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American Board of OphthalmologyPatient Rating
5.0 /5( out of 107 reviews )The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers.
The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Patient Comments
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Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.February 22, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERDr. Wirostko is an excellent doctor, treated me with respect, listened to my concerns. I highly recommend her.
February 22, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERDr. Wirostko is a warm and caring person.
February 08, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERDr. Wirostko is amazing!
February 08, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERBarbara Marie Wirostko, MD Is the most dedicated kind and intelligent physicians makes you feel like your health is her top priority. I am so fortunate to have he as my physician.
February 04, 2024MORAN EYE CENTERexcellent and competent who really cares about her patients. She is practicing the most effective and current procedures that will help so many of us with glaucoma maintain our eyesight as long as possible
January 30, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERDr. Wirostko is caring, compassionate, kind, and incredibly competent. She listens, provides valuable information clearly, and is thorough in her examination so that I feel well cared for. She is amazing and I am grateful to have her as my doctor.
January 27, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERShe is amazing, very knowledgeable, genuinely cares about her patients.
January 18, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERDr. Wirostko is one of those rare great doctors! She listens, cares, explains, treats, diagnosis to perfection!
January 18, 2024REDSTONE HEALTH CENTERI am lucky to be working with Dr. Wirostko for my glaucoma. Very quickly it looks like we were able to stabilize my eye prevent or slow further damage.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences -Adjunct Board Certification American Board of OphthalmologyEducation history
Fellowship Glaucoma - The New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center Fellow Ophthalmology - Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Resident Internship Hackensack Medical Center Intern Medicine - Columbia University M.D. Undergraduate Microbiology - Cornell University B.A. Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Polski A, Liu KC, Gupta D, Grewal DS, Horns J, Wirostko BM, Stagg BC (2023). Incident glaucoma and ocular hypertension after periocular and intravitreal steroid injections: a claims-based analysis. BMJ Open Ophthalmol, 8(1). (Read full article)
- Delsoz M, Raja H, Madadi Y, Tang AA, Wirostko BM, Kahook MY, Yousefi S (2023). The Use of ChatGPT to Assist in Diagnosing Glaucoma Based on Clinical Case Reports. Ophthalmol Ther. (Read full article)
- Patil A, Conley M, Pompoco C, Paulson C, Taylor S, Swiston C, Herrick JS, Ritch R, Curtin K, Wirostko B (2022). Abdominal aortic aneurysm and exfoliation syndrome in Utah. Acta Ophthalmol, 101(4), 449-456. (Read full article)
- Roy Chowdhury U, Pervan-Steel CL, Sheeler R, Sookdeo HK, Rogers B, Casale R, Dosa PI, Htoo T, Wirostko BM, Fautsch MP (2023). Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Profile of Topical Ophthalmic and Intravenous Delivery of QLS-101, a Novel ATP-Sensitive Potassium Channel Opening Ocular Hypotensive Agent. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther, 39(5), 332-346. (Read full article)
- Patil A, Conley M, Paulson C, Pompoco C, Wallace R, Swiston RR, Curtin K, Wirostko B (2022). Abdominal aortic aneurysm and exfoliation syndrome: A literature review comparing single site findings . Acta Ophthalmol (Copenh), 101(5), 478-484.
- Paulson C, Barker DJ, Pompoco C, Taylor S, Conley M, Patil A, Amakiri N, Stagg B, Ritch R, Kang JH, Wiggs JL, Curtin K, Wirostko B (2022). Association of Non-Melanoma Skin Carcinomas and UV Exposure with Exfoliation Syndrome in Utah. Med Res Arch, 10(10).
- Guidoboni G, Nunez R, Keller J, Wikle C, Robinson EL, Verticchio A, Siesky B, Oddone F, Quaranta L, Wirostko B, Topouzis F, Cheng C-Y, Januleviciene I, Wegner A, Antman G, Jones C, Harris A (2022). Precision medicine and glaucoma management: how mathematical modeling and artificail intelligence help in clinical practice. Online Journal. Expert Rev Ophthalmol, 17(5).
- Patil A, Swiston C, Wallace RT, Paulson C, Conley ME, McCoy L, Chaya C, Wirostko B (2022). Exfoliation Syndrome and Exfoliation Glaucoma in the Navajo Nation. An ARVO publication. ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract Search and Program Planner, 63(7), 1641.
- Levin AM, McGlumphy EJ, Chaya CJ, Wirostko BM, Johnson TV (2022). The utility of home tonometry for peri-interventional decision-making in glaucoma surgery: Case series. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 28, 101689. (Read full article)
- Wirostko BM, Curtin K, Taylor SC, Paulson C, Pompoco C, Besch BM, Ranjan R, Ritch R (2022). Risk of atrial fibrillation is increased in patients with exfoliation syndrome: the Utah project on exfoliation syndrome (UPEXS) . Acta Ophthalmol, 100(4).
- Huang JJ, Geduldig JE, Jacobs EB, Tai TT, Ahmad S, Chadha N, Buxton DF, Vinod K, Wirostko BM, Kang JH, Wiggs JL, Ritch R, Pasquale LR (2022). Head and Neck Region Dermatological Ultraviolet-Related Cancers are Associated with Exfoliation Syndrome in a Clinic-Based Population . Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 5(6), 663-671.
- Pervan-Steel CL, Chowdhury UR, Sookdeo HK, Casale RA, Dosa PI, Htoo TM, Fautsch MP, Wirostko BM (2022). Ocular Hypotensive Properties and Biochemical Profile of QLS-101, a Novel ATP-Sensitive Potassium (KATP) Channel Opening Prodrug. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 63(4), 26.
- Sharma A, Riaz KM, Gill MS, Patnaik A, Ulahannan SV, Wang JS, Gombos DS, Ang Q, Cicic D, Bergonio GR, Zhang C, Wirostko BM (2021). Reversible HER2 antibody-drug conjugate-induced ocular toxicity. Can J Ophthalmol, 57(2), 118-126. (Read full article)
- Paulson C, Thomas SC, Gonzalez O, Taylor S, Swiston C, Herrick JS, McCoy L, Curtin K, Chaya CJ, Stagg BC, Wirostko BM (2022). Exfoliation Syndrome in Baja Verapaz Guatemala: A Cross-Sectional Study and Review of the Literature. J Clin Med, 11(7). (Read full article)
- Pompoco CJ, Curtin K, Taylor S, Paulson C, Shumway C, Conley M, Barker DJ, Swiston C, Stagg B, Ritch R, Wirostko BM (2021). Summary of Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome (XPEXS): Using a large database to identify systemic comorbidities . BMJ Open Ophthalmol, 6(1), e000803.
- Levin AM, Chaya CJ, Kahook MY, Wirostko BM (2021). Intraocular Pressure Elevation Following Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Injections: Short and Long-term Considerations. J Glaucoma, 30(12), 1019-1026.
- Levin AM, Vezina D, Wirostko BM (2021). Home-Based Intraocular Pressure Measurements: Tracing a Parallel with Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Measurement. Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 4(3), 235-237.
- Stagg BC, Stein JD, Medeiros FA, Wirostko B, Crandall A, Hartnett ME, Cummins M, Morris A, Hess R, Kawamoto K (2020). Special Commentary: Using Clinical Decision Support Systems to Bring Predictive Models to the Glaucoma Clinic. Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 4(1), 5-9. (Read full article)
- Stagg BC, Stein JD, Medeiros FA, Wirostko B, Crandall A, Hartnett ME, Cummings M, Morris A, Hess R, Kawamoto K (2020). Special Commentary: Using Clinical Decision Support Systems to Bring Predictive Models to the Glaucoma Clinic. Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 4(1), 5-9.
- Kang JH, VoPham T, Laden F, Rosner BA, Wirostko B, Ritch R, Wiggs JL, Qureshi A, Nan H, Pasquale LR (2021). Cohort Study of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer and the Risk of Exfoliation Glaucoma. J Glaucoma, 29(6), 448-455. (Read full article)
- Wirostko B, Mann B, Stirland D (2020). Re: "Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid as Tear Film Substitute" by Posarelli et al. ( J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2019;35(7):381-387) . J Ocul Pharmacol Ther, 36(4), 205.
- Perez VL, Wirostko B, Korenfeld M, From S, Raizman M (2019). Ophthalmic Drug Delivery Using Iontophoresis: Recent Clinical Applications. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther, 36(2), 75-87. (Read full article)
- Taylor SC, Bernhisel AA, Curtin K, Allingham RR, Ritch R, Wirostko BM (2018). Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Exfoliation Syndrome: The Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome. Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 2(1), 3-10. (Read full article)
- Besch BM, Curtin K, Ritch R, Allingham RR, Wirostko BM (2018). Association of Exfoliation Syndrome With Risk of Indirect Inguinal Hernia: The Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome. JAMA Ophthalmol, 136(12), 1368-1374. (Read full article)
- Wirostko B, Allingham R, Wong J, Curtin K (2018). Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome (UPEXS): Insight Into Systemic Diseases Associated With Exfoliation Syndrome. J Glaucoma, 27 Suppl 1, S75-S77. (Read full article)
- Durrie DS, Wolsey D, Thompson V, Assang C, Mann B, Wirostko B (2018). Ability of a new crosslinked polymer ocular bandage gel to accelerate reepithelialization after photorefractive keratectomy. J Cataract Refract Surg, 44(3), 369-375. (Read full article)
Editorial
- Mai AP, Wirostko B, Fitch S, Hansen K, Imbrescia W, Stagg BC (2023). Using Technology to Address Ophthalmic Technician Shortages in Glaucoma Clinics. Ophthalmol Glaucoma. (Read full article)
Letter
- Wirostko B, Mann B, Stirland D (2020). Re: "Cross-Linked Hyaluronic Acid as Tear Film Substitute" by Posarelli et al. (J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2019;35(7):381-387). [Letter to the editor]. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther, 36(4), 205. (Read full article)
Abstract
- Amakiri N, Branham K, Jayasundera TK, Andrews, Chris A, Milentijevic D, Narayanan D, Johnson T, Jensen J, Wirostko BM, Stein JD (2023). Leveraging the Sight Outcomes Research Collaborative (SOURCE) Repository to Identify Patients with RPGR-Related Retinitis Pigmentosa [Abstract]. 64(8), 4664.
- Chang M, Harris A, Zaid M, Sala L, Szopos M, Lapin S, Kuvin J, Ciulla TA, Pasquale LR, Wirostko BM, Verticchio V, Alice C, Antman G, Siesky BA, Guidoboni G (2023). The Impact of reduced left ventricular contractility on retinal perfusion, ARVO 2023 [Abstract]. 64(8), 1997.
- Kellner, R, Harris A, Rosen RB, Wirostko BM, Siesky BA, Verticchio V, Alice C, Coleman-Beli JC, Tessone I, Chang M, Fabczak-Kubicka A, Antman G (2023). Non-glaucomatous persons with diabetes have reduced macular capillary density potentially elevating the risk for glaucoma [Abstract]. 64(8), 4721.
- Kazemi A, Wirostko B, Fautsch M, Htoo T, Sit AJ (2023). Diurnal Variations in Episcleral Venous Pressure [Abstract]. 64(8), 3473.
- Johnson T, Wirostko B, Stein J, Stagg B, Amakiri N, Jensen J (2023). Understanding the Disease Course of RPGR-Linked vs. RP2-Linked Retinitis Pigmentosa, ARVO 2023 [Abstract]. 64(8), 4667.
Other
- (2023). Glaucoma Under Pressure, The Ophthalmologist July/August 2023. The Ophthalmologist.
Patent
- Wiroskto, Barbara for Jade Therapeutics, LLC (2013). Ocular Drug Delivery System - including a composition in which a formulation having an active agent (e.g. HDH,rHGH or an HDH mimic) that increases insulin growth factor (IGF) or that alters insulin grouwth factor binding protein (IGFBP) in a subject is dispersed in a pharmaceutical carrier. The composition is configured for placement in, around or on an eye of the subject, and the composition provides controlled release of an amount of the active agent to the eye effective to promote ocular surface and corneal neural regeneration and wound healing. U.S. Patent No. WO/2013/158661 (PCT/US2013/036807). Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Wirostko, Barbara for Jade Therapeutics (2013). Application #4-HGH for Ocular Diseases. U.S. Patent No. 61/956,070. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Wirostko, Barbara for Jade Therapeutics, LLC (2012). Application #2 - Dermal Wound Healing. U.S. Patent No. 61/58, 1845. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Wirostko, Barbara for Jake Therapeutics (2012). Application #3 -Corneal Re-Innervation. U.S. Patent No. 3246-005. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Wirostko, Barbara for Jade Therapeutics, LLC (2011). Application #1- Corneal Wound Healing. U.S. Patent No. 61/62,4730. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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