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Madeline Yung, MD

Assistant Professor

 

Curriculum innovation in medical education

Dr. Yung's research primarily focuses on medical education. She has developed and validated numerous curricular innovations, such as a direct ophthalmoscopy rotation for neurology residents. Her nationwide needs assessment on direct ophthalmoscopy training in neurology residencies has been published in BMC Education, and her innovative optometry rotation curriculum for neurology residents has been adopted by outside instutions. In addition, she has created and validated numerous self-guided ophthalmic exam modules to allow independent learning by medical students on clinical clerkships. She has a received UCSF Innovations Funding as well as the Hellman Fellowship for her work in this domain.

In addition, Dr. Yung conducts research in her clinical subspecialty of cataract and refractive surgery. She is interested in determining the optimal refractive nomograms for topography-guided ablations in regular and irregular corneas, as well as the impact of patient education materials on informed consent for cataract surgery.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/madeline.yung
 

Research Areas:

Cataract, Cornea, Medical Education
 
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Simon Fung, MD MA(Oxon) FRCOphth

Associate Professor

 

Pediatric anterior segment and cornea transplantation

Dr. Simon Fung specializes in cataracts and corneal diseases in children and adults. His research focuses on complex corneal diseases, advanced diagnostics, and innovative treatments.

 

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Research Areas:

Cataract, Cornea, Pediatric, Anterior segment
 
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Neel Pasricha, MD

Assistant Professor

 

Ocular Surface Electrophysiology

Dry eye disease is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by impaired tear film homeostasis accompanied by ocular symptoms that affects approximately 6.8% of adults in the USA, with a global prevalence as high as 50%. Despite this significant disease burden, there are currently just four FDA-approved therapies for dry eye disease, each targeting only the inflammatory pathway and having limited efficacy. Dr. Pasricha's research will advance novel dry eye disease therapeutics that promote tear fluid secretion by targeting ion transport proteins on epithelial cells lining the ocular surface.

This research utilizes a novel ocular surface potential difference (OSPD) method introduced in animal studies and advanced for use in humans during Dr. Pasricha's residency at UCSF. OSPD measures the electrical potential difference generated across epithelia from apical and basal membrane ion transporters.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/neel.pasricha
 

Research Areas:

Cornea, Dry Eye, Electrophysiology
 
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Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS

Associate Professor

 

Anterior Segment Disease and Refractive Surgery

Dr. Julie Schallhorn is an ophthalmologist who treats cataracts and diseases of the cornea. Schallhorn's research focuses on the study of anterior segment disease and refractive surgery. She is especially interested in refractive surgery outcomes and the role of corneal imaging for screening refractive surgery patients.

 

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https://profiles.ucsf.edu/julie.schallhorn


 

Research Areas:

Cataract, Cornea
 
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Gerami Seitzman, MD

Professor

 

Infectious Eye Diseases and Dry Eye Conditions

Seitzman's research focuses on infectious eye diseases and dry eye conditions. In particular, she is interested in how modern DNA sequencing techniques and advanced imaging methods can improve the diagnosis and treatment of potentially blinding corneal infections.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/gerami.seitzman


 

Research Areas:

Cornea, Dry Eye, Infectious Diseases
 
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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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Matilda Chan, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

 

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Corneal Injury, Inflammation, and Repair

Dr. Chan, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, is a cornea clinician-scientist interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying corneal injury, inflammation, and repair. Dr. Chan’s R01 is focused on the role of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) in modulating various aspects of corneal repair after injury including inflammation, neovascularization, and fibrosis. She is also studying the epigenetic and genetic alterations underlying Fuch’s endothelial cell dystrophy (FECD), specifically the role of DNA methylation as a mechanism for silencing genes during disease pathogenesis. In collaboration with Jason Gestwicki (UCSF), her group is using high throughput screening to identify compounds for the treatment of FECD. Dr. Chan has mentored undergraduates, medical students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and clinical fellows. The Chan lab would provide opportunities for Scholars interested in the role of extracellular matrix in ocular disease, epigenetics, and translational vision science.

 

To Learn More:

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/matilda.chan


 

Research Areas:

Cornea, Matrix Metalloproteinases, Infectious Diseases
 
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