Originally from Uppsala, Sweden, Dr. Benjamin Bakall joined Associated Retina Consultants in 2013 as a medical retina and inherited retinal dystrophy specialist. He is the director of the Inherited Retinal Disease and Visual Function Clinic at the Phoenix office, and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and scientific mentor for medical student scholarly project at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.
Dr. Bakall has researched, published and lectured at national meetings on numerous topics in ophthalmology and inherited retinal diseases. He has conducted clinical trials on macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and inherited retinal diseases and he is an invited reviewer for a number of scientific journals.
Dr. Bakall maintains memberships in several professional organizations including the Arizona Ophthalmological Society and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He has been the medical chair for Vision Walk Arizona-Foundation for Fighting Blindness for several years. He is a member of the Quality Committee for Innovation Care Partners affiliated with Honor Health.
During his free time, he enjoys traveling, exercising and spending time with his family.
Please call to schedule an appointment at one of the following locations:
PHOENIX
1750 E. Glendale Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85020
GOODYEAR
1626 N. Litchfield Rd. Suite 250
Goodyear, AZ 85395
PEORIA
15353 N. 91st Avenue
Peoria, AZ 85381
- Retinal Diseases
- Macular Degeneration
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Inherited Retinal Diseases
- Retinal Electrophysiology
- Clive H. Sell, MD Vision Foundation
- FFB, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Clinical/Research Fellowship Award for research in Inherited retinal degenerations - The Alan Laties career development program.
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Swedish Research Council for research on Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy, bestrophin-1 and bestrophin-2. Mentor: Alan Marmorstein, University of Arizona.
- The Anders Wall Award for Young Scientist of the year
- Emerging Gene Therapy Treatments for Inherited Retinal Diseases. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2018 Jul 1;49(7):472-478 DOWNLOAD: Testing Gene Therapy Treatment Options
- Specific Alleles of CLN7/MFSD8, a Protein that Localizes to Photoreceptor Synaptic Terminals, Cause a Spectrum of Nonsyndromic retinal Dystrophy. Invest Ophthalmol VIS SCI. 2017
- Reduced Penetrance in a Large Caucasian Pedigree with Stickler Syndrome. Ophthalmic Genet. 2017 JAN-FEB;38(1):43-50.
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Retina Specialists
- International Society of Genetic Eye Diseases & Retinoblastoma
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Arizona and Phoenix Ophthalmological Societies