Theodore G. Drivas, MD, PhD

Medical School

MD - Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Internal Medicine, Clinical Scientist Pathway - Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

Fellowship

Human Genetics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA

Papers

2015

Sochor MA*, Vasireddy V*, Drivas TG*, Wojno A, Doung T, Shpylchak I, Bennicelli J, Chung D, Bennet J, Lewis M. (2015). An autogenously regulated expression system for gene therapeutic ocular applications. Sci Rep 5:17105

Drivas TG*, Wojno AP*, Tucker B, Stone E, Bennet J. (2015). Basal exon skipping and genetic pleiotropy: a predictive model of disease pathogenesis. Sci Transl Med 7(291):291-97.

2014

Drivas TG, Bennett J. (2014). CEP290 and the Primary Cilium. Adv Exp Med Biol 801: 519-25

2013

Drivas TG, Holzbaur EL, Bennett J. (2013). Disruption of CEP290 microtubule/membrane-binding domains causes retinal degeneration. J Clin Invest 123(10):4525-39.

2012

Drivas TG and Bennett J. (2012) The bionic retina: a small molecule with big potential for visual restoration. Neuron 75(2):185-7.

2011

Prosser DC, Drivas TG, Maldonado-Báez L, and Wendland B. (2011). Rho1 and the formin Bni1 mediate an Arp2/3-and clathrin-independent endocytic pathway. J Cell Biol 195:657-71.

2008

Maldonado-Báez L, Dores MR, Perkins EM, Drivas TG, Hicke L, and Wendland B. (2008). Interaction between Epsin/Yap180 Adaptors and the Scaffolds Ede1/Pan1 Is Required for Endocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 19:2936-2948

King MC, Drivas TG, Blobel G. (2008). A network of nuclear envelope membrane proteins linking centromeres to microtubules. Cell 134:427-438