Monique Leys, MD, EBO

Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Classification:

Clinical Faculty

• MD, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, 1982

2021

New Insights into Pentosan Polysulfate Maculopathy. Michelle M. Abou-Jaoude, MD, Alexander M. Davis, BS, Claire E. Fraser, MD, PhD, Monique Leys, MD , David Hinkle, MD, J. Vernon Odom, Ramiro S. Maldonado, MD Ophtalmic Surg Lasers Imaging  Retina  2021; 52: 13-22

2020

A Family affected by Novel c213W Mutation in PRPH2: Long-term Follow-Up of CNV secondary to Pattern Dystrophy. Chang Sup Lee and Monique Leys . Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2020;51:354-362

A Rare Case of Occlusive Juxtafoveolar Retinal Telangiectasias Associated with Lesions of the Central Nervous System: A Cerebroretinal Vasculopathy like Phenotype without Mutations in the TREX1 Gene Mark Seraly, Karim Badawi, Sumeet Gupta, Brian Ellis, Nabil Jabbour, Monique Leys   AJO Case Reports 2020;20 100985 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100985

Giving Support and Suicidal Ideation in Older Adults with Vision-Related Diagnoses Merideth Smith, Ruifeng Cui, J.Vernon Odom, Monique J.Leys and Amy Fiske Clin Gerontol. 2020;43(1):17-23. doi:10.1080/07317115.2019.1659465

2019

Predicting visual function after an ocular bee sting. Ahmed M, Lee CS, McMillan B, Jain P, Wiley L, Odom JV, Leys M.Int Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul;39(7):1621-1626. doi: 10.1007/s10792-018-0978-z. Epub 2018 Aug 13. Review.PMID:30105490

2018

Clinical features of a retinopathy associated with a dominant allele of the RGR gene Rola Ba-Abbad, Monique Leys, Xinjing Wang, Christina Chakarova, Naushin Waseem, Keren J Carss, F Lucy Raymond, Omar A. Mahroo, Moin D Mohamed, Graham E.Holder   Marybeth Hummel, Gavin Arno, Andrew R. Webster Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2018, Vol.59, 4812-4820. doi:10.1167/iovs.18-25061

2017

A Case of Fulminant  Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Venous Stasis Retinopathy Resulting in Severe Bilateral Visual Impairment Alexander Voldman, Breanna Durbin^,  John Nguyen, Brian Ellis, Monique Leys. European Journal Ophthalmology 2017 Mar 10;27(2):e25-e27. doi: 10.5301/ejo.5000918.

Bilateral Uveitis Associated with Nivolumab Therapy for Metastatic Melanoma: A Report of a Case Richardson, Ellis, Mehmi and Leys International Ophthalmology 2017;10(7) 1183-1186

2016

Bilateral Maculopathy in a patient with Ataxia Telangiectasia.Lauren V. Gioia, Dean Bonsall, Kathryn Moffet,  Monique Leys  J AAPOS 2016;20:85-88

2011

Autosomal Recessive Best Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy in a Large Cohort of Best Disease Patients. Tyson R. Kinnick, Robert Mullins,  Sundeep Dev, Monique Leys, David Mackey, Christine N.Kay, Byron  L.Lam, Gerald A.Fishman, Elias Traboulsi, Raymond Iezzi, Edwin  M. Stone. Retina  2011; 31:581-595

Does improving Vision Reduce the Risk of Falls? A Review. J. Vernon Odom, Christine V.Odom, Monique J.Leys. AER Journal (Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired).2011,4, 92-99

Long-Term Observation of Family with Retinitis Pigmentosa and a Newly Identified Genetic Variant in PRPF31 Gene. Kresch, Zvi, Cox, Kevin, Odom, J. Vernon, Leys, Monique J. Arvo, Fort Lauderdale FLA,5/ 4/2011

2009

Intravitreal Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Choroidal Neovascularization secondary to Pseudotumor Cerebri.  Scott Jamerson, Guruswami Arunagiri, Brian Ellis and Monique J. Leys.  International Ophthalmology. 2009, 29:183-185

Melanoma-associated retinopathy: a Paraneoplastic Autoimmune Complication. Ying Lu,Lin Jia, Shirley He,  Mary C. Hurley, Monique J. Leys, Thiran Jayasundera, John R. Heckenlively. Archives Opthalmol . 2009; 127(12): 1572-1580

WVU Healthcare Press Ganey Top Provider for Medical Practice 2012

Monique Leys, M.D., EBO is an ophthalmologist who specializes in the treatment of patients with vision needs associated with the retina and inherited retinal disorders.

Dr. Leys joined the WVU Eye Institute and the WVU Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences faculty in 1996. She serves as a professor.

Leys completed the Medical Retina Fellowship Program at Rijksuniversiteit Ghent in Belgium in 1997. She is a 1996 graduate of the Ophthalmology Residency Program at West Virginia University, where she also completed an internship in ophthalmology in 1992. She earned her medical degree from Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium in 1982. Leys is board-certified in ophthalmology.

Medical Specialties

• Ophthalmology

Board Certifications

• Ophthalmology, American Board of Ophthalmology

Special Training

• Fellowship, Medical Retina
  Rijksuniversiteit Gent, 1997
• Residency, Ophthalmology
  West Virginia University, 1996
• Other Speciality Training, Internship
  West Virginia University, 1992