The USC Roski Eye Institute will be represented by medical students, graduate students, residents, research staff, postdoctoral research associates, and clinical and research faculty at ARVO 2022. Topics branch across all sub-specialties of Ophthalmology. Find a full list of the presenters and where to see them below. All times listed correspond to Pacific Daylight Time:
 
Sunday, May 1, 2022
 
Authors: Niranjana Kesavamoorthy, Postdoctoral Research Associate; and Hossein Ameri, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Fluorescent Lifetime Imaging Microscopy of Fixed Mice Retina
Session Name: Machine Learning and Image Processing
Location: Virtual
Time: 11:15AM – 1:15PM PDT
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Author: Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
Title: Retinal Vessel Tortuosity Indices (VTIs) as a Potential Biomarker of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH): Baseline Analysis of the IIH Treatment Trial
Session Name: Retina Imaging and Pupillometry
Location: A0291
Time: 11:15AM – 1:15PM PDT
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Authors: Dimitrios Pollalis, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Sun Young Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Exosome Delivery to Retina and Active targeting of CNV by RGD-conjugated exosomes
Session Name: AMD and Diabetic Retinopathy
Location: F0106
Time: 11:15AM – 1:15PM PDT
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Authors: Ethan Pritikin, Medical Student; and Gloria Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Average Scleral Lens Lifespan at a Tertiary Care Hospital
Sessions Name: Contact Lens
Location: A0249
Time: 1:45PM – 3:45PM PDT
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Author: Xuejuan Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Glycemic Control and Diabetic Retinopathy Among Older African American Females with Sickle Cell Trait and G6PD Deficiency
Session Name: Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology
Location: A0156
Time: 1:45PM – 3:45PM PDT
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Authors: Sarah Guo, Medical Student; Mark Borchert, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time); Melinda Chang, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Ophthalmologic findings in children with embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes (ETMR)
Session Name: Oculoplastics
Location: A0297
Time: 1:45PM – 3:45PM PDT
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Author: Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Classification and Growth Rate of Retinal Atrophy After Voretigene Neparvovec-rzyl for RPE65-mediated Retinal Dystrophy
Session Name: Retinal Gene Therapy
Location: Four Seaons Blrm 1
Time: 3:27PM – 3:44PM PDT
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Monday, May 2, 2022
 
Authors: Rosanna Calderon, Graduate Student; Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Cross-species Comparison of Non-canonical Wnt Pathway Expression in the Developing Outer Plexiform Layer
Session Name: Retina Development and Regeneration
Location: F0302
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
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Authors: Jenay Yuen, Medical Student; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Brian Song, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Brandon Wong, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time)
Title: Outcomes and Risk Factors for Noncompliance in Glaucoma Suspects Identified by Teleretinal Screening in a Safety Net Patient Population
Session Name: Telehealth
Location: Virtual
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
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Authors: Chen-Ching Peng, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Bibiana Reiser, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Liya Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; and Jesse Berry, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinical Scholar)
Title: Single Vesicle Analysis of Aqueous Humor Reveals Eye Specific CD63-dominant Subpopulation in Pediatric Ocular Diseases
Session Name: Acqueous Humor Dynamics, IOP, Corneal Disease, Cytokines and Growth Factors
Location: Virtual
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
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Author: Sun Young Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Exosome Based Anti-VEGF Drug Delivery Combined with Active Targeting of Choroidal Neovascularization (CNV)
Session Name: Anti-VEGF in AMD
Location: F0165
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT
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Authors: Micalla Peng, Medical Student; Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering; Biju Thomas, PhD; Associate Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Gianluca Lazzi, PhD; Provost Professor of Ophthalmology; Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Electric Fields Direct Full-Length Optic Nerve Regeneration and Partial Restoration of Visual Function
Session Name: Neuroprotection and Neuroregeneration
Location: 2C/3C Mile High Blrm
Time: 10:25AM – 10:42AM PDT
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Authors: Ajay Kolluru, Medical Student; and Annie Nguyen, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Comparing the Efficacy Between 0.09% Cyclosporine, 0.05% Cyclosporine, and 5% Lifitegrast in Patients with Dry Eye Disease
Session Name: Dry Eye, Clinical
Location: A0290
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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Authors: Deborah Im, Medical Student; Liya Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Jesse Berry, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinical Scholar)
Title: Potential of aqueous humor as a liquid biopsy for uveal melanoma
Session Name: Not All Who Wanders Is Lost – Prognostication, Diagnosis, and Treatments of Ocular Tumors
Location: 1AB Mile High Blrm
Time: 12:04 PM – 12:21 PM PDT
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Authors: Xuejuan Jiang, PhD, Associate Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Differences in Vision-Specific Quality of Life with Visual Acuity by Race, Ethnicity in the Multiethnic Ophthalmology Cohorts of California Study (MOCCaS)
Session Name: Vision Function, Aging Outcomes, and Quality of Life
Location: 1CD Mile High Blrm
Time: 2:34 PM – 2:51 PM PDT
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
 
Authors: Shreya Sirivolu, Medical Student; Liya Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Jesse Berry, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinical Scholar)
Title: Chromosome 6p Amplification Detected in Blood Cell-free DNA in Advanced Retinoblastoma
Session Name: Intraocular Tumors – Uveal Melanoma and Retinoblastoma
Location: A0001
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
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Author: J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD, Interim Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Deletion of Zeb1 Blocks Injury-induced Endothelial Mesenchymal Transition in the Mouse Corneal Endothelium in Vivo
Session Name: Corneal Endothelium
Location: 605/607
Time: 9:30 AM – 9:47 AM PDT
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Authors: Paul Lang, MD, Second Year Ophthalmology Resident; Annie Nguyen, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD, Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Gloria Chiu, OD, FAAO, FSLS, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Impact of Delayed Corneal Cross-Linking in Keratoconus Patients
Session Name: Keratoconus and Corneal Biomechanics
Location: A0211
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
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Authors: Preeya Mehta, Medical Student; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Brian Toy, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Incidence and Risk Factors for the Development of Treatment-Warranted Diabetic Macular Edema at 5 Years Following Initial Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
Session Name: Diabetic Macular Edema
Location: F0232
Time: 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM PDT
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Authors: Galo Apolo, Research Staff; and Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Age-related Changes in Dynamic Iris Behavior Assessed Using a Closed-Loop Iris Control System
Session Name: Glaucoma: Biochemistry, Biomechanics and OMICS
Location: Virtual
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Author: Xuejuan Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Characterizing and Quantifying Image Artifacts in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiograms of Normal Retinal Vasculature
Session Name: OCT Angiography Clinical Applications
Location: Virtual
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Author: Rahul Iyengar, MD, Second Year Ophthalmology Resident
Title: Cost-Effectiveness of a School-Based Screening Program in Indonesia for Identifying and Treating Schoolchildren with Refractive Error
Session Name: Eyecare Delivery and Economics
Location: A0114
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Sourabh Arora, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Brandon Wong, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time); Brian Song, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Intrasession Repeatability of OCTA 4.5mm and 6mm Image Scans for Glaucomatous and Non-glaucomatous Eyes
Session Name: OCT Angiography Clinical Applications
Location: F0077
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Nathanael Matei, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Mansour Rahimi, MD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
Title: Prophylactic Effects of Creatine and Metformin after Incomplete Retinal Ischemia
Session Name: Neuroprotection, Blood Flow and Ischemia
Location: F0207
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: James Gibson, Medical Student; Brandon Wong, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time)
Title: Resident Cataract Surgery Outcomes and Complications in a Large Urban Safety-net Hospital
Session Name: Cataract Surgery II
Location: F0021
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Farzan Abdolahi, Postdoctoral Research Associate; Xuejuan Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Retinal Vascular Perfusion is Positively Associated with Cognitive Measures of New Learning, Information Processing, and Executive Function in African Americans
Session Name: OCT Angiography Clinical Applications
Location: F0088
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Runze Li, Graduate Student; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, University Professor of Ophthalmology; Qifa Zhou, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Simultaneous Assessment of the Whole Eye Biomechanics Using High Frequency Ultrasonic Elastography
Session Name: Glaucoma: Biochemistry, Biomechanics and OMICS
Location: Virtual
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Author: Sun Young Lee, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: FIJI-assisted Automatic Quantitative Volumetric Analysis of CNV in a Laser-induced CNV Mouse Model
Session Name: RPE/Choroid Pathology: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Neovascularization
Location: F0423
Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Kyle Bolo, MD, Second Year Ophthalmology Resident; Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Automated Expert-level Scleral Spur Detection and Quantitative Biometric Analysis on the ANTERION Anterior Segment OCT System
Session Name: OCT Clinical Applications
Location: F0160
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
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Author: Xuejuan Jiang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Correlation Between the Retinal Layer Thickness Changes and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Measurements in Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer’s disease
Session Name: OCT Clinical Applications
Location: F0135
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
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Author: Leonid Zukin, MD, Third Year Ophthalmology Resident
Title: Emergency Ophthalmology Consultations at a Large Tertiary Care Hospital: One-Year Results during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Los Angeles County
Session Name: Public Health II
Location: A0179
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM PDT
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Author: Liya Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: “From the Discovery of the First Oncogene to the Human Genome” – Clinical Impact of Genomic Sequencing for Retinoblastoma: What it Means for Clinicians and Patients
Session Name: Seeing Beyond the Eye – Disciplinary Affiliation in Research Collaboration
Location: 1AB Mile High Blrm
Time: 3:20 PM – 3:35 PM PDT
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Author: Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Real-World Management of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the US
Session Name: AMD and Anti-VEGF
Location: 205/207
Time: 3:55 PM – 4:12 PM PD
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Wednesday, May 4, 2022
 
Authors: Liya Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; and Jesse Berry, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinical Scholar)
Title: Identifying DNA Methylation Signatures of Retinoblastoma Via Aqueous Humor, a Novel Ocular Liquid Biopsy
Session Name: Tumor – Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Molecular Mechanism
Location: A0003
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Authors: Mindy Xu, Medical Student; Mark Borchert, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time); Melinda Chang, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Outcomes of Pediatric Myasthenia Gravis with Ocular Involvement
Session Name: Strabismus
Location: A0320
Time: 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
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Authors: Eric Jung, MD, Second Year Ophthalmology Resident; Thomas Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; and Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Initial Experience with Biosimilar Bevacizumab-bvzr for Intravitreal Use in Children: A Case Series
Session Name: New Drugs, Anti Inflammatory Agents, Antibiotics and Antivirals
Location: 1EF Mile High Blrm
Time: 9:51 AM – 10:08 AM PDT
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Authors: Anita Penkova, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering; Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, University Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Simulation of Thermally-Driven Buoyant Convection for Ocular Drug Delivery Enhancement
Session Name: Drug Delivery
Location: F0156
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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Authors: Shirley Li, Medical Student; Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Jessica Chang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinician Educator)
Title: Volumetric Analysis of Orbital Fat and Extraocular Muscles in TED Patients vs. Normal Controls Using a Novel Fully Automated Atlas-based Segmentation Method.
Session Name: Thyroid Eye Disease
Location: Virtual
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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Authors: Joy Li, Medical Student; Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Jessica Chang, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Clinician Educator)
Title: Volumetric Analysis of Orbital Soft Tissues in Thyroid Eye Disease: Correlations With Clinical Characteristics
Session Name: Thyroid Eye Disease
Location: Virtual
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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Authors: Arthi Rao, Medical Student; Brandon Wong, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time); Benjamin Xu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; Brian Song, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Title: Evaluation of Peripapillary and Macular Vessel Density following Intraocular Pressure Reduction Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
Session Name: Biomechanics and Ocular Blood Flow
Location: Virtual
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
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Authors: Mansour Rahimi, MD Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Mahnaz Shahidi, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Biomedical Engineering
Title: Alterations in Retinal Oxygen Metrics, Thickness, Function, and Ganglion Cell Counts After Experimental Ocular Hypertension-induced Ischemia/reperfusion Injury
Session Name: Multidisciplinary Ophthalmic Imaging
Location: Virtual
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Gengxi Lu, Graduate Student; Biju Thomas, PhD; Associate Professor of Research Ophthalmology; Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, University Professor of Ophthalmology; Qifa Zhou, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research Ophthalmology
Title: Non-invasive Ultrasound Retinal Stimulation for Vision Restoration and its Frequency-dependent Efficiency
Session Name: Retinal Degenerations, Gene Therapy, Transplantation, and Prosthesis
Location: F0322
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Jennifer Lopez, Second Year Ophthalmology Resident; Mark Borchert, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (Part-Time); Thomas Lee, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology; and Aaron Nagiel, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Title: Subretinal Deposits in Young Patients Treated with Voretigene Neparvovec-rzyl for RPE65-mediated Retinal Dystrophy
Session Name: Retinal Degenerations, Gene Therapy, Transplantation, and Prosthesis
Location: F0297
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
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Authors: Dominic Shayler, Postdoctoral Research Associate; David Cobrinik, MD, PhD; Associate Professor or Research Ophthalmology
Title: Early photoreceptor trajectories towards a cancer-predisposed cone precursor state
Session Name: Retinal Development
Location: 2B/3B Mile High Blrm
Time: 3:25 PM – 3:42 PM PDT
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