Ophthalmology Residents’ Night

Join professionals from the Ophthalmology programs in the greater New York/New Jersey area to hear top residents present their original clinical and scientific research work. A panel of judges will recognize the top oral and poster presenters.

Meet the 2017 Oral and Poster Presenters

Oral Presenters

Nicole Scripsema, MD
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Analysis of Perfused Capillaries in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma & Normal Tension Glaucoma

Leon Rafailov, MD
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Clinical and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Characteristics of Post-Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression Pseudomeningoceles

Aakriti Garg, MD
Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
Baseline 24-2 Central Visual Field Damage is Predictive of Global Progressive Field Loss

Jason Zhang, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
Risk of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Monocular Vision Loss of Vascular Etiology

Mathieu Bakhoum, MD
Nassau University Medical Center
Mitochondrial A3243G mutation results in endothelial corneal dystrophy

Ryan Gise, MD
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Traumatic Brain Injury in Pediatric Ocular Trauma-Analysis of the National Trauma Databank

Poster Presenters

Cyrus Golshani, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital
Combined Alpha-1 and Beta Adrenergic Blockard for Recurrent or Severe Central Serious Chorioretinopathy   

Kunjal Modi, MD
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Outcomes of Resident versus Attending Performed Glaucoma Tube Surgery in a US Residency Program

Sze Wong, MD
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Safety and Efficacy of Trabeculectomy with 20μg versus 15μg Mitomycin C Injection

Natasha Kolomeyer, MD
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Utility of the modified isolated-check visual evoked potential technique in functional glaucoma assessment

Richard Kaplan, MD
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Intravitreal triamcinolone acetate for radiation maculopathy recalcitrant to high-does intravitreal bevacizumab

Sanjal Jalaj , MD
Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
TNF-alpha inhibitor treatment of pediatric IgG4-related orbital disease

Joaquin De Rojas, MD
 Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
 TNF-alpha inhibitor treatment of pediatric IgG4-related orbital disease

Dan Gong, MD
Columbia University Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute
Difference-in-Differences Analysis of the Association between Physician Payment Disclosure Laws and Industry Payments to Ophthalmologists, 2013-2014

Shagan Bhatia, MD
Yale University - Yale Eye Center
Surgical Outcomes for a Population of Patients with Primary Congenital Glaucoma at Yale Eye Center Over 2 Year

Ravi Parikh, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
National Trends of Anti-Vascular Endothelial Drug Use in Ophthalmology: The First Ten Years

Laura Hall, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
The Effect of Topical Prostaglandins on Migraine Headaches

Kyle Kovacs, MD
Yale Medical School
Index of Peripheral versus Macular Wide-field Choroid Vessel Density and Vessel Caliber with Binarization of Indocyanine Green Angiography

Alexander Nguyen, MD
Yale Eye Center
Systematic medications and intraocular pressure in a northeast United States population

Jenna Kim, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital
Interdepartmental differences in the surgical management of orbital floor fracture: An institutional review

Abdallah Mahrous, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine
Bilateral Progressive Visual Loss Related to Toxic Leukoencephalopathy Due to Chronic Ingestion of Para-Dichlorobenzene (mothballs)

Senem Salar-Gomceli, MD
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Effects of Methylphenidate on Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness measured by Optical Coherence Tomography in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Adalan Mallick, MD
Northwell Health
Refractive Error after implantation of Scleral-Fixed Akreos A060 (SF-A060) with Pars Plana Vitrectomy (PPV)

Annie Nguyen, MD
New York Eye and Ear
Outcomes Following Combined DSAEK with Scleral-Glued IOL Placement

Konstantin Astafurov, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Association between periodontal disease and primary open angle glaucoma

Alexander Pinhas, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Standard Deviation Mapping of Age and Disease –Related Changes in Radial Peripapillary Capillaries Imaged with OCT Angiography (OCT-A)

Benjamin Whigham, MD
SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
Outcomes of resident-performed trabeculectomies with combined cataract surgery