Peer-reviewed publications

Why bilateral medial rectus recession fails? Factors associated with early repeated surgery

Zipori AB, Spierer O, Sherwin JC, et al.
Int Ophthalmol. Jan 2020;40(1):59-66.
doi: 10.1007/s10792-019-01152-2.
Has the increasing incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea resulted in increased chlamydial and gonococcal conjunctivitis presentations? Results from Melbourne, Australia, from 2000 to 2017

Rothschild P, Chen Y, Wells K, Sherwin JC, Crock C.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2019 Mar;47(2):289–291.
Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial. – A response

Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Salmon JF.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Sep 10. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13387. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. 2019 Mar;47(2):301.
Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial

Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Elahi B, Bilkiewicz-Pawelec A, Salmon JF.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Nov;46(8):888-894. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13311. Epub 2018 May 24.
Twenty-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma: mortality and visual function

King C, Sherwin JC, Ratnarajan G, Salmon JF.
Br J Ophthalmol 2018 Dec;102(12):1663-1666. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311595. Epub 2018 Mar 3.
Genome-wide linkage and association analysis of primary open-angle glaucoma endophenotypes in the Norfolk Island isolate

Matovinovic E, Ko PF, Lea R, Benton M, Haupt L, Eccles D, Hewitt AW, Sherwin JC, Mackey DA, Griffiths L.
Mol Vis 2017 Sep 28;23:660-665. eCollection 2017.
Expression QTL analysis of the Norfolk Island isolate implicates immune-related genes in glaucoma endophenotypes

Kho PF, Lea RA, Benton MC, Eccles D, Haupt LM, Hewitt AW, Sherwin JC, Mackey DA, Griffiths L.
J Hum Genet 2018 Jan;63(1):83-87. doi: 10.1038/s10038-017-0374-y. Epub 2017 Nov 16.
Conjunctival xerosis due to vitamin A deficiency

Sherwin JC, Samawickarama C.
Arch Dis Child 2018 Sep;103(9):890. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313618. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
Methodological issues in vitreous floater treatment trial (Letter)

Kokavec J, Sherwin JC, Ang GS.
JAMA Ophthalmol 2018 Apr 1;136(4):447–448. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2018.0207
Are we overestimating intraocular pressure in overweight patients?

Aggarwal K, Sherwin JC, Zia R.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2018 Apr;46(3):303-305. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13032.
Physical abuse of Children

Sherwin JC, Stevenson SR.
N Engl J Med 2017 Jul 27;377(4):399
Nd:YAG laser vitreolysis versus pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous floaters

Kokavec J, Wu Z, Sherwin JC, Ang AJ, Ang GS.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017 Jun 1;6:CD011676. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011676.pub2. Review.
Time spent outdoors and myopia: establishing an evidence base

ED Kocak, Sherwin JC.
Eye Science 30 (4), 143–146
Is the incidence of blindness in Australia Falling? Results from 2008–2014

Parsons SR, Sherwin JC, Hall AJ.
Clin Experiment Ophthal 2016 Apr;44(3):221-2. doi: 10.1111/ceo.12669. Epub 2015 Dec 14.
Giant-cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

Sherwin JC, De Smit E, Hewitt AW.
N Engl J Med 2014;371:1652.
Hydration and the eye in health and disease (Review)

Sherwin JC, Kokavec J, Thornton SN.
Clin Experiment Ophthal 2015;43(8):749–64.
Cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompetent adults

Kocak ED, Sherwin JC, Hall AJ.
Med J Aust 2015 May 4;202(8):419
Distribution of Astigmatism as a function of age in the Australian population

Sanfillipo P, Yazar S, Kearns L, Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Mackey DA.
Acta Ophthalmol 2015 93(5):e377–85
High Myopia: Review of clinical features, epidemiology and management

Kocak E, Carden SM, Sherwin JC.
Ophthalmology International 2014 Winter: 45–51
Pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in young Australian adults: the Raine study

McKnight CM, Sherwin JC, Yazar S et al.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2014. 43(4):300–7.
Myopia in Young Adults Is Inversely Related to an Objective Marker of Ocular Sun Exposure: The Western Australian Raine Cohort Study

McKnight CM, Sherwin JC, Yazar S et al.
Am J Ophthalmol 2014. 158(5):1079–85
Myopia is associated with lower vitamin D status in young adults

Yazar S, Hewitt AW, Black LJ, Sherwin JC et al.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2014;55:4552–9.
Addressing cataract in rural Malawi: the Nkhoma Eye Programme

Dean WH, Sherwin JC, Kambewa E, Metcalfe NH.
Community Eye Health 2014;27:6.
Update on the epidemiology and genetics of myopic refractive error (Review)

Sherwin JC, Mackey DA.
Expert Reviews of Ophthalmology 2013. 8(1): 63–87
Global health training and postgraduate medical education in Australia: the case for greater integration

Kokavec J, Hodgson L, Sherwin JC.
Med J Aust 2013;199:101.
Refractive error blindness in older africans

Sherwin JC, Mathenge W, Hassan K, et al.
Ophthalmology 2013;120:e40.
Associations with retinal nerve fiber layer measures in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Khawaja AP, Chan MP, Garway-Heath DF, Sherwin JC et al.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013;54:5028–34.
Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies (Review)

Bastawrous A, Dean WH, Sherwin JC.
Br J Ophthalmol 2013;97:1237–43.
The EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study: rationale, methods and a cross-sectional analysis of visual impairment in a population-based cohort

Khawaja AP, Chan MP, Hayat S, Sherwin JC et al.
BMJ Open 2013;3.
Incidence and predictors of glaucoma following surgery for congenital cataract in the first year of life in Victoria, Australia

Ruddle JB, Staffieri SE, Crowston JG, Sherwin JC, Mackey DA.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2013;41:653–61.
Raine eye health study: design, methodology and baseline prevalence of ophthalmic disease in a birth-cohort study of young adults

Yazar S, Forward H, McKnight CM, Sherwin JC et al.
Ophthalmic Genet 2013;34:199–208.
Willingness to pay for cataract surgery in post-operative cataract patients in rural Malawi

Dean WH, Sherwin JC, Kumwenda S, Angeletti M, Wiehler U.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2012;19:265–71.
Utility of RhoC and ZAG protein expression as biomarkers for prediction of PSA failure following radical prostatectomy for high grade prostate cancer

Mills J, Oliver A, Sherwin JC, et al.
Pathology 2012;44:513–8.
The association between time spent outdoors and myopia in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Review)

Sherwin JC, Reacher MH, Keogh RH, Khawaja AP, Mackey DA, Foster PJ.
Ophthalmology 2012;119:2141-51.
Risk factors for mortality in Clostridium difficile infection in the general hospital population: a systematic review

Bloomfield MG, Sherwin JC, Gkrania-Klotsas E.
J Hosp Infect 2012;82:1–12.
The association between time spent outdoors and myopia using a novel biomarker of outdoor light exposure

Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Coroneo MT, Kearns LS, Griffiths LR, Mackey DA.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012;53:4363-70.
Outcomes of manual small-incision cataract surgery using standard 22 dioptre intraocular lenses at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi

Sherwin JC, Dean WH, Schaefers I, Courtright P, Metcalfe N.
Int Ophthalmol 2012;32:341-7.
Uncorrected refractive error in older British adults: the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Sherwin JC, Khawaja AP, Broadway D, et al.
Br J Ophthalmol 2012;96:991–6.
Reliability and validity of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence measurement

Sherwin JC, McKnight CM, Hewitt AW, Griffiths LR, Coroneo MT, Mackey DA.
Br J Ophthalmol 2012;96:801-5.
Epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia in at-risk populations (Review)

Sherwin JC, Reacher MH, Dean WH, Ngondi J.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2012;106:205–14.
Blindness and visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error in sub-Saharan Africa: review of recent population-based studies (Review)

Sherwin JC, Lewallen S, Courtright P.
Br J Ophthalmol 2012;96:927–30.
Age over 80 years is not associated with increased hemorrhagic transformation after stroke thrombolysis

Costello CA, Campbell BC, Perez de la Ossa N, Sherwin JC et al.
J Clin Neurosci 2012;19:360–3.
The association between pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Kearns LS, Griffiths LR, Mackey DA, Coroneo MT
Acta Ophthalmol 2013;91:363-–70.
Increased intraocular pressure on the first post-operative day following sutureless extracapsular cataract surgery in Africa

Dean WH, Banda L, Kambewa ES, Sherwin JC.
Eye (Lond) 2012;26:332; author reply -3.
Follow-up survey of cataract surgical coverage and barriers to cataract surgery at Nkhoma, Malawi

Dean WH, Patel D, Sherwin JC, Metcalfe NH.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2011;18:171–8.
Prevalence and predictors of refractive error in a genetically isolated population: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

Sherwin JC, Kelly J, Hewitt AW, Kearns LS, Griffiths LR, Mackey DA.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol 2011;39:734–42.
Distribution of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in a population-based study: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Kearns LS, Coroneo MT, Griffiths LR, Mackey DA.
Eye (Lond) 2011;25:893–900.
The Norfolk Island Eye Study (NIES): rationale, methodology and distribution of ocular biometry (biometry of the bounty)

Mackey DA, Sherwin JC, Kearns LS, et al.
Twin Res Hum Genet 2011;14:42-52.
Screening for childhood blindness and visual impairment in a secondary school in rural Malawi

49. Sherwin JC, Dean WH, Metcalfe N.
Eye (Lond) 2011;25:256–7.
Tumor volume in radical prostatectomy specimens assessed by digital image analysis software correlates with other prognostic factors.

Sherwin JC, Mirmilstein G, Pedersen J, Lawrentschuk N, Bolton D, Mills J.
J Urol, 2010
183:1808-14.
Primary open angle glaucoma in subjects harbouring the predicted GLC1L haplotype reveals a normotensive phenotype.

Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Bennett SL, Baird PN, Craig JE, Mackey DA.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2009
37:201-7.
Genetic isolates in ophthalmic diseases (Review).

Sherwin JC, Hewitt AW, Ruddle JB, Mackey DA.
Ophthalmic Genet, 2008
29:149-61.
Causes of blindness at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi.

Sherwin JC, Dean WH, Metcalfe NH.
Eur J Ophthalmol, 2008
18:1002-6.
Ophthalmology education for Australian medical students.

Sherwin JC, Colville D.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2008
36:491-2.
Provision of health care in a geographically isolated Australian territory.

Sherwin JC, Mitchell GS, Glasson W.
Aust J Rural Health, 2008
16:251
Functional presbyopia in a rural Kenyan population: the unmet presbyopic need.

Sherwin JC, Keeffe JE, Kuper H, Islam FM, Muller A, Mathenge W.
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2008
36:245
Gender and blindness.

Sherwin JC
The Lancet Student, World Sight Day 2009
Presbyopia, related functional impairment, and spectacle use in rural Kenya.

Sherwin JC, Mathenge W.
US Ophthalmic Review, 2008
5:8–10
Avoidable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa.

Sherwin JC.
The Lancet Student, 2008
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Why bilateral medial rectus recession fails? Factors associated with early repeated surgery

Has the increasing incidence of chlamydia and gonorrhoea resulted in increased chlamydial and gonococcal conjunctivitis presentations? Results from Melbourne, Australia, from 2000 to 2017

Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial. – A response

Effect of a punctal plug on ocular surface disease in patients using topical prostaglandin analogues: a randomised controlled trial

Twenty-year outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed glaucoma: mortality and visual function

Genome-wide linkage and association analysis of primary open-angle glaucoma endophenotypes in the Norfolk Island isolate

Expression QTL analysis of the Norfolk Island isolate implicates immune-related genes in glaucoma endophenotypes

Conjunctival xerosis due to vitamin A deficiency

Methodological issues in vitreous floater treatment trial (Letter)

Are we overestimating intraocular pressure in overweight patients?

Physical abuse of Children

Nd:YAG laser vitreolysis versus pars plana vitrectomy for vitreous floaters

Time spent outdoors and myopia: establishing an evidence base

Is the incidence of blindness in Australia Falling? Results from 2008–2014

Giant-cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica

Hydration and the eye in health and disease (Review)

Cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompetent adults

Distribution of Astigmatism as a function of age in the Australian population

High Myopia: Review of clinical features, epidemiology and management

Pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in young Australian adults: the Raine study

Myopia in Young Adults Is Inversely Related to an Objective Marker of Ocular Sun Exposure: The Western Australian Raine Cohort Study

Myopia is associated with lower vitamin D status in young adults

Addressing cataract in rural Malawi: the Nkhoma Eye Programme

Update on the epidemiology and genetics of myopic refractive error (Review)

Global health training and postgraduate medical education in Australia: the case for greater integration

Refractive error blindness in older africans

Associations with retinal nerve fiber layer measures in the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies (Review)

The EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study: rationale, methods and a cross-sectional analysis of visual impairment in a population-based cohort

Incidence and predictors of glaucoma following surgery for congenital cataract in the first year of life in Victoria, Australia

Raine eye health study: design, methodology and baseline prevalence of ophthalmic disease in a birth-cohort study of young adults

Willingness to pay for cataract surgery in post-operative cataract patients in rural Malawi

Utility of RhoC and ZAG protein expression as biomarkers for prediction of PSA failure following radical prostatectomy for high grade prostate cancer

The association between time spent outdoors and myopia in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis (Review)

Risk factors for mortality in Clostridium difficile infection in the general hospital population: a systematic review

The association between time spent outdoors and myopia using a novel biomarker of outdoor light exposure

Outcomes of manual small-incision cataract surgery using standard 22 dioptre intraocular lenses at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi

Uncorrected refractive error in older British adults: the EPIC-Norfolk Eye Study

Reliability and validity of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence measurement

Epidemiology of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia in at-risk populations (Review)

Blindness and visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error in sub-Saharan Africa: review of recent population-based studies (Review)

Age over 80 years is not associated with increased hemorrhagic transformation after stroke thrombolysis

The association between pterygium and conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

Increased intraocular pressure on the first post-operative day following sutureless extracapsular cataract surgery in Africa

Follow-up survey of cataract surgical coverage and barriers to cataract surgery at Nkhoma, Malawi

Prevalence and predictors of refractive error in a genetically isolated population: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

Distribution of conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence in a population-based study: the Norfolk Island Eye Study

The Norfolk Island Eye Study (NIES): rationale, methodology and distribution of ocular biometry (biometry of the bounty)

Screening for childhood blindness and visual impairment in a secondary school in rural Malawi

Tumor volume in radical prostatectomy specimens assessed by digital image analysis software correlates with other prognostic factors.

Primary open angle glaucoma in subjects harbouring the predicted GLC1L haplotype reveals a normotensive phenotype.

Genetic isolates in ophthalmic diseases (Review).

Causes of blindness at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi.

Ophthalmology education for Australian medical students.

Provision of health care in a geographically isolated Australian territory.

Functional presbyopia in a rural Kenyan population: the unmet presbyopic need.

Gender and blindness.

Presbyopia, related functional impairment, and spectacle use in rural Kenya.

Avoidable blindness in sub-Saharan Africa.

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