About

C. Richard Blake MD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Florida. He is a member of the glaucoma faculty leading a comprehensive service dedicated to the diagnosis and management of complex glaucoma conditions, including primary open-angle glaucoma, angle-closure glaucoma, secondary glaucoma, and pediatric glaucoma. Dr. Blake provides state-of-the-art medical and surgical treatment options for patients with glaucoma and other optic nerve disorders, performing advanced procedures such as trabeculectomy, glaucoma drainage device implantation, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), and transscleral cyclophotocoagulation. As part of his academic role, he contributes to resident education, training ophthalmology residents, medical students, and visiting trainees and fellows, within a collaborative environment that encourages cross-subspecialty collaboration.

Research topics

• Materials science
• Physics
• Mathematics
• Crystallography
• Business

Selected publications

• Work With Public Health Partners to Protect Water Quality

  Opflow · 2017-10-01

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  Public health agencies' expertise and the data they gather can play a valuable role in providng a safe drinking water supply. Alliances with these agencies facilitate exchanges of information to spot water quality changes early and ensure timely, appropriate event response.

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• Updated Drinking Water Advisory Communication Toolkit.

  PubMed · 2016-10-01 · 2 citations

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• Purchase of a Transmission Electron Microscope for Xavier University of Louisiana

  2015-05-15

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  Abstract : We solicited and received three price quotations for a research-grade transmission electron microscope: FEI, Inc., $593,947; JOEL USA, Inc., $510,995; and Hitachi High Technologies America, Inc., $505,769. We chose to purchase the Hitachi model HT7700 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). Delivery and installation were completed in December, 2014. The new TEM joins and complements an existing microscopic imaging facility on the second floor of the Pharmacy Addition at Xavier University that already includes two scanning electron microscopes. The new TEM is now in use. Xavier University has formally pledged to provide funds for the routine maintenance of the TEM after the end of DoD support.

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• Sharing environmental health services across jurisdictional boundaries.

  PubMed · 2015-04-01 · 5 citations

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• InFORM: an innovative, integrated food safety meeting.

  PubMed · 2013-09-01

  article1st authorCorresponding
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• Environmental health--the invisible profession, part 2.

  PubMed · 2007-09-01 · 3 citations

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• Characterization of dislocation loops in neutron-irradiated titanium

  Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties · 1980-06-01 · 20 citations

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  Abstract Dislocation loops formed in high-purity titanium irradiated at 673 K to 3.9 × 1023 neutrons/m2 (> 1 MeV) have been characterized using transmission-electron-microscopy techniques. The loop Burgers vector was of the form 1/2〈1120〉 and loop-normal measurements showed considerable deviation from the pure edge orientation. The loops were invariably elliptical with the major axis approximately parallel to the [0001] direction and the minor axis in the (0001) plane. Vacancy loops were predominant, but after allowing for the larger size of interstitial loops, the numbers of vacancies and interstitials stored in loops were found to be approximately equal.

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• Characterization of neutron irradiation damage in zirconium alloys — an international “round-robin” experiment

  Journal of Nuclear Materials · 1979-02-01 · 203 citations

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• The determination of extinction distances and anomalous absorption coefficients by scanning transmission electron microscopy

  Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties · 1978-01-01 · 42 citations

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  Abstract A simple and relatively accurate technique for determining extinction distance ζg and anomalous absorption coefficient ζg/ζg′ is described. The method uses measurements made on convergent beam diffraction patterns obtained with a commercial scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) fitted with a specially designed condenser aperture. Results obtained for various reflections in copper are compared with theoretical values taken from the literature.

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• The nature of dislocation loops in neutron irradiated zirconium

  Journal of Nuclear Materials · 1977-05-01 · 161 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• A. Jostsons

  Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

  7 shared

• Patrick Kelly

  University of California, Los Angeles

  6 shared

• P.M. Kelly

  University of Maryland, College Park

  3 shared

• J. G. Napier

  3 shared

• Jonathan S. Yoder

  2 shared

• John Kou

  1 shared

• Patrick Libbey

  1 shared

• P. K. Madden

  University of Oxford

  1 shared

Education

• B.A., Biology

  Brown University

• M.D.

  University of Alabama at Birmingham

• Other, Ophthalmology Residency

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• Other, Glaucoma Fellowship

  University of Florida