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2018 ASCRS•ASOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
by Natalie Zundel ASCRS Foundation Development Director
5. Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, MD,
"Refractive and Visual Outcomes of
Minimally Invasive and Traditional
Filtering Glaucoma Surgeries"
6. Melina Morkin, MD, "Neuro-
pathic Corneal Pain: Review of
Patient Characteristics, Diagnostics,
and Management"
7. Lara Newman, MD, "Polymerase
Chain Reaction for Rapid Detection
of Fungal Contaminants in Corneal
Donor Tissue: A Proof of Concept
and Feasibility Study"
8. Vito Romano, MD, "Cornea
Dome Lens"
9. Bryan Roth, MD, "Effect of
Scleral Contact Lens on Dry Eye and
Associated Biomarkers"
10. Soshian Sarrafpour, MD, "Ran-
domized Clinical Trial Assessing the
Effects of Blue-Light Filtering Glasses
on Ocular Performance, Cornea/
Macular Health, and the Sleep-Wake
Cycle" EW
T
hrough the Resident
Excellence Awards, the
ASCRS Foundation provides
travel grants to enable 10
outstanding ophthalmic
residents to attend the ASCRS•ASOA
Annual Meeting. The categories
for consideration include research,
patient care, leadership, and educa-
tion. Congratulations to the selected
2018 winners:
1. Jonathan Chou, MD, Massachu-
setts Eye and Ear Infirmary
2. Thomas Johnson, MD, Johns
Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
3. Michele Lee, MD, Stanford Uni-
versity Medical Center
4. Shawn Lin, MD, UCLA Stein Eye
Institute
5. Katy Liu, MD, Duke Eye Center
6. James Lockwood, MD, Emory
University
7. Jeffrey Ma, MD, Northwestern
University
8. Jacob Rullo, MD, Queen's Univer-
sity Ophthalmology
9. Nakul Shekhawat, MD, Universi-
ty of Michigan, Kellogg Eye Center
10. Swarup Swaminathan, MD,
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
The ASCRS Foundation also
awarded more than $750,000 in
research grants to fund pioneering
studies and new treatment options.
The Foundation is committed to fos-
tering innovation in all areas of eye
disease and treatment, and the re-
search grant program is a fitting way
to carry on the spirit of the young,
enterprising ophthalmologists who
founded ASCRS.
The young ophthalmologists to
receive a 2018 research grant are:
1. Keri Allen, MD, "Safety and
Efficacy of Cataract Surgery in Urban
and Rural Ethiopia"
2. Igor Bussel, MD, "Bent Ab-In-
terno Needle Goniectomy (BANG)
Clinical Trial: A Micro-Invasive
Glaucoma Surgery Option For the
Developing World"
3. Kara Cavuoto, MD, "Impact of
Infectious Bacterial Keratitis on the
Ocular Surface Microbiome"
4. Joshua Ehrlich, MD, "The Impact
of Social Isolation on Receipt of Cat-
aract Surgery in Older Adults"
Announcing the 2018 Resident
Excellence Awards and research grants
