Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE
Areas of expertise: Abusive head trauma and associated ocular findings, Amblyopia, Pediatric and adult strabismus, Retinopathy of prematurity, Pediatric ophthalmology
About Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE
Gil Binenbaum, MD, MSCE, Chief of the Division of Ophthalmology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he serves as Director of the inpatient ophthalmology consultation service, and an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds the Mabel E. Leslie Endowed Chair in Pediatric Ophthalmology. Dr. Binenbaum sees patients at Children's Hospital's Wood Center, as well as the Specialty Care Center in Voorhees, New Jersey.
An active clinical researcher, Dr. Binenbaum is the principal investigator of a NIH-sponsored multi-center retinopathy of prematurity study. His research includes the investigation of the interpretation and causes of retinal hemorrhage in children who have had abusive head trauma, as well as studying clinical effectiveness in pediatric ophthalmology. Dr. Binenbaum mentors many students and trainees and teaches medical school classes at the University of Pennsylvania.
Titles
Attending Surgeon
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Ophthalmology – American Board of Ophthalmology
Awards and Honors
2017, American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Young Investigator Award recipient
Leadership and Memberships
International
2009-Present Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
2013 Fight for Sight Foundation (PhD Grant Proposal Reviewer, 2013)
National
2012-present, Ray E. Helfer Society (Child abuse physician honor society)
2010-present American Academy of Pediatrics (Specialty Fellow)
2009-present, Research Committee, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, (Vice-chair, 2012 - 2016; Chair, 2016 - present)
2008-present, Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group (Esotropia Treatment Study 2 (ETS2) - Botox for Esotropia Study, Planning Committee, 2009-12)
2006-present, American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (Member in Training, 2006-10; Member, 2010 - present)
2003-present, American Academy of Ophthalmology (Fellow, 2007-Present)
2001-present, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
Editorial and Academic Positions
2016-Present, Reviewer, JAMA 2016-present Reviewer, Pediatrics 2016-present Reviewer, Indian Pediatrics
2016-present, Editorial Board Member, Journal of AAPOS
2012-Present, Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
2012-Present, Reviewer, Ophthalmic Epidemiology
2011-Present, Editorial Board Member and Eye Section Editor, PEMsoft Pediatric Emergency Medicine reference
2011-Present, Pediatric Editorial Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology O.N.E. Network
2009-Present, Reviewer, Pediatric Emergency Care 2010-Present Reviewer, RETINA journal
2009-Present, Reviewer, Pediatric Research
2008-Present, Reviewer, Journal of the American Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
2007-Present, Reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology
2007-Present, Reviewer, Archives of Ophthalmology
2006-Present, Reviewer, Ophthalmology
Academic committees
2015-present, Director of Research, Pediatric Ophthalmology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2014-present, ACGME Milestones Residency Clinical Competency Committee, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania
2013-Present, Member, Advisory Committee, NIH K-12 Penn Vision Clinician Scientist Program
2012-present, Admissions Committee, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
2008-Present, Pediatric Ophthalmology Scientific Review Committee, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
2008-present, ACGME, Residency Review Committee for Ophthalmology Appeals Board
2007-present, Member, Fellowship Selection Committee, CHOP Ophthalmology Division
2007-Present, Ophthalmology Residency Admissions Committee, Scheie Eye Institute
2007-present, Admissions Interviewer, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2004-present, Teaching Awards Committee, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2002-present, Curriculum Committee, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Research Interests
Clinical research in pediatric ophthalmology
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MSCE in Clinical Epidemiology - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree
MD - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Ophthalmology - Scheie Eye Institute/University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Ophthalmology - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Additional Training
Leadership - CHOP Physician Leadership Program (certification)
Patient Oriented Research - University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (certification)
Publications
Publications
2018
Revere KE, Binenbaum G, Li J, Mills MD, Katowitz WR, Katowitz JA. Simultaneous versus sequential ptosis and strabismus surgery in children. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018;34(3):280-283.
Binenbaum G, Bell EF, Donohue P, Quinn G, Shaffer J, Tomlinson LA, Ying GS; G-ROP Study Group. Development of modified screening criteria for retinopathy of prematurity: primary results from the postnatal growth and retinopathy of prematurity study. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(9):1034-1040.
Chua MR, Tomlinson LA, Binenbaum G, Katowitz WR. Pediatric thyroid eye disease: clinical characteristics and orbital decompression outcomes. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018;4S(Suppl 1):S52-S55.
Jensen AK, Ying GS, Huang J, Quinn GE, Binenbaum G. Longitudinal study of the association between thrombocytopenia and retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2018;22(2):119-123.
2016
Forbes BJ, McDonald-McGinn DM, Wootton G, Dawson L, Zackai E, Binenbaum G3: Ocular findings associated with chromosome 22q11.2 duplication. J AAPOS. 2016 Jun;20(3):278-80.
Binenbaum G, Chen W, Huang J, Ying GS, Forbes BJ: The Natural History of Retinal Hemorrhage in Pediatric Head Trauma. Journal of AAPOS 20(2): 131-5, 2016. PMCID: PMC4839593
Jensen AK, Ying GS, Huang J, Quinn GE, Binenbaum G: Postnatal Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and Retinopathy of Prematurity Retina Aug 12 [Epub ahead of print] 2016.
Coats B, Binenbaum G, Smith C, Peiffer RL, Christian CW, Duhaime AC, Margulies SS: Cyclic Head Rotations Produce Modest Brain Injury in Infant Piglets. J Neurotrauma May 11 2016 [Epub ahead of print]
2015
Geloneck M, Forbes BJ, Shaffer J, Ying GS, Binenbaum G: Ocular complications in children with diabetes mellitus. Ophthalmology. 2015 Dec;122(12):2457-64
Bonafede L Ficicioglu CH, Serrano L, Han G, Morgan JIW, Mills MD, Forbes BJ, Davidson SL, Binenbaum G, Kaplan PB, Nichols CW, Verloo P, Leroy BP, Maguire AM, Aleman TS.: Cobalamin C deficiency shows a rapidly progressing maculopathy with severe photoreceptor and ganglion cell loss. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 56: 7875-7877, 2015.
Binenbaum G, Christian C, Guttmann K, Huang J, Ying GS, Forbes BJ. Evaluation of Temporal Association between Vaccinations and Retinal Hemorrhage. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2015 Nov;133(11):1261-5.
Jensen AK, Coleman C, Stokes D, Ying GS, Huang J, Kuhn I, Binenbaum G: Filter-paper-based Insulin-like Growth Factor Assay for Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies J of AAPOS 19(4): 363-5, Aug 2015.
Ghodasra DH, Katowitz JA, Liu GT, Binenbaum G: Indirect internal carotid-cavernous fistula in infancy. Journal of Ped Ophthalmol Strab 52: e11-e13, Mar 2015.
Eftekhari K, Binenbaum G, Jensen AK, Gorry TN, Sankar PV, Tapino PJ: Confidence of Ophthalmology Residents in Obtaining Informed Consent. J Cataract Refractive Surg 41(1): 217-21, Jan 2015 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2014.11.005.
2014
Chen W, Binenbaum G, Karp K, Baumritter A, Pearson DJ, Maguire AM, Quinn GE: Late recurrence of retinopathy of prematurity after treatment with both intravitreal bevacizumab and laser. J AAPOS 18(4): 402-4, Aug 2014 Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.03.011.
2013
Binenbaum G, Christian CW, Ichord RN, Ying GS, Simon MA, Romero K, Pollock AN, Forbes BJ. Retinal Hemorrhage and Brain Injury Patterns on Diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Injured Children. J AAPOS. 2013 Dec;17(6):603-8
Binenbaum G, Rogers D, Forbes B, Levin A, Clark S, Christian C, Liu G, Avery R. Patterns of Retinal Hemorrhage Associated with Increased Intracranial Pressure in Children. Pediatrics. 2013 Aug;132(2):e430-4
Binenbaum G. Algorithms for the Prediction of ROP based upon Postnatal Weight Gain. Clin Perinatol. 2013 Jun;40(2):261-70
2012
Binenbaum G, Ying GS, Quinn GE, Huang J, Dreisteitl, Antigua J, Foroughi N, Abbasi S. The CHOP postnatal weight gain, birth weight, and gestational age retinopathy of prematurity risk model. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Dec;130(12):1560-5
Cohen AM, Cook N, Harris MC, Ying GS, Binenbaum G. The pain response to mydriatic eyedrops in preterm infants. J Perinatol. 2013 Jun;33(6):462-5.
2011
Binenbaum G, Ying GS, Quinn GE, Dreisetl S, Karp K, Roberts R, Kirpalani H, and the PINT Study Group. A Clinical Prediction Model to Stratify ROP Risk using Postnatal Weight Gain. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e607-14.
Jensen AK, Ying GS, Huang J, Karp K, Quinn GE, Binenbaum G. Thrombocytopenia and retinopathy of prematurity. J AAPOS. 2011 Feb 1;15(1):e3-e4.