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Nisha Acharya, MD

Comprehensive Ophthalmology & Cornea

Recent Faculty Publications

Potassium Activates mTORC2-dependent SGK1 Phosphorylation to Stimulate ENaC: Role in Rapid Renal Responses to Dietary Potassium.

Saha B, Shabbir W, Takagi E, Duan XP, Almeida Leite Dellova DC, Demko J, Manis A, Loffing-Cueni D, Loffing J, S?rensen MV, Wang WH, Pearce D | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN | 2023-03-09

Case Series: Unbiased Deep Sequencing Analysis of Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis in an Ambulatory Eye Center in Berkeley, California.

Kanai K, Whiteside M, Wong M, La T, Nassiri M, Lee S, Yeung SK, Coulter A, Ruder K, Chen C, Liu D, Abraham T, Hinterwirth A, Lietmanb TM, Doan T, Seitzman GD, Seasonal Conjunctivitis Outbreak Reporting for Prevention and Improved Outcomes (SCORPIO) Study Grou | Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry | 2023-03-07

OC-01 (Varenicline Solution) Nasal Spray for the Treatment of Dry Eye Disease Signs and Symptoms in Subjects with Autoimmune Disease: Integrated Data from ONSET-1 and ONSET-2.

Schallhorn JM, McGee S, Nau J, Macsai M, Gibson A, Blemker G, Hendrix LH, Massaro-Giordano M | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2023-03-03

From bench to behavior: the role of lifestyle factors on intraocular pressure, neuroprotection, and disease progression in glaucoma.

Kumar A, Ou Y | Clinical & experimental ophthalmology | 2023-03-01

Reply.

Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Indaram M | Cornea | 2023-03-01

Monitoring transmission intensity of trachoma with serology: a multi-country study.

Tedijanto C, Solomon AW, Martin DL, Nash SD, Keenan JD, Lietman TM, Lammie PJ, Aiemjoy K, Amza A, Aragie S, Arzika AM, Callahan EK, Carolan S, Dawed AA, Goodhew EB, Gwyn S, Hammou J, Kadri B, Kalua K, Maliki R, Nassirou B, Seife F, Tadesse Z, West SK, Wittberg DM, Zeru T, Arnold BF | medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences | 2023-02-16

Granulin loss of function in human mature brain organoids implicates astrocytes in TDP-43 pathology.

de Majo M, Koontz M, Marsan E, Salinas N, Ramsey A, Kuo YM, Seo K, Li H, Dr?ger N, Leng K, Gonzales SL, Kurnellas M, Miyaoka Y, Klim JR, Kampmann M, Ward ME, Huang EJ, Ullian EM | Stem cell reports | 2023-02-14

Static Perimetry in the Rate of Progression in USH2A-related Retinal Degeneration (RUSH2A) Study: Assessment through Two Years.

Duncan JL, Cheng P, Maguire MG, Ayala AA, Birch DG, Cheetham JK, Durham TA, Fahim AT, Hoyng CB, Ishikawa H, Michaelides M, Pennesi ME, Alain-Sahel J, Stingl K, Weng CY, Foundation Fighting Blindness Consortium Investigator Group | American journal of ophthalmology | 2023-02-08

Seroreversion to Chlamydia trachomatis Pgp3 antigen among young children in a hyperendemic region of Amhara, Ethiopia.

Tedijanto C, Aragie S, Gwyn S, Wittberg DM, Zeru T, Tadesse Z, Chernet A, Thompson I, Nash SD, Lietman TM, Martin DL, Keenan JD, Arnold BF | medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences | 2023-02-07

Association between Quality of Life and Visual Acuity in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Patients with Uveitis Taking Antimetabolites.

Chattopadhyay A, Rathinam SR, Gonzales JA, Kelly NK, Thundikandy R, Kanakath A, Murugan SB, Vedhanayaki R, Lim LL, Suhler EB, Al-Dhibi HA, Doan T, Ebert CD, Porco TC, Acharya NR, FAST Research Group | Ocular immunology and inflammation | 2023-02-07

Central Corneal Subbasal Nerve Plexus Abnormalities in Sj�gren Disease: A Pilot Study.

Nortey J, Tsang A, Lopez S, Gebreegziabher E, Keenan JD, Lietman T, Gonzales JA | Cornea | 2023-02-07

Efficacy of Ahmed and Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device implantation in the pediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Stallworth JY, O'Brien KS, Han Y, Oatts JT | Survey of ophthalmology | 2023-02-03

Quotidian Profile of Vergence Angle in Ambulatory Subjects Monitored With Wearable Eye Tracking Glasses.

Dilbeck MD, Gentry TN, Economides JR, Horton JC | Translational vision science & technology | 2023-02-01

Photographic grading for trachoma diagnosis within trachoma impact surveys in Amhara region, Ethiopia.

Whitson CC, Nute AW, Hailemariam B, Deathe AR, Astale T, Ayele Z, Gessese D, Sata E, Zerihun M, Melak B, Haile M, Zeru T, Getnet B, Wondimteka B, Kabtu E, Getachew H, Shibiru M, Bayecha S, Aragie S, Wittberg DM, Tadesse Z, Callahan EK, Keenan JD, Admassu F, Nash SD | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2023-02-01

Multidisciplinary team directed analysis of whole genome sequencing reveals pathogenic non-coding variants in molecularly undiagnosed inherited retinal dystrophies.

Daich Varela M, Bellingham J, Motta F, Jurkute N, Ellingford JM, Quinodoz M, Oprych K, Niblock M, Janeschitz-Kriegl L, Kaminska K, Cancellieri F, Scholl HPN, Lenassi E, Schiff E, Knight H, Black G, Rivolta C, Cheetham ME, Michaelides M, Mahroo OA, Moore AT, Webster AR, Arno G | Human molecular genetics | 2023-01-27

Reduced Dose Methotrexate and Mycophenolate Mofetil in Noninfectious Uveitis: A Sub-Analysis from the First-Line Antimetabolites as Steroid Sparing Therapy (FAST) Trial.

Sura AA, Sun Y, Reddy AK, Rathinam SR, Gonzales JA, Thundikandy R, Vedhanayaki R, Kanakath A, Murugan B, Doan TA, Lim LL, Suhler EB, Al-Dhibi HA, Acharya NR, FAST Research Group | Ocular immunology and inflammation | 2023-01-26

Where Have All the Pediatric Ophthalmologists Gone?-Pediatric Eye Care Scarcity and the Challenge of Creating Equitable Health Care Access.

Oatts JT, Indaram M, de Alba Campomanes AG | JAMA ophthalmology | 2023-01-26

MRAP2 regulates energy homeostasis by promoting primary cilia localization of MC4R.

Bernard A, Ojeda Naharros I, Yue X, Mifsud F, Blake A, Bourgain-Guglielmetti F, Ciprin J, Zhang S, McDaid E, Kim K, Nachury MV, Reiter JF, Vaisse C | JCI insight | 2023-01-24

Faulty TRPM4 channels underlie age-dependent cerebral vascular dysfunction in Gould syndrome.

Yamasaki E, Ali S, Sanchez Solano A, Thakore P, Smith M, Wang X, Labelle-Dumais C, Gould DB, Earley S | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2023-01-24

Massage Gun Ophthalmopathy.

Seider MI, Hwang CS | Ophthalmology | 2023-01-20

External Subretinal Fluid Drainage in Scleral Buckling: Before Versus after Cryotherapy and Buckle Placement, A Pilot Study.

Ahmad TR, Bever GJ, Stewart JM | Life (Basel, Switzerland) | 2023-01-19

Ambulatory Monitoring with Eye Tracking Glasses to Assess the Severity of Intermittent Exotropia.

Economides JR, Dilbeck MD, Gentry TN, Horton JC | American journal of ophthalmology | 2023-01-18

Viruses Associated with Acute Conjunctivitis in Vanuatu.

Johnson K, Taleo F, Willie K, Amel E, Nanu M, Alguet M, Wass J, Rymill P, Solomon A, Ruder K, Chen C, Zhong L, Hinterwirth A, Liu D, Abraham T, Seitzman G, Lietman T, Doan T, SCORPIO Study Group | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2023-01-16

Cone structure and function in RPGR- and USH2A-associated retinal degeneration.

Micevych PS, Wong J, Zhou H, Wang RK, Porco TC, Carroll J, Roorda A, Duncan JL | American journal of ophthalmology | 2023-01-13

Prognostic Value of BAP1 and Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma (PRAME) Immunohistochemistry in Uveal Melanomas.

Han LM, Lee KW, Uludag G, Seider MI, Afshar AR, Bloomer MM, Pekmezci M | Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc | 2023-01-10

The Association between Malnutrition and Malaria Infection in Children under 5 Years in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study.

Gebreegziabher E, Dah C, Coulibaly B, Sie A, Bountogo M, Ouattara M, Compaoré A, Nikiema M, Tiansi J, Dembélé N, Lebas E, Roh M, Glidden DV, Arnold BF, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2023-01-09

Trachoma Control: A Glass Half Full?

Bilchut AH, Burroughs HR, Oldenburg CE, Lietman TM | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2023-01-09

Influence of maternal age on birth and infant outcomes at 6 months: a cohort study with quantitative bias analysis.

Gebreegziabher E, Bountogo M, Sié A, Zakane A, Compaoré G, Ouedraogo T, Lebas E, Nyatigo F, Glymour M, Arnold BF, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE | International journal of epidemiology | 2023-01-06

Astroglial toxicity promotes synaptic degeneration in the thalamocortical circuit in frontotemporal dementia with GRN mutations.

Marsan E, Velmeshev D, Ramsey A, Patel RK, Zhang J, Koontz M, Andrews MG, de Majo M, Mora C, Blumenfeld J, Li AN, Spina S, Grinberg LT, Seeley W, Miller BL, Ullian EM, Krummel MF, Kriegstein A, Huang EJ | The Journal of clinical investigation | 2023-01-05

Machine learning dissection of human accelerated regions in primate neurodevelopment.

Whalen S, Inoue F, Ryu H, Fair T, Markenscoff-Papadimitriou E, Keough K, Kircher M, Martin B, Alvarado B, Elor O, Laboy Cintron D, Williams A, Hassan Samee MA, Thomas S, Krencik R, Ullian EM, Kriegstein A, Rubenstein JL, Shendure J, Pollen AA, Ahituv N, Pollard KS | Neuron | 2023-01-05

Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Detect no Morphological Differences Between Culture-Positive and Culture-Negative Infectious Keratitis Images.

Kogachi K, Lalitha P, Prajna NV, Gunasekaran R, Keenan JD, Campbell JP, Song X, Redd TK | Translational vision science & technology | 2023-01-03

Fourier transform spectroscopic identification of an intraocular foreign body.

Bui AD, Dickson J, Hoerner C, Lamy R, Stewart JM | American journal of ophthalmology case reports | 2023-01-02

Longitudinal Use of Telehealth During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Utility of Asynchronous Testing for Subspecialty-Level Ophthalmic Care.

Mosenia A, Li P, Seefeldt R, Seitzman GD, Sun CQ, Kim TN | JAMA ophthalmology | 2023-01-01

Rapid pre-retinal ossification presenting as a vascularized lesion over an area of chronic retinal detachment.

Ma CJ, Pekmezci M, Stewart JM | American journal of ophthalmology case reports | 2022-12-31

Coordinated cadherin functions sculpt respiratory motor circuit connectivity.

Vagnozzi AN, Moore MT, Lin M, Brozost EM, Kc R, Agarwal A, Schwarz LA, Duan X, Zampieri N, Landmesser LT, Philippidou P | eLife | 2022-12-30

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Noninfectious Uveitis.

Shantha J, Acharya NR | JAMA ophthalmology | 2022-12-22

The gymnastics of intraflagellar transport complexes keeps trains running inside cilia.

Nachury MV | Cell | 2022-12-22

Identification of Subtypes of Dry Eye Disease, Including a Candidate Corneal Neuropathic Pain Subtype Through the Use of a Latent Class Analysis.

Liu Z, Lietman T, Gonzales JA | Cornea | 2022-12-21

Ocular Rosacea microBiome Study (ORBS)-sub-microbial versus antibiotic dosing of doxycycline versus placebo in treatment of symptomatic ocular rosacea: study protocol for a parallel-arm randomized clinical trial.

Mahmud H, Keenan JD, Gonzales J, Schallhorn J, Chan M, Arnold B, Cavallino V, Lietman TM, Doan T, Seitzman GD | Trials | 2022-12-20

Refractive Errors Preferred Practice Pattern�.

Jacobs DS, Afshari NA, Bishop RJ, Keenan JD, Lee J, Shen TT, Vitale S, American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern Refractive Management/Intervention Pane | Ophthalmology | 2022-12-19

Refractive Surgery Preferred Practice Pattern�.

Jacobs DS, Lee JK, Shen TT, Afshari NA, Bishop RJ, Keenan JD, Vitale S, American Academy of Ophthalmology Preferred Practice Pattern Refractive Management/Intervention Pane | Ophthalmology | 2022-12-19

Corneal Hysteresis for the Diagnosis of Glaucoma and Assessment of Progression Risk: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Sit AJ, Chen TC, Takusagawa HL, Rosdahl JA, Hoguet A, Chopra V, Richter GM, Ou Y, Kim SJ, WuDunn D | Ophthalmology | 2022-12-16

Case-Control Study Examining the Composition of the Gut Microbiome in Individuals With and Without Immune-Mediated Dry Eye.

Goodman CF, Doan T, Mehra D, Betz J, Locatelli E, Mangwani-Mordani S, Kalahasty K, Hernandez M, Hwang J, Galor A | Cornea | 2022-12-13

Gut Microbiome among Children with Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Azithromycin versus Amoxicillin.

Oldenburg CE, Hinterwirth A, Dah C, Millogo O, Coulibaly B, Ouedraogo M, Sié A, Chen C, Zhong L, Ruder K, Lebas E, Nyatigo F, Arnold BF, O'Brien KS, Doan T | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2022-12-12

Reply.

Ou Y, Turner M | Ophthalmology. Glaucoma | 2022-12-12

When the Neighboring Village is Not Treated: Role of Geographic Proximity to Communities Not Receiving Mass Antibiotics for Trachoma.

Mosenia A, Haile BA, Shiferaw A, Gebresillasie S, Gebre T, Zerihun M, Tadesse Z, Emerson PM, Callahan EK, Zhou Z, Lietman TM, Keenan JD | Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America | 2022-12-07

The effect of malaria on childhood anemia in a quasi-experimental study of 7,384 twins from 23 Sub-Saharan African countries.

Starck T, Dambach P, Rouamba T, Tinto H, Osier F, Oldenburg CE, Adam M, Bärnighausen T, Jaenisch T, Bulstra CA | Frontiers in public health | 2022-12-06

Automated Precision Pulse Capsulotomy Versus Manual Capsulorhexis In White Cataracts: Reduction In Procedural Time And Resource Utilization.

Ifantides C, Sretavan D | Journal of cataract and refractive surgery | 2022-12-06

Decussating axons segregate within the anterior core of the primate optic chiasm.

Horton JC, Dilbeck MD, Economides JR | The British journal of ophthalmology | 2022-12-05

Evaluation of CRISPR/Cas9 exon-skipping vector for choroideremia using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived RPE.

Iwagawa T, Masumoto H, Tabuchi H, Tani K, Conklin BR, Watanabe S | The journal of gene medicine | 2022-12-04

Duration of Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Retinal Microvasculature Alterations Detected with Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Patients without Clinical Retinopathy.

Qian J, Haq Z, Yang D, Jin JQ, Stewart JM | Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) | 2022-12-02

A reference human induced pluripotent stem cell line for large-scale collaborative studies.

Pantazis CB, Yang A, Lara E, McDonough JA, Blauwendraat C, Peng L, Oguro H, Kanaujiya J, Zou J, Sebesta D, Pratt G, Cross E, Blockwick J, Buxton P, Kinner-Bibeau L, Medura C, Tompkins C, Hughes S, Santiana M, Faghri F, Nalls MA, Vitale D, Ballard S, Qi YA, Ramos DM, Anderson KM, Stadler J, Narayan P, Papademetriou J, Reilly L, Nelson MP, Aggarwal S, Rosen LU, Kirwan P, Pisupati V, Coon SL, Scholz SW, Priebe T, ?ttl M, Dong J, Meijer M, Janssen LJM, Lourenco VS, van der Kant R, Crusius D, Paquet D, Raulin AC, Bu G, Held A, Wainger BJ, Gabriele RMC, Casey JM, Wray S, Abu-Bonsrah D, Parish CL, Beccari MS, Cleveland DW, Li E, Rose IVL, Kampmann M, Calatayud Aristoy C, Verstreken P, Heinrich L, Chen MY, Sch?le B, Dou D, Holzbaur ELF, Zanellati MC, Basundra R, Deshmukh M, Cohen S, Khanna R, Raman M, Nevin ZS, Matia M, Van Lent J, Timmerman V, Conklin BR, Johnson Chase K, Zhang K, Funes S, Bosco DA, Erlebach L, Welzer M, Kronenberg-Versteeg D, Lyu G, Arenas E, Coccia E, Sarrafha L, Ahfeldt T, Marioni JC, Skarnes WC, Cookson MR, Ward ME, Merkle FT | Cell stem cell | 2022-12-01

Diagnostic Accuracy of Frequency-Doubling Technology and the Moorfields Motion Displacement Test for Glaucoma.

Richardson QR, Kumar RS, Ramgopal B, Rackenchath MV, A V SD, Mannil SS, Nagaraj S, Moe CA, Wittberg DM, O'Brien KS, Oatts JT, Stamper RL, Keenan JD | Ophthalmology. Glaucoma | 2022-11-24

Retinopathy and optic atrophy in a case of COQ2-related primary coenzyme Q10 deficiency.

Stallworth JY, Blair DR, Slavotinek A, Moore AT, Duncan JL, de Alba Campomanes AG | Ophthalmic genetics | 2022-11-24

Elevated TGF� signaling contributes to cerebral small vessel disease in mouse models of Gould syndrome.

Branyan K, Labelle-Dumais C, Wang X, Hayashi G, Lee B, Peltz Z, Gorman S, Li BQ, Mao M, Gould DB | Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology | 2022-11-23

Longitudinal in vivo Ca2+ imaging reveals dynamic activity changes of diseased retinal ganglion cells at the single-cell level.

Li L, Feng X, Fang F, Miller DA, Zhang S, Zhuang P, Huang H, Liu P, Liu J, Sredar N, Liu L, Sun Y, Duan X, Goldberg JL, Zhang HF, Hu Y | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2022-11-21

Lysyl hydroxylase 3-mediated post-translational modifications are required for proper biosynthesis of collagen a1a1a2(IV).

Ishikawa Y, Taga Y, Coste T, Tufa SF, Keene DR, Mizuno K, Tournier-Lasserve E, Gould DB | The Journal of biological chemistry | 2022-11-17

Use of ultrasound biomicroscopy to predict the outcome of anterior segment reconstruction in congenital fibrovascular pupillary membrane with secondary glaucoma.

Zhu Y, Fang L, Oatts J, Han Y, Lin S, Chen L, Liu X, Zhong Y | The British journal of ophthalmology | 2022-11-15

Recurrent divergence-insufficiency esotropia in Machado-Joseph disease (spinocerebellar ataxia type 3).

Stallworth JY, Rasool N, Indaram M | American journal of ophthalmology case reports | 2022-11-12

Same-Sex Marriage Laws, Provider-Patient Communication, and PrEP Awareness and Use Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who have Sex with Men in the United States.

Skinner A, Stein MD, Dean LT, Oldenburg CE, Mimiaga MJ, Chan PA, Mayer KH, Raifman J | AIDS and behavior | 2022-11-11

Effect of Neonatal Azithromycin on All-Cause and Cause-Specific Infant Mortality: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Sié A, Bountogo M, Zakane A, Compaoré G, Ouedraogo T, Lebas E, Nyatigo F, Hu H, Brogdon J, Arnold BF, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE, NAITRE Study Team | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2022-11-07

Social Network Analysis of Ebola Virus Disease During the 2014 Outbreak in Sukudu, Sierra Leone.

Hazel A, Davidson MC, Rogers A, Barrie MB, Freeman A, Mbayoh M, Kamara M, Blumberg S, Lietman TM, Rutherford GW, Jones JH, Porco TC, Richardson ET, Kelly JD | Open forum infectious diseases | 2022-11-03

Diagnostic accuracy of handheld fundus photography: A comparative study of three commercially available cameras.

Lu L, Ausayakhun S, Ausayakuhn S, Khunsongkiet P, Apivatthakakul A, Sun CQ, Kim TN, Lee M, Tsui E, Sutra P, Keenan JD | PLOS digital health | 2022-11-02

Assessment of Herpes Zoster Risk Among Recipients of COVID-19 Vaccine.

Akpandak I, Miller DC, Sun Y, Arnold BF, Kelly JD, Acharya NR | JAMA network open | 2022-11-01

Characterization of Retinal Development in 13-Lined Ground Squirrels.

Kandoi S, Martinez C, Merriman DK, Lamba DA | Translational vision science & technology | 2022-11-01

Uveal Melanoma and the Intelligent Research in Sight Registry: A Pilot Analysis and Future Directions.

Uner OE, Aronow ME, Mruthyunjaya P, Materin MA, Stacey AW, Wilson M, Afshar A, Skalet AH | Ophthalmology. Retina | 2022-10-29

Prevalence and Predictors of Hering’s Response in M�ller’s Muscle-conjunctival Resection.

Lussier C, Leung VC, El-Khazen Dupuis J, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Massicotte E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E | Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery | 2022-10-28

Analysis of mitochondrial dynamics and function in the retinal pigment epithelium by high-speed high-resolution live imaging.

Tan LX, Li J, Germer CJ, Lakkaraju A | Frontiers in cell and developmental biology | 2022-10-28

CRISPRi screens in human iPSC-derived astrocytes elucidate regulators of distinct inflammatory reactive states.

Leng K, Rose IVL, Kim H, Xia W, Romero-Fernandez W, Rooney B, Koontz M, Li E, Ao Y, Wang S, Krawczyk M, Tcw J, Goate A, Zhang Y, Ullian EM, Sofroniew MV, Fancy SPJ, Schrag MS, Lippmann ES, Kampmann M | Nature neuroscience | 2022-10-27

Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of the Nanodropper Device for Pupillary Dilation and Cycloplegia in Children.

Hoppe CB, Yonamine S, Kao BW, Turner ML, Ou Y, Han Y, Keenan JD, Oatts JT | Ophthalmology | 2022-10-22

M�ller Muscle Conjunctival Resection: A Multicentered Prospective Analysis of Surgical Success.

Leung VC, Dupuis JE, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Massicotte E, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Kalin-Hajdu E | Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery | 2022-10-20

Structural and refractive outcomes of intravitreal ranibizumab followed by laser photocoagulation for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity.

Hoppe C, Holt DG, Arnold BF, Thinda S, Padmanabhan SP, Oatts JT | Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | 2022-10-17

Congenital ciliary body cysts causing lens abnormalities and secondary angle closure glaucoma in a child.

Turner ML, de Alba Campomanes AG, Stewart JM, Oatts JT | American journal of ophthalmology case reports | 2022-10-14

Adaptive Optics Imaging of Inherited Retinal Disease.

Duncan JL, Carroll J | Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine | 2022-10-11

How Are Sicca Signs and Symptoms Associated With Depression Among Men Classified With and Without Sj�gren Disease?

Nortey J, Shiboski C, Rose-Nussbaumer J, Bunya VY, Lietman T, Gonzales JA | American journal of ophthalmology | 2022-10-09

Risk factors for corneal ulcers: a population-based matched case-control study in Nepal.

Byanju R, Kandel RP, Poudyal B, Bhandari S, Ligal A, Pradhan S, Gautam M, Shrestha P, Sah RK, Gonzales JA, Porco TC, Whitcher JP, Srinivasan M, Upadhyay MP, Lietman TM, Keenan JD, O'Brien KS, Village-Integrated Eye Worker Trial Group | The British journal of ophthalmology | 2022-10-06

Deep sequencing analysis of clinical samples from patients with acute infectious conjunctivitis during the COVID-19 delta surge in Madurai, India.

Lalitha P, Prajna NV, Gunasekaran R, Teja GV, Sharma SS, Hinterwirth A, Ruder K, Zhong L, Chen C, Deiner M, Huang C, Pinsky BA, Lietman TM, Doan T, Seitzman GD, SCORPIO (Seasonal Conjunctivitis Outbreak Reporting for Prevention and Improved Outcomes) Study Grou | Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology | 2022-10-05

Management of Pain after Photorefractive Keratectomy: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Steigleman WA, Rose-Nussbaumer J, Al-Mohtaseb Z, Santhiago MR, Lin CC, Pantanelli SM, Kim SJ, Schallhorn JM | Ophthalmology | 2022-10-04

Simplified dosing of oral azithromycin for children 1-11 months old in child survival programmes: age-based and height-based dosing protocols.

Hu H, Arzika AM, Sie A, Abdou A, Maliki R, Mankara AK, Outtara M, Bountogo M, Boudo V, Yago-Wienne F, Bamba I, Knirsch C, Emerson P, Hooper PJ, Lebas E, Brogdon J, Nyatigo F, Oldenburg CE, Lietman TM, O'Brien KS | BMJ global health | 2022-10-01

Shedding of ciliary vesicles at a glance.

Ojeda Naharros I, Nachury MV | Journal of cell science | 2022-10-01

Macular Atrophy Incidence, Progression, and Visual Acuity Effects in 5-Year Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

Richardson QR, Zhang Y, Deiner MS, Wang ST, Bhisitkul JM, Arnold BF, Bhisitkul RB | Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina | 2022-10-01

Practice Patterns and Clinician Opinions for Treatment of Ocular Rosacea.

Kaur G, Redd TK, Seitzman GD | Cornea | 2022-09-30

At-Home Glaucoma Monitoring: Is it Ready for Prime Time?

Turner M, Ou Y | Ophthalmology. Glaucoma | 2022-09-29

Clinical and Visual Field Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery Combined with Cataract Surgery.

Turner ML, Taha AM, Yonamine S, Yu Y, Saifee M, Yang M, Ying GS, Han Y, Oatts JT | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2022-09-29

Reply.

Lin CC, Kim SJ, Schallhorn JM | Ophthalmology | 2022-09-28

Outpatient human coronavirus associated conjunctivitis in India.

Prajna NV, Lalitha P, Teja GV, Gunasekaran R, Sharma SS, Hinterwirth A, Ruder K, Zhong L, Chen C, Deiner M, Huang C, Pinsky BA, Lietman TM, Seitzman GD, Doan T, SCORPIO (Seasonal Conjunctivitis Outbreak Reporting for Prevention and Improved Outcomes) Study Grou | Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology | 2022-09-27

Does senescence play a role in age-related macular degeneration?

Malek G, Campisi J, Kitazawa K, Webster C, Lakkaraju A, Skowronska-Krawczyk D | Experimental eye research | 2022-09-21

Anakinra for refractory pustular psoriasis: A phase II, open-label, dose-escalation trial.

Naik HB, Pichard DC, Schwartz DM, O'Brien M, Masciocchi M, Thompson J, Sen HN, Steinberg SM, Mitchell SA, de Jesus AA, McCalmont TH, Dey A, Rosenstein RK, Deng Z, Goldbach-Mansky R, Mehta NN, Cowen EW | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 2022-09-16

Role of Ophthalmology in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Rose-Nussbaumer J, Doan T | JAMA ophthalmology | 2022-09-07

Diagnostic accuracy of an iPad application for detection of visual field defects.

Richardson QR, Kumar RS, Ramgopal B, Rackenchath MV, A V SD, Mannil SS, Nagaraj S, Moe CA, Wittberg DM, O'Brien KS, Oatts JT, Stamper RL, Keenan JD | Eye (London, England) | 2022-09-05

Identifying pauci-/asymptomatic and unrecognized Ebola virus disease among close contacts based on exposure risk assessments and screening algorithms.

Gayedyu-Dennis D, Fallah MP, Drew C, Badio M, Moses JS, Fayiah T, Johnson K, Richardson ET, Weiser SD, Porco TC, Martin JN, Sneller MC, Rutherford GW, Reilly C, Lindan CP, Kelly JD | The Journal of infectious diseases | 2022-09-01

Chemotherapy-Induced Hyperopic Surprise in a Woman With Multiple Myeloma.

Bui AD, Lopez S, Seitzman GD | JAMA ophthalmology | 2022-09-01

Timed Notch Inhibition Drives Photoreceptor Fate Specification in Human Retinal Organoids.

Chew SH, Martinez C, Chirco KR, Kandoi S, Lamba DA | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science | 2022-09-01

Risk Factors Predicting Loss to Follow-Up, Medication Noncompliance, and Poor Visual Outcomes Among Patients With Infectious Keratitis at a Public County Hospital.

Lopez JB, Chan L, Saifee M, Padmanabhan S, Yung M, Chan MF | Cornea | 2022-08-25

Antiamoebic Susceptibility in Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Comparison of Isolates From South India and Northern California.

Richardson QR, Prajna L, Elakkiya S, Kamal FS, Talbott M, Prajna NV, Rajaraman R, Cevallos V, Seitzman GD, Lietman TM, Keenan JD | Cornea | 2022-08-24

Biophysical, Molecular and Proteomic Profiling of Human Retinal Organoid-Derived Exosomes.

Arthur P, Kandoi S, Sun L, Kalvala A, Kutlehria S, Bhattacharya S, Kulkarni T, Nimma R, Li Y, Lamba DA, Singh M | Pharmaceutical research | 2022-08-24

COVID-19 Related Shifts in Social Interaction, Connection, and Cohesion Impact Psychosocial Health: Longitudinal Qualitative Findings from COVID-19 Treatment Trial Engaged Participants.

Perez-Brumer A, Balasa R, Doshi A, Brogdon J, Doan T, Oldenburg CE | International journal of environmental research and public health | 2022-08-18

The Catcher in the Eye: Stem Cells as a Therapeutic for Glaucoma.

Kong AW, Ou Y | Ophthalmology. Glaucoma | 2022-08-18

Optogenetic approaches to therapy for inherited retinal degenerations.

De Silva SR, Moore AT | The Journal of physiology | 2022-08-17

Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Adults (MIS-A) After COVID-19 Infection and Recent Vaccination with Recombinant Adenoviral Vector Encoding the Spike Protein Antigen of SARS-CoV-2 (ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, Vaxzevria).

Ehikhametalor K, Deans-Minott J, Duncan JP | Journal of intensive care medicine | 2022-08-17

Live, die, or regenerate? New insights from multi-omic analyses.

Tsai NY, Welsbie DS, Duan X | Neuron | 2022-08-17

Concurrent Mucocele and Silent Sinus Syndrome after Orbital Fracture Repair.

Kinde B, Ahmad M, Vagefi MR | Ophthalmology | 2022-08-13

Outcomes of a Refractive Segmented Bifocal Intraocular Lens with a Lower Near Addition.

Venter JA, Collins BM, Hannan SJ, Teenan D, Schallhorn JM | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2022-08-10

Parental Keratoconus Literacy: A Socioeconomic Perspective.

Ahmad TR, Turner ML, Hoppe C, Kong AW, Barnett JS, Kaur G, Pasricha ND, Indaram M | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2022-08-10

Transcription Factor GATA4 Regulates Cell Type-Specific Splicing Through Direct Interaction With RNA in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Progenitors.

Zhu L, Choudhary K, Gonzalez-Teran B, Ang YS, Thomas R, Stone NR, Liu L, Zhou P, Zhu C, Ruan H, Huang Y, Jin S, Pelonero A, Koback F, Padmanabhan A, Sadagopan N, Hsu A, Costa MW, Gifford CA, van Bemmel JG, Hüttenhain R, Vedantham V, Conklin BR, Black BL, Bruneau BG, Steinmetz L, Krogan NJ, Pollard KS, Srivastava D | Circulation | 2022-08-08

Augmentation of telemedicine post-operative follow-up after oculofacial plastic surgery with a self-guided patient tool.

Ashraf DC, Miller A, Ahmad M, Smith LD, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR | Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) | 2022-08-03

Dominant Cone Rod Dystrophy, Previously Assigned to a Missense Variant in RIMS1, Is Fully Explained by Co-Inheritance of a Dominant Allele of PROM1.

Martin-Gutierrez MP, Schiff ER, Wright G, Waseem N, Mahroo OA, Michaelides M, Moore AT, Webster AR, Arno G, Genomics England Research Consortium | Investigative ophthalmology & visual science | 2022-08-02

Effect of Biannual Mass Azithromycin Distributions to Preschool-Aged Children on Trachoma Prevalence in Niger: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial.

Arzika AM, Mindo-Panusis D, Abdou A, Kadri B, Nassirou B, Maliki R, Alsoudi AF, Zhang T, Cotter SY, Lebas E, O'Brien KS, Callahan EK, Bailey RL, West SK, Goodhew EB, Martin DL, Arnold BF, Porco TC, Lietman TM, Keenan JD, Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décés Avec un Oeil sur la Resistance (MORDOR)–Niger Study Group | JAMA network open | 2022-08-01

Preventing Childhood Vision Loss Through Exploitative Prison Labor: A Call for Action.

Oatts JT, Hutt J, de Alba AG | American journal of public health | 2022-08-01

Noninferiority of a small volume eye drop adapter for pediatric pupillary dilation and cycloplegia.

Charis Hoppe, Brandon Kao, Elise Harb, Kristi Choy, Jessica Tame, Alejandra de Alba, Ying Han, Julius Oatts | Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | 2022-08-01

Outcomes of intravitreal ranibizumab followed by laser photocoagulation for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity.

Derick Holt, Charis Hoppe, Benjamin F. Arnold, Sumeer Thinda, Sriranjani Padmanabhan, Julius Oatts | Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | 2022-08-01

Bilateral anterior and intermediate uveitis in SARS-CoV-2 associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a pediatric patient.

Shantha J, Reddy AK, Sura A, Tsang A, Moussa K, Acharya N, Gonzales J, Doan T | Pediatric rheumatology online journal | 2022-07-30

Relationship Between Optical Coherence Tomography and Anterior Chamber Depth after Pupillary Dilation in Primary Angle Closure Suspects.

Kao BW, Yonamine S, Zhao M, Oatts J, Yu Y, Ying GS, Xu X, Han Y | Journal of glaucoma | 2022-07-22

Survey of the American Glaucoma Society Membership on Current Glaucoma Drainage Device Placement and Postoperative Corticosteroid Use.

Yonamine S, Ton L, Rose-Nussbaumer J, Ying GS, Ahmed IIK, Chen TC, Weiner A, Gedde SJ, Han Y | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2022-07-21

Changes in Corneal Power up to Two Years after Endothelial Keratoplasty: Results from the Randomized Controlled DETECT Trial.

Chamberlain W, Shen E, Werner S, Lin C, Rose-Nussbaumer J | American journal of ophthalmology | 2022-07-20

Racial/Ethnic, Biomedical, and Sociodemographic Risk Factors for COVID-19 Positivity and Hospitalization in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Cho WKT, Hwang DG | Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities | 2022-07-19

Tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for human cortical astrocytes.

Andrews MG, Mukhtar T, Eze UC, Simoneau CR, Ross J, Parikshak N, Wang S, Zhou L, Koontz M, Velmeshev D, Siebert CV, Gemenes KM, Tabata T, Perez Y, Wang L, Mostajo-Radji MA, de Majo M, Donohue KC, Shin D, Salma J, Pollen AA, Nowakowski TJ, Ullian E, Kumar GR, Winkler EA, Crouch EE, Ott M, Kriegstein AR | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 2022-07-12

Cell culture models to study retinal pigment epithelium-related pathogenesis in age-related macular degeneration.

Bharti K, den Hollander AI, Lakkaraju A, Sinha D, Williams D, Finnemann SC, Rickman CB, Malek G, D'Amore PA | Experimental eye research | 2022-07-11

Iris and ciliary body melanocytomas are defined by solitary GNAQ mutation without additional oncogenic alterations.

Solomon DA, Ramani B, Eiger-Moscovich M, Milman T, Uludag G, Crawford JB, Phan I, Char DH, Shields CL, Eagle RC, Bastian BC, Bloomer MM, Pekmezci M | Ophthalmology | 2022-07-11

Relationship between cooking fuel and lens opacities in South India: a 15-year prospective cohort study.

Nesemann JM, Srinivasan M, Ravindran RD, Edwards T, O'Brien KS, Kim UR, Wilkins JH, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM, Gritz DC, Keenan JD | American journal of ophthalmology | 2022-07-08

Ocular examinations, findings, and toxicity in children taking vigabatrin.

Schein Y, Miller KD, Han Y, Yu Y, de Alba Campomanes AG, Binenbaum G, Oatts JT | Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus | 2022-07-08

Prevalence and Characteristics of Cytomegalovirus Ocular Disease in Children: A Multi-Center Study.

Mercado CL, Froines CP, Gaier ED, Wang Q, Indaram M, Wan MJ, Shah AS, Koo EB | Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) | 2022-07-08

Efficacy of the Fluocinolone Acetonide (Yutiq) Intravitreal Implant as Monotherapy for Uveitis.

Mahmud H, Ahmad TR, Gonzales JA, Stewart JM | Ocular immunology and inflammation | 2022-07-06

De Novo Appearance and Progression of Suspicious Melanocytic Choroidal Lesion.

Rostomian N, Seider MI | Ophthalmology. Retina | 2022-07-01

Phacolytic Glaucoma in an Adult with Stickler Syndrome.

Stallworth JY, Schallhorn JM, Oatts JT | Ophthalmology. Glaucoma | 2022-07-01

Intravitreal Delivery of rAAV2tYF-CB-hRS1 Vector for Gene Augmentation Therapy in X-linked Retinoschisis – 1 Year Clinical Results.

Pennesi ME, Yang P, Birch DG, Weng CY, Moore AT, Iannaccone A, Comander JI, Jayasundera T, Chulay J, XLRS-001 Study Group | Ophthalmology. Retina | 2022-06-30

Preservation of choriocapillaris perfusion on optical coherence tomography angiography in an eye treated with macular buckle.

Zhang Y, Dickson J, Stewart JM | American journal of ophthalmology case reports | 2022-06-28

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prognostic Findings for Visual and Mortality Outcomes in Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis.

Idowu OO, Soderlund KA, Laguna B, Ashraf DC, Arnold BF, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Russell MS, Kersten RC, Dillon WP, Vagefi MR | Ophthalmology | 2022-06-26

Prevalence of Epstein-Barr Virus in Patients with Intraocular Inflammation.

Moussa K, Gonzales JA, Shantha J, Acharya NR, Doan T | Ocular immunology and inflammation | 2022-06-16

Male sex increases the risk of diabetic retinopathy in an urban safety-net hospital population without impacting the relationship between axial length and retinopathy.

Qian J, Haq Z, Yang D, Stewart JM | Scientific reports | 2022-06-13

Gut Resistome after Antibiotics among Children with Uncomplicated Severe Acute Malnutrition: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Oldenburg CE, Hinterwirth A, Ourohiré M, Dah C, Ouédraogo M, Sié A, Boudo V, Chen C, Ruder K, Zhong L, Lebas E, Nyatigo F, Arnold BF, O'Brien KS, Doan T | The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene | 2022-06-13

TRAF7 somatic mosaicism in a patient with bilateral optic nerve sheath meningiomas: illustrative case.

Kaidonis G, Pekmezci M, Van Ziffle J, Auguste KI, Horton JC | Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons | 2022-06-06

PET/CT-Based Characterization of 18F-FDG Uptake in Various Tissues Reveals Novel Potential Contributions to Coronary Artery Disease in Psoriatic Arthritis.

Schwartz DM, Parel P, Li H, Sorokin AV, Berg AR, Chen M, Dey A, Hong CG, Playford M, Sylvester M, Teague H, Siegel E, Mehta NN | Frontiers in immunology | 2022-06-02

Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma With Unusual Histopathology in a Young Adult.

Ahmad TR, Ahmad M, Kersten R | JAMA ophthalmology | 2022-06-01

Trachoma.

Solomon AW, Burton MJ, Gower EW, Harding-Esch EM, Oldenburg CE, Taylor HR, Traoré L | Nature reviews. Disease primers | 2022-05-26

Variability of retinopathy consequent upon novel mutations in LAMA1.

Schiff ER, Aychoua N, Nutan S, Davagnanam I, Moore AT, Robson AG, Patel CK, Webster AR, Arno G | Ophthalmic genetics | 2022-05-26

An enhancer located in a Pde6c intron drives transient expression in the cone photoreceptors of developing mouse and human retinas.

Bachu VS, Kandoi S, Park KU, Kaufman ML, Schwanke M, Lamba DA, Brzezinski JA | Developmental biology | 2022-05-26

Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults.

Coleman AL, McLeod SD | JAMA | 2022-05-24

Effect of Single-dose Azithromycin on Pneumococcal Carriage and Resistance: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Coulibaly B, Kiemde D, Zonou G, Sié A, Dah C, Bountogo M, Brogdon J, Hu H, Lebas E, Porco TC, Doan T, Lietman TM, Oldenburg CE | The Pediatric infectious disease journal | 2022-05-23

Clinical sequelae among individuals with pauci-symptomatic or asymptomatic Ebola virus infection and unrecognised Ebola virus disease in Liberia: a longitudinal cohort study.

Kelly JD, Van Ryn C, Badio M, Fayiah T, Johnson K, Gayedyu-Dennis D, Weiser SD, Porco TC, Martin JN, Sneller MC, Rutherford GW, Reilly C, Fallah MP, Moses JS | The Lancet. Infectious diseases | 2022-05-16

Association between immunosuppressive drugs and COVID-19 outcomes in patients with non-infectious uveitis in a large US claims database.

Sun Y, Miller DC, Akpandak I, Chen EM, Arnold BF, Acharya NR | Ophthalmology | 2022-05-16

Management of Key Ocular Adverse Events in Patients Implanted with the Port Delivery System with Ranibizumab.

Awh CC, Barteselli G, Makadia S, Chang RT, Stewart JM, Wieland MR, Brassard R, Callaway NF, Gune S, Heatherton P, Malhotra V, Willis JR, Pieramici DJ | Ophthalmology. Retina | 2022-05-16

Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

Lin CC, Rose-Nussbaumer JR, Al-Mohtaseb ZN, Pantanelli SM, Steigleman WA, Hatch KM, Santhiago MR, Kim SJ, Schallhorn JM | Ophthalmology | 2022-05-12

Ocular Malignancies.

Kavita K. Mishra, Armin R. Afshar, MA Scholey Jessica, Andrzej Kacperek, and Bertil E. Damato | | 2022-05-12

Disrupting autorepression circuitry generates “open-loop lethality” to yield escape-resistant antiviral agents.

Chaturvedi S, Pablo M, Wolf M, Rosas-Rivera D, Calia G, Kumar AJ, Vardi N, Du K, Glazier J, Ke R, Chan MF, Perelson AS, Weinberger LS | Cell | 2022-05-11

A Global and Sector-Based Comparison of OCT Angiography and Visual Field Defects in Glaucoma.

Kong AW, Turner ML, Saifee M, Jethi M, Mora M, Ou Y | Journal of ophthalmology | 2022-05-11

Trans-Seq maps a selective mammalian retinotectal synapse instructed by Nephronectin.

Tsai NY, Wang F, Toma K, Yin C, Takatoh J, Pai EL, Wu K, Matcham AC, Yin L, Dang EJ, Marciano DK, Rubenstein JL, Wang F, Ullian EM, Duan X | Nature neuroscience | 2022-05-06

Distinct Diurnal and Day of Week Online Search Patterns Related to Common Eye Conditions: A Google Trends Approach.

Deiner MS, Kaur G, McLeod SD, Schallhorn JM, Chodosh J, Hwang DH, Lietman TM, Porco TC | Journal of medical Internet research | 2022-05-06

Comparative risk of incident cancer in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease with prior non-digestive malignancy according to immunomodulator: a multicenter cohort study.

Poullenot F, Amiot A, Nachury M, Viennot S, Altwegg R, Bouhnik Y, Abitbol V, Nancey S, Vuitton L, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Biron A, Fumery M, Picon L, Vidon M, Reenaers C, Serrero M, Savoye G, Beaugerie L, Rivière P, Laharie D, GETAID | Journal of Crohn's & colitis | 2022-05-05

Elevated TGFβ signaling contributes to ocular anterior segment dysgenesis in Col4a1 mutant mice.

Mao M, Labelle-Dumais C, Tufa SF, Keene DR, Gould DB | Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology | 2022-05-04

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UCSF at the “AAO 2022 Annual Meeting”

UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation Faculty are attending the American Academy of Ophthalmology “AAO 2022” annual meeting in Chicago, from Saturday, Sept 30th, 2022 to Monday, October 3rd, 2022. Faculty presentations and contributions for the event are listed below and available as downloadable pdf here. The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, the Department of Ophthalmology, the […]
Faculty News

Dr. Seth Blumberg, MD, joins UCSF’s Francis I. Proctor Foundation as a computational epidemiologist. He provides patient care to hospitalized patients at UCSF Medical Center as an internist specializing in infectious disease. Fellowships: New York University (infectious diseases), Proctor Foundation (forecasting trachoma control), National Institutes of Health (research and policy for infectious disease dynamics) Residency: […]
New UC President: An Old Friend of UCSF

DID YOU KNOW? Dr. Drake has been on the faculty of UCSF’s Department of Ophthalmology for over 20 years. Michael V. Drake, MD, has been selected as the 21st president of the University of California (UC) world-renowned system of ten campuses, five medical centers, three nationally-affiliated labs, more than 280,000 students and 230,000 […]
ALS, Dementia, Glaucoma: A Genetic Link

Erik M. Ullian, PhD, is a UCSF neurobiologist and principal investigator seeking to understand the genetic mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases (the degeneration or death of nerve cells, causing debilitating conditions). Dr. Ullian first became interested in this area through studies indicating a mysterious genetic link connecting a specific group of genes to both glaucoma […]
Vision care for the underserved community – Dr. Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, MD, Unsung Hero

In celebration of the initiative “2020: Year of the Eye” the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) featured stories of ophthalmologists who give above and beyond to our community. We were very proud to have our own Dr. de Alba included! Please view the video about Dr. De Alba from the AAO, or click here to […]
Ophthalmology Department’s Max Nachury, PhD, Receives ARVO’s 2020 Cogan Award

The laboratory research of UCSF Ophthalmology’s Maxence Nachury, PhD, promises to bring great insight to an understanding of photoreceptor degeneration and potential treatment strategies. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) has named Dr. Nachury as recipient of its 2020 Cogan Award. Dr. Nachury studies the primary cilium, a surface-exposed organelle required for […]
UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Vision Research at ARVO 2020

Each year our graduate students, residents, postdoctoral fellows, research staff and faculty present a wide range of vision research projects at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting. We are proud that this year UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor presentations encompass over 53 research talks or posters, representing the work of over […]
Welcome New Faculty

Dr. Catherine Q. Sun Q: What do you aim to achieve at UCSF? A: I look forward to contributing to the growth of our excellent glaucoma division and department. I also want to advance glaucoma clinical care through interdisciplinary research. Q: Why did you choose glaucoma? A: I enjoy providing longitudinal care and surgical solutions […]
The Proctor Foundation Saving Sight and Lives

Committed to reducing blindness worldwide, UCSF’s Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology has worked in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000. A major investigation led by the Proctor Foundation is rocking the public health firmament. “The study shows we can prevent young children in sub-Saharan Africa from dying with a simple intervention,” says Jeremy Keenan, […]
Improving Vision Care in China

UCSF ophthalmologists are improving quality of care for vision patients by teaching and consulting at vision clinics across China. It isn’t every day that ophthalmologists see their names dancing across a Jumbotron. This bold welcome met two UCSF clinician scientists last fall at the equivalent of a county hospital in Changchun, China. Vitreoretinal specialist Jay […]

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