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Around the Department Erika M. Levin, M.D., pediatric ophthalmologist, has joined the Kellogg Eye Center faculty, seeing patients in our Ann Arbor, Brighton, and Ypsilanti offices. Dr. Levin completed a fellowship in pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismus at the University of Minnesota after finishing her residency at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. She is no stranger to Ann Arbor, having received her medical school degree from the University of Michigan.Honors Radha Ayyagari, Ph.D., has received one of the first grants funded by the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor. Her project, entitled “Molecular Genetics of Atrophic Macular Degeneration,” will identify the genes involved in causing late-onset atrophic macular degeneration. Dr. Ayyagari is going to be working with four large 4- and 5-generation families who suffer from this form of age-related macular degeneration. Her goal is to understand the role genes play in the various forms of macular degeneration.  Susan Gromacki, O.D., M.S., was tapped as “one of the top twelve female optometrists in the country” by the American Academy of Optometry and, as such, asked to participate in a roundtable discussion of the issues concerning women in optometry at the organization’s annual meeting. She is also a charter member of DIVA, “Dedication, Innovation, Vision, and Achievement,” an organization for women optometrists.Mark W. Johnson, M.D., has been elected a Representative-at-Large to the Board of Directors of the Vitreous Society. David C. Musch, Ph.D., has been asked by the National Eye Institute to participate in a “Special Emphasis Panel,” the mission of which is to review all clinical trial and epidemiology grants submitted to the Institute. Anand Swaroop, Ph.D., chaired the “Animal Models of Retinal Degeneration” session at the Fifth Annual Vision Research Conference in April. In June, he will chair the session on “Biology and Chemistry of Vision” at the FASEB Summer Research Conference. Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., has been appointed an Executive Editor of Experimental Eye Research, the official journal of the International Society for Eye Research. Presentations and Publications Bruce Furr, C.O., presented “Strabismus Misadventures in Refractive Surgery” at the Strabismus Symposium that was jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Orthoptic Council during the AAO’s Annual Meeting in Dallas. Mark W. Johnson, M.D., was invited to present two talks at the Aspen Retinal Detachment Society: “Clinical Insights into Pathogenesis of Retinal Detachment Associated with Optic Pits” and “The Spectrum of Vitreomacular Traction.” His paper, “Perifoveal Vitreous Detachment Is the Primary Pathogenic Event in Idiopathic Macular Hole Formation” was published in the February issue of Archives of Ophthalmology. Paul R. Lichter, M.D., presented a talk, “Glaucoma Surgery,” in Santiago, Chile, at the Pan American Glaucoma Society meeting. Along with a Chilean collaborator he also evaluated a large family with inherited glaucoma. Last fall he traveled to Beijing to evaluate a glaucoma genetics family, as well as to present a paper on glaucoma genetics to the Afro-Asia Congress, which was meeting in Guangzhou. David C. Musch, Ph.D., was invited to write a special editorial for the January issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology discussing The Barbados Eye Study, which examined the incidence of open-angle glaucoma in Barbados over a four-year period. While on sabbatical at the Salk Institute, Anand Swaroop, Ph.D., presented talks on the regulation of gene expression at Stanford, Jules Stein, University of Washington, and USC. He also presented a paper at the 3rd Conference of the Macula Vision Research Foundation. |
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University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center | 1000 Wall Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48105 | 734.763.8122
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