Paul D. Langer

About

Dr. Paul D. Langer is a Professor of Ophthalmology and the Director of Ophthalmic Plastic, Reconstructive, and Orbital Surgery at the Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at Rutgers NJMS. He is a leading ophthalmologist in his field, with a focus on repair and reconstruction of surgical complications involving the eyelids and orbits, prevention of persistent diplopia following orbital fractures, and the epidemiology of various ocular injuries and morbidity following mid-facial trauma. Dr. Langer completed his undergraduate studies at Brown University in 1985 and earned his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1989. He completed his residency at San Francisco Medical Center and a fellowship at the University of Utah. His clinical expertise includes ophthalmic plastic, reconstructive, and orbital surgery, and he is actively involved in teaching and consulting in published research with residents at Rutgers NJMS.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Surgery
• Internal medicine
• Demography
• Environmental health
• Virology
• Pathology
• Family medicine

Selected publications

• Predictive factors of enucleation after open globe injuries

  Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology · 2020 · 29 citations

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• Demographic trends of open globe injuries in a large inpatient sample

  Eye · 2020 · 20 citations

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• Epidemiology of United States tennis-related ocular injuries from 2000 to 2019

  International Ophthalmology · 2022-09-03 · 11 citations

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• Hybrid Schwannoma-Perineurioma of the Orbit

  Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · 2023-08-08 · 5 citations

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  A 52-year-old woman presented with a 6-month history of progressive right proptosis associated with intermittent right retrobulbar and facial pain. MRI revealed a heterogeneously enhancing, well-circumscribed, ovoid, soft tissue mass in the intraconal space near the right orbital apex displacing the optic nerve medially. Excisional biopsy established the diagnosis of a schwannoma-perineurioma hybrid peripheral nerve sheath tumor (HPNST). This case represents only the second reported occurrence,…

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• Enucleation in pediatric open globe injuries: demographics and risk factors

  Graefe s Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology · 2022-03-16 · 4 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Neelakshi Bhagat

  Toronto Metropolitan University

  151 shared

• Marco A. Zarbin

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  137 shared

• Roger E. Turbin

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  100 shared

• Neena Mirani

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  86 shared

• Alain Bauza

  71 shared

• Jean Anderson Eloy

  Neurological Surgery

  67 shared

• Tatyana Milman

  Thomas Jefferson University

  37 shared

• Aditya Uppuluri

  Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

  36 shared

Education

• B.A.

  Brown University

  1985

• M.D.

  Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  1989

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