Journal of Thyroid Disorders & Therapy
Open Access

College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Biography

Henry Bair is an MD/MBA candidate at Stanford University. His primary research interest is in the application of innovative technologies to deliver efficient, affordable, and accessible patient-centered healthcare, both at a systems level and at the point of care. While at Stanford, he has worked on establishing telehealth networks for eye care across rural regions of Taiwan and on developing diagnostic and surgical devices for treating orbital trauma. He has also served as medical school representative to Stanford University's Committee on Research and has taught courses in healthcare leadership, patient communication, and ophthalmology.

Publications

• Research Article   
  Thyroid Eye Disease not Associated with the Risk for Uveitis: A 13-Year Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study in Taiwan
  Author(s): Lin CJ*, Tien PT, Lai CT, Chang CH*, Hsia NY, Lin JM, Yang YC, Bair H, Chen HS and Tsai YY
  
  Purpose: To investigate whether patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) are at increased risk of uveitis. Methods: Data was collected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance system and included patients newly diagnosed with TED from 2000 to 2012. The endpoint of interest was a diagnosis of uveitis. Results: 444 patients with TED yielding1,776 matched comparisons revealed that patients with TED were found to have no significantly higher risk for developing uveitis. When comparison of TED and non-TED group was stratified by gender, and age, the association of TED and uveitis was also not significant. Conclusion: TED is characterized as an extraocular inflammatory disease and uveitis is an intraocular inflammation. In the largest study of TED in uveitis to date, our finding.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2167-7948.20.09.239

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