UCLA Stein Eye Institute Annual Report 2017-2018
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ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Stein Eye Institute UCLA Stein Eye Institute VISION-SCIENCE CAMPUS Benefactor: Benefactor: Uncle Claude Annual Report 2017–2018 Uncle Claude Benefactor: Uncle Claude ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 Annual Report 2016–2017 THE ONLY BARRIER TO A CURE Benefactor: Benefactor: Uncle Claude IS ACCESS Uncle Claude TO CARE. Benefactor: Uncle Claude Benefactor: Uncle Claude Benefactor: Benefactor: Uncle Claude Uncle Claude Benefactor: Uncle Claude Benefactor: Uncle Claude David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles Benefactor: Benefactor: Uncle Claude Uncle Claude Benefactor: Uncle Claude Stein Eye Institute ANNUAL REPORT July 1, 2017– June 30, 2018 DIRECTOR Bartly J. Mondino, MD MANAGING EDITOR Tina-Marie Gauthier c/o Stein Eye Institute 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA Los Angeles, California 90095–7000 [email protected] PUBLICATION COMMITTEE Anthony C. Arnold, MD Kevin M. Miller, MD Alapakkam P. Sampath, PhD Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD M. Gail Summers CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Teresa Closson Susan Ito Sarah Johnson Peter J. López Ellen Pascual Debbie Sato CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Dan Gordon Harlan Lebo PHOTOGRAPHY Reed Hutchinson J. Charles Martin Robin Weisz DESIGN Robin Weisz/Graphic Design PRINTING Colornet Press To view the Annual Report online, visit: www.uclahealth.org/Eye/annual-report For more information about the Institute, see: www.uclahealth.org/eye/ ©2018 by the Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. A YEAR IN REVIEW 1 Saving Sight Across the Globe 2 Institute News 5 Faculty Honors 6 New Faculty Appointments 7 In Memoriam 8 Research 10 Education 12 Community Outreach 15 Alumni 16 JSEI Affiliates 17 Philanthropy 18 Thank You 19 Jules and Doris Stein 25 Board of Trustees and Executive Committee 27 FACULT Y 31 PROGRAMS 93 Patient Care Services 94 Research and Treatment Centers 97 Clinical Laboratories 102 Training Programs 104 APPENDICES 109 Volunteer and Consulting Faculty 110 Residents and Fellows 112 Research Contracts and Grants 114 Clinical Research Studies 127 Publications of the Full-Time Faculty 135 Giving Opportunities 146 DEAR FRIENDS Dr. Jules Stein envisioned a world where everyone can see, and the UCLA Stein Eye Institute was borne upon the promise of eradicating eye disease and preventing avoidable blindness. Our commitment to fulfill Dr. Stein’s dream extends throughout the United States and across all borders. Together with our affiliation partner, the Doheny Eye Institute, we are advancing vision-science research and setting a global standard for patient care. At any given time, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology doctors, residents, fellows, and alumni are delivering medical care in countries throughout the world, serv- ing children and adults in regions with great need. I thank our physicians and researchers who are dedicated to achieving Dr. Stein’s vision. Through their tireless work, they are giving sight to countless individuals who thought their lives would be lived in darkness. I thank you, our donors and friends. Because of your partner- ship in our mission, there is hope that future generations will no longer need fear being blinded by eye disease. The impact of our collective investment in blindness prevention, both here at home and abroad, is incalculable. Please enjoy these highlights of our 2017–2018 academic year, which reflect our efforts to ensure that people the world over have the gift of sight. Sincerely, Bartly J. Mondino, MD Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology Director, Stein Eye Institute Chairman, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology Affiliation Chairman, Doheny Eye Institute UCLA Department of Ophthalmology ACADEMIC DIVISIONS CATARACT AND NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY RETINAL DISEASES AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY Anthony Arnold, MD, Chief SEI OPHTHALMIC GENETICS John Bartlett, MD Laura Bonelli, MD Michael Gorin, MD, PhD, Chief Kenneth Lu, MD Lynn Gordon, MD, PhD Phillip Le, MD, PhD Kevin Miller, MD, Chief Stacy Pineles, MD Colin McCannel, MD Mitra Nejad, MD Peter Quiros, MD Steven Nusinowitz, PhD Optometrists Alfredo Sadun, MD, PhD, Chief DEI SriniVas Sadda, MD Carolyn Duong, OD David Sarraf, MD Linda Hwang, OD OPHTHALMIC PATHOLOGY Mark Landig, OD Ben Glasgow, MD VISION SCIENCE Amanda Powers, OD Suraj Bhat, PhD ORBITAL AND OPHTHALMIC Gordon Fain, PhD COMPREHENSIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY PLASTIC SURGERY Debora Farber, PhD, DPhhc Gavin Bahadur, MD Robert Goldberg, MD, Chief Joseph Horwitz, PhD Rachel Feit-Leichman, MD Daniel Rootman, MD Wayne Hubbell, PhD Tania Onclinx, MD Steven Nusinowitz, PhD Susan Ransome, MD PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY Natik Piri, PhD Meryl Shapiro-Tuchin, MD AND STRABISMUS Roxana Radu, MD Ronald Smith, MD Joseph Demer, MD, PhD, Chief Alapakkam Sampath, PhD, Chief Simon Fung, MD Deming Sun, MD Optometrists Sherwin Isenberg, MD Hui Sun, PhD Michael Baker, OD Monica Khitri, MD Gabriel Travis, MD Vivian Shibayama, OD Stacy Pineles, MD David Williams, PhD Federico Velez, MD Xian-Jie Yang, PhD CORNEA AND UVEITIS Jie Zheng, PhD Anthony Aldave, MD, Chief SEI Optometrist Saba Al-Hashimi, MD Laura Robbins, OD Benjamin Bert, MD Richard Casey, MD RETINA Sophie Deng, MD, PhD Gad Heilweil, MD Gary Holland, MD Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD Hugo Hsu, MD, Chief DEI Hamid Hosseini, MD John Irvine, MD Michael Ip, MD, Chief DEI Batool Jafri, MD Ali Khan, MD Olivia Lee, MD Allan Kreiger, MD Ralph Levinson, MD Tara McCannel, MD, PhD Bartly Mondino, MD, Chairman Pradeep Prasad, MD Steven Schwartz, MD, Chief SEI GLAUCOMA Irena Tsui, MD Find out more about UCLA Joseph Caprioli, MD, Chief SEI Optometrists Department of Ophthalmology Vikas Chopra, MD Melissa Chun, OD Academic Divisions and our Anne Coleman, MD, PhD Jennie Kageyama, OD faculty at: www.uclahealth.org/ Brian Francis, MD, Chief DEI eye/academic-divisions. JoAnn Giaconi, MD Alex Huang, MD, PhD Simon Law, MD, PharmD Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, MD Natik Piri, PhD James Tan, MD, PhD A Year in Review | Stein Eye Institute 1 SAVING SIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE At any given time, UCLA Department of Ophthalmology doctors, residents, fellows, and alumni are advancing eye health and eradicating blindness throughout the world. A YEAR IN REVIEW JULY 1, 2017–JUNE 30, 2018 ur work has no borders,” says Bartly J. Mondino, MD, director of the Stein Eye Institute and chairman of the OUCLA Department of Ophthalmology. “We are dedi- cated to preserving and restoring sight both here at home and abroad.” The World Health Organization reports that an estimated 39 million people are blind—yet up to 80% of these cases could be easily prevented or treated if individuals had access to vision care. Taking this call to action, Stein Eye ophthalmologists bring their specialized skills to underserved regions where avoidable blindness is most prevalent. “More than 230 international fellows from throughout the world have trained at Stein Eye. They then bring this subspecialty clinical and research expertise back to their home country, advancing eye care in their region,” says Dr. Mondino. “In addition to our fellows, Stein Eye faculty, staff, and alumni have shown incredible leadership in their outreach efforts.” 2 Stein Eye Institute | A Year in Review Dr. Bradley Straatsma, founding director of the UCLA Stein Eye Institute, was instrumental in the creation of the Magrabi ICO Cameroon Eye Institute in Yaoundé. MICEI is the first not-for- profit subspecialty and training eye hospital in the Central Africa Region. Changing the Quality of Life “By providing subspecialty ser- in Sub-Saharan Africa vices and advanced training,” says Dr. Straatsma, “MICEI is enhancing vision Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, found- and the quality of life for individuals, ing director of the Stein Eye Institute families, and ultimately all of society in and founding chairman of the UCLA Sub-Saharan Africa.” Department of Ophthalmology, is a shining example of how one person can make a difference in the lives of Volunteer Organizations so many. Making a Global Difference Dr. Straatsma led UCLA into becom- Ending corneal blindness is the inspired ing one of the world’s premier cen- mission of Visionaries International, ters for vision research, education, and a non-profit volunteer organization patient care, and he was recently instru- founded by Stein Eye faculty member mental in the development of the first Anthony J. Aldave, MD, Walton Li subspecialty and training eye hospital in Chair in Cornea and Uveitis. the Central Africa region: the Magrabi “The consequences are especially ICO Cameroon Eye Institute (MICEI) in serious in the developing world, where Yaoundé, Cameroon. 90 percent of all corneal blind live,” “Blindness is closely linked with says Dr. Aldave, chief of the Institute’s extreme poverty and significantly short- Cornea and Uveitis Division. “Lack of er life spans, especially in poorer coun- transplantable corneas and inadequate tries. Independent of a patient’s ability numbers of trained transplant surgeons to pay, MICEI offers services for cata- are the main barriers to treatment.” To ract, cornea, glaucoma, neuro-ophthal- combat these obstacles, Dr. Aldave mology, orbit and oculoplastic surgery, and dedicated volunteers “train the pediatric ophthalmology, refractive sur- trainers” in performing newer forms of gery, in addition to retina and vitreous corneal transplantation to treat corneal surgery,” says Dr. Straatsma. The not- blindness. for-profit eye center officially opened in Stein Eye alumnus Harry S. Brown, 2017 and provided vision care for 20,000 MD, FACS, established Surgical Eye patients its inaugural year. Expeditions (SEE) International in 1974 Teaching sight-saving procedures to prevent blindness and restore vision to eye health providers is a critical tool to disadvantaged individuals worldwide for advancing vision care. Jean-Pierre by providing sustainable medical, surgi- Hubschman, MD, Stein Eye associ- cal, and educational services. ate professor of ophthalmology, was The alumnus organization has grown MICEI’s first Visiting Professor and to more than 650 volunteers from over conducted the hospital’s first vitreo- 75 different countries. To date, SEE retinal surgery with Henry Nkumbe, has conducted 500,000 surgeries and MD, MICEI’s medical director.