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Ryan McNabb

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology, Corneal Diseases
DUMC 3802, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 2351 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Academic/Industry Partnership for Next-Generation Robotically Guided Intraoperative Ophthalmic OCT

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029

Swept Source (SS-) OCT system for Ex-Vivo Imaging, and specialized human postmortem full tissue sample package preparation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · 2024 - 2028

Compact Auto-Aligning Multi-Modality Eye Imager to Diagnose Traumatic Eye Injury

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2024 - 2028

Self-aligning, motion-stabilized ocular imaging for eye care in urgent and emergent care settings

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Whole Eye Optical Coherence Tomography to Improve Eye Care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Collaborative Research: NRI: Toward Safe and Reliable Robotic Eye Examinations

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · 2023 - 2026

Assistive Robotically Aligning Optical Coherence Tomography and Laser Photocoagulation Therapy of the Retinal Periphery

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026

Robotically Assisted Anterior Eye Examinations for Acute Eye Care

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc. · 2023 - 2025

Automated OCT Technology Translation to Diagnose Traumatic Eye Injury

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity · 2020 - 2024

Portable motion-stabilized optical coherence tomography for eye care in acute care settings

ResearchResearch Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2022

Dynamic In Vivo Human Choroidal Thickness Measurements

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Johnson & Johnson · 2019 - 2020

Robotically Aligned Optical Coherence Tomography for Automated Eye Examination

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by KUKA AG · 2020 - 2020

Temporal dynamics of retinal ganglion cell neurodegeneration in glaucoma

ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2018

Motion Artifact Reduced SDOCT of the Anterior Segment

ResearchResearch Assistant · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2012

External Relationships


  • Incyclix Bio
  • Leica Microsystems, Inc.

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