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E-VISION
Department of Ophthalmology
and Visual Neurosciences
FACULTY & STAFF HIGHLIGHTS
Deborah Ferrington, PhD, presented her research at the
University of Buffalo as part of the “Distinguished Lectures
in Vision Science” on January 19, 2017. The title of her
talk was “Mitochondria: The Retina’s Achilles’ Heel in AgeRelated Macular Degeneration.” Maria Hytti, PhD, from the
University of Eastern Finland, is doing a 3-month research
visit in the laboratory of Dr. Deborah Ferrington. Dr. Hytti’s
work involves investigating how damaged mitochondria can
induce inflammation in cultured retinal pigment epithelial
cells.
Caroline Hallbech, MD, by popular vote among faculty and
residents, Dr. Hallbech will serve as the 2017-2018 resident
representative.
Dara Koozekanani, MD, PhD, was a recipient of the Allina
HOPE (Hospital Outstanding Patient Experience) Award.
The HOPE award recognizes excellence in service to
patients as measured by the Press Ganey HCAHPS patient
experience survey.
Michael Lee, MD, chair of the Neuro-Ophthalmology
subcommittee, met with the Annual Meeting Program
Committee (AMPC), in San Francisco, CA, on February
20. The AMPC determines all of the learning content
(symposia, instruction courses, etc.) for the AAO annual
meeting each fall.
February 2017
Vol. 6, No. 2
PUBLICATIONS
Abel AS, Suresh S, Hussein HM, Carpenter AF,
Montezuma SR, Lee MS. Practice patterns after acute
embolic retinal artery occlusion. Asia-Pac J Ophthalmol.
2017;1:37-39.
Mettu P, Griffith M, Yohe S, Harrison AR. Nodular
lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma presenting
with unilateral orbital involvement. Ophthal Plast Reconstr
Surg. 2016 Mar 24. [Published ahead of print].
Mokhtarzadeh A, McClelland C, Lee MS, Smith S,
Harrison AR. The bleph and the brain: the effect of upper
eyelid surgery on chronic headaches. Ophthal Plast
Reconstr Surg. 2016 Mar 26. [Published ahead of print].
Radke PM, Maltry AC, Mokhtarzadeh A, Harrison AR.
A unique ocular presentation of extragenital lichen
sclerosus. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Mar 1.
[Published ahead of print].
HARRIS VISITING PROFESSOR
Collin McClelland, MD, published an online only article
for the clinical pearls section of the young ophthalmologists
AAO website. At the time of E-Vision publication, the article
has 3795 views (this updated value can be seen at the
upper right hand of the article under the title). 7 Pearls for
Managing Transient and Permanent Retinal Ischemia
Sandra Montezuma, MD, gave a lecture, “Update on the
Argus II retinal prosthesis in MN,” to the Lions convention in
Wilmar, MN, on January 28, 2017.
Joshua Olson, MD, gave a talk to the Minnesota Surgery
Interest Group entitled: “Why Ophthalmology is the Coolest,”
on February 6 in Minneapolis, MN.
Andrew Ritter, OD, FAAO, was featured on the M Health
blog: Five Things You Should Know About Dry Eye.
Pictured l-r, Joshua Olson, MD, Amanda Maltry, MD, Jess Boysen, MD,
Martha Wright, MD, Michael Page, MD, Harris Visiting Professor, Malik
Kahook, MD, Karen Armbrust, MD, PhD, John Chen, MD, PhD, and
Thomas Samuelson, MD.
LETTER FROM THE CHAIR
Greetings,
It has been one year since the opening of the new Clinical
Surgery Center (CSC) on Fulton Ave. Most of the
subspecialty clinics moved out of the Phillips Wangensteen
Building with the exception of the adult eye clinic on the 9th
floor. We have started conversation with the University of
Minnesota to develop a site for a permanent location of the
Adult Eye Clinic and the Ophthalmology & Visual
Neurosciences Departmental offices. At this time the
Minnesota Lions Vision Foundation is strongly considering
making a naming gift to establish the Lions Eye Institute on
campus. That new facility will also be the permanent
location of the Minnesota Lions Eye Surgery Center which
was established last year. I will keep you posted as this
exciting conversation moves forward.
Earlier this month, Virginia and I attended the Lions District
5M11 mid-winter convention in Mahnomen, MN. District
5M11 crosses the Southern border with Canada, and over
200 Lions from more than 30 clubs in two countries attended
the conference. On Sunday morning, I was asked to give
the Keynote address at the breakfast meeting, and a lecture
entitled “A Vision for Vision” was presented about the
potential for naming the Lion Eye Institute and what a
tremendous resource this will be for the State of Minnesota.
The concept was very well received and a straw poll at the
conclusion of the lecture showed very broad support for this
idea.
Other important news is that Lions International will
celebrate its 100th Anniversary this year. In addition,
Minnesota Lion Brian Sheehan has announced that he will
seek the endorsement for his bid to run for 3rd Vice-President
of Lions International, at the upcoming MD5M 2017
convention in Bemidji, MN. If Brian succeeds, he will be
President of Lions International in 2021-2022, exactly 100
years after the last person from Minnesota, Ewen W.
Cameron of Minneapolis, held this office. For more
information, see www.lionsmd5m.org.
With warmest regards,
Erik
RECENT EVENTS
On January 29, The Oculoplastics and Orbital Surgery
service held an advanced lacrimal and orbital surgery
course with the residents and oculoplastic fellows. The
course was supported by Stryker and used a mobile
surgical trailer that is equipped with state of the art
intraoperative navigation and surgical instrumentation. The
residents were able to perform DCR, endoscopic DCR,
orbital decompression, and orbital fracture repair with
microplates. Many thanks to the Stryker surgical team for
helping to coordinate this event.
Pictured, Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences’ residents,
oculoplastic fellows, and faculty pose with Stryker surgical team.
SAVE THE DATE
Spring Vision Research Symposium
April 21, 2017
Letson Visiting Professor
September 15 & 16, 2017
Katherine Lee, MD
Wirtschafter Visiting Professor
October 13, 2017
Jonathan Holds, MD
AAO Alumni Reception
The Little Gem Saloon
November 11, 2017
6:00-10:00 pm
New Orleans, LA
University of Minnesota Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences
Office: Ninth floor, Phillips-Wangensteen Building • 516 Delaware St SE • Minneapolis, MN 55455
Mail: 420 Delaware St SE • MMC 493 • Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612.626.2452 • Fax: 612.626.3119 • www.ophthalmology.umn.edu
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