Tiffany A Chen, M.D.

Assistant Professor

 

Treatment of Pediatric Eye Disorders and Surgical Education

Dr. Tiffany A Chen is a specialist in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus. She provides clinical care for all pediatric eye disorders including amblyopia, strabismus, and cataracts; additionally, she leads the pediatric inpatient service. Her research interests include improving the diagnosis and management of eye diseases in children, utilizing telemedicine in clinical care, and enhancing resident surgical education.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/tiffany.chen


 

Research Areas:

Amblyopia Strabismus or Eye Movement Disorders, Pediatric, Telemedicine, Surgical Education
 
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Marc Levin, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

 

Translational neuro-ophthalmologist

Dr. Marc Levin received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from UCSF. His graduate research in Biophysics focused on aquaporin (AQP) water channel and cystic fibrosis transmembrane channel (CFTR) physiology, especially in the cornea. Dr. Levin completed his residency in Ophthalmology plus a fellowship in Neuro-ophthalmology, both at the Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He was then elected the prestigious Society of Heed Fellows at the end of his training. He then returned to UCSF as an Assistant Professor and clinician-scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology. His primary research was in understanding roles for pathogenic autoantibodies against AQP4 in rodent models of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) optic neuritis. He also discovered and developed small-molecule CFTR activators as potential ocular surface therapies, and has been involved in advancing them to human trials. From 2016 to 2023, he practiced clinical neuro-ophthalmology, at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He serves on multiple editorial boards in his field, and most recently as site and national principal investigator on multiple clinical studies of idebenone for the treatment of Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. In 2023, he returned to the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology as an Associate Professor. Through renewed collaborations, he looks forward to developing new research directions, with the goal of making meaningful scientific contributions to improve his patients’ visual outcomes.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/marc.levin


 

Research Areas:

Amblyopia Strabismus or Eye Movement Disorders, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Visual System Function in Adults
 
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Leila Shirazi, OD

Optometrist

 

Strabismus, Amblyopia and Other Eye Disorders

In addition to treating patients, Shirazi is a researcher with the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, a collaborative network of ophthalmologists and optometrists funded by the National Eye Institute. The group runs multicenter clinical trials on treatments for strabismus, amblyopia and other eye disorders affecting children.

 

To Learn More:

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-leila-shirazi


 

Research Areas:

Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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Talita Cunha Namgalies, MD

Assistant Professor

 

Strabismus

Dr. Namgalies's research focus is strabismus –  or eye misalignment. In children Strabismus can cause amblyopia, or poor visual development, in the eye that isn't straight. This can be so severe as to cause severe vision loss.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/talita.cunhanamgalies


 

Research Areas:

Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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Maanasa Indaram, M.D.

Associate Professor

 

Treatments for Strabismus and Keratoconus

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.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/maanasa.indaram


 

Research Areas:

Amblyopia Strabismus or Eye Movement Disorders, Pediatric, Keratoconus
 
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Creig Hoyt, MD

Professor

 

Visual Recovery and Adaptations to Early Visual Loss

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.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/creig.hoyt


 

Research Areas:

Neuro-Ophthalmology, Pediatric, Amblyopia, Strabismus, or Eye Movement Disorders
 
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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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