Before and After Photos of Mr. Cruz’s eyelids. By: Eric Weintraub   Sandy Zhang-Nunes, MD When Joe Cruz had a car accident in Northern California, burn marks left his face so devastated that he lost the ability to blink. He was in constant pain, frequently needed to apply ointment to his eyes, and could only sleep by rolling his eyeballs into the back of his head. When Joe Cruz had a car accident in Northern California, burn marks left his face so devastated that he lost the ability to blink. He was in constant pain, frequently needed to apply ointment to his eyes, and could only s ..read more

    J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD (Los Angeles) – November 11, 2021 –OneLegacy announced today that J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD, has been named Associate Medical Director for the OneLegacy Eye Bank located in Los Angeles, CA. The OneLegacy Eye Bank is the largest, not-for-profit eye bank servicing the Southern California area. Dr. Heur is an ophthalmologist with the USC Roski Eye Institute, Keck Medicine of USC and currently serves as Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Interim Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He received both his MD and PhD ..read more

The USC Roski Eye Institute will be represented by faculty, fellows, and medical students at AAO 2021. 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 the New Orleans, Louisiana Time Zone: Friday, November 12, 2021 Presenter: Melinda Chang, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology Title: My Nerve Is Swollen but My Vision Is Fine Session Name: NEU03 – Section II: Is This Nerve Okay? – Optic Nerve Disease Room: La Nouvelle Orleans C Time: 11:00-11:15am (Session 10:05am-1:18pm) In P ..read more

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Interviewed by Eric Weintraub, Additional Expertise Contributions by Dr. Brian Toy Much continues to remain unknown about the constantly evolving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, more information has become available in the past 1.5 years regarding COVID-19’s effects on one of the most sensitive parts of our bodies: the eyes. To provide an update, Dr. Annie Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Assistant Director of the Cornea & Refractive Surgery Fellowship at the USC Roski Eye Institute, answers frequently asked questions about whether our eyes are vulne ..read more

Pictured (L to R): Awards received by Dr. Haller, Dr. Tsai, and Dr. McLeod. On Saturday, June 12th, USC Roski Eye Institute faculty, alumni, and guests came together to celebrate the department’s latest innovations across all subspecialities of ophthalmology, hosted digitally on Zoom for the first time in the symposium’s history. “This symposium has come to serve as a hallmark for our department and I know that this day will be one of knowledge sharing and growth for all of us,” said J. Martin Heur, MD, PhD, Interim Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, in his welcome remarks. During the s ..read more

Several USC Roski Eye Institute faculty have received the new Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists (FASRS) designation: Mark Humayun, MD, PhD Linda Lam, MD, MBA Andrew Moshfeghi, MD, MBA Thomas Lee, MD In addition, several KSOM-appointed voluntary faculty at LAC+USC Medical Center received the designation: David S. Boyer, MD, FASRS Pravin U. Dugel, MD, FASRS Homayoun Tabandeh, MD, FASRS Dilsher S. Dhoot, MD, FASRS FASRS designation is awarded to members who have demonstrated consistent commitment to the ASRS, expertise in the management of vitreoretinal disorders, and the ..read more

Pictured (L-R): Unmesh Jadhav, PhD; and Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD By Eric Weintraub and Cristy Lytal For over 60 years, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Foundation has supported innovative biomedical research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, each year granting $100,000 awards to two faculty members. This year, the Baxter Foundation awarded Kimberly Gokoffski, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the USC Roski Eye Institute, and Unmesh Jadhav, PhD, Assistant Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regenerative ..read more

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