Dr. Dominik Podbielski BSc, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Assistant Professor Ophthalmology

Dr. Podbielski is an anterior segment and glaucoma surgeon.

• BSc (Toxicology Specialist, University of Toronto)
• MSc (Health Technology Assessment, McMaster University)
• MD (University of Toronto)
• Ophthalmology Residency (University of Toronto)
• Glaucoma and Advanced Anterior Segment Fellowship (University of Toronto)

Glaucoma, Complicated Cataracts

• Thatcher MD, Coupal D, Cheng Y, Podbielski DW. Short-term Efficacy and Safety of Open Conjunctiva ab Externo XEN45 Gel Stent Implantation in Glaucoma Patients. J Glaucoma 2022.
• Ahmed IIK, Podbielski DW, Patel V, Falvey H, Murray J, Botteman M, Goeree R. A Canadian cost-utility analysis of two trabecular micro-bypass stents at time of cataract surgery in patients with open-angle glaucoma. Ophthalmology Glaucoma. 2020
• Kennedy K, Podbielski DW, Nanji K, Muratov S, Ahmed IIK, Xie F. Disease-specific Preference-based Measure of Glaucoma Health States HUG-5 Psychometric Validation. Journal of Glaucoma 2019 Jul;28(7):593-600.
• Patel V, Ahmed I, Podbielski D, Falvey H, Murray J, Goeree R. Cost-effectiveness analysis of standalone trabecular micro-bypass stents in patients with mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma in Canada. J Med Econ. 2019 Apr;22(4):390-401.
• Muratov S, Podbielski DW, Kennedy K, Jack SM, Pemberton J, Ahmed IIK, Baltaziak M, Xie F. Preference-based glaucoma-specific health-related quality of life instrument: Development of the Health Utility for Glaucoma. Journal of Glaucoma 2018 Jul;27(7):585-591.
• Baltaziak M, Chew HF, Podbielski DW, Ahmed IIK. Glaucoma following corneal replacement. Survey of Ophthalmology 2017
• Muratov S, Podbielski DW, Jack SM, Ahmed IIK, Levine MAH, Baltaziak M, Xie F. Preference based disease-specific health-related quality of life instrument for glaucoma ; a mixed methods study protocol. BMJ Open 2016;6:11 e012732
• Mandelcorn M, Podbielski DW, Mandelcorn E. Fixation stability as a goal in treatment of macular disease. CJO 2013;48:364-7.
• Podbielski DW, Reyes SV, Markowitz SN. The worse seeing eye is not as bad as it seems to be in AMD. CJO 2013;48:381-5.
• Podbielski DW, Noble J, Gill HS, Sit M, Lam WC. A comparison of hand- and foot-activated surgical tools in simulated ophthalmic surgery. Can J Ophthalmol 2012;47(5):414-7.
• Sturgess JE, Ting-A-Kee RA, Podbielski DW, Sellings LH, Chen JF, van der Kooy D. Adenosine A1 and A2A receptors are not upstream of caffeine;s dopamine D2 receptor-dependent aversive;effects and dopamine-independent rewarding effects. Eur J Neurosci. 2010 Jul;32(1):143-54.
• Podbielski DW, Bruckel J, Pomeroy E, Inman RD, Warren RW, Savage L, Richardson, J, Gay L, Papachristos A, Mogg R, Stone MA Visual Assessment Spinal Mobility Bruckel Instrument (VASMBI); A Novel Approach to Simplifying Assessment of Spinal Deformity in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) patients. J Rheumatol. 2010 Mar;37(3):628-32.
• Stone MA, White LM, Gladman D, Inman RD, Chhaya S, Lax M, Salonen D, Weber DA, Guthrie JA, Pomeroy E, Podbielski DW, Keystone EC. Significance of Clinical Evaluation of the Metacarpophalangeal Joint in Relation to Synovial/Bone Pathology in Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis as Detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Rheumatol 2009;36(12):2751-7.
• Podbielski DW, Surkont M, Tehrani NN, Ratnapalan S. Paediatric Eye Injuries in a Canadian Emergency Department. Can J Ophthalmol 2009;44:519-22.
• Podbielski DW, Noble J. Ophthaproblem: Wet-Age Related Macular Degeneration. Can Fam Physician 2008 Oct;54(10):1395-8