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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 Frederick C. Cordes Eye Society, the H. Bruce Ostler Association of Proctor Fellows, and All May See Foundation will host the annual Alumni Cocktail Reception on Saturday, October 1, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Sunda New Asian (110 W. Illinois Street, Chicago, IL 60654). Please respond by contacting Leah Jarvis Leah.Jarvis@ucsf.edu or 415.476.4016.
 

Faculty Presentations and Contributions

Nisha Acharya, MD

Results of the Macular Edema Ranibizumab vs. Intravitreal Anti-inflammatory Therapy (MERIT) Trial

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 2:40 PM PST
Location: E350
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Uveitis Subspecialty Day: Hot Topics in Uveitis

 

Uveitis Case Panel Discussion

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 8:55 AM PST
Location: Arie Crown
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Retina Subspecialty Day: Uveitis Cases

 

Panel discussion: Masquerading as the Masquerade in the Uveitis Clinic

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: S406A
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: SYM 14: Symposium

 

Ophthalmology Journal Podcast Live: Discussion about manuscript

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 11:30 AM PST
Location: Technology Pavilion
Presentation Type: In person
Session: Ophthalmology Journal Podcast Live

 

American Uveitis Society Fall Meeting, meeting chair

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 6:00 PM PST
Location: Intercontinental Hotel
Presentation Type: In person
Session: American Uveitis Society Fall Meeting

 

Best Practices in Uveitis Practices and Management: The American Uveitis Society Course

Date: 10/03/22 Time: 9:30 AM PST
Location: E351
Presentation Type: In person
Session: Instructional Course by the American Uveitis Society

 

Armin Afshar, MD

Application of a Novel Semi-Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Identify Choroidal Tumors From Fundus Photographs

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO247
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Ocular Oncology

 

Robert Bhisitkul, MD

Monthly Intravitreal Therapy Is a Feasible Approach for Patients with Geographic Atrophy

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 12:22 PM PST
Location: N/A
Presentation Type: Debate
Session: N/A

 

Michele Bloomer, MD

Advanced Refractive Cataract Surgery and Anterior Segment Reconstruction Skills Transfer

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 1:00 PM PST
Location: N228
Presentation Type: In Person
Session: N/A

 

Frank Brodie, MD

Artemis Award and Loving Eyes Foundation

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: S406B
Presentation Type: In person
Session: Young Ophthalmologist Session

 

YO Program Part 3: Future of the Profession

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: S406B
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Retina

 

Alejandra de Alba, MD

Session I: The Untouchables – Are Good Results Possible With Less Surgery?

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 6:23 AM PST
Location: PED02, E450
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Esotropia Duane Syndrome: Ipsilateral Medical Rectus Recession

 

Managing Pediatric Cataract Patients: The Whole Story

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 2:47 PM PST
Location: SYM38, E450
Presentation Type: In Person, On Demand
Session: Access to Care, Treatment Compliance

 

Thuy Doan, MD

Identification of Microbes and Susceptibility Testing

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 9:24 AM PST
Location: Session COR04 Location E354
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Section III Keratitis

 

Jacque Duncan, MD

What’s New in Retinal Degenerations?

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 9:16 AM PST
Location: ARIE CROWN RET06
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Subspecialty Day
Section IV: Medical Retina and Chorioretinal Vascular Disease

 

Accelerating Research in Retinal Degenerations Through an International Consortium

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 9:46 AM PST
Location: McCormick Place Convention Center Event #SYM32 E354
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Innovations in Ophthalmology from Around the World

 

John Gonzales, MD

Posterior Uveitis Case

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 11:30 AM PST
Location: E350
Presentation Type: In person
Session: Subspecialty Day: Uveitis (Posterior Uveitis)

 

Panel discussion: Masquerading as the Masquerade in the Uveitis Clinic

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: S406A
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: SYM 14: Symposium

 

Academy Cafe: Uveitis

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 7:45 AM PST
Location: S404
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: SYM62

 

Seanna Grob, MD

Lower Recurrence Rate of Periocular Melanoma-in-situ with Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO242 Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Plastics

 

Orbitofacial Fracture Repair Planting Workshop

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: LAB130 Location N231
Presentation Type: In Person
Session: Plastics

 

David Hwang, MD

Top Hot Corneal Surgical Tips for 2022

Date: 10/03/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: S103ABC
Presentation Type: Instruction Course
Session: Cornea, External Disease

 

Maanasa Indaram, MD

Telehealth for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 12:42 PM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB (Session SYM15)
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Hot Topics 2022

 

Alice Jiang, MD

Metabolic Uptake by PET in the Extraocular Muscles of Patients With Paretic Motility Disorders

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 1:40 PM PST
Location: Poster Theater and Lounge, Hall A past the registration area
Presentation Type: In Person and On Demand
Session: Neuro-Ophthalmology Poster Theater

 

Lower Recurrence Rate of Periocular Melanoma-in-situ with Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 7:51 AM PST
Location: Poster Theater and Lounge, Hall A past the registration area
Presentation Type: In Person and On Demand
Session: Oculoplastics Poster Theater

 

Jeremy Keenan, MD

Diagnostic Accuracy of an iPad Application for Detection of Visual Field Defects

Date: N/A Time: N/A PST
Location: PO127 Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Glaucoma

 

Anterior Segment Imaging Devices in Teleophthalmology

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 6:01 AM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: I Can See: The Role of Anterior Segment Imaging

 

Epidemiology of Myopia in the United States and Around the World

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 7:50 AM PST
Location: E350
Presentation Type: In person, On Demand
Session: Myopia Prevalence and Control of Progression: Update From the Preferred Practice Patterns Committee

 

Why I Use Them

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 8:44 AM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: The Great Debate: Cornea

 

Robert Kersten, MD

When it’s Hot, its Hot! Idiopathic Orbital Inflammation

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 1:24 PM PST
Location: OCU 07 E450
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: N/A

 

Blepharoplasty

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: LEC 127 E352
Presentation Type: In person
Session: N/A

 

Blepharoplasty

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 8:00 AM PST
Location: LAB 127A N229
Presentation Type: In Person
Session: N/A

 

Lower Recurrence Rate of Periocular Melanoma-in-situ with Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO 242Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: N/A

 

Stephen McLeod, MD

Introduction of the 2022 Charles L Schepens MD Lecturer

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 7:36 AM PST
Location: ARIE CROWN
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: RET04

 

Section IV: Video-Based Master Complications Session

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 11:03 AM PST
Location: S406A
Topic: Refractive Surgery
Presentation Type: In person, On Demand
Session: REF07

 

Academy CEO’s Address

Date: 9/30/22 Time: 3:08 PM PST
Location: E354
Session: SYM55

 

Traversing Leadership Pathways – Pathways to Promotion

Date: 10/1/22 Time: 10:22 AM PST
Location: GRAND BALLROOM S100AB
Session: SYM10

 

Academy’s Perspective on Importance of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Date: 10/1/22 Time: 12:12 PM PST
Location: E350
Session: SYM53

 

Ophthalmic Premier League: A Team Symposium on Managing Cataract Complications Symposium

Date: 10/2/22 Time: 12:00 PM PST
Location: E354
Session: SYM41

 

Julius Oatts, MD

Diagnostic Accuracy of an iPad Application for Detection of Visual Field Defects

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO127 Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Pediatric

 

Efficacy of the Ahmed and Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Implants in the Pediatric Population: A Meta-Analysis

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO185 Scientific Poster Presentation
Type: On Demand Only
Session: Pediatric

 

Yvonne Ou, MD

Lifestyle Modifications and Glaucoma

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 12:52 PM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: N/A

 

Sriranjani P Padmanabhan, MD

Manual Small-incision Cataract Surgery

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 8:30 AM PST
Location: N228
Presentation Type: In person Only
Session: Cataract

 

Manual Small-incision Cataract Surgery

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 9:00 AM PST
Location: N228
Presentation Type: In person Only
Session: Cataract

 

Characterization of Infectious Keratitis in Opioid Users in a County Hospital Setting

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO100
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Cornea, External Disease

 

Neel Pasricha, MD

Rose Bengal Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy (RB-PDAT) for Fungal Keratitis: A Pilot Case Series

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 7:36 AM PST
Location: OMIG
Presentation Type: Podium
Session: N/A

 

Nailyn Rasool, MD

Curbside Consultation in Neuro-Ophthalmology

Date: 10/03/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: S503AB
Presentation Type: In Person
Session: 605

 

Julie Schallhorn, MD

Eyecelerator

Date: 09/29/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: E354
Presentation Type: Live
Session: N/A

 

Optics 101: Matching Optics to Available TechnologySection

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 6:12 AM PST
Location: S406A
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Section I: Refractive Surgery in the New Era

 

No Capsule, No Problem: Intrascleral Haptic Fixation of IOLs

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: N228
Presentation Type: In Person Only
Session: Cataract

 

Advanced Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK/DMEK): Overview and Surgical Pearls

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 1:00 PM PST
Location: N227B
Presentation Type: In Person Only
Session: Cornea, External Disease

 

I Can See: The Role of Anterior Segment Imaging

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Cornea, External Disease

 

How I Utilize Anterior Segment OCT in My Cornea Practice

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 7:30 AM PST
Location: Learning Lounge 1
Presentation Type: In Person Only
Session: Cornea, External Disease

 

Outliers: The Role of Angle Kappa and Alpha in Presbyopic Procedures

Date: 10/02/22 Time: 10:14 AM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100C
Presentation Type: In Person, On Demand
Session: Treatment of Presbyopia

 

Spotlight on Cataract: M&M Rounds—Learning from My Mistakes

Date: 10/03/22 Time: 7:35 AM PST
Location: E354
Presentation Type: In Person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Cataract

 

Gerami Seitzman, MD

A Metagenomic Deep Sequence Analysis of Infectious Conjunctivitis Etiology in Burkina Faso, Africa, and Berkeley, California

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 10:10 AM PST
Location: Great Lakes Ballroom C (Floor 2), 2121 S
Presentation Type: In person, On Demand
Session: Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group

 

Novel Dry Eye Treatments

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 6:12 PM PST
Location: Cornea Subspecialty Day/W195
Presentation Type: In person, On Demand
Session: Cornea

 

Jessica Shantha, MD

Posterior Uveitis Case

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 11:30 AM PST
Location: E350
Presentation Type: In person
Session: Subspecialty Day: Uveitis (Posterior Uveitis)

 

Jeannette Stallworth, MD

Efficacy of the Ahmed and Baerveldt Glaucoma Drainage Implants in the Pediatric Population: A Meta-Analysis

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO185
Presentation Type: On-Demand Poster
Session: N/A

 

Robert Stamper, MD

Diagnostic Accuracy Of An iPad Application for Detection of Visual Field Defects

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: N/A
Session: PO127, Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Glaucoma

 

Jay Stewart, MD

Challenging Cases in Neovascular AMD

Date: 10/01/22 Time: 6:00 AM PST
Location: S504ABC
Presentation Type: In person, On Demand
Session: Retina, Vitreous

 

Catherine Sun, MD

Section V: Hot Topics in Glaucoma

Date: 09/30/22 Time: 12:45 PM PST
Location: Grand Ballroom S100AB
Presentation Type: In person, Live Broadcast, On Demand
Session: Glaucoma

 

Bryan Winn, MD

Lower Recurrence Rate of Periocular Melanoma-in-situ with Mohs Micrographic Surgery vs Wide Local Excision

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO242 Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Plastics

 

Salary Negotiations: Ophthalmologist Attitudes and Behaviors

Date: N/A Time: N/A
Location: PO216 Scientific Poster
Presentation Type: On Demand Only
Session: Plastics

 

 

 

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More Than Meets the Eye

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Microscopic image of ganglion cells in a mouse retina, a valuable research tool.

Early Detection of Cognitive Diseases

Principal investigator (PI), Xin Duan, PhD, and his team, which includes both co-PI Erik Ullian, PhD, and Kongyan Wu, PhD, seek to address a vital problem in neurodegeneration: how can nerve-damaging diseases be identified earlier to prevent more extensive damage?

Conceptually, Dr. Duan’s team aims to use the retina to establish a way to identify early signs of disease. Instead of simply focusing on the cell biology of degenerating neurons, this team of leading-edge investigators propose to investigate the problem by taking a larger view of the neural circuits within the eye and its component parts.

“There is increasing evidence that the visual system is involved in most neurogenerative diseases and thus could provide a novel early diagnostic inroad to common diseases such as Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal degeneration (FTD)/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),” Dr. Ullian contributed. “Furthermore, we can map circuit function with unprecedented precision in the visual system, so it will undoubtedly give us greater insight into specific mechanisms of neuronal and circuit dysfunction in these diseases.”

Visual circuits – the neural networks that give us sight – offer great advantages for analyzing general neural circuits as they are highly accessible with well-characterized synaptic contacts and functional properties. Moreover, the retina and the visual pathways have recently been shown to be easily observable clinically.

Dr. Duan reasons that neural circuit studies represent a major advancement in the analysis of neurodegeneration-related changes.

Dr. Duan’s studies in visual circuits will shed light on other neural circuits across the central nervous system and may lead to early detection of Alzheimer’s disease in patients. They are investigating potential synergies in neurodegenerative disease research, including both glaucoma and Alzheimer’s. Dr. Duan and his team aim to establish a way to detect disease onset, evaluate its progression, and establish a platform to discover dysfunctional neural circuits – with the ultimate goal of preventing neurodegeneration and restoring circuit functions.

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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 and the neurodegenerative diseases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Strangely, some cases showed the loss of function of a specific gene is implicated in ALS but the gain of function of the same gene is implicated in glaucoma. This suggests that the genes may have different relative functional roles in some cell types, or that some cell types have different sensitivities to the functions of these genes.

Utilizing novel Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) approaches, Dr. Ullian seeks to understand how this group of genes function in both the central nervous system and in the retina – and why their dysfunction can lead to cell death. Understanding this could unravel the mystery of these genetic cell-type susceptibilities that can lead to either ALS or glaucoma or, in some cases, both.

In addition, Dr. Ullian has developed complex 3D models showing a remarkable ability to reproduce many of the hallmarks of neurodegeneration currently missing from animal models. The hope is to use these models as a platform for drug screening, finding new therapeutic strategies to target disease. This approach is attracting the attention of industry, inspiring speedy drug discovery to bona fide treatments.

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Top-Tier Rankings in 2020!

 
This year we ranked #2 for NIH awards to Departments of Ophthalmology nationwide and #1 for research grant awards from the NIH National Eye Institute. We also continued to be ranked in the top 10 Departments of Ophthalmology nationwide by the 2020 US News and World Report.  Twenty-two vision scientists in the Department of Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation currently serve as principal investigators for 33 grants awarded by the US National Institutes of Health. In the past several years, the merit of UCSF faculty research is also reflected in the annual publication of more than 200 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature Genetics, Neuron, Ophthalmology, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. These insights and successes bring us closer to a world with sight for all.  We are proud of our Principal Investigators with active NIH Research Grants and New Awards!

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Learn more about teaching and mentorship of our residency program and post-residency fellowships.

We hope you will enjoy this video presentation about what makes our residency and post-resident fellowship programs great! You can learn much more about these teaching programs and how to apply by going to our residency home page and our fellowships home page.

 

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Top 10 in the Nation and Best in Northern California!

The UCSF Medical Center has been recognized in the 2020-21 Best Hospitals Honor Roll! For the fifth year in a row, UCSF’s Department of Ophthalmology has been named one of the Top 10 eye institutions in the nation AND the Best in Northern California by U.S. News & World Report!

To help support the important research, medical education, and patient care provided by the Department of Ophthalmology and the Francis I. Proctor Foundation, please click here.

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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 view their full article about her efforts as an unsung hero helping to improve vision and vision care for the underserved community.

 

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