Optometrist
Litvin's research focuses on developing and applying novel diagnostic techniques in the management of glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, a condition in which high blood sugar damages blood vessels in the retina.
https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-taras-litvin
Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Retina or Retinal Diseases
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kim is a clinician-scientist with a background in biological and optical engineering, vascular development, and ophthalmology. He is passionate about innovation and his research centers on studying cellular-level dynamics and physiology in intact tissues with an emphasis on developmental and vascular diseases of the eye. The complex interaction of tissues in these diseases can be challenging or impossible to understand through traditional assays such as cell or organ tissue culture. The Kim lab therefore develops advanced optical and analytical methods, and merges these with genetic tools to observe and alter the cellular and physiological mechanisms driving disease longitudinally over time in intact living organisms. The Kim lab is also passionate in developing and translating optical technologies to improve ophthalmic care for patients.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/tyson.kim
https://ophthalmology.ucsf.edu/kimlab/
Visual System Development, Biomedical Optics, Vascular Biology
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Associate Professor
Dr. Maanasa Indaram is a pediatric ophthalmologist and adult strabismus specialist. She is the Medical Director of UCSF’s Pediatric Ophthalmology and Adult Strabismus division and she co-directs the pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus clinics at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
Her clinical expertise and research interests include the management of pediatric cataract, the surgical management of both adult and pediatric strabismus, the use of botulinum toxin (Botox) for strabismus, and corneal collagen-crosslinking for the treatment of keratoconus in the pediatric, adult, and developmentally disabled population. She is one of the very few providers in Northern California who offers corneal collagen crosslinking under systemic anesthesia for children and the developmentally disabled.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/maanasa.indaram
Amblyopia Strabismus or Eye Movement Disorders, Pediatric, Keratoconus
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Professor
Dr. Hoyt's major research interests have been in the areas of visual deprivation states, brain injuries in children, and strategies for visual recovery and/or adaptations to early visual loss.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/creig.hoyt
Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Optometrist
Dr. Elise Harb is a pediatric optometrist who cares for children of all ages. She assesses their visual development and ensures they have the vision needed to learn in school. She is particularly interested in understanding how the environment plays a role in a child's developing the need for glasses. Harb's research investigates how a child's habits – including near work (activities such as reading), use of electronic devices and outdoor play – influence the development of myopia (nearsightedness). She makes use of wearable technologies to capture accurate information on children's normal daily activities and how they affect vision.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/elise.harb
Pediatric
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Professor
Dr. Copenhagen’s research focuses on understanding where and how visual experience exerts its actions on the refinement of the neural retina and the ocular vasculature. A recently discovered photosensitive system within the eye that is independent of rods and cones endows very young animals with rudimentary photoreceptive capabilities. Light activation of these melanopsin expressing ganglion cells guide behavioral responses and modifies vascular development. His lab seeks to discover the extended manifestations of light exposure on behavior, neural development and vascular maturation.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/david.copenhagen
Visual System Development
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
Professor
Dr. de Juan is a renowned retina specialist and surgeon. His research focuses on medical and surgical treatments for ocular disorders, including advances in ocular drug delivery and drug delivery techniques for age-related macular degeneration. Dr. De Juan holds more than 100 patents for novel surgical devices.
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/eugene.dejuan
Macular Degeneration, Retina or Retinal Diseases
Learn more about UCSF Ophthalmology faculty research.
