# Eye News May 2014 May 01, 2014 ![eyeNews](/sites/g/files/omnuum9886/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/eye/files/eye-news_0.png?itok=MM1lJ0ar) [NEWS](#news) | [HONORS, AWARDS & GRANTS](#honors) | [PHILANTHROPY](#philanthropy) | [PRESS](#press) | [RECENT PUBLICATIONS](#pub) | [CALENDAR](/events/calendar) We had great turnout, participation and honors given to our faculty during ARVO’s annual meeting earlier this month. Our department contributed a total of 261 submissions, which included 48 papers, 184 posters, 5 educational courses, 4 symposia, 4 mini symposia, 12 special interest groups, 2 cross sectional group sessions, and 2 workshops. Kudos to Janey Wiggs, Reza Dana, Pedram Hamrah, and Demetrios Vavvas who were this year’s top faculty contributors. Our faculty garnered some prestigious ARVO honors, including the 2015 Proctor Medal awarded to Pat D’Amore and the 2015 Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology awarded to Joan Miller. In another exciting awards “sweep” three Mass. Eye and Ear/Schepens faculty ― Simmons Lessell, Reza Dana and Magali Saint-Geniez – were selected to receive 2013-2014 HMS Excellence in Mentoring Awards. The awards recognize the value of quality mentoring relationships and the impact they have on professional development and career advancement in clinical medicine, teaching, research and administration. See details in our [Awards](#mentor) section. Congratulations to all! Last month we launched Ey*e Advisory*, a new clinical newsletter that will be mailed twice a year to 18,000 AAO members nationwide who are practicing ophthalmologists. The newsletter offers practical and relevant best practice information from Mass. Eye and Ear specialists and will feature a different disease topic each issue. Our inaugural issue focuses on ocular trauma and includes key recommendations from a report prepared by ophthalmology faculty from HMS and BU who were involved in emergency response efforts following the Boston Marathon bombings last year. Yoshi Yonekawa, MD, is lead author of the paper, which is now in press at the journal *Ophthalmology*. Published biannually in the spring and fall, Eye *Advisory* also will help to raise our national profile about Mass. Eye and Ear’s benchmark practices in clinical care. Many thanks to Eye *Advisory’s* Managing Editor, Matthew Gardiner, and our Clinical Advisory Group: Carolyn Kloek, Deeba Husain, Ankoor Shah and Angela Turalba. Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO Henry Willard Williams Professor of Ophthalmology Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School Chief of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital ## HMS Ophthalmology News **“See a New You” Event** Earlier this month, Mass. Eye and Ear and *Boston Magazine* co-hosted an innovative event called, “See a New You.” Close to 100 people attended the event, which was held in the Eye Plastics suite at Mass. Eye and Ear. Attendees had the opportunity to speak with physicians, browse through a pop-up optical shop, and consult with makeup stylists. **Suzanne Freitag** and **Roberto Pineda II** introduced their teams and gave an overview of the cosmetic eyelid surgery and laser vision correction procedures offered at Mass. Eye and Ear. **CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering** The Bertarelli Program—a joint program of Harvard Medical School and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne—is inviting funding proposals for translational neuroscience and neuroengineering research projects in the areas of electrical, mechanical and optical engineering, including genetic and cell engineering. [Click here](http://www.hms.harvard.edu/bertarelli/research.html) for additional details and submission instructions. **LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Annual Meeting & Alumni Reunion Weekend Poster Contest The contest is open to trainees and other students in the Department of Ophthalmology. Work that has been presented at other meetings (including ARVO) is welcome. Files should be emailed to with “Poster Submission” in the subject line. Judging will take place at the Wyndham Boston Beacon Hill Hotel, 15th Floor on June 20, 2014 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, and the winner will be announced at 3:30 pm the same day. **Submission Deadline: May 31, 2014 For more information, visit: [www.masseyeandear.org/annualmeeting/poster](http://masseyeandear.org/annualmeeting/poster) As part of its next Speaker Series Presentation, **Foundation Fighting Blindness** is partnering with **Schepens** on the topic “Stem Cell Treatments for Retinal Diseases,” presented by **Michael Young**. The event will be held this Wednesday, May 21st at the Schepens Starr Center from 7:00pm-9:00pm (registration begins at 6:30pm) and is open to the public. Please RSVP to Tasha Williams at (212) 244-1470 or email . **FINAL REMINDER: NEOS Hecht Awards for Best Resident and Fellow Posters** Residents and fellows from all the New England ophthalmologic teaching programs are encouraged to submit abstracts for a scientific poster presentation contest held May 30, 2014 at the New England Ophthalmological Society (NEOS) meeting. Posters will be judged on originality and scientific merit and cash awards will be made. Poster presentations exhibited at ARVO in 2014 and at the AAO meeting in 2013 may be submitted. **The submission deadline for abstracts to appear in the NEOS printed agenda has passed but NEOS will continue to accept posters as space permits.** For questions, please contact Judy Cerone Keenan ( or 617-227-6484). [Return to top](#top) ## HMS Faculty Updates **Appointments:** - **Marlene Durand, MD**, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology (secondary) - **Ula Jurkunas, MD**, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology - **Jaya Rajaiya, PhD**, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology **New Recruits:** - Welcome to **Maggie Hymowitz, MD** who joined **Matthew Gardiner,** part-time, in Mass. Eye and Ear’s Emergency Department in early May. Maggie completed her medical school training at Boston University School of Medicine, her residency at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and a glaucoma fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute. After completing her fellowship, Maggie headed to Pennsylvania where she joined Chester County Eye Care Associates as a Glaucoma specialist and worked as an Attending Surgeon at Chester County Hospital and Jennersville Regional Hospital. Most recently, she was on staff at Wills Eye Hospital serving in several capacities: as an Attending Ophthalmologist in the Wills Eye Emergency Room at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and on the “Wills on Wheels” Mobile Eye Unit. Additionally, she was an instructor of ophthalmology at Jefferson Medical College. Maggie continues to maintain a part-time position as a Medical Officer/Glaucoma Specialist for Food and Drug Administration in Maryland. - The cornea and refractive surgery practice of **Jonathan H. Talamo** and **Kathryn Masselam** **Hatch** will be joining the Mass. Eye and Ear family, and will be known as Mass. Eye and Ear, Waltham. An integral part of the Department of Ophthalmology’s regional business development strategy to the west, this practice offers a full range of specialty care, including cataract surgery, on-site laser vision correction, corneal crosslinking, and optometric services. Both Jonathan and Kathryn completed fellowships at Mass. Eye and Ear. This is exciting expansion progress and we look forward to a mutually beneficial and engaging future for all.[ *Read the full announcement*](/gedownload!/Talamo-announcement.pdf?item_id=81629014&version_id=81629015). - **Deborah Cronin-Waelde, RN, MSN** will join Mass. Eye and Ear’s Department of Ophthalmology as Director of Operations, effective June 2, 2014. In this key leadership role, Deborah will oversee programs and strategic objectives related to our clinical operations across the entire service network for Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary and Mass. Eye and Ear Associates. Deborah has deep knowledge of and experience in clinical management operations, patient quality and safety practices, process improvement, leadership development and recruitment. She joins us from Hallmark Health System where she honed her expertise in a number of strategic leadership roles. Her most recent position as System Director of Emergency Services & Emergency Management involved managing two emergency departments, and leading the planning and successful implementation of two hospital-based urgent care centers. Prior to this, she was the Program Director for the Bone and Joint Center across the entire Hallmark Health System. Deborah’s nearly decade-long career at Hallmark was marked with significant improvements in patient satisfaction, length of stay metrics, documentation, transition of care from ED to nursing units, and many other initiatives that improved clinical throughput and the overall experience for patients and staff. Deborah’s strong leadership background and proven performance in clinical operations management will be invaluable to the Department as we continue with our regional business development strategy, as well as recruit faculty and staff. Please join me in welcoming Deborah to our team! *[Read the full announcement](/gedownload!/Cronin-announcement.pdf?item_id=81629012&version_id=81629013).* [Return to top](#top) ## Honors, Awards & Grants Several Mass. Eye and Ear/Schepens members received top ARVO honors at this year's annual meeting, including the prestigious Proctor Medal and Weisenfeld Achievement Awards. - **Patricia D’Amore** is the recipient of the 2015 Proctor Medal, honoring her outstanding contributions in basic science as applied to ophthalmology - **Joan Miller** is the recipient of the 2015 Mildred Weisenfeld Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology recognizing her distinguished scholarly contributions to the clinical practice of ophthalmology. Dr. Miller is the first woman to be awarded this honor. - Schepens Adjunct Scientist, **Martine Jager**, was selected to receive the Joanne G. Angle Award, the highest service honor to a volunteer professional bestowed by ARVO. - **Joseph Rizzo** achieved Gold Fellow status. - **Geeta K. Vemuganti** received the 2013 Merck Collaborative Research Fellowship. - National Eye Institute Travel Grants were awarded to ophthalmology resident **Aubrey Gilbert**, research fellow, **Maria Lopez**, and HMS Ophthalmology alumna, **Yao Liu**. - **Chari Fernadez Godino** was awarded the 2014 MIT Outstanding Poster Award for her work on, "A Primary RPE cell culture model to study early mechanism of macular degeneration." Chari is senior fellow in the Pierce lab and her research is focused on macular degeneration. Three ophthalmology faculty members were selected to receive 2013-2014 HMS Excellence in Mentoring Awards from the Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership–a high honor only awarded to 18 out of 11,000 total HMS faculty each year. Faculty members will be recognized at the Excellence in Mentoring Awards Ceremony on June 12, 2014 from 4pm-6pm in the Carl Walter Amphitheater in Tosteson Medical Education Center at Harvard Medical School. - **Simmons Lessell:** William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award - **Reza Dana:** A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award - **Magali Saint-Geniez:** Young Mentor Award An additional four faculty members were nominated for mentoring awards. Congratulations to **Alexandra Bowers, Teresa Chen, James Chodosh, Shizuo Mukai,** and **Alicia Quesnel.** **Baojian Fan** received a grant award totaling $100,000 from Bright Focus Foundation for his project entitled, “Discovery of PDS/PG Genes by Exome Sequencing.” **Michael Gilmore** was awarded an R01 from the National Institutes of Health totaling more than $1.6 million payable over four years for his project, “Molecular Basis for Ocular Surface Tropism in Conjunctivitis.” Additionally, Dr. Gilmore was awarded a $250,000 research grant from Institut Merieux for his project entitled, “Exploring the *Staphylococcus aureus* innate ‘Resistome’ using next generation sequencing technology Tn-seq.” **Ahmad Kheirkhah** received a grant from the Eye Foundation of America for his project on UV Cross-linking. **Carolyn Kloek** has been selected for the 2014 Women in Ophthalmology Emerging Leader Award in recognition of her extraordinary leadership and dedication to ophthalmology. **Eli Peli** will deliver the inaugural Annual Moshe Lahav, MD Lecture at the New England Eye Center Graduation 2014 on June 13. Dr. Lahav was a retinal specialist and an eye pathologist who was a faculty member at Schepens before moving to Tufts. **Roberto Pineda II** was recently named Associate Director of the Mass. Eye and Ear Office of Global Surgery and will begin an initial three-year term as the Ophthalmology Department’s newest Distinguished Scholar in Ophthalmology. **Angela** **Turalba** was selected to receive the 2014 Norman Knight Leadership Development Award. This award provides critical seed funding to promising ophthalmologists at the start of their academic careers and will be presented during the Spring Trustees Meeting held on June 3. Past recipients of this award have included Ivana Kim (retina), Dean Cestari (neuro-ophthalmology), Ula Jurkunas (cornea) and HMS Ophthalmology alumnus Douglas Rhee (glaucoma). [Return to top](#top) ## Press **[One Year, One City](http://www.bostonglobe.com/2014/04/14/one-year-one-city/LJpXxSk22z1ifq6c06uQFM/story.html):** April 15, 2014 (*Boston Globe*) **Yoshihiro Yonekawa**, a third year Ophthalmology resident who treated victims of the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013, is shown in an iconic *Boston Globe* photo (middle, near the back) commemorating the one year anniversary of the attacks. He is quoted as saying, “I will be thinking of the patients we treated last year and their families, of their inspirational courage and endurance that moved the world.” Yoshi is lead author on a paper currently in press at *Ophthalmology* that reports on ocular blast injuries sustained by victims of the bombings. The paper includes recommendations for future disaster-readiness and response planning. A paper by **Alex Hwang** and **Eli Peli** will be highlighted In the special show edition of *Information Display* at the upcoming meeting of The Society for Information Display (SID) being held June 3-6, 2014. The paper, titled, “Augmented Edge Enhancement on Google Glass for Vision-Impaired Users,” describes an app for outlining the edges of objects viewed through a Google Glass display in order to make it easier for vision-impaired users to recognize faces and other objects at appropriate distances. [Return to top](#top) ## Recent Publications **(APRIL 2014)** **Al-Moujahed A,** Nicolaou F, **Brodowska K, Papakostas TD, Ksander BR, Miller JW, Gragoudas ES, Vavvas DG**. Uveal Melanoma cells are inhibited by AICAR partially through activation of AMP-dependent Kinase. *Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science* – 2014 April 29 (on-line) Andreoli MT, Yiu G, Hart L, **Andreoli CM**.[ B-scan ultrasonography following open globe repair](http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v28/n4/full/eye2013289a.html).*Eye* – April 2014 [](http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v28/n4/full/eye2013289a.html) **Cade F, Paschalis EI, Regatieri CV**, **Vavvas DG, Dana R, Dohlman CH.** [Alkali burn to the eye: protection using TNF-α inhibition](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24488127). *Cornea* – 2014 April [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24488127) Cheng L, Desai J, Miranda CJ, Duncan JS, Qiu W, Nugent A, Kolpak AL, Wu CC, Drokhlyansky E, Delisle MM, Chan WM, Wei Y, Propst F, Reck-Peterson SL, Fritzsch B, **Engle EC**. [Human Cfeom1 mutations attenuate Kif21a autoinhibition and cause oculomotor axon stalling](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089662731400169X). *Neuron* – 2014 April 16 [](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089662731400169X) **Chatterjee A, Villarreal G Jr, Oh DJ, Kang MH, Rhee DJ.** [AMP-activated protein kinase regulates intraocular pressure, extracellular matrix, and cytoskeleton in trabecular meshwork](http://www.iovs.org/content/early/2014/04/04/iovs.13-12755.long). *Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science –* 2014 April8 [](http://www.iovs.org/content/early/2014/04/04/iovs.13-12755.long) **Cho HY, Nasir HH,** **Sobrin L.** [Focal laser photocoagulation and photodynamic therapy for lupus choroidopathy](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24500485). *Lupus –* 2014 April [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24500485) **Damico FM**, Takahashi BS, Acquesta FB. [Transscleral delivery of Nd: YLF laser at 1,047 nm causes vascular occlusion in experimental pigmented choroidal melanoma](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23974998). *Retina* – 2014 April [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23974998) **Ding J, Sullivan DA.** [The effects of insulin-like growth factor 1 and growth hormone on human meibomian gland epithelial cells](http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.8295). *JAMA Ophthalmology* – 2014 April 17 [](http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.8295) **Faez S, Lobo AM**, Unizony SH, Stone JH, **Papaliodis GN, Sobrin L.** [Ocular inflammatory disease in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a case series and review of the literature](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10067-014-2558-6#). *Clinical Rheumatology* – 2014 April 3 **Feke GT, Bex PJ, Taylor CP, Rhee DJ, Turalba AV, Chen TC,** Wand M, **Pasquale LR.** [Effect of brimonidine on retinal vascular autoregulation and short-term visual function in normal tension glaucoma](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24709811). *American Journal of Ophthalmology –* 2014 April 5 [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24709811) **Hsu SM, Mathew R,** Taylor AW, **Stein-Streilein J.** [Ex-vivo tolerogenic F4/80⁺ antigen-presenting cells (APC) induce efferent CD8⁺ regulatory T cell-dependent suppression of experimental autoimmune uveitis](http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cei.12243/abstract). *Clinical & Experimental Immunology* – 2014 April Karamichos D, **Hutcheon AE**, Rich CB, Trinkaus-Randall V, Asara JM, **Zieske JD**.[ *In vitro* model suggests oxidative stress involved in keratoconus disease](http://www.nature.com/srep/about/index.html). *Scientific Reports –* 2014 April 9 [](http://www.nature.com/srep/about/index.html) **Lee H, Schlereth SL, Park EY, Emami-Naeini P, Chauhan S, Dana R.** [A novel pro-angiogenic function for interferon-γ-secreting natural killer cells](http://www.iovs.org/content/early/2014/04/04/iovs.14-14093.long). *Ophthalmology & Visual Science* – 2014 April 8 Nguyen J, **Fay A, Yadav P, Macintosh PW,** Metson R.[ Stereotactic microdebrider in deep lateral orbital decompression for patients with thyroid eye disease](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24777260). *Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery* – 2014 April 25 **Qazi Y, Aggarwal S, Hamrah P.** [Image-guided evaluation and monitoring of treatment response in patients with dry eye disease](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00417-014-2618-2). *Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology* – 2014 April 2014 Radcliffe NM, Smith SD, **Syed ZA,** Park SC, Ehrlich JR, De Moraes CG, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. [Retinal blood vessel positional shifts and glaucoma progression](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161642013010609). *Ophthalmology –* 2014 April [](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0161642013010609) Vajaranant TS, Grossardt BR, Maki PM, **Pasquale LR,** Sit AJ, Shuster LT, Rocca WA.[ Risk of glaucoma after early bilateral oophorectomy](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24061049). *Menopause* – 2014 April [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24061049) Scotti F, Maestroni A, Palini A, Introini U, Setaccioli M, **Lorenzi M**, Zerbini G. [Endothelial progenitor cells and response to ranibizumab in age-related macular degeneration](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736462). *Retina* – 2014 April 14 [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736462) **Shah AS,** Prabhu SP, **Sadiq MA, Mantagos IS, Hunter DG, Dagi LR.** [Adjustable nasal transposition of split lateral rectus muscle for third nerve palsy](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24723153). *JAMA Ophthalmology* – 2014 April 10 [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24723153) Stepp MA, **Zieske JD**, Trinkaus-Randall V, Kyne BM, Pal-Ghosh S, Tadvalkar G, Pajoohesh-Ganji A. [Wounding the cornea to learn how it heals](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001448351400044X). *Experimental Eye Research* – 2014 April [](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001448351400044X) West CE, **Hunter DG.** [Displacement of optical centers in over-the-counter readers: a potential cause of diplopia](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24767829). *Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus* – 2014 April 24 [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24767829) Yang S, **Mackinnon S, Dagi LR, Hunter DG.** [Superior rectus transposition vs medial rectus recession for treatment of esotropic duane syndrome](http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1862755). *JAMA Ophthalmology* – 2014 April 24 [](http://archopht.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1862755) **Yoon MK**, Piluek WJ, Ruggiero JP, McDermott MW, McCulley TJ. [Orbital cerebrospinal fluid accumulation after complicated pterional-orbitozygomatic craniotomy](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699141). *Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology* – 2014 April 2 [](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24699141) **Yu H, Vu TH, Cho KS, Guo C, Chen DF**. [Mobilizing endogenous stem cells for retinal repair](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931524413004283). *Translational Research* – 2014 April [](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1931524413004283) [Return to top](#top) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#)