UCSF Ophthalmology and Proctor Foundation faculty, along with their research teams, are gearing up for the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting, scheduled May 3rd to May 8th, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. Their presentations and contributions for this event are outlined below.
Faculty and Alumni, please join us for our cocktail reception at Brio Italian Grille 80 S. Regent Street Salt Lake City on Sunday, May 4th, 2024 from 6:30 – 8:30pm. Please RSVP by the end of the day, Friday, April 18th to Shelagh Stewart-Chung at shelagh.stewart-chung@ucsf.edu
Faculty and Student Presentations and Contributions
Friday, May 02
Jonathan Li , MD
2025 Eyecelerator affiliated with ARVO
Date: 5/2/2025, Time (MT): 07:00 AM
Location: Grand Hyatt Deer Valley Park City
Type:
Session: Eyecelerator 2025 – Economics of Myopia
Sunday, May 04
Alice Summer Tang, PhD
Phenotyping Cataract Surgeries to Mitigate Zonulopathy Risk at an Academic Medical Center
Date: 5/4/2025, Time (MT): 01:00 AM
Location: Online, OnDemand
Type: Abstract OD30
Session: CL On Demand Sessions
Mentor: Catherine Sun, MD and Madeline Yung, MD
Elaine Liu, MD, PhD
Longitudinal Analysis of Microvascular Changes in Diabetes in a Diverse, Urban Safety-Net Population
Date: 5/4/2025, Time (MT): 08:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0179
Poster Range: B0170 – B0222
Session: Diabetic retinopathy: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice and Innovations
Mentor: Jay Stewart, MD
Alyssa Godfrey, MSc
Investigating the Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Corneal Transplantation Outcomes in Patients with Keratoconus and other Corneal Disorders
Date: 5/4/2025, Time (MT): 09:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0251
Poster Range: A0239 – A0270
Session: Corneal Surgery I
Mentor: Maanasa Indaram, MD
Iris Kim, BA
Predicting Progression to Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy in the University of California Health System
Date: 5/4/2025, Time (MT): 09:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0177
Poster Range: B0170 – B0222
Session: Diabetic retinopathy: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice and Innovations
Mentor: Catherine Sun, MD
Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD
A novel progranulin-mTOR axis regulates RPE mitochondrial bioenergetics, subretinal inflammation, and photoreceptor dysfunction in retinal neurodegenerative disease
Date: 5/4/2025, Time (MT): 03:15 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0495
Poster Range: B0463 – B0507
Session: Disease models inform biology
Monday, May 05
Albert Xu, BA
Epidemiology of acute angle closure and laser peripheral iridotomy in California emergency departments
Date: 5/5/2025, Time (MT): 08:30 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0374
Poster Range: B0372 – B0418
Session: Glaucoma Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Social Determinants
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, MD
Jacque Duncan, MD
NEUROD4, a novel gene associated with early-onset recessive Retinal Degeneration (RD)
Date: 5/5/2025, Time (MT): 10:00 AM
Location: 255D Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 1347
Session: Genetic discovery, diagnostics and functional follow ups for rare eye diseases
Scott Harris, PhD
Detection of retinal degeneration by measuring reflexive eye movements
Date: 5/5/2025, Time (MT): 03:00 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation B0116
Poster Range: B0097 – B0151
Session: Retina Miscellaneous II
Mentor: Felice Dunn, PhD and Jacque Duncan, MD
Jacque Duncan, MD
Factors associated with microperimetry false positive responses in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
Date: 5/5/2025, Time (MT): 03:00 PM
Location: Ballroom J Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 1941
Session: Factors associated with microperimetry false positive responses in patients with retinitis pigmentosa (RP)
Maanasa Indaram, MD
Real-World Effectiveness of a Binocular, Dual-Mechanism Therapy in Severe and Deprivational Amblyopia: Analysis from the PUPiL Registry
Date: 5/5/2025, Time (MT): 04:00 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0387
Poster Range: A0369 – A0392
Session: Amblyopia
Tuesday, May 06
Finn Wolfreys, MS, DPhil
Flow-cytometry analysis of uncharacterized SLC4A11 mutations suggests mechanistic heterogeneity
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 08:30 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0217
Poster Range: A0209 – A0242
Session: Corneal Endothelium I
Mentor: Matilda Chan, MD, PhD
Patrick Takla, BA
Comparative Analysis of Endothelial Cell Density in Stable vs. Surgical Candidates with Glaucoma
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 08:30 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0242
Poster Range: A0209 – A0242
Session: Corneal Endothelium I
Mentor: Ying Han, MD, PhD
Jacque Duncan, MD
Enhancing Variant Curation Protocols to Improve Clinical Genetic Testing for Recessive GUCY2D Retinopathies
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 09:30 AM
Location: Ballroom G Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 2730 Talk by Lori Sullivan
Session: International consortia for genetic disease standards
Ryan Morton, BA
Intravital Multiphoton Imaging of Microglia and Their Interaction with Synapses in Experimental Glaucoma
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 10:45 AM
Location: Ballroom I Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 2745
Session: Progress in Molecular and Animal Model Imaging
Mentor: Tyson Kim, MD
Subramanian Dharmarajan, PhD
Retinal synapse disassembly in a non-human primate model of experimental glaucoma
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 11:00 AM
Location: Ballroom J Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 2753
Session: Inner retina circuits and function
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, MD
O’Rese J. Knight, MD
Using Self-Sensing Atomic Force Microscopy Cantilevers to Measure Intraocular Pressure
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 01:15 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0364
Poster Range: A0342 – A0373
Session: Corneal Biomechanics
Jacque Duncan, MD
Adaptive Optics Imaging for Clinical Trials: fad or future?
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 01:15 PM
Location: Ballroom H Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Minisymposium talk
Session: Clinical applications of adaptive optics imaging
Anbukkarasi Muniyandi, PhD
Transplanted human retinal ganglion cells survive and extend dendrites to the deep layers of the retina in an organotypic explant system
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 01:15 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0364
Poster Range: A0427 – A0480
Session: Glaucoma: Neuroprotection and neurorepair
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, MD
Linus Shen, MD
Characterizing the Impact of Geographic Atrophy Progression on Visual Acuity and Vision-Related Quality of Life Over 4 Years – An Analysis of AREDS and AREDS2
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 04:30 PM
Location: 255ABC Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 3618
Session: AMD Clinical research I
Linus Shen, MD
Pixel-Based Analysis of Geographic Atrophy Progression: Determinants of Pixel Involvement
Date: 5/6/2025, Time (MT): 05:15 PM
Location: 255ABC Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 3621
Session: AMD Clinical research I
Wednesday, May 07
Annika Balraj, PhD
Loss of cone inputs is correlated with reduced spike response and greater direction selectivity in ON-direction selective ganglion cells
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 11:15 AM
Location: Ballroom F Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 4067
Session: Retina/RPE: Metabolism, physiology and pharmacology
Mentor: Felice Dunn, PhD
Joo Yeun Lee, PhD
Partial Input Loss Differentially Modifies Neural Pathways
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 11:15 AM
Location: Ballroom J, Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 4095
Session: Retinal Disease and Neuronal Repair
Mentor: Felice Dunn, PhD
Yvonne Ou, MD
Glaucoma Detection Comparative Effectiveness Studies
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 01:15 PM
Type: Oral
Session: CDC’s Vision Health Initiative: Advancing the Intersection of Public Health, Vision Health, and Eye Health
Camille Fang, BS
Live Imaging of Microglia Dynamics and Their Role In Synaptic Pruning In Experimental Glaucoma
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 02:00 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0428
Poster Range: A0414 – A0455
Session: Glaucoma: Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, MD
Jocelyn Liu, BA
Practice Patterns for Open-Angle Glaucoma Treatment in the US
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 02:00 PM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0306
Poster Range: B0257 – B0310
Session: Glaucoma: Lasers and Surgery
Mentor: Catherine Sun, MD
Xinyi Chen, MD
Sex differences in inflammatory serum proteins in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR)
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 02:00 PM
Location: Room 444 Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0056
Poster Range: 4730 – A0056
Session: Diabetic Retinopathy: Medical
Mentor: Jay Stewart, MD
Mengya Zhao, MD, PhD
Spatial Transcriptomics and Genetic Characterization of Mouse Perivascular Retinal Ganglion Cell Types
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 02:00 PM
Location: Poster Hall Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0536
Poster Range: 4962 – A0536
Session: RGC function, dysfunction, and central processing
Mentor: Xin Duan, PhD
Rongshan Yan, PhD
Macropinocytosis Inhibition Mitigates Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Corneal Toxicity In Vitro
Date: 5/7/2025, Time (MT): 02:00 PM
Location: 255E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 4602
Session: Tackling Toxicities and Degenerations
Mentor: Neel Pasricha, MD
Thursday, May 08
Taras Litvin, OD, PhD
Evaluation of the Effect of Ophthalmology-Optometry Co-Management Model on Productivity Metrics
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 08:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0365
Poster Range: BO365
Session: Clinica/Epidemiologic Research
Jacque Duncan, MD
Alternative Endpoints
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 08:17 AM
Location: Room 250 Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: 5253 Symposium
Session: Innovative Breakthroughs in Ocular Gene Therapy
Ethan Lindgren, MS
Animal Models of Antibody-Drug Conjugate (ADC) Corneal Toxicity
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 08:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0404
Poster Range: A0401 – A0448
Session: Toxicities, Degeneration, Development, and More
Mentor: Neel Pasricha, MD
Irene Pak, BS
Clustered Virtual Reality Visual Field Testing for At-Home Glaucoma Monitoring: A Prospective Study at the Three-Year Mark
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 08:00 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0273
Poster Range: B0252 – B0287
Session: Glaucoma: Visual fields and other functional testing
Mentor: Yvonne Ou, MD
Ajay KOlli, MD MPH
Visual Field and Optical Coherence Tomography Progression in Glaucoma Patients with Delayed Follow-Up
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 11:45 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster B0334
Poster Range: 6226 – B0334
Session: Glaucoma: Tools & advancements in diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making
Mentor: Ying Han, MD, PhD
Jacque Duncan, MD
Towards reproducible reading of AOSLO data in multi-center clinical trials
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 11:45 AM
Location: Hall A-E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Poster A0535
Poster Range: A0515 – A0539
Session: Inherited and other eye disease
John Nesemann, MD MSc
Effects of short-term wildfire smoke PM2.5 on California ED visits for eye complaints
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 01:00 PM
Location: Ballroom E Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Paper 5903
Session: Global and public health, disparities, EHR analysis
Mentor: Jeremy Keenan, MD, MPH and Benjamin Arnold, PhD
Evan Chen, MD
Ophthalmologist and Optometrist Co-management Model for Glaucoma: Outcomes from a Single Tertiary Care Center Study
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 03:30 PM
Location: Room 250 Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 6241
Session: Glaucoma: Tools & advancements in diagnosis, monitoring, telemedicine, and clinical decision making
Mentor: Meghan Shan, MD
Sydney Williams, BS
Ceramide destabilizes gap junctions to promote RPE atrophy in Stargardt disease
Date: 5/8/2025, Time (MT): 03:30 PM
Location: Ballroom B Salt Palace Convention Center
Type: Presentation 6260
Session: Retinal Lipid Metabolism in Health and Disease
Mentor: Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD