Allen Ho, MD
Enriched profileCo-Director, Retina Service and Director, Retina Research, Wills Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University · Wills Eye Hospital
Allen Ho is Co-Director, Retina Service and Director, Retina Research, Wills Eye Hospital; Professor of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University at Wills Eye Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 419 publications with 19,340 citations (h-index 65); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 9 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 5% of Ophthalmology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 14 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Allen Ho, MD, is Co-Director, Retina Service and Director, Retina Research, Wills Eye Hospital. The public record shows 419 publications with 19,340 citations (h-index 65), centered on Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal and Macular Surgery, Retinal and Optic Conditions. It also documents an investigator role on 9 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 24 companies.
- Most recent indexed publication: 2022 · Nature medicine
- Top research focus: Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- 9 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 24 companies
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Indications focus
from trials led + research topicsResearch focus
OpenAlex concept fingerprintDrugs & molecules
across trials, industry payments and publicationsWorks with
trial sponsors and companies reporting paymentsScholarship
indexed output and impact (OpenAlex)Distinct works indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID; 2 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 200.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingFederally funded research awards.
Contact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 13 Oct 2026
Listed as an investigator on 9 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Pre-Clinic Visit Online Education for Thyroid Cancer
Sponsor: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Inflammasomes in Cell Death in FTMH, ERM, and RRD
Sponsor: Allen C. Ho, MD
- Comparision of Retinal Surgery by Three-dimensional Heads-up Display to the Standard Operating Microscope
Sponsor: MidAtlantic Retina
Industry payments
Updated 13 Oct 2026
24 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Alcon Vision LLCProgram year20255 payments$13,032openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Janssen Research & Development, LLCProgram year20253 payments
- Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20254 payments
Medicare prescribing footprint (2024)
The drugs this prescriber writes for Medicare patients, grouped by drug class and therapeutic area. Every percentage is a share of their total prescribing, so you can see what they prescribe most. These are proportions, not patient counts or dollar amounts. No condition is inferred: the claims record what was prescribed, never why.
Sensory organs
67.3%Antineovascularisation agents65.8%Faricimab-svoa100%Part B, office-administered≥42 patientsCorticosteroid0.8%Prednisolone Acetate100%Part D≥91 patients+ 5 more classes in this area
Cancer & immunology
31.6%Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Inhibitor19.3%Aflibercept100%Part B, office-administered≥377 patientsComplement Inhibitor12.3%Pegcetacoplan100%Part B, office-administered≥34 patientsMusculoskeletal
0.8%Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor0.8%Ketorolac Tromethamine100%Part D≥53 patients
Drug classes come from the WHO ATC and U.S. National Library of Medicine (RxClass) classifications; prescribing counts come from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers file. Each drug is counted once, under its primary class. Medicare fee-for-service only, so no Medicare Advantage, commercial, or pediatric prescribing is included. CMS publishes this data about 17 months after the fact.
NIH funding
We didn't find any NIH-funded research awards for this person in NIH RePORTER. Why? →
Congress activity
Updated 13 Oct 2026
1 congress contribution (2025) across ASTRO per OpenAlex. The most recent:
- Microsoft Copilot’s Performance in Extracting Variables about Radiation Oncology Breast Cancer Articles
ASTRO Annual Meeting
ASTRO2025Co-author
Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.
Publications
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Intravitreal antisense oligonucleotide sepofarsen in Leber congenital amaurosis type 10: a phase 1b/2 trial.
Nature medicine
Clinical Trial2022 - Real-World Performance of a Self-Operated Home Monitoring System for Early Detection of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Journal of clinical medicine
Article2021
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01Intravitreal Aflibercept (VEGF Trap-Eye) in Wet Age-related Macular DegenerationArticle2,490 citations2012
- 02Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection for Neovascular Age-related Macular DegenerationArticle814 citations2013
- 03Interim Results from the International Trial of Second Sight's Visual ProsthesisArticle709 citations2012
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Network
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Online presence
Updated 13 Oct 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/allen-ho-md
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
facebook.com/willseyehospital/photos/last-week-dr-allen-ho-md-facs-fasrs-co-director-of-the-wills-eye-retina-service-/953256286807973
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youtube.com/watch
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Background & recognition
Updated 13 Oct 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Education
degrees and training on record- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →willseye.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
journal and society appointments- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →retinasociety.org ↗
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- Editor-in-Chief
Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
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American Academy of Ophthalmology (multiple committees, incl. AAO Society Leadership Board)
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US FDA Ophthalmic Devices Panel
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American Board of Ophthalmology
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American College of Surgeons (FACS)
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American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS)
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Awards & honors
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- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →asrs.org ↗
- Crystal Apple Award
American Society of Retina Specialists
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →midatlanticretina.com ↗
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- Chief Medical Advisor
Nanoscope Therapeutics
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Kiora Pharmaceuticals
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Media & interviews
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- New Retina Radio (Eyetube) podcast guest
discussing the gene therapy landscape in retina
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