Justis Ehlers, MD
Enriched profileNorman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair for Ophthalmic Research; Staff Physician, Vitreoretinal Service, Cole Eye Institute; Director, Tony and Leona Campane Center for Excellence in Image-Guided Surgery and Advanced Imaging Research · Cleveland Clinic
Justis Ehlers is Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair for Ophthalmic Research; Staff Physician, Vitreoretinal Service, Cole Eye Institute; Director, Tony and Leona Campane Center for Excellence in Image-Guided Surgery and Advanced Imaging Research at Cleveland Clinic. OpenAlex indexes 444 publications with 10,081 citations (h-index 55); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 5 registered studies with this person as an investigator. By OpenAlex citation count, this profile ranks in the top 10% of Ophthalmology profiles in the findmyKOL directory.
Data verified 25 Aug 2026
Overview
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Justis Ehlers, M.D., is Norman C. and Donna L. Harbert Endowed Chair for Ophthalmic Research at Cleveland Clinic, Cole Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology. The public record shows 444 publications with 10,081 citations (h-index 55), centered on Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinal Imaging and Analysis, Retinal and Macular Surgery. It also documents an investigator role on 5 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 20 companies, 2 NIH-funded awards (2013–2019).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
- Top research focus: Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- 5 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 20 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; 22 in PubMed.
Total citations across indexed works.
Hirsch index (OpenAlex). i10-index 181.
Clinical & industry
trials, payments and federal fundingContact
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Practice address
Telephone
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Updated 27 Aug 2026
Listed as an investigator on 5 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Vascular Lab Resource (VLR) Biorepository
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
- Peripheral and Macular Retinal Vascular Perfusion and Leakage in DME and RVO
Sponsor: Justis Ehlers
- DISCOVER Study: Microscope-integrated Intraoperative OCT Study
Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Industry payments
Updated 27 Aug 2026
20 companies reported payments to CMS in program years 2021–2025. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbHProgram year202516 payments$30,950openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Alcon Vision LLCProgram year20257 payments$16,466openpaymentsdata.cms.gov ↗
- Apellis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Program year20252 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
85.7%Corticosteroid41.6%Prednisolone Acetate100%Part D≥67 patientsQuinolone Antimicrobial21.2%Ofloxacin100%Part D≥55 patientsMusculoskeletal
14.3%Cyclooxygenase Inhibitor14.3%Ketorolac Tromethamine100%Part D≥18 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
Updated 27 Aug 2026
2 NIH research awards on record, funded 2013–2019 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- Preparation and Planning for the Prospective Randomized Image-guided Ophthalmic Surgery Clinical Trials
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2019$240,000R34EY029308 - Preparation and Planning for the Prospective Randomized Image-guided Ophthalmic Surgery Clinical Trials
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2018$240,000R34EY029308 - Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography for Ophthalmic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
FY2017$203,124K23EY022947
Publications
Updated 27 Aug 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Radiomic Characterization and Automated Classification of Drusen Substructure Phenotype Associated with High-Risk Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Article2025 - Longitudinal Ellipsoid Zone Dynamics During Hydroxychloroquine Use.
Journal of personalized medicine
Article2025 - Differential Visual Outcomes in Neovascular AMD Based on Ellipsoid Zone Integrity and Fluid Presence: Insights from a Phase III Trial.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Article2025 - Validation of Inter-Reader Agreement/Consistency for Quantification of Ellipsoid Zone Integrity and Sub-RPE Compartmental Features Across Retinal Diseases.
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)
Article2024
Most-cited works
by citation count (OpenAlex)- 01
- 02Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Retinal NecrosisArticle277 citations2017
- 03
- 04
- 05Retinal Vein Occlusion: Beyond the Acute EventArticle189 citations2011
Network
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Online presence
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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Owned accounts
public accounts run by this person- Doximity
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linkedin.com/in/justis-ehlers-8bb7b49
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scholar.google.com/citations
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Mentions by others
where others cite or feature them- Facebook
facebook.com/OphthalmologyTimes/videos/icymi-justis-p-ehlers-md/2502296326687316
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Background & recognition
Updated 27 Aug 2026
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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 →providers.clevelandclinic.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership roles
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- Co-chief Editor
Wills Eye Manual, 5th edition
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Awards & honors
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Secondary affiliations
appointments beyond the home institution- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Assistant Professor (current, per ORCID)
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Media & interviews
press, podcasts and appearances- Q&A feature
Ophthalmology Times, on the Phase 1 HELIOS NPDR trial results
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