John Laurence Keltner, M.D.
Clinical Interests
Clinical:
Providing highly specialized consultations in the diagnosis and treatment of complex unexplained
neurological abnormalities affecting visual pathways. The typical case is a patient who experiences
unexplained vision loss. Routine diagnostic tests and a thorough evaluation by an ophthalmologist
and/or neurologist and other appropriate sub specialists. Less complicated cases can often be
resolved with a telephone consultation.
Facilitating the service's hallmark diagnostic capabilities is a full complement of the most
sophisticated diagnostic tools and technology, including computerized visual field testing, the latest
in 3-D digital imaging and electrophysiological testing, including VEP, ERG MFVEP and MFERG.
The department's neuro-ophthalmology service accepts referrals statewide, nationally and
internationally from ophthalmologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and other physician specialists.
Research:
Dr. Keltner is the Co-Director of the OCT Reading Center with Dr. Jack Werner. They are currently
involved in two major MS trials using OCT. Dr. Keltner was the Director of the Visual Field
Reading Center for both the Longitudinal Optic Neuritis Study and Ocular Hypertension
Treatment Study. He is an internationally known neuroophthalmologist who treats a wide variety
of conditions. His areas of research interest include the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of
facial spasms, effects of cancer on the eye, autoimmune-related retinopathies, optic neuropathies
that affect vision, MS and its affect on vision, and automated visual field testing.
Title
Director of Research & Faculty Development
Professor
Specialty
Department
Division
Center/Program Affiliation
Cancer, Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Neuro-Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology
Eye Center
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
Address/Phone
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, Ophthalmology Clinic-Eye Center, 4860 Y St. Suite
2400 Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-6602
John Laurence Keltner, M.D.
Education
M.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland OH 1965
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware OH 1961
Internships
New York Hospital, New York NY 1965-1966
Residency
Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO 1971-1974
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem SC 1969-1970
New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York NY 1966-1967
Fellowships
Barnes Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis MO 1970-1971
Children's Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1974
Board Certifications
Professional Memberships
American Board of Ophthalmology, 1975
American Academy of Neurology
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Board of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology
California Association of Ophthalmology
California Medical Association
Center for Visual Science (UCD)
International Society of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Visual Science Research Group
Honors and Awards
Select Recent Publications
Best Ophthalmologists - Sacramento Magazine 2001, 2001
Keltner JL, Thirkill C, Merrill K, Hanna E, Burt RK, Oyama Y. A Case of autoimmune-related
retinopathy and optic neuropathy syndrome treated by autologous non-myeloablative
hematopoietic stem cell transportation. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 29(1):43-49, 2009 Mar.
Choi SS, Zawadzki RJ, Greiner MA, Keltner JL, Werner JS. Fourier-domain optical coherence
tomography and adaptive optics reveal nerve fiber layer loss and photoreceptor changes in a
patient with optic nerve drusen. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 28(2):120-125.2008.
Choi SS, Zawadzki RJ, Keltner JL, Werner JS. Changes in cellular structures revealed by ultra-high
resolution retinal imaging in optic neuropathies. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 49
(5):2103-2119. 2008.
Gerth C, Zawadzki RJ, Choi SS, Keltner JL, Park SS, Werner JS. Visualization of lipofuscin
accumulation in Stargardt macular dystrophy by high-resolution Fourier-domain optical coherence
John Laurence Keltner, M.D.
tomography. Archives of Ophthalmology, 125(4):575. 2007.
Keltner JL, Fine SL, Abrams GW and Mondino B. Subspecialty Fellowships: Standardizing and
Enchancing the Educational Experience. Ophthalmology, 144(4): 628. 2007.
Sanchez R, Smith A, Carelli V, Sadun A, Keltner JL. Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Possible
Triggered by Exposure to Tire Fire. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 26(4), 268-272. Helped
collect data and write manuscript. 2007.
Levine RA, Demirel S, Fan J, Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Kass MA, and the Ocular Hypertension
Treatment Study Group 'Asymmetries and Visual Field Summaries as Predictors of Glaucoma in the
OHTS.' Invest Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 47(9): 3896-3903. Part of the OHTSG. 2006.
Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Anderson DR, Levine RA, Fan J, Cello KE, Quigley HA, Budenz DL,
Parrish RK, Kass MA, Gordon MO and the Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group. The
Association Between Glaucomatous Visual Fields and Optic Nerve Head Features in the Ocular
Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS). Ophthalmology, 113(9):1603-1612. Part of the OHTSG.
2006.
Keltner, JL, Thirkill CE, Yip PT. Clinical and Immunologic Characteristics of Melanoma-Associated
Retinopathy Syndrome: Eleven New Cases and a Review of 51 Previously Published Cases. J.
Neuro-Ophthalmology 21(3):173-187. 2001
Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Quigg JM, Cello KE, Kass MA, Gordon MO, Spurr JO and the Ocular
Hypertension Study Group. Confirmation of Visual Field Abnormalities in the Ocular
Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS) Arch Ophthalmol 118. 2000
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