Ophthalmology and Visual Science Faculty
Tsai, James
Chair
Research Interests:the search for molecules with the potential to protect the optic nerve from damage directly, without lowering intraocular pressure (e.g. neuroprotection) the evaluation of surgical outcomes in glaucoma patients and the development of advanced techniques of vision testing
Clinical Interests:Diagnosis and management of challenging glaucoma cases including glaucoma implant surgery, trabeculectomy with antimetabolite surgery, and combined glaucoma and cataract surgery; sutureless cataract surgery in patients with glaucoma; eye disorders
Abrahams, I Willard
Clinical Interests:Uveitis
Adelman, Ron
Research Interests:Retinal disease and surgery; Macular degeneration; Diabetic retinopathy
Clinical Interests:Vitreo-retinal surgery; macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; retinal detachment; macular hole
Coca-Prados, Miguel
Research Interests:Chloride Channels of the ClC Family; Construction of Subtractive Libraries; Gene Expression and Regulation of Neuropeptides and Hormones; Gene Expression and Regulation of TIGR; Regulatory Peptides With Hypertensive And/or Hypotensive Act; Steroid Metabolism and Regulation of Gene Expression of 17bH
Crair, Michael
Research Interests:Neural circuit development; synapse formation; visual system development; cortex development
Forster, Susan
Research Interests:Clinical Interests: general ophthalmology; amblyopia; cataracts; glaucoma; strabismus; macular degeneration
Gaudio, Paul
Research Interests:Corneal inflammatory and infectious disease; uveitis, and intraocular infection, occular immunology
Hoh, Josephine
Research Interests:Interactions among genes; Environmental exposures
Huang, John
Research Interests:Vitreo-retinal diseases and uveitis; Pharmacogenomic treatment of macular degeneration patients; Quality of life in uveitis patients; External factors in treatment of diabetic retinopathy
Clinical Interests:Non-infectious and infectious uveitis; retinal disorders; macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; macular hole; macular pucker; retinal detachment; cystoid macular edema; hereditary retinal degeneration; ocular lymphoma; ocular leukemia
Kempton, James
Research Interests:Vitreo-retinal diseases and surgery and the systems approaches in the delivery of medical education
Clinical Interests:Vitreo-retinal diseases; laser and surgery
Materin, Miguel
Research Interests:Role of cytogenetics in ocular oncology for diagnosis and prognosis; improving diagnostic and treatment methods for eye tumors
Clinical Interests:Benign and malignant ocular tumors; ocular melanoma; retinoblastoma; choroidal hemangiomas; retinal hemangiomas; metastases; astrocytic tumors; tumors related to other conditions or syndromes such as von Hippel-Lindau disease
Parke, David
Research Interests:Clinical Interests: Devices to assist patients with low vision
Clinical Interests:Clinical Interests: Devices to assist patients with low vision
Rizzolo, Lawrence
Research Interests:Retinal disease; Tight junctions; Outer blood-retinal barrier; Epithelia; Human embryonic stem cells; Bio/tissue engineering; Medical education
Clinical Interests:Medical education
Shayegani, Aryan
Research Interests:Cataract surgery; corneal medical and surgical disease; keratoconus; Fuchs' Dystrophy; corneal transplantation; DSAEK; comprehensive eye disease
Clinical Interests:cataract surgery; cornea surgery; cornea disease; comprehensive ophthalmology
Shields, M Bruce
Research Interests:Glaucoma; Aqueous Outflow; Cyclophotocoagulation; Glaucoma; Intraocular Pressure; Laser Technology
Clinical Interests:Glaucoma and related disorders
Sinard, John
Research Interests:medical informatics
Clinical Interests:ophthalmic pathology; general surgical pathology; autopsy pathology; tumor pathology; pathology informatics
Stoessel, Kathleen
Research Interests:retinopathy of prematurity
Clinical Interests:Evaluation and laser treatment of ROP and other adult and pediatric proliferative retinopathies, sickle cell retinopathy; retinal evaluation in pediatric head trauma; diabetic retinopathy; macular degeneration; retinal dystrophies
Volker, Erica
Clinical Interests:Specialty contact lenses; keratoconus; ectasia; astigmatism; aphakia; presbyopia; myopia; hyperopia; dry eye
Walsh, Thomas
Research Interests:Clinical Interests: decreased vision; diplopia; exophthalmos; medical diseases that impact the visual system
Clinical Interests:Clinical Interests: decreased vision; diplopia; exophthalmos; medical diseases that impact the visual system
Zeiss, Caroline
Research Interests:Molecular and cellular pathogenesis of retinal degeneration; neurobiology of movement disorders; phenotypes of genetically engineered mice; evolutionary biology of the eye; Veterinary Pathology; Mouse Phenotyping; Ocular pathology with emphasis on photoreceptor disorders; Neuroanatomy of age-related gait disorders; Signal transduction events during neuronal death; Comparative pathology with emphasis on murine neuroanatomy; Phenotying genetically altered rodents
Zenisek, David
Research Interests:Physiology and cell biology of the presynaptic terminal; Retinal Bipolar Neuron; Synaptic Terminal; Synaptic Ribbons; Vesicle Transport; Exocytosis; Endocytosis
Zhou, Z. Jimmy
Research Interests:Physiology and development of the mammalian retina under normal and pathological conditions; Organization and function of retinal synapses and circuits
