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CURRICULUM VITAE

Deborah M. Costakos MD
Interim Dean, Chair, Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Eye Institute
925 N 87 St
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-456-2020
Fax: 414 955 0022
Email: dcostakos@mcw.edu

EDUCATION:
01/1983 - 06/1986 B.S. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
08/1986 - 05/1988 M.S. University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
08/1993 - 05/1998 M.D. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
1986 - 1988 Genetic Counselor's Assistant and Laboratory Assistant, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
06/1987 - 09/1987 Summer Intern, Assistant genetic counselor, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
1998 - 1999 Internship, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
1999 - 2002 Residency, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Denver, CO
2002 - 2003 Fellowship, Pediatric Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
01/01/2009 - Present Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2009 - 07/01/2014 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/01/2014 - Present Associate Professor, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2020 - Present Professor, RD and Linda Peters Professor in Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2020 - Present Professor, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2020 - Present Chair, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
1988 - 1990 Genetic Counselor, Genetics & IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA
1990 - 1992 Genetic Counselor and Technical Sales Representative, Genetics & IVF Institute, Fairfax, VA

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2004 - 2008 Adult and Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Lakeshore Eye Care Specialists, Mequon, WI
2010 - Present Program Director, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Ophthalmology, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
2011 - 2015 Section Chief, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
2014 - 2019 Medical Director, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
02/14/2019 - 12/31/2019 Interim Chair, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
01/01/2020 - Present Chair, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
Columbia St. Mary's, Milwaukee, WI
St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
Waukesha Memorial Hospital, Waukesha, WI
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Ophthalmology
2004
2024
   
Certificates
Issued By Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Medical Genetics
1990
None
    

AWARDS AND HONORS:
03/1983 - Present Ford Motor Company Women in Engineering Award
08/1983 - Present Academic Scholarship for Women in Engineering
01/1984 - Present Helix, Biological Sciences Honorary
05/1985 - Present Arts & Sciences Award
02/1986 - Present Presidential Award
05/1986 - Present Phi Beta Kappa
05/1998 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha
11/2014 - Present Honorary Chairperson, Vision Forward Dining in the Dark

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1988 - Present American Society of Human Genetics
1993 - Present American Medical Association
1993 - 1998 American Medical Student Association
1999 - Present American Academy of Ophthalmology
2003 - Present Milwaukee Ophthalmology Society
2005 - Present American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2012 - Present American Academy of Pediatrics

LOCAL/REGIONAL APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
1992 Chairman, National Society of Genetic Counselor's Regional Meeting
2007 - 2010 Board Member, Center for the Blind and Visually Disabled
2010 - 2012 Unified Vision Campaign Cabinet, Vision Forward Association
2014 Co Chair, Dining in the Dark Fundraising Event, Vision Foward
2019 Medical Chair, Vision Walk, Foundation for Fighting Blindness

NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
2007 - Present Socioeconomic Committee, American Association of Pediatric Opthalmology and Strabismus
2014 - Present Self Assessment Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2014 - Present Board Examiner, Oral Board Examiner, American Board of Ophthalmology
2015 - Present Fellowship Directors Committee, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2017 - Present Genetic Eye Disease Committee, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS/CONTRACTS/PROJECTS:
Active
Peer Review
Title:
Genetic Studies of Retinopathy of Prematurity
Source:
Children's Research Institute
Role & Effort:
Co-PI
PI:
Deborah Costakos MD
Dates:
01/2018 - 01/2019
  

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Costakos, DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Ophthalmology Educational Conference, Rajkot, India, 01/2016
 
National
Costakos, DM, Acute Red Eye, When to Refer, MCW 46th Alumni Association Clinic Conference, Cape Coral, Florida, 02/2012
Costakos, DM, Subclinical Macular Findings in Premature Infants, Essentials of Pediatric Imaging Conference, Duke University, 02/2013
Costakos, DM, Cystoid Macular Edema in Infants requiring treatment for Retinopathy of Prematurity, Essentials of Pediatric Imaging Conference, Duke University, 02/2013
Costakos DM, Martinez W, Ocular Trauma, 49th Annual Alumni Association Clinical Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 03/2015
Costakos, DM, Pediatric and Young Adult Eye Findings that Suggest Systemic Disease, 49th Annual Alumni Association Clinical Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 03/2015
Costakos, DM, Imaging in Retinopathy of Prematurity, Women in Ophthalmology Conference, Williamsburg, Virgina, 08/2016
Costakos DM, Drack A, Trouboulsi E, Utz V, AAPOS Genetic Task Force Workshop: Genetic Testing in Pediatric Ophthalmology, A Must or a Bust?, AAPOS National Meeting, Nashville, TN, 04/2017
Costakos, DM, Ocular Trauma, Northwestern Medical/Dental Association Annual Conference, Sun Valley, ID, 02/2018
Costakos DM, Drack AV, Brooks BP, et al, AAPOS Genetic Task Force Workshop: Does This patient Have a Genetic Eye Disease? Should I Refer?, AAPOS National Meeting and International Strabismological Association, Washington, DC, 03/2018
Chisholm SA, Costakos DM, Harris, GJ, Surgical Timing for congenital ptosis should not be predetermined solely by the presence of anisometropia., ASOPRS 4th Annual Fall Scientific Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, 10/2018
Costakos DM, Vogel R, Foveal Development in Retinopathy of Prematurity, ROP Hot Topics, Chicago, Illinois, 10/2018
Costakos DM, Drack AV, Levin AV, Lloyd IC, et al, Does This Patient have a Genetic Eye Disease? Should I Refer?, AAPOS National Meeting, San Diego, California, 03/2019
Costakos DM, Vogel R, Imaging Foveal Development in Retinopathy of Prematurity, 2019 Advances in Pediatric Retina, Salt Lake City, UT, 06/2019
Costakos DM, Drack Av, Levin AV, Lloyd IC, et al, Hiding in Plain Sight: Genetic Disorders in Routine Pediatric Practice., AAPOS National Meeting, Austin, Texas, 03/2020
Costakos DM, Leadership and Mentorship, Women in Ophthalmology Annual Conference, Virtual, 08/2020
 
Regional
Costakos DM, A Day in the Life of a Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Wisconsin Family Practice Refresher Course, Pewaukee, WI, 02/2009
Costakos, DM, The Eye in Neurofibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis Symposium, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI, 05/2009
Costakos DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity update 2009, MCW Fall Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2009
Costakos DM, Low Vision in Children, Presentation for Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Children, Milwaukee, WI, 01/2010
Costakos DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Milwaukee Ophthalmological Society, Milwaukee WI, 01/2010
Costakos DM, Acute Red Eye, Wisconsin Family Practice Conference, Pewaukee, WI, 02/2010
Costakos DM, Pediatric Application of Ocular Imaging, MCW Ophthalmology Fall Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 11/2010
Costakos DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity, WAPC Annual Statewide Perinatal Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 03/2011
Costakos DM, Pediatric Cataracts: Diagnosis and Treatment, Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology Eye MD Symposium, Pewaukee, WI, 02/2012
Costakos DM, Practice Changes in Pediatric Ophthalmology, MCW Ophthalmology Fall Symposium: Ophthalmology Innovation, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2012
Costakos DM, ROP and Imaging, Midwest Pediatric Ophthalmology Symposium at Truhlsen Eye Institute, Omaha, NE, 03/2016
Costakos DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity 2016, MCW Eye Institute 40 Anniversary Scientific Symposium, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2016
 
Local
Costakos DM, Pediatric Ophthalmology Lecture Series, Multiple Presentations, MCW, Milwaukee WI, 01/2009 - Present
Costakos DM, Ocular Genetics, Eye to Eye Seminar, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 02/2011
Costakos DM, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Aurora Sinai Hospital Presentation, Milwaukee WI, 06/2011
Costakos DM, Development and Disruption of the Human Retina Assessed with High Resolution Imaging, CRI Research Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 12/2011
Costakos DM, Research Frontier in Retinopathy of Prematurity, Children's Research Institute Conference, Milwaukee, WI, 10/2017
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
1996 - 1998 Student Interviewer, Admissions Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
1997 - 1998 Student Representative, Academic Standing Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2009 - 2017 Resident Education Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2012 - 2013 Co Chair, Class of 1998 MCW Reunion Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2019 - Present Clinical Chairs Committee, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Hospital
2011 - Present Surgical Services Committee, Ophthalmology, Children's Wisconsin
2012 - Present Community Development Strategic Planning Committee, Ophthalmology, Eye Institute
2013 - Present Representative, Human Subjects Committee, Ophthalmology, Eye Institute
2014 - 2016 Surgical Services Peer Review Committee, Ophthalmology, Children's Wisconsin
2014 - Present Surgical Quality Improvement Committee, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin
2017 Eye Institute Symposium Planning Committee, Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin
2019 - Present IT Clinical Systems Advisory Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2020 - Present Froedtert & MCW Finance and Operations Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin
2020 - Present Froedtert OR Branch Subcommittee, Ophthalmology, Froedtert Hospital
 

MCW TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
09/2006 - Present Instructor, M2 Ophthalmological Clinical Exam Teaching Session
03/2008 - Present Faculty Workshop Leader, Expressive Photography in Medical Humanities; Medical Humanities for Clinical Continuum
08/2011 - Present Clinical Pathways Instructor/Mentor
 
Resident and Fellow Education
01/2009 - Present Lecture series, Retinopathy of Prematurity, Pediatric Ophthalmology
04/2009 - Present Lecture Series, Amblyopia, Pediatric Ophthalmology
10/2009 - Present Lecture Series, Infantile Esotropia, Pediatric Ophthalmology
05/2010 - Present Lecture Series, Planning Strabismus Surgery, Pediatric Ophthalmology
11/2010 - Present Lecture Series, Ocular Genetics, Pediatric Ophthalmology
03/2011 - Present Lecture Series, Exotropia, Pediatric Ophthalmology
07/2011 - Present Lecture Series, Cataracts in Children, Pediatric Ophthalmology
02/2012 - Present Lecture Series, Infantile Hemangioma, Pediatric Ophthalmology
10/2012 - Present Lecture Series, Vision Screening, Pediatric Ophthalmology
04/2013 - Present Lecture Series, Pediatric Diagnoses Not to Miss, Pediatric Ophthalmology
01/2014 - Present Lecture Series, Non-accidental Trauma, Pediatric Ophthalmology
04/2014 - Present Lecture Series, Ocular Trauma, Pediatric Ophthalmology
 

MCW STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
2010 - 2011 James Murphy, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2011 - 2015 Derek Denney, Clinical Pathways Advisor and Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Career Placement
2015 - 2016 Alana Trotter, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Career Placement
2016 - 2018 Oladipo Fagbemi, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
2016 - Present Eleanor Kenny, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Career Placement
2020 - Present Katerina Tori, Honor's and Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin
 
Graduate Students
PhD
2009 - 2012 Adam Dubis, Medical College of Wisconsin, Thesis
2017 - 2020 Erica Woertz, Medical College of Wisconsin, Thesis
 
Clinical/Research Fellows
2008 - 2011 Pooja Godara, Clinical Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Peer-Review Publications
2009 - 2011 Ravi Singh, Clinical Mentor ROP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentoring Plan
2009 - 2010 Doug Covert, Clinical Mentor ROP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentoring plan
2009 - 2011 Rashmi Kapur, Clinical Mentor ROP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentoring plan
2009 Dara Koozekanani, Clinical Mentor ROP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentoring plan
2010 - 2012 Brian Larsen, Clinical Mentorship ROP, Medical College of Wisconsin, Mentoring Plan
2016 - 2018 Smith Ann Chisholm, Fellowship Thesis, Medical College of Wisconsin, National Presentation
 
Residents
2008 - 2009 K.C. LaMattina, Clinical Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, National Presentation
2009 - 2012 Michelle Sudyka Loichinger, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Jack C Copeland Award
2010 - 2013 Cristin Subramamian, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Jack C. Copeland Award
2011 - 2012 Peter Karth, Clinical Research Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, National Presentations
2011 - 2014 Patrick Hopen, Faculty Advisor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Career Placement
2012 - 2015 Namratha Turlipati, Clinical Advisor and Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Peer-Review Publications
2012 - 2015 Holly Weis, Quality Improvement Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Quality Improvement
2013 - 2016 Clinton Warren, Clinical Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Jack C Copeland Award 2015, Blankstein Award, 2015
2014 - 2017 Ryan Vogel, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Jack C. Copeland Award 2016,2017, Blankstein Award 2016, 2017
2016 - 2018 Kelly Laurenti, Surgical Mentor, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MCWAH Award at AAPOS, 2018, India Mission
2017 - 2020 Lynn Sun, Resident and Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Quality Improvement
2017 - 2019 Sapna Desai, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Blankstein Award, 2019
2017 - 2019 Gurdeep Jhaj, Research Mentor, Medical College of Wisconsin, MCWAH Award. 2018
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
 
 
Clinical Programs
2010 - Present Retinopathy of Prematurity Program at 3 hospitals.ROP tracking, screening and treatment of infants at risk of ROP, with treatment in a timely manner, and outpatient follow up
2013 - 2015 Abusive Head Trauma Consult Service at Childrens Wisconsin
2016 - Present Diabetic Eye Disease Photoscreening at Childrens
2018 - 2019 Utilizing Electronic Medical Records to Standardize Handoffs in Ophthalmology at Childrens and Froedtert
 
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
1993 - 1994 Isaac Cogg's Clinic - volunteer clinic for the underserved
01/2016 - 2016 Educational and Surgical Mission Devdaya Charitable Trust. Spent 2 weeks in India teaching, examining and operating with a resident for the underserved Wankaner, Gujarat India
 

CME PRESENTATION:
01/2009 - Present Ophthalmology Grand Rounds Multiple Presentations Medical College of Wisconsin
01/2009 - Present Ophthalmology Resident Lecture Series Multiple Presentations Medical College of Wisconsin
- 01/2012 Cataracts in Infants and Children Pediatric Grand Rounds, Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 12/2012 The Who, How and Why of Vision Screening Pediatric Grand Rounds Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 10/2013 Allergic Conjunctivitis Update Allergy Grand Rounds, Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 09/2014 Consultations in Ophthalmology Pediatric Lecture Series Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 11/2016 Pediatric Diagnoses you do not want to miss. Pediatric Grand Rounds Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 11/2011 Allergic Conjunctivitis Allergy Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin
- 08/2016 Allergies and the Eye Pediatric Allergy Grand Rounds Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 07/2019 The Eye Exams for Pediatricians Pediatric Resident Lecture Series Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 11/2014 Ocular Trauma in Pediatrics Pediatric Emergency Grand Rounds Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 02/2014 Optic Pathway Gliomas Hematology-Oncology Grand Rounds, Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin
- 03/2017 Retinopathy of Prematurity for Neonatology Neonatology Grand Rounds Children's Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. N. Mandava, D. Costakos, H.M. Bartlett. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Manifested as Bilateral Proliferative Retinopathy. Archives in Ophthalmology, April, 123(4): 576-7, 2005.
2. D. Costakos, J. Bennett. Dural Fistulas. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, July; 3(4): 377-382, 2001
3. D. Costakos, S.H. Black, A. Dorftnann, P.N. Howard-Peebles, P. Robinson, J.D. Schulman. Chorionic Villus Sampling Mosaicism: Counseling Issues. Strategies in Genetic Counseling: Reproductive Genetics and New Technologies. March of Dimes, Birth Defects Foundation. Birth Defects: Original Articles Series 26:64-68, 1990. Platform presentation. National Society of Genetic Counselors, 1989, Baltimore, Maryland.
4. D. Bick, A. Maddalena, SR. Black, E.G. Headrick, E. Cummings, S.L. Jones, D. Costakos, R. Becker, J.D. Schulman. Letter to the Editor: Prenatal Screening for the AF508 Cystic Fibrosis Mutation in a Population Not Selected for Cystic Fibrosis. The Lancet, 336 (8726): 1324, 1990.
5. D. Costakos, R. Best, R. Abramson, J. Edwards, W. Rizzo. Attitudes Toward Presymptomatic Testing and Prenatal Diagnosis for Adrenoleukodystrophy Among Affected Families. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 41(3):295-300, 1991.
6. D. Costakos. CF Carrier Testing: New Opportunities. Perspectives in Genetic Counseling, Vol. 13, No. 4, Winter 199 1/92.
7. Vogel RN, Strampe M, Fagbemi OE, Visotcky A, Tarima S, Carroll J, Costakos DM. Foveal Development in Infants Treated with Bevacizumab or Laser Photocoagulation for Retinopathy of Prematurity. Ophthalmology. 2018 Mar;125(3):444-452.
8. Happ H, Weh E, Costakos D, Reis LM, Semina EV. Case report of homozygous deletion involving the first coding exons of GCNT2 isoforms A and B and part of the upstream region of TFAP2A in congenital cataract. BMC Med Genet. 2016 Sep 08;17(1):64. PMCID: PMC5016880
9. Costakos DM, Bennett JL. Dural Fistulas. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2001 Jul;3(4):377-382.
10. Reis LM, Tyler RC, Muheisen S, Raggio V, Salviati L, Han DP, Costakos D, Yonath H, Hall S, Power P, Semina EV. Whole exome sequencing in dominant cataract identifies a new causative factor, CRYBA2, and a variety of novel alleles in known genes. Hum Genet. 2013 Jul;132(7):761-70. PMCID: PMC3683360
11. Dubis AM, Costakos DM, Subramaniam CD, Godara P, Wirostko WJ, Carroll J, Provis JM. Evaluation of normal human foveal development using optical coherence tomography and histologic examination. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Oct;130(10):1291-300. PMCID: PMC3724218
12. Dubis AM, Subramaniam CD, Godara P, Carroll J, Costakos DM. Subclinical macular findings in infants screened for retinopathy of prematurity with spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Ophthalmology. 2013 Aug;120(8):1665-71. PMCID: PMC3737379
13. Wilk MA, McAllister JT, Cooper RF, Dubis AM, Patitucci TN, Summerfelt P, Anderson JL, Stepien KE, Costakos DM, Connor TB Jr, Wirostko WJ, Chiang PW, Dubra A, Curcio CA, Brilliant MH, Summers CG, Carroll J. Relationship between foveal cone specialization and pit morphology in albinism. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 May 20;55(7):4186-98. PMCID: PMC4098060
14. LaMattina KC, Wirostko WJ, Costakos DM. Bilateral Acute Retinal Necrosis with Concurrent Retinopathy of Prematurity in Two Neonates. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2016;24(1):115-7.
15. Goldberg MR, Zakka FR, Carroll JJ, Costakos DM. ATTENUATION OF THE GANGLION CELL LAYER IN A PREMATURE INFANT REVEALED WITH HANDHELD SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2016;10(3):229-31. PMCID: PMC4853294
16. Reis LM, Tyler RC, Weh E, Hendee KE, Kariminejad A, Abdul-Rahman O, Ben-Omran T, Manning MA, Yesilyurt A, McCarty CA, Kitchner TE, Costakos D, Semina EV. Analysis of <i>CYP1B1</i> in pediatric and adult glaucoma and other ocular phenotypes. Mol Vis. 2016;22:1229-1238. PMCID: PMC5070572
17. Karth P, Singh R, Kim J, Costakos D. Bilateral central retinal artery occlusions in an infant with hyperhomocysteinemia. J AAPOS. 2012 Aug;16(4):398-400.
18. Bee CR, Burris CKH, Potter HAD, Reddy D, Simons KB, Costakos DM. Histopathological analysis of retinopathy of prematurity after intravitreal bevacizumab. J AAPOS. 2017 Apr;21(2):159-160.
19. Warren CC, Young JB, Goldberg MR, Connor TB, Kassem IS, Costakos DM. Findings in Persistent Retinopathy of Prematurity. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018 Jul 01;49(7):497-503. PMCID: PMC6196355
20. Costakos DM, Vogel R, Carroll J. Reply. Ophthalmology. 2018 Aug;125(8):e57.
21. Drack AV, Miraldi Utz V, Wang K, Alcorn DM, Brooks BP, Costakos DM, Couser NL, Heon E, Levin AV, Lloyd IC, Morse CL, Schmitt MA, Whitman MC, Traboulsi EI. Survey of practice patterns for the management of ophthalmic genetic disorders among AAPOS members: report by the AAPOS Genetic Eye Disease Task Force. J AAPOS. 2019 Aug;23(4):226-228.e1.
22. Chisholm SAM, Costakos DM, Harris GJ. Surgical Timing for Congenital Ptosis Should Not Be Determined Solely by the Presence of Anisometropia. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019;35(4):374-377.
23. Costakos DM. Eye Disorders Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis. 24 April 2017:563-593.
24. Mandava N, Costakos D, Bartlett HM. Chronic myelogenous leukemia manifested as bilateral proliferative retinopathy. Arch Ophthalmol. 2005 Apr;123(4):576-7.
25. Reis LM, Costakos D, Wheeler PG, Bardakjian T, Schneider A, Fung SSM, Semina EV. Dominant variants in PRR12 result in unilateral or bilateral complex microphthalmia Clinical Genetics. 2020.
26. Litts KM, Woertz EN, Wynne N, Brooks BP, Chacon A, Connor TB, Costakos D, Dumitrescu A, Drack AV, Fishman GA, Hauswirth WW, Kay CN, Lam BL, Michaelides M, Pennesi ME, Stepien KE, Strul S, Summers CG, Carroll J. Examining whether aoslo-based foveal cone metrics in achromatopsia and albinism are representative of foveal cone structure Translational Vision Science and Technology. 2021;10(6).
27. Low SWY, Connor TB, Kassem IS, Costakos DM, Chaurasia SS. Small leucine-rich proteoglycans (Slrps) in the retina International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2 July 2021;22(14).
28. Martin J, Kopplin L, Costakos D. Syphilitic interstitial keratitis treated with topical tacrolimus American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. September 2021;23.
29. Low SWY, Vaidya T, Gadde SGK, Mochi TB, Kumar D, Kassem IS, Costakos DM, Ahmad B, Sethu S, Ghosh A, Chaurasia SS. Decorin Concentrations in Aqueous Humor of Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy. Life (Basel). 2021 Dec 17;11(12). PMCID: PMC8707400
30. Reis LM, Maheshwari M, Capasso J, Atilla H, Dudakova L, Thompson S, Zitano L, Lay-Son G, Lowry RB, Black J, Lee J, Shue A, Kremlikova Pourova R, Vaneckova M, Skalicka P, Jedlickova J, Trkova M, Williams B, Richard G, Bachman K, Seeley AH, Costakos D, Glaser TM, Levin AV, Liskova P, Murray JC, Semina EV. Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome: more than meets the eye. J Med Genet. 2023 Apr;60(4):368-379. PMCID: PMC9912354
31. Hwang ES, Kassem IS, Allozi R, Kravets S, Al-Kirwi KY, Hallak JA, Costakos DM. Association between myopia progression and quantity of laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity. PLoS One. 2022;17(12):e0279898. PMCID: PMC9803142
32. Untaroiu A, Reis LM, Higgins BP, Walesa A, Zacharias S, Nikezic D, Costakos DM, Carroll J, Semina EV. In Vivo Assessment of Retinal Phenotypes in Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Apr 01;65(4):20. PMCID: PMC11005067
33. Woertz EN, Ayala GD, Wynne N, Tarima S, Zacharias S, Brilliant MH, Dunn TM, Costakos D, Summers CG, Strul S, Drack AV, Carroll J. Quantitative Foveal Structural Metrics as Predictors of Visual Acuity in Human Albinism. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2024 Mar 05;65(3):3. PMCID: PMC10916884
34. Costakos DM. Eye Disorders Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis: Common Diseases and their Mimics. 1 January 2022:784-817.e2.
35. Jones AA, Martin JS, Giangiacomo AL, Costakos DM. Secondary glaucoma after bevacizumab injection in Type-1 retinopathy of prematurity American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports. December 2024;36.
36. Reis LM, Seese SE, Costakos D, Semina EV. Congenital anterior segment ocular disorders: Genotype-phenotype correlations and emerging novel mechanisms. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2024 Sep;102:101288. PMCID: PMC11392650
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Pediatric Retina. M.E. Hartnett, M. Trese, A. Capone, Jr., B.J.B. Keats, S.M. Steidl, editors. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins 2005. Chapter 4 - Deborah Costakos and J. Bronwyn Bateman, Genetic Counseling for Retinal Diseases.
2. D.M. Costakos. Nelson Pediatric Symptom-Based Diagnosis Chapter 32, Eye Disorders . .
 
Abstracts
1. D. Mehl-Costakos, R. Best, R. Abramson, J. Edwards, W. Rizzo. Survey of Attitudes Toward Presymptomatic Testing, Prenatal Diagnosis and Possible Therapy for Adrenoleukodystrophy and Adrenomyeloneuropathy. The American Society of Human Genetics, 1988, Abstract #674.
2. D.K. Kalousek, P.N. Howard-Peebles, I.J. Barrett, S.H. Black, J.D. Schulman, R.D. Wilson, D.M. Costakos, A. Dorfmann. Confirmation of CVS Mosaicism in Term Placentas and Correlation with Pregnancy Outcome. American Society of Human Genetics, 1990, Abstract #1098.
3. D.P. Bick, A. Maddalena, S.H. Black, D. Costakos, E. Cummings, S.L. Jones,E.G. Headrick. Pilot Study of Prenatal Screening for the AF508 Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Mutation in an Unselected Population. American Society of Human Genetics, 1990, Abstract #820.
4. D.M. Costakos, A.J. Khammar, D. Manchester, J.B. Bateman, C.J. Shea. Congenital Cataracts in Neu-Laxova Syndrome: Case Report. AAPOS, March, 2003.
5. A.M. Dubois, S.O. Hansen, D.M. Costakos, W.J. Wirostko, J. Carroll. Pediatric Retinal Imaging with SD-OCT. Optical Society of America: Fall Vision Meeting, 2011. Journal of Vision, 11(15):37,37a 2011