Majda Hadziahmetovic | Scholars@Duke

Majda Hadziahmetovic
Medical Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology

Majda Hadzihametovic, M.D., received her M.D. from University of Belgrade School of Medicine in 2006, followed by Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye Institute, from 2007 to 2012. After completing a year of General Surgery training at Drexel University College of Medicine in 2012, she completed Ophthalmology Residency at the same institution from 2013 to 2016, where she served as a chief resident during her final year. Currently she is a Medical Retina Fellow at Duke Eye Center graduating in July 2017.

Dr. Hadziahmetovic’s is a clinician scientist with present research agenda focused on teleophthalmology. She is particularly interested in employing telemedicine in early diagnosis, suitable referral and timely treatment of diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration using cutting-edge noninvasive optic coherence tomography (OCT) imaging and fundus photography.

Dr. Hadziahmetovic also has a great interest in basic science, especially investigating new mouse models of retinal diseases. Her long term goal is better understanding of disease processes in Age related macular degeneration using different animal models and potential reversal of morphological changes.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Medical Instructor in the Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery, Ophthalmology 2017

Contact Information

majda.hadziahmetovic@duke.edu

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- 3-Year Ophthalmology Residency, Department Of Ophthalmology, Drexel University College of Medicine 2013 - 2016
- Preliminary Internship, Department Of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine 2012 - 2013
- Research Specialist C, Department Of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania 2009 - 2012
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department Of Ophthalmology, University of Pennsylvania 2007 - 2009
- Volunteer/Observation, Ophthalmology, University of Belgrade 2006 - 2007
- M.D., University of Belgrade 2006
Duke Appointment History
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, Vitreoretinal Diseases & Surgery, Ophthalmology 2016 - 2017
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Lange, J, Hadziahmetovic, M, Zhang, J, and Li, W. "Region-specific ischemia, neovascularization and macular oedema in treatment-naïve proliferative diabetic retinopathy." Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 46, no. 7 (September 2018): 757-766. Full Text
  - Sterling, J, Guttha, S, Song, Y, Song, D, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Dunaief, JL. "Iron importers Zip8 and Zip14 are expressed in retina and regulated by retinal iron levels." Experimental eye research 155 (February 2017): 15-23. Full Text
  - Zhao, L, Hadziahmetovic, M, Wang, C, Xu, X, Song, Y, Jinnah, HA, Wodzinska, J, Iacovelli, J, Wolkow, N, Krajacic, P, Weissberger, AC, Connelly, J, Spino, M, Lee, MK, Connor, J, Giasson, B, Harris, ZL, and Dunaief, JL. "Cp/Heph mutant mice have iron-induced neurodegeneration diminished by deferiprone." Journal of Neurochemistry 135, no. 5 (December 2015): 958-974. Full Text
  - Song, D, Zhao, L, Li, Y, Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Connelly, J, Spino, M, and Dunaief, JL. "The oral iron chelator deferiprone protects against systemic iron overload-induced retinal degeneration in hepcidin knockout mice." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 55, no. 7 (June 26, 2014): 4525-4532. Full Text
  - Dunaief, J, Hadziahmetovic, M, Wolkow, N, Song, Y, Hahn, P, Li, Y, Connelly, J, Spino, M, Vaulont, S, and Roth, M-P. "RETINAL IRON DYSREGULATION IN SYSTEMIC OR CONDITIONAL KNOCKOUT MOUSE MODELS OF HUMAN DISEASE: PROTECTION BY IRON CHELATION." AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEMATOLOGY 88, no. 5 (May 2013): E34-E34. Link to Item
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Kumar, U, Song, Y, Grieco, S, Song, D, Li, Y, Tobias, JW, and Dunaief, JL. "Microarray analysis of murine retinal light damage reveals changes in iron regulatory, complement, and antioxidant genes in the neurosensory retina and isolated RPE." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 53, no. 9 (August 7, 2012): 5231-5241. Full Text
  - Song, D, Song, Y, Hadziahmetovic, M, Zhong, Y, and Dunaief, JL. "Systemic administration of the iron chelator deferiprone protects against light-induced photoreceptor degeneration in the mouse retina." Free Radical Biology & Medicine 53, no. 1 (July 2012): 64-71. Full Text
  - Wolkow, N, Song, D, Song, Y, Chu, S, Hadziahmetovic, M, Lee, JC, Iacovelli, J, Grieco, S, and Dunaief, JL. "Ferroxidase hephaestin's cell-autonomous role in the retinal pigment epithelium." The American journal of pathology 180, no. 4 (April 2012): 1614-1624. Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Pajic, M, Grieco, S, Song, Y, Song, D, Li, Y, Cwanger, A, Iacovelli, J, Chu, S, Ying, G-S, Connelly, J, Spino, M, and Dunaief, JL. "The Oral Iron Chelator Deferiprone Protects Against Retinal Degeneration Induced through Diverse Mechanisms." Translational Vision Science & Technology 1, no. 3 (January 2012): 2-null. Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Pajic, M, Grieco, S, Song, Y, Song, D, Li, Y, Cwanger, A, Iacovelli, J, Chu, S, Ying, G-S, Connelly, J, Spino, M, and Dunaief, JL. "The Oral Iron Chelator Deferiprone Protects Against Retinal Degeneration Induced through Diverse Mechanisms." Translational Vision Science & Technology 1, no. 2 (January 2012): 7-null. Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Wolkow, N, Iacovelli, J, Kautz, L, Roth, M-P, and Dunaief, JL. "Bmp6 regulates retinal iron homeostasis and has altered expression in age-related macular degeneration." The American Journal of Pathology 179, no. 1 (July 2011): 335-348. Full Text
  - Kaneko, H, Dridi, S, Tarallo, V, Gelfand, BD, Fowler, BJ, Cho, WG, Kleinman, ME, Ponicsan, SL, Hauswirth, WW, Chiodo, VA, Karikó, K, Yoo, JW, Lee, D-K, Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Misra, S, Chaudhuri, G, Buaas, FW, Braun, RE, Hinton, DR, Zhang, Q, Grossniklaus, HE, Provis, JM, Madigan, MC, Milam, AH, Justice, NL, Albuquerque, RJC, Blandford, AD, Bogdanovich, S, Hirano, Y, Witta, J, Fuchs, E, Littman, DR, Ambati, BK, Rudin, CM, Chong, MMW, Provost, P, Kugel, JF, Goodrich, JA, Dunaief, JL, Baffi, JZ, and Ambati, J. "DICER1 deficit induces Alu RNA toxicity in age-related macular degeneration." Nature 471, no. 7338 (March 2011): 325-330. Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Wolkow, N, Iacovelli, J, Grieco, S, Lee, J, Lyubarsky, A, Pratico, D, Connelly, J, Spino, M, Harris, ZL, and Dunaief, JL. "The oral iron chelator deferiprone protects against iron overload-induced retinal degeneration." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 52, no. 2 (February 16, 2011): 959-968. Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Ponnuru, P, Iacovelli, J, Hunter, A, Haddad, N, Beard, J, Connor, JR, Vaulont, S, and Dunaief, JL. "Age-dependent retinal iron accumulation and degeneration in hepcidin knockout mice." Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 52, no. 1 (January 5, 2011): 109-118. Full Text
  - Loh, A, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Dunaief, JL. "Iron homeostasis and eye disease." Biochimica et biophysica acta 1790, no. 7 (July 2009): 637-649. (Review) Full Text
  - Shoham, A, Hadziahmetovic, M, Dunaief, JL, Mydlarski, MB, and Schipper, HM. "Oxidative stress in diseases of the human cornea." Free radical biology & medicine 45, no. 8 (October 2008): 1047-1055. (Review) Full Text
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Dentchev, T, Song, Y, Haddad, N, He, X, Hahn, P, Pratico, D, Wen, R, Harris, ZL, Lambris, JD, Beard, J, and Dunaief, JL. "Ceruloplasmin/hephaestin knockout mice model morphologic and molecular features of AMD." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49, no. 6 (June 2008): 2728-2736. Full Text Link to Item
  - Simic, T, Pljesa-Ercegovac, M, Savic-Radojevic, A, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Mimic-Oka, J. "Identification of a glutathione S-transferase without affinity for glutathione sepharose in human kidney." Amino acids 30, no. 4 (June 2006): 495-498. Full Text
- Conference Papers
  - Dunaief, J, Song, Y, Song, D, Baumann, B, Theurl, M, Hahn, P, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Wolkow, N. "TISSUE-AUTONOMOUS REGULATION OF RETINAL IRON TRANSPORT." August 2017. Link to Item
  - Li, W, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Lange, J. "The region-dependent neovascularization and macular layer-specific edema and ischemia in proliferative diabetic retinopathy." Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO). Baltimore, MD. May 7, 2017 - May 11, 2017.: ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, June 1, 2017. Link to Item
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Ghuman, SA, and Ackert, JM. "Two-year follow-up on characteristics of patients with primary open angle glaucoma at Drexel Eye Physicians in Philadelphia, a high-risk population." June 2015. Link to Item
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Williamson, K, Lehman, AY, and Ackert, JM. "Higher than Expected Prevalence of Glaucoma in Community Centered Practice." : ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, April 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Song, D, Zhao, L, Li, Y, Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, and Dunaief, JL. "The oral iron chelator deferiprone protects against iron overload-induced retinal degeneration in Hepcidin knockout mice." : ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, April 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Williamson, K, Lopez, EA, Hadziahmetovic, M, and Ackert, JM. "Increased Risk of Ophthalmic Disease in Patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome." : ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, April 1, 2014. Link to Item
  - Hadziahmetovic, M, Song, Y, Grieco, S, Kusko, S, Pratico, D, and Dunaief, JL. "Iron Chelator Deferiprone Protects Against Iron Mediated Oxidative Stress and Retinal Degeneration." : ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, April 1, 2010. Link to Item
  - Song, Y, Hadziahmetovic, M, Hunter, A, Iacovelli, J, Haddad, N, Vaulont, S, and Dunaief, JL. "Peptide Hormone Hepcidin Regulates Retinal Iron Homeostasis." : ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, April 1, 2010. Link to Item

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Duke Appointment History

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Conference Papers