UCSF at the “ARVO 2023 Annual Meeting”

UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation faculty and their research teams are attending the The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology “ARVO 2023” annual meeting in New Orleans, from Saturday, April 22nd 2023 to Thursday, April 27th, 2023.  Details of their presentations and contributions for the event are listed below. All May See Foundation will host a Faculty & Alumni Reception on Sunday, April 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the Napoleon House located at 500 Chartres Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans (reception details).

Faculty and Student Presentations and Contributions

 

Saturday, April 22


Punyanuch Pisitpayat

Stromal keratitis associated with CMV anterior uveitis​

Date: 04-22-2023, Time (CDT): 7 PM
Location: Convention center room 343
Type: Paper
Session:


 

Sunday, April 23

 


Fanxiu Xiong

How are Dry Eye Therapies Associated with Dry Eye Signs and Symptoms Using G-computation? Insights from the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance

Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 3:45 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Posterboard # C0439
Type: Poster
Session: Anterior Segment and Trauma Epidemiology

 


Ethan Lindgren

The Roles of Extracellular Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CaSR) in Ocular Surface Ion Transport

Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 5:15 PM
Location: Room: 244
Type: Paper
Session: Corneal epithelium

 


Matilda Chan

(Moderator)

Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 – 10:00 AM
Location: Great Hall BC
Type: Moderating the Symposium titled Cell death in ocular health and disease: Mechanisms and emerging therapeutics
Session: Cell death in ocular health and disease: Mechanisms and emerging therapeutics

 


Corinne Shiu

Assessing Participant Confidence about Their Glaucoma After Using an Online Support Community

Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM
Location: Poster # 123-B0185
Type: Poster
Session: Glaucoma Epidemiology

 


Angela Matcham

Cdh13 Regulates Wide-Field Neuron Spine Morphogenesis in the Superior Colliculus

Date: 04-23-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00-9:30 AM
Location: Poster #35-B0097
Type: Poster
Session: Retinal ganglion cells, visual circuits, and behavior


 

Monday, April 24

 


Yeabsira Mesfin, Kieran O’Brien, Alejandra de Alba Campomanes, Maanasa Indaram, Julius Oatts

Differences in Pediatric Ophthalmology Referrals Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:00 AM
Location: #3884300
Type: Poster
Session: Pediatric Epidemiology

 


Charis Hoppe

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Pediatric Ophthalmology Follow-Up Adherence

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: 1427 – B0066
Type: Poster
Session: Pediatric Epidemiology

 


O’Rese J. Knight

A New Application of Atomic Force Microscopy to measure Intraocular Pressure

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: 1375-B0014
Type: Poster
Session: Aqueous Humor Dynamics, Trabecular Meshwork, and Ciliary Body 1

 


Mengya Zhao

Spp1 drives retinal neuron resiliency in glaucomatous neuropathy but not axotomy

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM-1:15 PM
Location: Posterboard#: B0248
Type: Poster
Session: Neuroregeneration and Neuroprotective Mechanisms

 


Allen Khudaverdyan

Microglia activation and its role in synapse disassembly in excitotoxicity-induced cell death model

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:15 PM
Location: 2047 – B0378
Type: Poster
Session: Immunobiology of Eye Diseases: The Ocular Microenvironment

 


Ivan Copado (medical student)

Predicting progression to proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a public hospital population

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Location: 2284 – C0283
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy

 


Sangeetha Kandoi

Assessment of cellular and molecular changes in retinal glia of cone-dominant rodent during the seasonal hibernation and aging

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:15 PM
Location: Posterboard Number: 2057 – B0388
Type: Poster
Session: Immunobiology of Eye Diseases: The Ocular Microenvironment

 


Cathy Sun

Comparison of Diagnosis Codes to Clinical Notes in Classifying Diabetic Retinopathy Patients

Date: 04-24-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 5:00 PM
Location: Poster 2298 – C0297
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy


 

Tuesday, April 25

 


Nicole Tsai

Comprehensive Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis of Mouse Retinal Ganglion Cell Diversity

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM to 1:45 PM
Location: C0144
Type: Poster
Session: Transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology

 


Cassie Martinez

Intermittent supplementation of small molecule accelerates photoreceptor maturation in retinal organoids

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
Location: 3182 – C0375
Type: Poster
Session: Stem Cells and Organoids

 


Jacqueline Lopez

Oxytocin and Secretin Receptors on the Ocular Surface

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 11:45 AM – 1:30 PM
Location: Posterboard Number: C0308
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal cell and molecular biology

 


Paul Micevych

Individual and Systems-Based Risk Factor for Diabetic Vitrectomy in an Urban Safety-Net Hospital

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45-10:30AM
Location: #B0495
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy Medical

 


Julie Schallhorn

B0015: Corneal Higher Order Aberrations and Patient-Reported Outcomes after Cataract Surgery with Diffractive Intraocular Lenses

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45 – 10:30 AM
Location: Posterboard B0015 / Location – Exhibit Hall
Type:
Session: Session Presentation | Presbyopia and intraocular lenses

 


Stephanie Zhang

Association of male sex and vascular alterations on optical coherence tomography angiography in diabetes

Date: 04-25-2023, Time (CDT): 8:45 – 10:30 AM
Location: Poster 2663-B0485
Type: Poster
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy Medical


 

Wednesday, April 26

 


Li Xuan Tan

Optineurin dynamically regulates photoreceptor outer segment phagocytosis and lysosome biogenesis in the retinal pigment epithelium

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Poster B0167
Type: Poster
Session: Cellular pathways underlying retinal degeneration

 


Ying Han

Impact of Lens Status on Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation Outcomes

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Location: Exhibit Hall Poster # C0278
Type: Poster
Session:

 


John Gonzales, MD; Jeremy Nortey, MD; Elizabeth Gebreegziabher, PhD; Tom Lietman, MD; Thuy Doan, MD, PhD

The gut microbiome distinguishes Sjögren’s disease from non-Sjögren’s disease: insights from the Sjögren’s International Collaborative Clinical Alliance

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Location: 418
Type: Poster
Session: Dry Eye (Clinical)

 


Colin Germer

Ceramide-mediated apical exosome release by the RPE triggers infiltration of microglia into the subretinal space in models of macular degeneration

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 11:30 AM
Location: R02-R03
Type: Paper
Session: Regulation of lipid metabolism in retinal health and disease

 


Jacque Duncan

Change in Cone Structure over 24 months in USH2A related retinal degeneration

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 2:00 PM
Location: Poster board #4645, C0110
Type: Poster
Session: Retinitis Pigmentosa

 


Ajay Kolli

Outer retinal reflectivity changes with reduced visual function following anatomically successful repair of macula-off rhegmatogenous retinal detachment

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 3:00 – 3:15 PM
Location: La Nouvelle C
Type: Paper
Session: Advanced imaging methods and clinical applications

 


Jonathan Li

Relationship of macular and choroidal thickness with axial myopia in a Singaporean cohort of myopic children

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 3:15 – 3:30 PM
Location: R09
Type: Paper
Session: Myopia: Structure-Function Relationship

 


Nisha Acharya

Effect of Climate Change on Eye Health:

Date: 04-26-2023, Time (CDT): 4:00 PM
Location: New Orleans Convention Center, Room R09
Type: ARVO LATE BREAKING SESSION ON GLOBAL HEALTH
Session: Advances and Current Challenges in Global Eye Health with a focus on Climate Change


 

Thursday, April 27

 


Linus Shen

METformin FOR the MINimization (METforMIN) of Geographic Atrophy Progression in Patients with Non-exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration – A Randomized Trial

Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 11:00 AM
Location: Great Hall BC
Type: Paper
Session: AMD Clinical Trials

 


Neel Pasricha

Optimizing Office-Based Pterygium Surgery

Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: 4800 – B0093
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal surgery: non refractive

 


Sophia Collis (Neel Pasricha presenting)

Optimizing Office-Based Pterygium Surgery

Date: 04-27-2023, Time (CDT): 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM
Location: Posterboard Number: B0093
Type: Poster
Session: Corneal surgery: non refractive