Barbara Brody, Clinical Professor and Director of Community Ophthalmology and Dr. Stuart Brown, Professor and Chairman, presented their successful NIH sponsored research project entitled “Self-Management of Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Quality of Life at 6 Months Follow-Up: A Randomized Controlled Trial” at the recent ARVO meeting. This program of research was also a focus of an interview with Barbara Brody by ABC News.com. The Save Our Children’s Sight project, also directed by Barbara Brody, was recently awarded a second year grant from the First 5 Commission of San Diego to fund in part the services of the Ratner EyeMobile for Children. With the initiation of the First 5 Commission funding, the local ABC affiliate, Channel 10, ran a news story on the EyeMobile for Children program. Recent funding also was awarded by Lions Clubs District 4-L6 from a grant for this program from Supervisor Ron Robert’s office.

William R. Freeman, MD, Retina, is again president of the International Society of Ocular Infections and will be presiding over the next meeting of that group in Japan in 2005. He was asked to discuss the issue of intravitreal kenalog injections for ocular disease at the upcoming American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting in Anaheim and is on the faculty of the pre-academy retina meeting in November 2002 which attracts over 1000 retina specialists from around the world. His group presented over 10 papers on retinal disease and new treatments at the May 2002 ARVO meeting in Ft. Lauderdale and he will be presenting a study of new retinal laser imaging techniques at the prestigious retina society meeting in Chicago in September. Freeman was recently appointed to the executive committee of the preventive treatment of macular degeneration study group, a national group studying new laser techniques in macular degeneration. Dr. Freeman was elected to the list of Best Doctors in San Diego Magazine and was also published again this year in Who's Who. He has procured research grants from National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling over 400,000 dollars this year.

Michael H. Goldbaum, MD, Retina, was recently published in IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging for his research on “Locating the Optic Nerve in a Retinal Image Using the Fuzzy Convergence of the Blood Vessels.” He recently returned from Italy where he was a visiting Professor, lecturing on Retinopathy of Prematurity. Dr. Goldbaum conducted all of these classes in Italian. A grateful patient, Kathryn M. Ringrose, acknowledged Dr. Goldbaum in her recently published book, The Perfect Servant. The author, a lecturer in History at UCSD, began to lose her sight while working on her book. She thanked Dr. Goldbaum for “repairing her eyesight so that she could complete her work.

David B. Granet, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology, was elected by his peers to the 2003 San Diego’s Best Doctors List. He was the only pediatric ophthalmologist and realignment specialist named. Dr. Granet participated as an invited panelist on the ”Management of Complex Cataracts” for the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Annual Meeting and was an Invited Lecturer, speaking on “Eye Problems in the Newborn,” University of California, San Diego Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. His recent publications include “When the Darker Eye Has the Smaller Pupil,” Journal of AAPOS; “Vision Development, Testing and Visual Screening,” Pediatric Eye Disease Color Atlas Synopsis; and, “Vision testing in the Pediatric Population,” Ophthalmology Clinics of North America. He was an invited participant for the “Specialty Eye and Ear” Symposium, given by Strategic Education Partners in Chicago, Illinois. In addition, Dr. Granet was appointed to the American Orthoptic Council.

This past June, Shira Robbins, MD, Pediatric Ophthalmology, presented “Z-myotomy” at the European Strabismological Association Meeting in Bergen, Norway. She was also a co-author of “Vision Testing in the Pediatric Population,” Ophthalmology Clinics of North America this past year.

Don O. Kikkawa, MD, Oculoplastics, recently elected to the Best Doctors in San Diego list, was awarded full professor status in July, 2003. This summer he completed ten years as Director of the Residency program at the Shiley Eye Center. His recent presentations include "Update on Botulinum Toxin (Cosmetic)," Sixth Annual Ocular Drug and Surgical Therapy Update Meeting, Dana Point, CA and Moderator for a panel on the "Use of Botulinum Toxin in Clinical Practice" at the Sixth Annual Ocular Drug and Surgical Therapy Update Meeting, in Dana Point, CA. Dr. Kikkawa has co-authored these publications printed this past spring: "Eyebrows, Eyelids, and Face: Structure and Function" in Duane's Ophthalmology; “Botulinum: a Toxin Injection for Restrictive Myopathy of Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy: Effects on Intraocular Pressure,” in the American Journal of Ophthalmology.

Pamela Sample, PhD., Glaucoma and Visual Function, has co-authored the following recent publications for the American Journal of Ophthalmology: “Structure and function evaluation (SAFE): I. Criteria for glaucomatous visual field loss using standard and automated perimetry (SAP) and short wavelength automated perimetry (SWAP);” “Structure and Function Evaluation (SAFE): II. Comparison of optic disk and visual field characteristics;” “Corneal thickness measurements and visual function abnormalities in ocular hypertensive patients;” and “Glaucoma in the black American population,” a review in the Survey of Ophthalmology. She is currently participating in studies conducted under the following NIH research Grants: principal investigator for “Visual Function in Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension; “Short Wavelength Automate Perimetry in the OHTS Trial;” “African Americans with Glaucoma: Structure and Function; co-investigator for Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study (OHTS); “Medical Advice from Glaucoma Informatics;” and “Clinical Assessment of the Nerve Fiber layer, Functional MRI in Glaucoma and Healthy Eyes.” She also serves as a consultant on two NIH projects: “Clinical Assessment of the Nerve Fiber Layer in Glaucoma” and “Multivariate Quantification of Glaucomatous Neuropathy.”

David Schanzlin, MD, Cornea, has had these recent publications : “Preliminary Results from the Phase II FDA Study of the Phakic 6H2 Anterior Chamber IOL for Myopia,” ASCRS; ” Characteristics of corneal ectasia after LASIK for myopia,” ARVO; “Post LASIK Flap Striae: Management and Outcome,” AOS; and, “Corneal Changes After laser in Situ Keratomileusis: Measurement of Corneal Polarization and Magnitude,” AOS. He presented to the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in San Francisco, CA on New Surgical Options for Keratoconus and Keraectasia; participated on the Intacs Roundtable III; delivered the Oasis Astigmatome Course; and presented papers on “Preliminary Results from the Phase II FDA Study of the Phakic 6H2 Anterior Chamber IOL for Myopia,” and “4H: Phakic 6 Anterior Chamber IOL: Phase II Results.”

Robert N. Weinreb, MD, Glaucoma, was elected by his peers to both the Best Doctors in San Diego and Best Doctors in America lists. He has been named to every edition of Best Doctors of America since it was first published more than 10 years ago. Dr. Weinreb received the following recent awards: Research to Prevent Blindness Physician-Scientist Award; Singapore Eye Research Institute Alumni Association Distinguished Professor; IGR Prize for Outstanding Glaucoma Research and was elected President of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). He also is President-Elect of the Association of International Glaucoma Societies. He delivered the keynote lecture of the 1st Singapore Eye Research Institute-ARVO Meeting as well as the Fifth Transamerica Lecture, at the University of California, San Francisco.

Linda Zangwill, PhD, Glaucoma and Epidemiology, has co-authored eight publications this past year. Among them are “Structure and Function Evaluation (SAFE): II. Comparison of optic disk and visual field characteristics,” in the American Journal of Ophthalmology; “Fourier analysis of scanning laser polarimetry measurements with variable corneal compensation in glaucoma,” Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science; “Association between scanning laser polarimetry measurements using variable corneal polarization compensation and visual field sensitivity in glaucomatous eyes” in the Archives of Ophthalmology.