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Alejandra De Alba Campomanes, MD, MPH

Professor

 

Pediatric Ophthalmologist and Strabismus Specialist

Dr. Alejandra de Alba is a pediatric ophthalmologist who specializes in strabismus (abnormal eye alignment). Her expertise in patient care and interests in research include adult and pediatric strabismus, infantile esotropia (a type of strabismus), amblyopia (commonly called lazy eye), botulinum toxin to treat ophthalmic diseases, eye movement disorders, retinopathy of prematurity (an eye disease affecting some premature babies) and pre-school vision screening.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/alejandra.dealbacampomanes

 

Research Areas:

Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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Michele Bloomer, MD

Professor

 

Diagnosing Complex and Unusual Eye Diseases

As director of one of the world’s top eye pathology laboratories, UCSF Ocular Pathology, Dr. Bloomer consults with ophthalmologists across the country to diagnose complex and unusual eye diseases. In mentoring residents, Dr. Bloomer shares her commitment to pathology, hopes to spark excitement in younger doctors and teaches gratitude for high quality vision care.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/michele.bloomer

 

Research Areas:

Ocular Pathology, Ocular Oncology
 
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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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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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