User:Arnold Rabin

                                                       CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Arnold Robert Rabin

Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) Boston University 1977

                            Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE)	
                            Biomedical Engineering
                            Northeastern University  1971

                            Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (BEE)

The City College of New York 1969

Post Doctoral Clinical Fellow Retina and Vitreous Training: Vancouver General Hospital 1998-1999

                            Resident in Ophthalmology
                            The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
                            Harvard Medical School 1978-1981

                            Clinical Fellow in Ophthalmology
                            Harvard Medical School 1978-1981

                            Intern
                            University of California, San Francisco
                            San Francisco General Hospital 1977-1978

Certification: Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology

                            Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners

Licensure: California

Courses: The 39th Annual Course in Medical and Experimental Genetics

                            The Jackson Laboratory
                            Bar Harbor, Maine
                            Victor A. McKusick, M.D.,  Director   1998

                            The Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology 1978

Positions: Ophthalmologist

                           1981-present                          

                           Visiting Professor
                           Department of Molecular Biology  (Retina Research)
                           University of British Columbia
                           Laboratory of Dr. Robert S. Molday 1999-2000 

                           Clinical Assistant Professor

Department of Ophthalmology University of California, San Francisco 1985

                           Consultant in Electrophysiology
                           Visual Evoked Potentials (VEP) Laboratory 
                           Massachusetts General Hospital  1979-1981

                           Consultant in Electrophysiology (Ophthalmology)
                           Berman-Gund Laboratory
                           Harvard Medical School 1973-1977
                           
                           Director of Electrophysiology
                           Department of Ophthalmology
                           Albany Medical College 1973-1975 
                           Robert Reinecke, M.D., Chairman

                           Research Associate (Ophthalmology)
                           Berman-Gund Laboratory for the Study of Retinal Degenerations 
                           Faculty of Medicine
                           Harvard Medical School  1971-1973

                           Design Engineer
                           Apollo Lunar Landing Radar
                           RCA Aerospace Systems Division
                           Burlington, Mass. 1969-1971

Professional Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Societies:

                           The Chandler-Grant Glaucoma Society
                           Harvard Medical School
                           Founding Member

                           Editorial Board Member
                           The San Francisco Medical Society  1995-1998

Visiting Lectures:

                             Vancouver General Hospital 
                             Shanghai, 1st Medical College
                             Hadassah Hospital, Israel
                             Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
                             New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
                             Harvard School of Public Health
                           

Publications:

1. Rabin, A. R., Hayes, K. C., and Berson, E. L.: Cone and rod responses in nutritionally induced retinal degeneration in the cat.

     Invest. Ophthalmol.  12:694-704, 1973.

2. Berson, E. L., Mehaffey, L. and Rabin, A. R.: A night vision device as an aid for

     patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
     Arch. Ophthalmol. 90:112-116, 1973.

3. Berson, E. L., Rabin, A. R., and Mehaffey, L.: Advances in night vision technology.

     Arch. Ophthalmol. 90:427-431, 1973.

4. Berson, E. L., Mehaffey, L. and Rabin, A. R.: A night vision pocketscope for patients

     with retinitis pigmentosa : Design considerations.
     Arch. Ophthalmol. 91:495-500, 1974.

5. Rabin, A. R. and Berson, E. L.: A full-field system for clinical electroretinography.

     Arch. Ophthalmol. 92:59-63, 1974.
     

6. Hayes, K. C., Rabin, A. R. and Berson, E. L.: An ultrastructural study of nutritionally

     induced and reversed retinal degeneration in cats.  
     Amer. J. of Pathol. 78:505-524,1975

7. Berson, E. L., Hayes, K. C. and Rabin, A. R. et al.: Retinal degeneration in cats fed

     casein:  Supplementation with methionine, cysteine or taurine. 
     Invest. Ophthalmol. 15:52-58, 1976.

8. Berson, E. L., Schmidt, S. and Rabin, A. R.: Plasma amino acids in hereditary retinal

     disease: Ornithine, lysine and taurine.
      Brit. J. Ophthalmol. 60:142-147, 1976.

9. Rabin, A. R., Mehaffey, L. and Berson, E. L.: Blue cone function in the retina of the cat.

      Vision Research. 16:799-801, 1976.

10. Ingenito, A. J., Rabin, A. R. and Durlacher, L.: Effects of carbon monoxide on the cat

      electroretinogram. 
      Fed. Proceed. April 1976.  

11. Tolentino, F., Foster, C. S., LaHav, M. Liu, H. S. and Rabin, A. R.: Retinal and lens toxicity

       studies of intravitreal miconazole.
       Arch. of Ophthalmol. 100:1504, 1982.

12. Rabin, A. R.: Counseling your patients about managed care.

J. San Fran Med Soc. June 1995

13. Rabin, A. R.: Holding the medical high ground..

       J. San Fran Med Soc. Jan 1998.

14. Molday, L., Rabin, A. R. and Molday R. S.

      ABCR expression in foveal cone photoreceptors and its role
      in Stargardt macular dystrophy.
      Nature Genetics   June 2000

15. Molday, L.L., Rabin, A.R. and Molday R.S.

ABCR expression in foveal cone photoreceptors and its role
in Stargardt macular dystrophy.
Am J Ophthalmol 2000 Nov;130(5):689

16. Rabin, A.R. and Molday R.S.

Immunocytochemical localization of the human retinal taurine transporter. (In progress).