Daniel Adams, PhD

Assistant Professor

 

Neural Adaptations that Occur in the Childhood Disease of Strabismus

Dr. Adams is a visual neuroscientist specializing in binocular vision in humans and non-human primates. He uses psychophysical, behavioral, electrophysiological, and anatomical techniques to study the primate visual system at a number of levels from the retina to the cortex. He is currently investigating the neural adaptations that occur in the childhood disease of strabismus.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/daniel.adams


 

Research Areas:

Neuro-Ophthalmology, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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Julius Oatts, MD

Assistant Professor

 

Medical and Surgical Treatment of Children

Dr. Julius Oatts is a pediatric ophthalmologist and a pediatric glaucoma specialist who specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of children with common eye diseases as well as glaucoma, a rare condition in children. His research focuses on the most accurate ways to measure eye pressure in children. He is involved with the UCSF ophthalmology residency surgical and classroom curriculum in his role as associate residency program director.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/julius.oatts


 

Research Areas:

Glaucoma, Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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David Hwang, MD

Professor

 

Cornea, Ocular Infectious Disease and Surgical Techniques

A native of Illinois, USA, David G. Hwang, MD, FACS, joined the full-time faculty at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is currently Professor and Vice Chair and holds the Pearl T. Kimura and Samuel J. Kimura MD Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology. He serves as Director of the Cornea Service, Director of the Refractive Surgery Service, and Associate of the Francis I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology at UCSF. Clinical research interests: development of new surgical techniques in corneal, refractive, and cataract surgery; clinical trials in cornea and ocular infectious disease. Scientific research interests: cellular transplantation and gene therapy for corneal endothelial disease; ocular infectious disease, including epidemiology and mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in ophthalmology

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/david.hwang


 

Research Areas:

Cornea, Gene Therapy, Infectious Diseases
 
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John Gonzales, MD

Associate Professor

 

Diagnosis and Management of Infectious and Non-Infectious Inflammatory Eye Conditions

Dr. Gonzales's interest involves the diagnosis and management of infectious and non-infectious inflammatory conditions of the eyes (uveitis). Many ocular inflammatory diseases are part of a systemic disorder and require a complete review of one’s health, personalized treatment, and close monitoring. Working as a team with a patient’s rheumatologist, internist, pediatrician, or other subspecialists ensure that his patients receive optimum care.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/john.gonzales


 

Research Areas:

Dry Eye, Infectious Diseases, Uveitis
 
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Thuy Doan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

 

Ocular Infection and Inflammation, Microbiomes, and Antimicrobial Resistance

The Doan lab is a metagenomic epidemiology laboratory at the Proctor Foundation that takes innovative approaches to understand how the various human microbiomes (ocular, gut, and upper respiratory tract) respond to clinically relevant perturbations in randomized controlled trials. Specifically, we seek to identify mechanisms by which mass drug distribution to preschool children in Sub-Saharan countries leads to an improvement in childhood mortality. Concurrently, we carefully track antibiotic resistance in these communities to better inform public health policies.
 
In addition to our molecular epidemiology work, we focus on using genomic technologies to efficiently identify causes of ocular infections (e.g. uveitis, conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers, and scleritis) with the goal of improving patient care and preventing blindness.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/thuy.doan
https://doanlab.ucsf.edu/
https://proctor.ucsf.edu/Proctor-Lab

 

Research Areas:

Conjunctivitis, Cornea, Infectious Diseases, Inflammatory Eye Disease, Uveitis
 
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Armin Afshar, MD, MBA, MAS

Assistant Professor
 

Treatment of Eye Tumors and Disorders of the Retina and Vitreous


Dr. Armin Afshar is a vitreoretinal surgeon and ocular oncologist on the UCSF faculty, with an academic career blending clinical practice, research, teaching and administration. He serves as the Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at UCSF and the Director of Tele Ophthalmology for the San Francisco Department of Public Health. His research program is funded by the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research to Prevent Blindness, and That Man May See.

Dr. Afshar’s specialty is in the treatment of eye tumors and disorders of the retina and vitreous. In addition to expertise in retinal diseases and surgery, he has special training and experience in the management of ocular surface tumors of the conjunctiva and cornea, as well as intra-ocular tumors involving the iris, ciliary body, choroid, retina, vitreous and optic nerves.

 

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/armin.afshar

 

Research Areas:

Deep Learning / AI, Ocular Oncology, Retina or Retinal Diseases
 
 
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Dan Schwartz, MD

Professor

 

Devices and Technologies that Address Unmet Needs in Ophthalmology

Dr. Schwartz, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Retina service, is a vitreoretinal surgeon whose research has focused on the development devices and technologies that address unmet needs in ophthalmology. In collaboration with Caltech, he co-invented and helped develop a light-adjustable intraocular lens material that can be used to calibrate residual refractive error after cataract surgery (FDA approvedin 2017) He also co-invented and helped develop OCT angiography as a non-invasive and superior alternative to fluorescein angiography. Current work includes the development of light adjustable materials that can be used to modify scleral biomechanics so as to retard myopia development. Dr. Schwartz has mentored many medical students, residents, and fellows, and has provided research mentorship to over 18 postdoctoral fellows.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/dan.schwartz


 

Research Areas:

Retina or Retinal Diseases, Macular Degeneration, Myopia
 
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