Overview
Updated 14 Jul 2026
George L. Spaeth, MD, is Director Emeritus, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital. The public record shows 672 publications with 13,177 citations (h-index 63), centered on Glaucoma. It also documents an investigator role on 10 registered clinical trials, industry payments reported by 1 companies, 4 NIH-funded awards (1985–2002).
- Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · BMJ open ophthalmology
- Top research focus: Glaucoma
- 10 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Open Payments reporting from 1 companies
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Drugs & moleculesacross trials, industry payments and publications
Works withtrial sponsors and companies reporting payments
Scholarshipindexed output and impact (OpenAlex)
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Total citations across indexed works.
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Clinical & industrytrials, payments and federal funding
Public positionssourced statements on record
- Public advocate for environmental sustainability
addressing overpopulation and wealth inequality as linked to global health, expressed in personal writings/bio (not formal government testimony)
provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →georgelspaeth.com ↗
Clinical trials
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Listed as an investigator on 10 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:
- Building a Database of Results From People Without Eye Problems
Sponsor: Wills Eye
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02627339 - Are There Changes in the Nerve Fiber Layer (NFL) After Lowering of Eye Pressure?
Sponsor: Wills Eye
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02600403 - Is the RAPDx Pupillograph Able to Distinguish Between Glaucoma Subjects and Healthy Subjects?
Sponsor: Wills Eye
InvestigatorCompletedNCT02526693
Industry payments
Updated 14 Jul 2026
1 company reported payments to CMS in program years 2024–2024. These are public disclosures, not judgments. The latest:
- ABBVIE INC.Program year20241 payment
NIH funding
Updated 14 Jul 2026
4 NIH research awards on record, funded 1985–2002 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:
- COLLABORATIVE INITIAL GLAUCOMA TREATMENT STUDY
Wills Eye Hospital (philadelphia)
FY2002$112,882U10EY009143 - COLLABORATIVE INITIAL GLAUCOMA TREATMENT STUDY
Wills Eye Hospital (philadelphia)
FY2001$122,029U10EY009143 - COLLABORATIVE INITIAL GLAUCOMA TREATMENT STUDY
Wills Eye Hospital (philadelphia)
FY2000$118,177U10EY009143
Publications
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.
- Keratoconus with Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: A Rare Combination.
Case reports in ophthalmological medicine
2020
Contact
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Office address
840 Walnut Street, Suite 1110, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Background & recognition
Updated 14 Jul 2026
Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.
Educationdegrees and training on record
- verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →willseye.org ↗
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Editorial & leadership rolesjournal and society appointments
- provisionalFound in a cited public source but not yet independently corroborated. Published as a labeled candidate and queued for verification.How we verify →theophthalmologist.com ↗
- Founder and first President
American Glaucoma Society
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Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness
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Awards & honorshonors on the public record
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Secondary affiliationsappointments beyond the home institution
- Professor of Ophthalmology
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (current)
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Temple University (past)
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Practice of Emund B. Spaeth (past, early career)
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Media & interviewspress, podcasts and appearances
- Feature interview
"A Wonderful Life" / "Sitting Down With... George L. Spaeth", The Ophthalmologist
2023verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →theophthalmologist.com ↗ - verifiedCorroborated by findmyKOL. We matched this record across two or more independent public sources (or a verified ORCID / NPI identifier bridge) before attributing it to this person.How we verify →glaucomatoday.com ↗
- Guest
"Eye Tea" ophthalmology podcast, episode "Glaucoma innovation: SPARCS and Contrast Sensitivity" (with Dr. Parul Ichhpujani and Eric Spaeth)
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Online presence
Updated 14 Jul 2026
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- Doximity
doximity.com/pub/george-spaeth-md
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georgelspaeth.com
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researchgate.net/profile/George-Spaeth
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LinkedIn profile: "George Spaeth - Esposito Research Professor at Wills Eye Hospital" (auth-walled; title/employer corroborated via SERP snippet)
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