Choudhri SA, Cox T, Damji KF, Shields MB, Allingham RR. Central corneal thickness in normal, glaucomatous, and ocular hypertensive eyes. Archives of Ophthalmology. 1997; 115:1137-41.
2. Stone R. Herndon LW, Allingham RR, Shields MB. Results of trabeculectomy with 0.3 mg/ml mitomycin C titrating exposure times based on risk factors for failure. Journal of Glaucoma. 1998; 7:39-44.
3. Herndon LW, Asrani S, Williams G. Challa P, Lee P. Paradoxical intraocular pressure elevation after combined therapy with latanprost and bimatoprost. Archieves of Ophthalmology. 2002:120:847-49.
4. Herndon LW, Challa P, Ababio-Danso B, Boateng JO, Broomer B, Ridenhour P, Allingham RR. Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa. J Glaucoma 2002; 11:421-25.
5. Herndon LW, Williams R, Wand M, Asrani S. Increased periocular pigmentation with ocular hypotensive lipid use in African Americans. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 135:713-715.
6. Herndon LW, Weizer T, Stinnett S. Central Corneal Thickness as a Risk Factor for Advanced Glaucoma Damage. Arch Ophthalmol 2004; 122:17-21.
7. Herndon LW, Challa P, Allingham R. Glaucoma in Ghana, West Africa: clinical features and the role of mutations in Myocilin. Ophtalmology Clinics of North America 2003; 16:631-637.
8. Junping Li, Leon W. Herndon, Sanjay G. Asrani, Sandra Stinnett, R. Rand Allingham. Clinical Comparison of the Proview Eye Pressure Monitor With the Goldmann Applanation Tonometer and the TonoPen. Arch Ophthalmology. Aug 2004: 1117-1121.