2009 Annual Report - U-M Kellogg Eye Center

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN W.K. KELLOGG EYE CENTER 2009 ANNUAL REPORT

DEDICATED TO DISCOVERY

ResearchKellogg primed to become international Graves’ eye disease leader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Understanding why cells decide to die can help us save vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Patient CareYoung tumor patient cured when three departments work together . . . . . . . . . . 10

Two departments team up to manage intricacies of uveitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

EducationRising star completes residency and decides to stay at Kellogg . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

New Residents Center outfitted for 21st century teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

OutreachYoung girl travels from Guatemala to Ann Arbor for rare surgery . . . . . . . . . . 18

Beijing hospital recruits Kellogg scientist to oversee clinical trial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

GivingMeaders’ warmth and generosity inspire Kellogg’s growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

“Favorite son” of department honored with professorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Annual Report Highlights

2009 Annual Report • University of Michigan • W.K. Kellogg Eye Center This report covers the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009

We are pleased to be ranked among the top hospitals in the nation for Ophthalmology in the 2009 U.S.News & World Report survey.

Education 12–17 Giving 20–29

Research 4–7 Patient Care 8–11

Outreach 18–19

Dear Friends,

We have so much to celebrate this year: the upcoming dedication of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center expansion, the arrival of new faculty, including two of the foremost experts in Graves’ eye disease, and the unflagging and continued generosity of friends of the Eye Cen-ter. Then too, we celebrate a faculty 60-strong who contribute every day to the health and well-being of our patients battling eye disease. It is a pleasure, after many years of plan-ning and a few more for construction, to invite you to the Dedication of the expanded W.K. Kellogg Eye Center on April 23, 2010. It will be a grand celebration, not just for a new building, but for the many new programs and services it will enable us to provide. The theme, “Dedicated to Discovery,” reflects our goal to accelerate achievements in our core areas of vision research, education, and patient care. If you are a physician, please add April 23–24 to your calendar for a two-day sympo-sium featuring leading ophthalmologists who will join the celebration. New space gives us room — at last — to expand programs and faculty. The Depart-ment’s strength in Graves’ eye disease will grow significantly with the arrival of two highly-regarded Graves’ disease specialists from UCLA. Dr. Terry Smith and Dr. Raymond Douglas will work with their new colleagues

here to develop the leading treatment and research center in the country for Graves’ eye disease and related autoimmune disorders. Read about them, and the new program, in this report. We often talk about collaboration in research, but it is equally vital to our clinical programs. The Department is part of a world-class academic medical center and we frequently call on colleagues from other departments — and in return they call on us — to provide patients with the level of care they just can’t get anywhere else. Several stories in this report demonstrate the multidisciplinary care avail-able at the University of Michigan. So many individuals and organizations have helped us achieve this spectacular expan-sion of the Eye Center. I am deeply grateful for your support. I hope to have the chance to thank you in person during the Dedication ceremonies in April.

Paul R. Lichter, M.D.F. Bruce Fralick ProfessorChair, University of Michigan Department of Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesDirector, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center

“ The Department is part of a world-class academic

medical center and we frequently call on colleagues

from other departments — and in return they

call on us — to provide our patients with the

level of care they just can’t get anywhere else.”

2009

In March 2010 the highly anticipated expansion of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center will open its doors. It is the culmination of nearly ten years of planning for a state-of-the-art facility designed to help the Eye Center achieve new levels of excellence in vision research, education, and patient care. This new building will be the site of expanded research initiatives to propel discoveries for understanding and treating eye disease. It will be equipped with new technology to enhance training and patient care. And the new building will help us achieve our foremost goal: improving the lives of our patients who come to us for the most advanced eye care available anywhere.

A NeW BUildiNg dedicAted tO diScOveRy

A FEw FACts

230,000-square-foot 8-story building, connected to the current W.K. Kellogg Research Tower

50% more space for patient care, education, and research

76 examination rooms, compared to 50 in our current clinics

What’s inside?

7 subspecialty clinics and a comprehensive ophthalmology clinic

9 supporting services, including genetic counseling, diagnostic electrophysical testing, ophthalmic photography, and ocular prosthetics

6 operating rooms equipped with integrated communications technology

1 floor dedicated to vision research

2 floors dedicated to diabetes research in the new Delores S. and William K. Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis

Gifts toward the New Building Construction

$16.4 million raised

$3.6 million to goal

$20 Million Goal

$16.8 million raised

$3.2 million to goal

Gifts toward Research and Endowment

$20 Million Goal

university of michigan KEllogg EyE CEnTER4

new faculty join Kellogg colleagues in planning a unique research and treatment center

Graves’ eye disease, also called thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy, remains poorly understood, according to the two newest faculty members at the U-M Kellogg Eye Center. They are shedding new light on the disorder through their research and an initiative to standardize the evaluation of treatment. These advances should one day help patients, chiefly women, who experience its painful manifestations — bulging eyes, double vision, and, in severe cases, vision loss. Even before settling into their new laboratory, Terry J. Smith, M.D., and Raymond S. Douglas, M.D., Ph.D., are discussing several promising therapeutic agents that may soon be ready for clinical trials. And they are keen to join forces with other U-M specialists in developing a major research and treatment program for Graves’ eye disease and other autoimmune conditions. Dr. Smith, the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, is a renowned endocrinologist who has studied Graves’ disease, its

eye manifestations, and related autoimmune diseases for over 20 years. His laboratory was first to describe the unique molecular attributes of tissue surrounding the eye that make it susceptible to inflammation in Graves’ disease. The discovery came as he questioned why a systemic disease associated with thyroid overactivity would single out the orbit as a site of involvement. From these findings, Dr. Smith went on to identify a receptor that binds to antibodies and sets off a series of events resulting in inflammation and fibrosis — excessive scar-like tissue that pushes the eye outward and disrupts its function. Currently, he is mapping a signaling path- way where “cross talk” between cells and small mole-cules may provide a therapeutic target that allows inter-ruption of the immune system’s assault on orbital tissue. As he notes these successes, Dr. Smith observes that the biggest impediment in understanding Graves’ disease is lack of access to tissue early in the process. “It is gen-erally later, when surgery is indicated, that we can access and analyze the tissue. But by then we may be looking at secondary reactions that are entirely different from those initiating the pathology,” he says. “It’s like looking at a scar that has formed over a wound. The scar is the reac-tion to the injury, not the cause of it.”

Dr. Terry Smith and Dr. Raymond Douglas, specialists in Graves’ eye disease, are Kellogg’s newest faculty members.

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Developing treatments and a standard to measure their effectivenessDr. Douglas echoes these concerns, adding that he and Dr. Smith have taken a broad view of the disease process rather than searching for a “magic bullet.” Says Dr. Douglas, “As in other autoimmune diseases, there are multiple factors, no less than four or five things that go awry. If we can describe the factors affecting a particular patient—how much inflammation vs. fibrosis—we could design treatments to respond to specific characteristics.” In one very promising study, Dr. Douglas has shown that B-cells, the body’s normal antibody-producing cells, play a pivotal role in the inflammatory process in Graves’ eye disease. He found that patients with severe inflammation responded to a treatment that depleted the B-cells and, remarkably, reduced activity of the disease. Conventional treatment with steroids did not help these patients. Dr. Douglas was also instrumental in forming an international group to develop standard language and a scale for measuring the effectiveness of treatments. Through the International Thyroid Eye Disease Society (ITEDS), Dr. Douglas has collected data from ophthal-mologists and endocrinologists worldwide to gain consensus regarding common indicators of disease activity and progression. The group now has recruited nearly 200 participants and Dr. Douglas believes a reliable rating index will soon be developed. While they search for novel therapies, these researchers do not dismiss therapies that have been effective in allied diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. “Some of these therapies have cleared safety hurdles and they address processes common to both diseases,” says Dr. Douglas. Similarly, discoveries concerning therapy for Graves’ disease may have implications for other diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and juvenile-onset diabetes.

Establishing an international center for the treatment and investigation of graves’ diseaseKellogg’s new clinician–scientists envision a compre-hensive research and treatment program here, draw-ing on resources within the Eye Center and the U-M Health System. One of their chief collaborators is

Ravitz Foundation Professor Victor M. Elner, M.D., Ph.D., who served with Dr. Douglas on the ITEDS Steering Committee. “The Department has had a strong emphasis on Graves’ eye disease as well as a history of significant research in the inflammatory mechanisms of ocular disease in general,” says Dr. Elner, an oculoplastic surgeon and pathologist. “We know that many other diseases causing blindness, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetes, have inflammatory components.” Then, too, there is the prospect of collaborating with scientists studying diabetes when the Eye Center expansion and Brehm Center — with laboratories on adjacent floors — open in early 2010. In Type 1 diabetes, the focus of the Brehm Center, autoimmune destruction of pancreatic cells occurs by processes similar to those in Graves’ disease. As Dr. Douglas sees it, the U-M is likely to become the “central proving ground” for research and treat-ment of Graves’ eye disease — a site for testing tissue and blood samples, for finalizing the Graves’ eye disease index, and for launching clinical trials. “It always comes back to the patients,” says Dr. Douglas. “Graves’ eye disease affects them in the prime of their lives, causes emotional and physical pain, and challenges their quality of life. We plan to solve the mysteries of this disease with our new colleagues at the University of Michigan.” Dr. Smith will see patients in the Department of Internal Medicine and he and Dr. Douglas will see patients in Kellogg’s Eye Plastic, Orbital and Facial Cosmetic Surgery Service.

taKing a neW LooK at graves’ eye disease

“It always comes back to the

patients,” says Dr. Douglas.

“Graves’ eye disease affects

them in the prime of their

lives, causes emotional and

physical pain, and challenges

their quality of life. We plan to

solve the mysteries of this dis-

ease with our new colleagues

at the University of Michigan.”


CAn OnE SmAll PrOTEIn STOP PhOTOrECEPTOr CEll DEATh?Kellogg scientist believes discovery will “buy time” to repair retinal detachments

One of the most common causes of vision loss is retinal detachment. Over the course of a lifetime, one person in 300 will experience a retinal detachment, usually from an event like a retinal tear or trauma, but also from diseases like diabetes or even macular degenera-

tion. Retina specialist David N. Zacks, M.D., Ph.D., has been searching for a way to save vision in these people. The retina’s photore-ceptors get their nourish-ment from the layers of cells beneath it. When they become separated from this nutritional source they begin to die through a process of programmed cell death that scientists call “apoptosis.”

Since apoptosis begins within hours of a retinal detach-ment, the sooner the retina can be reattached, the better for the patient’s vision. Regrettably, it is not always pos-sible to perform a reattachment quickly. “If there were a way to postpone the start of programmed cell death,” says Dr. Zacks, “tens of thousands of patients would benefit.” Dr. Zacks and his colleagues knew that a protein named XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis) had a strong protective effect for cells in other diseases.

Under the right circumstances XIAP could suppress the “cascade” of cell death by blocking the molecules (called caspases) that are responsible for apoptosis. The research team theorized that introducing XIAP into the retina would reduce the level of caspase activity and thereby increase the number of surviving photoreceptors. Their theory turned out to be correct. In two groups of animals (one that received XIAP and one that did not) the scientists detached the retina. They found less caspase activity and fewer cells entering the apoptotic cascade in the XIAP group than in the control group. Most importantly, this resulted in more photoreceptor cells surviving long-term detachments in the XIAP-treated group. “XIAP is not a treatment for retinal detachment,” emphasizes Dr. Zacks. “It is simply a way to preserve photoreceptors while the underlying disease process is being addressed.” If XIAP is successful in humans, this treatment could buy precious time until surgeons can reattach the retina and provide nourishment to the cells once again.

“If there were a way

to postpone the start of

programmed cell death,”

says Dr. Zacks, “tens of

thousands of patients

would benefit.”

Dr. Zacks is studying a protein that is instrumental in protecting cells from programmed cell death in hopes that he can apply its protective

properties to cells in the retina.

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seeKing neW strategies to save visionWith rPB support, scientists will study gene expression as a new approach to therapy for retinal degeneration

Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., has played a pivotal role in identifying genes associated with a severe eye disease affecting children and young adults. The disease, Leber congenital amaurosis, is inherited and often causes blind-ness. Now thanks to a generous award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB), Dr. Thompson is building on her earlier work to explore a novel approach to therapies for this and other inherited retinal diseases. Dr. Thompson received an RPB Senior Scientific Investigator Award, one of several grants provided by the voluntary health organization to support eye research. RPB supports scientists at over 50 institutions across the country, providing awards at various stages in a researcher’s career. Kellogg scientists have benefited from the awards, receiving over $4 million in RPB funding since 1961. “RPB has provided critical support for basic research in ophthalmology,” says Paul R. Lichter, chair of the Department. “It has allowed our scientists to explore new strategies for preventing and treating eye disease. This current award will allow Dr. Thompson to advance the development of therapies for a disease that has a devastating impact on children’s vision.” Under the RBP grant, Dr. Thompson proposes a

novel therapeutic strategy based on the regulation of gene expression — that is, prompting an existing gene to compensate for a defective or malfunctioning gene. Simply stated it may be possible to “turn up” the output of a particular gene to bring about a desired effect. “The strategy is currently used in cancer research and other fields, but it hasn’t yet been applied to research on eye disease,” says Dr. Thompson. “An important advantage is that we are promoting naturally occurring mechanisms to bring about a therapeutic result.” Specifically, Dr. Thompson studies the metabolism of vitamin A in the retina and the genetic defects that interfere with its delivery to or removal from the rods and cones. She is interested in the gene RDH12 and its mutations, which are known to affect this essential process. She has also discovered an anomaly: a mutation in this gene causes severe retinal degeneration in humans, but surprisingly, not in mice. “Somehow the mice are compensating for the muta-tion. If we can identify that mechanism, it may be pos-sible one day to replicate its action in humans,” says Dr. Thompson. She has already identified several genes —closely related to RDH12 — that she will investigate under the RPB grant. As she studies the role and function of these compensatory genes, she will also search for the mechanisms that regulate their expression. “We still have a great deal to learn about the role of RDH12 in the visual cycle and about the factors that control gene expression,” says Dr. Thompson. “Our long term goal is to move toward new therapeutic options for inherited retinal degenerations, and in directions not yet under development for this group of diseases.”

Dr. Thompson is using her knowledge of the vitamin A cycle to increase the action of a gene to compensate for defects that may be causing retinal degenerations.

Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Investigator, 2009Peter F. hitchcock, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Investigator, 2006Victor m. Elner, m.D., Ph.D., Senior Scientific Investigator, 2005Sophie liao, medical Student Eye research Fellowship, 2005Philip J. Gage, Ph.D., Special Scholar, 2004Bret A. hughes, Ph.D., lew r. Wasserman merit Award, 2003Jonathan B. Demb, Ph.D., Career Development, 2003David n. Zacks, m.D., Ph.D., Career Development, 2002David m. Wu, medical Student Fellowship, 2002Victor m. Elner, m.D., Ph.D., lew r. Wasserman merit Award, 2001 Donald G. Puro, m.D., Ph.D., Senior Scientific Investigator, 2001John r. heckenlively, m.D., Physician-Scientist Award, 2000 Julia E. richards, Ph.D., lew r. Wasserman merit Award, 2000Sayoko E. moroi, m.D., Ph.D., Career Development, 2000Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D., lew r. Wasserman merit Award, 1999Daniel G. Green, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Investigator, 1999 Selected RPB Awards over the last ten yearsRP

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ophthalmology and mend team up on early detection of eye disease

Two medical groups at the University of Michigan are joining forces to make sure that people with diabetes keep watch on their vision. At the University’s newest diabetes health center, many patients will be provided with a retina scan — essentially a photograph of the inside of the eye — to catch the earliest signs of eye disease. The scans will be sent electronically to the Kellogg Eye Center where they

will be read by ophthalmologist Donald G. Puro, M.D., Ph.D. If he sees any indication of disease, he will call the patient to Kellogg for a full eye examination. “The program will serve patients who have relative-ly good control of their diabetes and, as a result, may not feel an urgent need to schedule regular eye exams,” says ophthalmologist Michael Smith-Wheelock, M.D., who directs the project for the Eye Center. He has worked with Craig Jaffe, M.D., professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND), to get the program up and running in MEND’s new clinic at Domino’s Farms, Ann Arbor.

scanning for diabetes eye complications

Ophthalmologist Michael Smith-Wheelock, M.D., and diabetes specialist Craig Jaffe, M.D., have developed a new program to detect eye disease in patients with diabetes.

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Elevated blood sugar levels put people at risk for diabetic eye disease, most commonly diabetic retino-pathy, which occurs when blood vessels in the retina are damaged. The disease can cause permanent vision loss. In the new program, patients with exceptionally high blood sugar levels will not have retinal scans; instead they will be urged to schedule eye exams — and quickly. Dr. Puro, who conducts a diabetes screening clinic at the Eye Center, hopes that the new program will alert patients to the damage diabetes can do to vision. “The ideal is that everyone with diabetes will see an ophthalmologist once a year. But as a practical matter, not everyone does,” he says. Dr. Puro notes that pa-tients with diabetes are often at greater risk for cataract and glaucoma, making regular eye check-ups all the more important. Dr. Puro recalls that about five years ago the University Health System set a goal to increase the rate of eye examinations for its patients with diabe-tes. The results have been positive. In June 2004, only 49% of patients with diabetes had scheduled yearly

eye examinations; by December 2008, some 76% had done so. The new retina scanning program is yet another effort to alert patients to signs of eye disease so they can receive the earliest possible treatment. Drs. Puro and Smith-Wheelock agree that patients today are better educated about diabetes and the need to monitor blood sugar levels. Still, many patients fail to appreciate the seriousness of diabetic retinopathy, observes Dr. Smith-Wheelock. “I have seen cases where a patient believes his vision is fine, but the exam clearly indicates diabetic retinopathy,” he says. “Fortunately, good visual screening can save their sight.”

“The program will serve

patients who have relatively

good control of their diabetes

and, as a result, may not feel

an urgent need to schedule

regular eye exams.”

— michael Smith-Wheelock, m.D.

Dr. Puro will evaluate retinal scans of patients with diabetes. His goal is to assure prompt treatment for patients who show early signs of diabetic eye disease.


Three surgeons perform a complex and delicate procedure to remove a vision-threatening tumor

Sean Kerr was born with a mass near his temple that kept his left eyelid from opening and interfered with his ability to see. Over time, the mass grew and Sean’s mother, Kathleen Kerr, was referred to Steven M. Archer, M.D., pediatric ophthalmologist at the U-M Kellogg Eye Center. Dr. Archer was the first of several physicians from across the U-M Health System who provided Sean with the coordinated and highly specialized care he needed. While Dr. Archer knew that Sean had severe amblyopia, he realized that the tumor had to be treated first. Sean’s next visit was with Alon Kahana, M.D., Ph.D., an ocu-loplastic surgeon specializing in tumors of blood vessels around the eye. One of Dr. Kahana’s first steps was to order pictures of the mass using a dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiogram (CEMRA), which is a new and advanced imaging system. The CEMRA confirmed Dr. Kahana’s suspicion that Sean had a rare form of arteriovenous malformation — a tumor of abnormal blood vessels — which involved both the tissues around the eye (orbit) and the front part of the brain. Given the type and location of the tumor, along with the potential surgical complications, Dr. Kahana called on two collegues for help: Joseph J. Gemmete, M.D., an interventional neuroradiologist,

and pediatric neurosurgeon Cormac O. Maher, M.D. During the first part of the 10-hour surgery, Dr. Gemmete performed an extremely delicate procedure to embolize, or block, the abnormal vessels so they would not bleed during the rest of surgery. Next, Dr. Maher performed a craniotomy — a procedure where part of the skull is temporarily removed in order to access the brain and the orbit behind the eye. This allowed Dr. Kahana to remove the majority of the tumor without any severe bleeding episodes or complications. Because the tumor involved most of the upper eyelid, Dr. Kahana also reconstructed the lid to allow Sean to open the eye. “Sean’s surgery highlights the strengths of the entire U-M Health System with three different departments coming together and using the latest technologies to save this child’s vision and protect his life,” says Dr. Kahana. Now 4, Sean is doing well. He can open his eye and is working with Dr. Archer to regain his vision. Every few months he sees Dr. Archer for patching — his strong eye is patched so his weak eye will develop — and Dr. Kahana to make sure the mass has not returned. “This is the first time in Sean’s life that his eye has looked normal,” says Mrs. Kerr. “We’re so thankful for Dr. Kahana. He is a wonderful doctor who even went so far as to give me his cell phone number so I could call him at any time with questions. It was a scary process but all the surgeons did a wonderful job. We’re so lucky to have ended up at the University of Michigan.”

Three departments work together for the benefit of one child. Dr. Kahana (seated), ophthalmic plastic surgeon, relied on colleagues Dr. Maher (left), pediatric neurosurgeon, and Dr. Gemmete (right), interventional neuroradiologist, to help him remove a tumor to save Sean Kerr’s vision.

a team approach for a young Patient

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UVEITIS PATIEnTS nEED ClOSE ATTEnTIOnSpecialists team up to deliver best care and keep watch on harsh medications

At the age of 19, Helen Diponio found herself with a vision-threatening disease called uveitis. Her eyesight was blurry, filled with floaters, and getting worse. After several years of treatment elsewhere she under-took the research that led her to Susan G. Elner, M.D., Director of Kellogg’s Uveitis Service. Now 35 years old, Mrs. Diponio-Lamb has been coming to the Kellogg Eye Center for the past 11 years. She was fortunate to find the right doctor and the coordinated care needed to help her manage this complex and chronic auto-immune disease. Uveitis is an inflammation of the eye that may affect either the front or the back of the eye or both. It may be difficult to diagnose correctly and treat effectively. Because uveitis can result in significant vision loss it must be treated promptly. In some cases it is related to other systemic diseases. In many cases it is chronic and requires therapy with oral prednisone or immunosup-pressant drugs. Dr. Elner sees many patients with this inflammatory eye disease. Along with her diagnostic expertise, she also understands the importance of coordinating care with a highly trained rheumatologist who helps monitor patients needing immunosuppressant drugs. After confirming the diagnosis, Dr. Elner started Mrs. Diponio-Lamb on steroids, the typical first line treatment. Because uveitis is often chronic, patients may be on steroids for long periods of time — a problem because side effects can be uncomfortable, even danger-ous, if not watched carefully. Steroids can cause obe-sity, mood disturbances, diabetes, and osteoporosis, in addition to other ailments. “We try to reduce these risks by substituting steroid-sparing medicines if the patient requires long-term steroids,” says Dr. Elner. “That’s when we call on the expertise and experience of our col-leagues in rheumatology. We also monitor our patients very carefully as we wean them off the steroids, looking for signs of reactivation.”

In Mrs. Diponio-Lamb’s case, Dr. Elner commu-nicates regularly with University of Michigan rheuma-tologist, Dr. Vladimir Ognenovski, who administers and reads the monthly blood tests, discusses possible changes with Dr. Elner, and sees the patient twice a year. He and Dr. Elner collaborated closely when Mrs. Diponio-Lamb decided to become pregnant and knew her medications would have to change. “These collaborations are critical to the patient’s health,” says Dr. Elner. “They need both of us. I treat the eye disease, the rheumatologist helps us manage the medicines necessary to control the eye disease and watches for related autoimmune diseases.” Almost every other month, Mrs. Diponio-Lamb travels a couple of hours each way to the University of Michigan to see either Dr. Elner or Dr. Ognenovski. These visits are both for routine monitoring as well as for flare-ups of the uveitis, which reduce her vision. Dr. Elner has been able to treat these successfully with immunosuppressant drugs and steroid injections. “I can’t say enough good things about Dr. Elner,” declares Mrs. Diponio-Lamb. “She is professional, kind, and patient. She answers all my questions carefully. She is a good teacher and a good doctor. I know I’m getting cared for properly.”

Helen Diponio-Lamb is pleased that uveitis expert Dr. Susan Elner has been able to manage her disease and maintain her vision for the past 11 years.


david Wu has won major awards, completed a doctorate in vision science, and now will hold a retina fellowship—all at the Kellogg eye center Graduating Kellogg resident David M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D., recently was awarded a prestigious Heed Fellow-ship as well as the special designation as a Fellow of the Society of Heed Fellows. Both awards are given annu-ally to the most promising graduating ophthalmolo-gists from around the country who choose to pursue subspecialty training after residency. These honors are the most recent in a long list of accomplishments for

this budding physician–scientist — almost all of them achieved during his tenure at Kellogg. “I was very honored to be awarded the Heed Fellowship because, more than anything, I think it represents how fortunate I am to have trained at Kellogg,” says Dr. Wu. Dr. Wu’s relationship with Kellogg dates to his undergraduate research on retinal regeneration, which piqued his interest in vision science. When it came time to choose a focus for his thesis, Dr. Wu received some pivotal advice from Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., then on the Kellogg faculty and now Director of the National Eye Institute. “He said I should be in a vision environment for my training,” says Dr. Wu, “and that Kellogg was

Resident Completes accomplished tenure at Kellogg

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Dr. Wu’s talents extend beyond medicine. A classically trained clarinetist, Dr. Wu is a co-founder of the U-M Life Sciences Orchestra.

one of the few places in the country where broad approaches to vision research were being applied at the highest level.” Because he was interested in electrophysiology, Dr. Wu chose Donald G. Puro, M.D., Ph.D., an ophthalmologist and electrophysiologist, as his mentor when he began his doctoral studies in vision research. “Dr. Puro taught me that you can be both a great scientist and ophthalmologist,” Dr. Wu says. “It then became my goal to do what he does — see patients, ask scientific questions based on their problems, and then go back to the lab and try to answer those questions.” After completing both his doctorate and medical degree at Michigan, Dr. Wu explored several residency programs but, again, all roads led back to Kellogg. “I found very few places that had both a strong clini-cal program and a strong vision research program, so I wanted to stay and was very happy that I matched here,” he says.

Because of his retina interest, Dr. Wu sought out Kellogg’s retina faculty during his residency. Throughout the past three years, he has worked with John R. Heckenlively, M.D., studying retinal dystrophies, and David N. Zacks, M.D., Ph.D., studying apoptosis — a type of cell death. “There probably aren’t too many residents in the country who have had the opportunities I’ve had because there aren’t too many other Kelloggs — eye centers where you get top-notch clinical ophthalmology training plus get to work with and be mentored by top physician–scientists,” he says.

“Dr. Sieving said I should be

in a vision environment for

my training and that Kellogg

was one of the few places

in the country where broad

approaches to vision research

were being applied at the

highest level.”


As the Director of the Vision Research Training Pro-gram (VRTP) at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, Peter F. Hitchcock, Ph.D., plays a key role in training the next generation of vision scientists. This is in addition to his extensive research program on injury-induced regeneration of retina cells. Understanding this regeneration will allow scientists to design stem cell-

based replacement thera-pies for retinal diseases. The VRTP, which began in 2002, provides financial support and covers tuition for train-ees who plan to pursue careers in vision science. To date, 21 trainees (13 graduate students and 8 postdoctoral scholars) have benefited from this program. Students who are selected for the VRTP work with outstanding vision scientists in their laboratories and can take advantage of the multi-disciplinary research en-

vironment at the U-M. Vision science trainees perform research in the fields of biological chemistry, molecular physiology, cell and developmental biology, genetics, molecular epidemiology, and neuroscience. “The VRTP really is the cooperative effort of vision scientists on campus to train the next generation,” Dr. Hitchcock says. The program is supported by the Institutional Training Grant, funded by the National Eye Institute.

Dr. Hitchcock is Principal Investigator. Adding to his educational activities, Dr. Hitchcock serves as the first Director of the U-M Medical School’s Office of Postdoctoral Studies. This office serves, in part, to enhance the career development for postdoctoral fellows within the Medical School. “There are more than 500 research fellows within the Medical School who handle the bulk of the research performed in our labs. While this research is critical to the mission of the Medical School, career development is the fellows’ principal concern,” says Dr. Hitchcock. “Our fellows are highly skilled and highly trained, and they can choose from a number of career opportunities, including academic research, biotechnology, pharma-ceutical research, science writing, and science policy. This office helps them identify their career goals.”

CUlTIVATInG ThE nExT GEnErATIOn of Vision Scientists

“Our fellows are highly

skilled and highly trained,

and they can choose from

a number of career oppor-

tunities, including academ-

ic research, biotechnology,

pharmaceutical research,

science writing, and

science policy.”

Dr. Hitchcock with Jing Luo, Ph.D., who received her doctorate in physiology from the University of Wisconsin and who now works in Dr. Hitchcock’s lab.

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dr. hiLary grabe talks about the new residents center

Plans have been drawn up for a new Resident Edu-cation Center that will be equipped with the latest communications technology. In addition to more spacious conference and study areas, the center will include an integrated video and communications system linked to Kellogg operating suites, as well as a surgical skills laboratory and surgery simulator. Here’s what Hilary M. Grabe, M.D., who is just completing her residency, has to say about it.

“Having one central location where residents can study, catch up on work, and interact with each other will make the residency more productive. It will give the residents a base as they switch rota-tions from one service to the other, as well as make it easier to finish paperwork and call work and to dictate OR notes. The new center will also be more convenient for residents who are on standby for a new case or need to wait for a patient scheduled late in the day. “The new teaching tools will be a real plus, as well. Surgery simulators will allow residents to practice techniques using a system that displays surgical situations and allows the user to ‘operate’ with handheld instruments that have a realistic feel.

This kind of system provides an alternative way for residents to practice surgery before entering the real OR. This will supplement the tools we already use, like our wet labs. “New technologies will also support residency training, including a video and communications system allowing residents to watch surgeries re-corded from the new operating suites. The images are spectacular. Residents or anyone else looking on will have a three-dimensional view of the surgery —it’s as if you were right there in the OR. The system will provide additional useful information when you review a procedure that you or another physi-cian has performed.”

Next year Dr. Grabe will begin a fellowship on Kellogg’s Neuro-ophthalmology Service. She will complete the fellowship over two years, allowing her to devote a portion of her

time as a comprehensive ophthalmologist at Kellogg’s Briarwood clinic.

Our residents completed their last rotations in June, after three years training with Department faculty and seeing patients in our clinics. now they are in private practice or well into their subspecialty fellowships. Congratulations and all best wishes to our graduating residents.

omar R. Ahmad, M.D.retina fellowship, Cole Eye Institute Cleveland Clinic

hilary M. grabe, M.D.Combined neuro-ophthalmology fellowship and clinical faculty appointment, comprehensive ophthalmology U-m Kellogg Eye Center

Roheena M. Kamyar, M.D.Cornea fellowship U-m Kellogg Eye Center

Jonathan T. Pribila, M.D., Ph.D.Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus fellowship University of minnesota

Christopher Rodarte, M.D.Glaucoma fellowship University of California-San Diego

Ron W. Slocumb, M.D.Private practice Weston Eye Center, roseburg, Oregon

David M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D.Combined medical retina/research fellowship U-m Kellogg Eye Center

graduating residents: Where Are they Now?

gary D. haynie, M.D.retina AssociatesFargo, north DakotaCompleted residency in 1991

dr. haynie is at his best “when a patient presents with something a little unusual, and i get the time and opportunity to learn something new,”

he says. his residency at the Kellogg eye center fueled his appreciation for

learning. and because it was his second residency— the first was in internal medicine—

he had a good perspective on what made for a good experience. “it was very comprehensive,” he says. “not only did we have good coverage in departments such as cornea, glaucoma, and retina, but we also had instructors in disciplines not always available elsewhere, such as pathology and plastics.” best of all, he says, was the good will that emanated from faculty. “i always looked forward to going to work.”

As Retina Specialists, Alums have national Impact

Residencies and fellowships at u-M create a strong foundation for the pursuit of excellence, an effect that is multiplied as alumni mentor and train others.

odette M. houghton, M.D.Assistant ProfessorUniversity of north Carolina Chapel hillCompleted residency in 2004

dr. houghton’s proudest moment in her resi-dency came when her first phacoemulsifica-tion patient had 20/20 vision the first day after surgery—and as a clinician, teacher

and researcher, she continues to reach for excellence. a faculty member at the university

of north carolina chapel hill, she specializes in vitreoretinal surgery. “my patients come from a

variety of backgrounds, and i appreciate the opportunity to man-age and treat the challenging pathology that academic institutions attract,” she says. her residency at the Kellogg eye center laid the foundation for her career and opened doors for her because of its strong reputation. “i have had the right education to be able to take good care of my patients in the most professional and ethical manner,” she says. “i strive to be as good a teacher and physician as those who trained me.”

gary S. gutow, M.D.retina-Vitreous Associates, P.C.nashville, TennesseeCompleted residency in 1973

nurturing the growth of one of the premier retina practices in tennessee has been a labor of love for dr. gutow, who was the first

fully trained retina specialist in nashville when he arrived in the mid-1970s. the practice he founded now has seven retina specialists. “What’s really wonderful is that we are able to help people today we could not have helped before,” he says. dr. gutow has seen many advancements in care over the years and regularly participates in clinical trials. his training at u-m prepared him well, he says. “the faculty members were accessible, and my fellow residents were first rate. the residency had a good mix of practical experience and didactic learning.”

Justin l. gottlieb, M.D.Associate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin Completed residency in 1994

training vitreoretinal fellows is a highlight of dr. gottlieb’s career at the university of Wisconsin, where he works with

his wife, barbara blodi. “our section has trained six fellows since i arrived, and i would gladly refer family and friends

to each one of them for excellent care,” he says. he is also involved in clinical trials for the treatment of vitreoretinal disease.

Working with a full-time academic faculty devoted to patient care, resident edu-cation, and research at the Kellogg eye center made an impression on him, he says. “their dedication to academic medicine inspired me to pursue the same.”

Barbara A. Blodi, M.D.Associate ProfessorUniversity of Wisconsin Completed fellowship in 1993

dr. blodi completed her retina fellowship at the Kellogg eye center and spent two years on the faculty. today,

she practices at the university of Wisconsin and pursues research interests at the university’s fundus Photograph

reading center. she enjoys participating in clinical trials. “in this way, we can offer patients the latest in patient care and can

answer clinical questions regarding which treatments are most effective,” she says. her mentors at u-m helped her grow as a teacher, clinician, and clinical researcher, she adds. “my years at Kellogg provided me with the confidence and competence to be successful in my career. and i met my husband (Justin gottlieb) in the process, too!”


Though they live in Guatemala City, it seems the Morales family was destined to find pediatric ophthal-mologist Monte Del Monte, M.D., almost 2000 miles away. When Sergio Morales learned that his daughter had inherited a rare eye disorder, he began to search for a surgeon who could help. There was no such specialist in his country, so he turned to Washington D.C., where, as it turned out, one of Dr. Del Monte’s mentors had treated Mr. Morales for the same disorder in 1985. When the Washington hospital was not able to help, Mr. Morales continued his search and learned that an American physician had come to Guatemala in 2007 as part of a medical mission trip. The physician, Dr. Del Monte, had helped a little boy by performing the very same rare surgical procedure that his daughter now needed. Both Mr. Morales and his daughter, Carmen, have congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles, a syndrome that affects ocular motor nerves as well as muscles surrounding the eyes. As a result, those affected have very limited eye movement, their eyes pulled into far downgaze while the head is positioned straight ahead. These patients tend to develop strabismus (misaligned eyes). Before their surgeries, Mr. Morales and Carmen could achieve partial vision only by tilting their heads far backward to peer through a narrow slit. “The position is abnormal and very uncomfortable,” said Mr. Morales, who had two surgeries when he

was 6 and 7 years of age, performed by Marshall M. Parks, M.D., the mentor to Dr. Del Monte. Mr. Morales sent photos of Carmen, not quite two years old, to Dr. Del Monte, the Skillman Professor of Pediatric Ophthalmology, who generously waived his surgical fee. In May 2009, the family came to the Kellogg Eye Center in Ann Arbor, where Dr. Del Monte performed surgery to release and loosen the fibrotic and severely restricted inferior eye muscles on both eyes. This allowed Carmen’s eyes, for the first time, to look straight ahead. Two days after the procedure, Dr. Del Monte was pleased with the results. “Carmen’s head position is much straighter, and so her motor skills are much better, and more natural, too,” he told Mr. and Mrs. Morales. “Her right eye is wandering a bit, so Carmen will need patching to force that eye to work by itself.” He gave the Morales family instructions that they could share with their Guatemalan ophthalmologist back home. Dr. Del Monte also suggested that Carmen return for a second procedure to further tighten the upper eye muscles and further elevate her eyes, “something new” since her father had his surgery. As they said good-by, Mr. and Mrs. Morales expressed their gratitude for Dr. Del Monte’s medical care and his kindness. Said Mrs. Morales, “We thank you and tell you in our heart how happy we feel.”

All rOADS lEAD TO KEllOGG Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic

Two years ago at a meeting sponsored by the National Eye Institute, epidemiologist David C. Musch, Ph.D., M.P.H., was introduced to a Chinese ophthalmologist by a mutual colleague who said, “You two have got to talk.” This past spring Dr. Musch flew to Beijing to meet with Yuanbo Liang, M.D., Ph.D., and his professor, Dr. Ningli Wang. As Dr. Musch found out in that first conversation, Dr. Liang was in the early stages of constructing a large clinical trial that was much like the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS), for which Dr. Musch was co-principal investigator and coordinating center director for 11 years. The Chinese trial, however, would focus on angle-closure glaucoma, the most common form of glaucoma in China. After several rounds of discussions, it became clear that this complicated trial needed a co-investigator with Dr. Musch’s background and he has recently been asked to join the study group, now named the Initial Treatment Study of Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma. “I never imagined that I would be in China developing a major clinical study. It’s a fascinating opportunity.” In May, Dr. Musch met with Dr. Liang and col-leagues at the Beijing Tongren Eye Hospital. During his stay, Dr. Musch presented lectures, discussed the principles of statistical approaches used in clinical

trials, and provided guidance and hands-on assistance in their efforts to plan for a large multi-center collab-orative trial. Like CIGTS, this trial will use many cen-ters, possibly even 15, in and around Beijing. Unlike trials in the U.S., the recruitment goal should be fairly easy to achieve; the Beijing Tongren Eye Hospital alone sees thousands of patients each day. Patient visits are not scheduled; prospective patients line up with their families in the corridors outside of the Eye Hospital’s many clinics. Dr. Musch will travel to Beijing again this fall after the trial has been launched. Until then, as the team’s study design expert, he will be advising his new col-leagues on protocols, recruitment efforts, community center oversight, and the myriad other details necessary to run a large-scale clinical trial.

Kellogg Scientist helps Beijing Ophthalmologist Design large-scale Clinical TrialCIGTS is model for a new glaucoma study

“I never imagined that I would

be in China developing a major

clinical study. It’s a fascinating

opportunity.”

Dr. Musch will continue to travel to Beijing to collaborate on a clinical trial with his new Chinese colleagues.

Like the support edwin and mary meader offered during their lifetimes, a bequest realized this year from the edwin e. meader estate was quiet but pro-found. the allocation in his will was a simple indica-tion that a percentage of his trust should be used for the benefit of the Kellogg eye center, but the gift’s impact will be broad and significant. “We are very grateful for mr. meader’s bequest, which will be used to build new laboratories, to purchase important equipment for our researchers and clinicians, to launch new initiatives, and more,” says Paul r. Lichter, m.d., f. bruce fralick Professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology and

visual sciences. “this support will help us begin to re-alize the full potential of our new building and will set the stage for years of continued scientific discovery.” mr. meader (1909-2007), a military intelligence professional with a passion for archaeology and geography, and mrs. meader (1916-2008), an adventurer who took the first aerial photos of africa and the granddaughter of William e. upjohn, had a strong commitment to helping others. as stewards of the upjohn legacy, they sought opportunities to make a difference. When they recognized a need for funds to expand the vision research program at the Univer-sity of michigan, they responded.

a Legacy of givingEdwin and mary meader played leading role in growth of Eye Center

their gifts were made at key points in the growth of the program. they established the Paul r. Lichter Professorship in ophthalmic genetics in 1990 as the research program was expanding. the professorship initially supported the work of dr. Paul a. sieving, who is currently director of the national eye institute. it then helped recruit dr. John r. heckenlively, one of the top specialists in inherited retinal diseases, who holds the professorship today. the couple also created the edwin e. and mary u. meader vision research fund in 1993 to help fund faculty projects. dr. sieving worked with other vision scientists in the department, for example, to identify specific eye disease genes in nearly 30 different families. “We began by identifying individual patients who had medical conditions such as retinitis pigmentosa and stargardt’s juvenile macular degeneration and then studied their families in michigan and across the country,” dr. sieving explains. “clearly genes are a major determinant of our medical destinies, and finding a gene is something

that stands for all time,” he says. “that’s what the meaders’ endowments made possible. this work is now the basis for developing strategies to treat patients, including gene therapy. the meaders’ contributions are benefiting many people.” When it became clear to mr. and mrs. meader that the program they had nourished could do even more, they gave a major gift to launch the Kellogg eye center’s current building campaign. to celebrate their commitment to vision, they agreed to allow the university to name the lobby of the new building in honor of mrs. meader and her grandmother. the lobby will bear the name mrs. meader shared with her grandmother: rachel mary upjohn. “the confidence mr. and mrs. meader displayed in us allowed our research program to flourish,” dr. Lichter says. “it is a wonderful time to celebrate all that has been accomplished and the advance-ments that will continue to be made through their goodness and generosity.”

As a young woman, Mary Upjohn Meader was a pioneering aerial photographer who took the earliest aerial photographs of Mt. Kilimanjaro.


honoring a favorite professor is goal of campaign

Children of physicians often become physicians them-selves. In Dr. Terry J. Bergstrom’s family, however, it is the love of teaching that has been passed down. Two of his four children are educators. That’s fitting, as teaching is where many say Dr. Bergstrom has made his most enduring contribu-tions. He has helped to train more than 200 ophthal-mology residents and fellows and has taught thousands of medical students. Today a professor emeritus, he continues to teach and to see patients in the compre-hensive and glaucoma clinics. “He made me the ophthalmologist I am today,” says Jay Burgett, M.D., who completed his ophthalmol-ogy residency at the Kellogg Eye Center in 1997. “I hear his voice in my head during every surgery I

perform. He was always available during my training at Michigan. He cared for his students and for our education. He would have done anything for us.” To thank and honor Dr. Bergstrom, alumni of the Department recently renewed a campaign to create the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship. The fundraising endeavor has been energized by several leadership gifts this year. Major gifts from Kenneth and Pat Musson, Michael and Karen Pachtman, Jay and Cynthia Burgett, and Scott Corin and Nina Blumenthal are just some of the contributions that have brought the campaign over the halfway mark. “We hope to raise the remaining funds and inaugu-rate the professorship as quickly as possible,” says Dr. Musson, who has known Dr. Bergstrom since their residency days at Michigan. “Terry is an exemplary leader and role model, and the respect that so many residents have for him is impressive. He has both a

alumni Join forcesto complete Professorship

great sense of humor and has had tremendous life expe-riences. He is able to connect with people in terms they readily understand, and he gives his students a confi-dence that they can carry over into their own practice.” Dr. Bergstrom joined the Department’s faculty in 1980. He had completed medical school, his residency, and a glaucoma fellowship at the University and had spent 25 years as a pilot and later an ophthalmologist and flight surgeon in the United States Air Force. The University of Michigan had a small ophthalmology faculty 29 years ago, and at various times Dr. Bergstrom was called on to serve as chief of the glaucoma service, chief of the low vision service, chief of ophthalmology at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and chief of comprehensive ophthalmology. He also served as director of resident education from 1991 to 1998. “I came here during a growth phase and was always happy to help out where I was needed,” he says. The residency director assignment was particularly

appealing because he enjoyed working closely with residents. He had planned to become a high school teacher before deciding on medicine. Teaching suited Dr. Bergstrom, and he won so many of the Department’s teaching awards that residents finally named the annual prize the Terry J. Bergstrom Resident Teaching Award — on the condition that some-one else would have to win it. A professorship in his name that would live on in perpetuity would be a great honor, he says. “The people in this Department have been a second family to me, especially the residents, who were like my children —and are now like my grandchildren. I get a kick out of watching residents learn and grow. They are so smart. They soak up knowledge and techniques like a sponge. “I’m lucky,” he adds, “I have always been able to do what I love.” The residents who have trained with him, Dr. Burgett says, have been lucky, too.

Dr. Terry Smith named huetwell Professor

On the shoulders of giants is how Terry J. Smith, M.D., sees the work he pursues in Graves’ eye disease. Discoveries in his laboratory build on decades of advances achieved by research-ers around the world, and his efforts to

develop therapies to interrupt the disease process would not be possible without their enormous contributions. The same is true when it comes to philanthropist Frederick G.L. Huetwell, says Dr. Smith, who is the first Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. “It is a gift to be able to probe a particular question in great depth, and that is what an endowed professor-ship allows,” he says. “Mr. Huetwell’s contribution to medical research is inspiring and very humbling.” Mr. Huetwell, a U-M alumnus and Detroit busi-nessman who passed away in 1995, made gifts to several areas of medical research in his estate, including visual science. This new professorship has been estab-lished through the Kellogg Eye Center’s Frederick G.L. Huetwell Ophthalmic Research Endowment.

Dr. Julia Richards Chosen Falls Professor

Harold F. Falls, M.D. (1909-2006), is known as the founder of ophthal-mic genetics in the U.S. He spent his career at the Uni-versity of Michigan, serving on the faculty for four decades after completing his medical degree and

his residency at the University. To celebrate his con-tributions to the field, family, friends, colleagues, and alumni established the Harold F. Falls Collegiate Profes-sorship in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in 2003. Julia E. Richards, Ph.D., has been named the Falls Professor and will ensure that Dr. Falls’ commitment to defining the role heredity plays in eye disease continues. Her work centers on the identification of genes related to glaucoma. “Dr. Falls has served as a role model for me since the beginning of my career,” Dr. Richards says. “His groundbreaking work has taught me how much can be learned if we go beyond the patient to view ophthalmic traits in the context of whole families. I am honored by this opportunity to follow in his footsteps.”


$2 million and upCarls Foundationedwin e. and mary u. meaderLarry g. miller

$1,000,000 to $1,999,999Lynn h. and robert W. browne, d.d.s.richard and Jane manoogian foundationharold a. and marian L. PolingHelmut sternrobert and ellen thompsonthe harry a. and margaret d. towsley foundation

$500,000 to $999,999John f. and casilda daly

$250,000 to $499,999mickey and Karen shapirotimothy and Laurie g. Wadhams

$100,000 to $249,999frank J. and helga arnoldCharles and Rita GelmanJohnson controls foundationcarolyn and Paul LichterKeith and della mcKenziedr. charles L. and Kathleen K. smithdavid and Jayne verLeemary June and William Wilkinson

$50,000 to $99,999steven and constance benzanne and terry J. bergstromdave and yvette bingthomas c. brownthe campbell fundJames and martha conradwilliam and Carol Cutlergloria P. and William e. dean, Jr.ruth b. dixon

robert and cassandra estesdouglas P. and shelley feltrichard and Lisa garfinkelvincent r. and Joyce mcLeanJames and nancy ravinrennie and michael rothAlan and Gail sugar

$25,000 to $49,999anonymous donor James and Kathryn adamsherbert and carol amster harry and Patricia bashrobert g. fante, m.d.Joe and beth fitzsimmonsLarry and mary gerbensdr. Judy gordon and dr. roger meyerorpha irwinhelen and richard KerrKim Lindenmuth and matthew buecheJohn and Phyllis napleymichael Petersen and elizabeth binasioHelen and Earl schaper

$10,000 to $24,999alfred berkowitz foundationseth bonderGeorge and Connie Cressann and Joseph W. edwardsdavid gavrinharry c. gibson, m.d.e. Paul and Lillian gieserJames t. and charlene L. glerumrichard f. gutowJohn r. heckenlivelyvirginia hickmanrobert and Joan hughesKaLsec corporationW.r. Kenleyrobert and mary Kiess

James g. and carolyn Knaggscarol L. makielski and charles d. Lakedonald and Jacqueline mccullochdean and Lynn mitchellandrew and cathryn moyesstanley and June oleksyu.e. Patricksally J. PryceJames r. Quinn, m.d.michael and debra raizmanJames d. and helene c. readerfranklin and marilyn sassamanPerry and faith schechtmanmichael and Linda smith-Wheelocksusan and david thomsalfred and carol WickW. scott and Jill Wilkinson

$5,000 to $9,999Everton and saundrett Arrindellnancy benderdonald and christine beserrobert d. and Jennie P. biggsgarry and gretchen binegarfred and miriam blumralph and Kay crewandrew and margaret hanzlikdr. and mrs. John W. hendersonPeter and Karla hitchcockmark and Linda Johnsonnew england eye centervenkat and alvira reddyh. Kaz soong and barbara nevins-soongdanny d. Wang and yili Wang

$1,000 to $4,999steven and Carol ArcherJames and martha barnettedward and martha boggsWilliam and Julie bromleybruce cameronbill and Janet cassebaummark and Judith cohentheresa m. cooney, m.d.barb and Wayne cornblathdeborah m. coxmonte a. and Kristen g. del montegayle d. dickersonthomas and susan EssmanFrancis FalckJudith fitzgerald and robert glinert

Kellogg Eye Center Expansion Honor Roll

We thank the following individuals, foundations, and

corporations for making gifts, including multi-year pledges,

in support of the Kellogg Eye Center expansion project.

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Philip J. gage and Wendy rampson-gagedasa and nalini gangadharcarol and edward georgeJon and sarah gieserrobert goldsmithdaniel and norma greenrobert and teresa grosseroderobert o. and carolyn s. hoffmanbret and Laura alvarez hughesdavid and Patricia Johnsonrobert KeilKey foundationKirk and constance Lignellbernard L. maas foundationJames albert maraldomarvin J. and beverly mcKenneyshahzad mian and uzma ahmadcorey a. miller, m.d., and nancy J. millersayoko moroi and mike fetterschristine nelson and Willis Lillardbetsy and Ken nisbetmohammad and J. elizabeth othmanmichael and Karen Pachtmanmark and Kimberly Phelansheryl and douglas Podlewskidonald and debra PuroJulia richards and carl marrsgary and dianna sandallstephen and Kim saxemarcia and david schmidttara schmitt and christopher Palumbocarol and irving smoklercarol L. standardiJames b. thompson and mary ann brandtrichard and Joyce tonerPeter and adele vaculikmargaret vezinarichard L. Wacksmanrandall s. and William K. Wallachrichard and Kay Watnickadrienne West and mark hemmila

$500 to $999anonymous donor ann arbor area community foundationWilliam and elizabeth arendshorstEric Arnoldelizabeth a. bertzfrederick and Jean birkhillsteven and Jacqueline boskovich

James and Jacqueline bowenchristina brunomargaretann cross and James van Fleterenmr. and mrs. david L. dilesgregory and dottie dootzJerome and Polly finkelsteinmartin and elaine goodeJune and r. James harveyWilliam hawkinsrichard alan Lewis and Patricia n. Lewisrichard rodman and Patrice bouzan- RodmanWarren and nancy schererbarney and geraldine schwartzatta rae and gabriel sitrindr. newel and rosemary smithbecky and doug spalythomas and Jane stratforddebra thompson and William strongJeanne t. Waltersronald e. Warwar, m.d.margaret b. Whitebeverly yashar and John mesbergdavid Zacks and susan harris

$250 to $499michael bergielanne m. chaseJames r. devinehal and donna estrybruce and susan furrtheodore and naomi harrisonrobert and Joan Jampelvictor and Kendra monroediana and robert nastJeanne f. smithscott e. szalayPat and John tongusiJonathan trobe and Joan Lowenstein

Up to $249cynthia abejuroKatherine augustaitissamir and mona binnorenee blossercarolyn and Leonard bohmnancy s. boutellmarcia J. boyntonLisa burkhart and frank huntJames W. and nola cavett

shirley coe-beck and david beckbeverly a. conklemarlene and Paul dodgedonna m. duffydarlene c. feroElena FilippovaJacqueline a. forrestchad and courtney godfreyhelene and nikolaus gugenheimerdr. and mrs. edward f. hallmargaret hartzJoseph and Lori hymesWalter ingramLaura e. Kakuk-atkinsathanasios J. Karoukisroberta and Kenneth Kersteadabelle KniefJudith KnitterPiyush and sarla Kotharysusan L. Lichtermichael and Judy Lipsonsusan Ludwigsteven manikasJames and gay mcguckinmidwest transmission, inc.donald and barbara mitrzykdavid and benita murreldr. david and Janice muschajay natarajan and ritu Khannaolga nelsongale and yehuda orenhemant Pawarrebecca and Paul Pazkowskicarol J. Pollack-rundle and familyJudith and michael Previllebarbara and art roccofrank rozsa and szonja Puskas-rozsaross and shannan saltzgrace and c. m. schwindcindy shaffransusan and gary simpsoncamille s. smithamy steelenorma and gene stohleranand and manju swaroopmary Waldomolly and robert Wheatonalyce WhippKim Wisniewskianthony WojciechowskiJennifer Ziehm-scott


Annual honor Roll of DonorsWith heartfelt thanks to donors who

made gifts from July 1, 2008, through

June 30, 2009. Included in this listing

are contributors whose donations are

part of multi-year pledges.

$500,000 to $999,999edwin e. meader estateLarry g. millerthe ravitz foundation

$100,000 to $499,999edward P. and Kathryn m. bellas trustthe foundation fighting blindnessrichard and Jane manoogian foundationthe harry a. and margaret d. towsley Foundation

$50,000 to $99,999anonymous donors (2) the campbell fundedward t. and ellen K. dryer charitable Foundationbartley and cheryl fruehHelmut stern michael a. Wainstock, m.d.

$10,000 to $49,999bcbsm foundationbirkhill family foundationscott m. corin and nina blumenthalFrederica CornellJean e. craigElaine Frickmuhieddine ghandour and hala JaroudiJames t. and charlene L. glerumfrances and david h. grossmanW.r. Kenleydanute Leveckis and timothy vaneverycarolyn and Paul LichterKeith and della mcKenzievincent r. and Joyce mcLeanthe meijer foundationJoel and susan mindelthe carla J. Pfuhl estatemickey and Karen shapiromildred e. swanson foundationtimothy and Laurie g. Wadhams

$5,000 to $9,999anonymous donors harry and Patricia bashfrank and barbara batsch

michael and Joanne bissonthomas W. breakeyeleanor e. brownellann and Joseph W. edwardsmaurine ehrlich estaterobert g. fante, m.d.richard and Lisa garfinkelandrew and margaret hanzlikhelen and richard Kerrsusan J. LaneJohn and ginger myersbruce L. and roberta olivermichael and Karen Pachtmanmichael Petersen and elizabeth binasiosally J. PryceAlan and Gail sugar

$1,000 to $4,999James and Kathryn adamssteven and Carol ArcherEverton and saundrett ArrindellJoaquin barraqueranne and terry J. bergstromfred and miriam blumhenry a. boldt, Jr., m.d.Keith d. and cheryl d. carterbill and Janet cassebaummark and Janet cichowskimark and Judith cohenclaude m. colemanJames and martha conradtheresa m. cooney, m.d.william and Carol Cutlergloria P. and William e. dean, Jr.monte a. and Kristen g. del monterosemarie deLanddelta gamma fraternity ann arborJ. mcgregor and christine doddsmagdalen skuba edwardsdouglas P. and shelley feltmargaret e. gallupLarry and mary gerbensmarian L. gotshallJoanne r. gradowskirobert and teresa grosseroderichard f. gutowgeza L. and elizabeth f. gyoreyKenneth alan hallermyron hepnerbarry and mary ann hoffmanrobert o. and carolyn s. hoffmanbret and Laura alvarez hughesWalter and barbara hungerfordKeith and susan KobetWilliam W. Lovedr. marvin and sue Lubeck

AlUm STAyS COnnECTED,OFFErS SUPPOrT

James G. ravin, m.D., may have left the University of michigan 35 years ago, but his ties remain strong. he earned his medical degree, obtained a master of science degree, and com-pleted his residency in ophthalmology here,

and he has always stayed connected. Dr. ravin, who is a clinical associ-ate professor at the University of Toledo College of medicine, visits often to attend conferences and other events. he and his wife, nancy, support the University through gifts that include annual contributions to the Kellogg Eye Center’s Alumni Annual Fund and the expansion campaign. “We appreciate all the good things that are happening at Kellogg,” Dr. ravin says. “It’s easy to be optimistic about the future of eye research when you consider all the work that is being accomplished there. I hope that others feel the same.” Dr. ravin also serves on the Eye Center’s Alumni Advisory Board and last year presented the Distinguished Alumnus lecture during fall reunion. “I have an emotional attachment,” he says. “I like to interact with former class-mates and faculty and to learn about the new projects in vision research. It’s exciting to be a part of it.”

James albert maraldocorey a. miller, m.d., and nancy J. millerdean and Lynn mitchellKenneth h. musson and Patricia mussondr. Patrick J. and bonnie K. Pardenmark and Kimberly Phelanscott m. Pinter, m.d.James r. Quinn, m.d.James and nancy ravinvenkat and alvira reddysusan and frederic rowemarcia and david schmidtms. virginia L. sivacekdr. charles L. and Kathleen K. smithmichael and Linda smith-WheelockPeter K. speertJames P. and dorothy symonsbrian and Lee talbotJames b. thompson and mary ann brandttriford foundationdavid and Jayne verLeegenevieve e. Walinskidrs. adrienne West and mark hemmilaherbert e. Westongeorge c. Whitakermarina v.n. and robert f. Whitmanalfred and carol WickW. scott and Jill Wilkinsondr. and mrs. fuxiang Zhang

$500 to $999anonymous donor roger d. arnettsteven and constance benzrhoda L. and roger m. berkowitz elizabeth a. bertzJames and Jacqueline bowencarl a. brauer, Jr.robert and susan brownchristine r. buseRichard and Enid Carlinmorton s. coxdamon’s grillroland and Louise W. demartinJohn s. dunnrobert and cassandra esteshal and donna estryJanet and L. scott feiler, m.d.Jacqueline a. forrestralph m. foxPhilip J. gage and Wendy rampson-gageharry c. gibson, m.d.virginia m. gillettehenry e. and Kathryn g. grayFroncie Gutman

theodore and naomi harrisondavid s. hemmings, m.d.dr. and mrs. John W. henderson gerald and mignon hepplerJames a. JohnsonProf. Judy m. JuddJames g. and carolyn Knaggsc. byron Landis, m.d.Katherine Lee, m.d., Ph.d.richard alan Lewis and Patricia n. Lewissherry L. Lindahldonald and Jacqueline mcculloch marvin J. and beverly mcKenney carolyn e. mesaramary ann and P. anthony mezaelaine J. mickelsonbetsy and Ken nisbetallen r. PearcePfizer foundationdonald and debra Purogary s. sandallbeatriz sanz-bustillostephen and Kim saxeHelen and Earl schaperPerry and faith schechtmandon and Jane schriverCharles shermanJean e. simpson estateWilliam Louis traxel, m.d.thomas g. varbedian, m.d.andrew vine and caroline blane ronald e. Warwar, m.d.carol and Jack Weigel

$100 to $499anonymous donors (15)mowafak h. albayyaolga alberann t. alexanderdr. Krista andersonmaureen s. babcockdeane and marilyn bakeri. Josephine ballertnancy L. barkerLawrence a. barnesPhilip barronsanne and donald f. baty, Jr.roy W. beckJoan and charles beckerbetty and david becknernancy benderLois berezaLana and david berrythomas a. bersani and Joan christybig boy restaurants

DEnTIST GrATEFUl FOr CArEExcellent eyesight was crucial to Dr. herbert E. Weston’s profession as a dentist, yet he has battled eye conditions such as glaucoma and cataracts from the time he was in his 40s. Ophthalmologists at the Kellogg Eye Center, including former chair F. Bruce Fralick, helped preserve his vision, and he is grateful, Dr. Weston says. he has been contributing to the Annual Fund for more than 10 years. “The Kellogg Eye Center is helping people like me see properly in order to do their work and carry on their lives pro-ductively,” he says. “We need to support a place that is working to that end.”

VISIOn ImPOrTAnT TO mOmWhen Carla J. Pfuhl decided to include the Kellogg Eye Center in her estate plans, she was thinking about her children. “my mother was legally blind, and she wanted to make sure that my eyesight could be saved,” says daughter Darlene m.

Smith. Several members of the Pfuhl family have vision difficulties, and mrs. Pfuhl’s son had graduated from the University of the michigan, so Kellogg was a good fit for her generosity, her daughter says. The Eye Center received a gift for research to cure macular degeneration when mrs. Pfuhl passed away earlier this year. mrs. Pfuhl, who lived in milford and loved to play bridge, raised three children and had a “wonderful life,” mrs. Smith says. “She was the most wonderful woman. She cared about other people.”


garry n. binegar, m.d.samir and mona binnoedward and martha boggsstephen boorstein, m.d.Paulajean and nicholas boschnancy s. boutelldaniel L. bradenWilliam and Julie bromleybrian P. brooks, m.d., Ph.d.dr. margaret c. brownmarion and fred burgettWilbur and carolyn burkettirving f. burtondonald v. calamianorman and maureen campbellJames and geraldine chafferssherry and david changanne m. chaseLillian v. choateHideki and tomomi Chumanshirley coe-beck and david beckdonald L. colecarl and maria constantPatrick and Laura coppenssharilyn e. and barry d. coulsonellen L. coulthardshannon and chadwick cranemargaretann cross and James van fleterenspeers m. crumrinevictoria and michael curleydolores and michael czerniakLyubica dabich, m.d.dart bankJames e. daviesProf. William and virginia dawson Judi and daniel demartinmargaret and george demuthJames r. devinegayle d. dickersondr. m. Kenneth and arvene dicksteinmarlene and Paul dodgemr. and mrs. Kenneth r. dornbrookJohn and vicki dubnickamrs. Lois a. dyerbita esmaeli, m.d.blaine and Jean evansmichael J. fanolamrs. m.J. feenerstacia and andrew feinbergbryn a. and suzanne m. fickJerome and Polly finkelsteinesther m. floyddennis and christine fornalralph n. funk

charles a. gallupcarol and edward georgemr. Waleed K. gosayniegreat Lakes eye carenorman grigsbyAdele Gudesbesondy and margaret hagenCharlotte HansonLaurelynne and george harrisbrian, Jennifer and charlotte heatonruth heyn, m.d.frederick J. heynerJeanne and conrad heynerrichard and Jane hisscharles f. hoitashJanet Woods hooblermargaret m. and James e. hughesrichard and anne Jacksonmr. and mrs. Kenneth b. Johnsons. Preston and betty b. Jonesalthea r. Kabakdaniel and rose Kachnowskicarol L. KarpJill taft Kaufmanrobert b. Kaufman, m.d.rosemary s. KayeLevi Kimballmichael a. Kipp, m.d.robert and toby KleinbergWilliam L. and betty g. Knappfrank J. KonkelJ. david and grace Kotredrs. teresa and norman Kriegersusan and James Kruckigerald and dorothy Kurtzmarie LaneLouis and gail LaricheKurt K. Lark, m.d.Lucille Leflergloria a. Lehmangary Lelli and Kelly bottgercheryl L. and J. Paul Lemieuxbobbie and myron LevineJean and edward Lewisrobertson a. LewisKim Lindenmuth and matthew buechethomas Longworth and carol cramergisela i. LovelessKonrads v. Lubavshelen Price Luckhamangelo maesoJoseph L. magginimarvin and shirley markgraffJohn martichmrs. catherine masters

christopher mcfarlanddonald and diane meitzProfessor george e. mendenhallrobert and margery meslerWilliam and Joan mikkelsenroberta L. miskohelen mitchellmargaret and richard moehlms. marlene m. moleskirichard g. mostellerJohn and Patricia mottdr. Patrick J. and mrs. Jacquelyn P. mulrowWilliam J. mundusalphonsus and ann murphydr. david and Janice muschdr. michel and alice nasifdiana and robert nastchristine nelson and Willis LillardJonathon P. niemczakmr. and mrs. harry nistelKenneth e. oettleJohn orrKelley collins osbornemohammad and J. elizabeth othmanhoward e. Parkerharriet Parsons and John brundageJoseph f. Pavkagordon e. Peckham, sr.Keith and Janet Lee Perkinsmaureen and thomas PhelpsJoy and Luke Pinkertonmarcy h. Plantsheryl and douglas Podlewskimrs. nancy L. PohlyJudith and michael Previllerebecca and eric Priebedrs. douglas J. and Leslie e. Quintdrs. Penporn and stephen reckmr. and mrs. Walter f. redmondann m. reedcharles s. remenarrita and robert reskedr. thomas r. riggsJohn Wallace riskWalter and marjorie rizzibarbara and art roccohorace and yvonne rodgersiva Jean roedavid and ann rogersrobert roosenberg, m.d.rennie and michael rothJonathan a. and robin L. roweclifton d. rowlandWalter Z. rundles, Jr.


Loretta d. sammetLarry and barbara schererLeonard t. schmidtJudith a. schneiderEileen schottJohn and Karen schultzstephen W. sedlarruth i. seguradavid and elvera shappiriomrs. Lorraine m. sheppardJoseph and nancy shoreJames and doris sissonKenneth s. smithsue-Ellen smithmargie and vaughn snookstuart b. snyderbecky and doug spalycarol L. standardiKathryn and veryl steinawaythomas and Jane stratfordJoel sugar and anita gerberm. diane sullivanterry talley, m.d.John and Joan tedfordAlek tempskiedward and Karen tennerroger c. thibaultsusan and david thomsc. Wayne tillera. richard tischlerPat and John tongusiCharmaine and thomas Uphausclaudia m. Wagnerdavid r. Wagnermary Waldoa. Phyllis Wallacerandall s. and William K. Wallachdanny d. Wang and yili WangWashtenaw united Waychristian a. Webermr. ira Weismandr. and mrs. William W. Wellsavis L. Whitemargaret b. Whitedr. Patrick t. and mary Whitemr. howard L. Wikelcarolyn and John WilloughbyJames and maggie WoodruffEckert wordellford L. Wrightmichael and Kathleen yangdr. Wen-Jei yangallan c. and marie a. Zanderhenry and dorothy ZelisseJeff and Kate Zinkthomas and delle Zurschmiede

In Memory of

The Kellogg Eye Center is honored

to have received gifts in memory

of the following individuals.

Jennie ardagnamary argylerobert beckersandra bessertidelle bindereleanor brotemarkleedith brownPaul curtis chaffeemargaret beacom chapinwanda Christianruth f. clarkebirdie cooperLouise demartinharold falls, m.d.f. bruce fralick, m.d.Louise Jacobsonalbert Kabaksteve Kaufmanalfred Kurowskisusan L. LichterJoseph mastersmarvin J. mcKenney, m.d.margaret mershonLillian moorevincent mrozanna nalepkamadeline Pellerincarla Pfuhlcarl d. roedr. frank sassamangeorge r. scougalemary h. sedlarJohn J. sidorLillian r. uphausmadeline L. vantinethomas harden Willcockson, m.d.

In Honor of

The following individuals were

honored through gifts.

anthony P. adamis, m.d.najat y. binnoclaudia deschaineJane griffith elliottJerome i. finkelstein, m.d.mark W. Johnson, m.d.Paul r. Lichter, m.d.shahzad i. mian, m.d.sayoko e. moroi, m.d., Ph.d.stephen J. saxe, m.d.

michael W. smith-Wheelock, m.d.h. Kaz soong, m.d.carol L. standardi, r.n.alan sugar, m.d.susan s. thoms, m.d.Jonathan d. trobe, m.d.clare van fleterenandrew vine, m.d.

Bequests and Other Planned Gifts

It is with deep gratitude that we

recognize the following individuals

for making the Kellogg Eye Center a

part of their estate plans.

frank J. and helga arnoldnancy benderanne s. benninghoffrhoda L. and roger m. berkowitzrobert d. biggs, m.d.ruth f. clarkegloria P. and William e. dean, Jr.ralph m. foxhelen a. (Poorbaugh) freedmanLarry and mary gerbensed and sue gorneyida Lucy iacobuccimrs. harry Krashenharry and eva mcgeemarvin J. and beverly mcKenneybruce L. and roberta olivermrs. shirley m. schaibleWilliam selezinka, m.d.dr. newel and rosemary smithrussell a. stephens and Phyllis a. capognadavid and Jayne verLeemichael a. Wainstock, m.d.Jean a. and richard c. Wilson

Only those who gave their permission

are included above.

Special Thanks

With appreciation to Myron Hepner

and Delta Gamma Fraternity for

their volunteer fundraising activities.

We make every effort to ensure

the honor roll is accurate. Please

call us at 734-615-0243 if you note

any errors.


James L. Adams, M.D.

Publicationssmith Lb, Pynnonen ma, flint a, adams JL, elner vm. Progressive eyelid and facial swelling due to follicular lymphoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Steven M. Archer, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• visiting professor, nationwide children’s hospital, columbus, ohio

Publicationsarcher sm. brown syndrome – operate or observe? [editorial] J AAPOS 2009;13:115.

archer sm. the effect of medial versus lateral rectus muscle surgery on distance-near incomitance. J AAPOS 2009 13:20-26.

iacobucci iL, furr ba, archer sa. manage-ment of binocular diplopia due to macul-opathy with combined bangerter filter and fresnel prism. am Orthoptic J 2009 [in press].

Terry J. Bergstrom, M.D.

GrantsSee grants, page 38

Grant M. Comer, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology• reviewer, Retina• reviewer, Survey of Ophthalmology

Publicationschong dy, Johnson mW, huynh th, hall ef, comer gm, fish dn. vitreous penetra-tion of orally administered famciclovir. Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:38-42.

comer gm, ciulla ta. corticosteroids for diabetic macular edema. Rev Ophthalmol 2009;feb:64-68.

Theresa M. Cooney, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• representative of the michigan society of eye Physicians and surgeons to the michigan state medical society

Publicationsmian s, cooney tm, sugar a. cornea. in: gold dh, Lewis ra, eds. clinical eye Atlas. chicago:ama Press, 2009, chap. 3 [in press].

Wayne T. Cornblath, M.D.

Grantssee grants, page 38

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• american academy of ophthalmology achievement award, 2008• director, now you see it, now you Know it: Pathognomonic neuro- ophthalmology findings. american academy of neurology annual meeting, 2009

Publicationsnelson c, cornblath Wt, cho r. optic disc: elevated optic disc, optic atrophy, Leber he-reditary optic neuropathy. in: gold dh, Lewis ra, eds. clinical eye Atlas. chicago:ama Press, 2009, pp. 1157-1199.

cornblath Wt. how do you manage postop-erative visual loss after spinal surgery. in: Lee ag, brazis PW, eds. curbside consultation in Neuro-Ophthalmology: 49 clinical Questions. sLacK, 2009.

ghandi d, ansari sa, cornblath Wt. suc-cessful transarterial embolization of a barrow type d dural carotid-cavernous fistula with ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (onyx). J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2009;29:9-12.

Pribila J, cornblath W, ramocki J, marentette L, flint a, elner vm. glomus cell tumor of the orbit. Arch Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Monte A. Del Monte, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• chairman, international affairs committee, american association for Pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus

PublicationsKemper ar, del monte ma. vision screening and interpretation. in: Weitzman m, tanski s, garfunkel L, eds. Bright Futures in Practice: Pediatric Preventive Services Manual. san francisco:american academy of Pediatrics, 2009 [in press].

Kothary Pc, Paauw Jd, bansal aK, grace cc, del monte ma. inhibition of growth factor stimulated stat3 by ag490 in human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Proc Ocular Pharmacol therapeutics (isoPt) 38th meet-ing, 2009 [in press].

Jonathan B. Demb, Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• associate editor, Journal of Neuroscience

Publicationsdemb Jb. functional circuitry of visual adaptation in the retina. J Physiol 2008;586.18:4377-4384.

beaudoin dL, manookin mb, demb Jb. distinct expressions of contrast gain control in parallel synaptic pathways converg-ing on a retinal ganglion cell. J Physiol 2008;586.22:5487-5502.

demb Jb. retina: microcircuits for daylight, twilight and starlight. in: shepherd g, grill-ner s, eds. Handbook of Brain Microcircuits. oxford university Press, 2009 [in press].

manookin m, demb Jb. information process-ing: contrast sensitivity. in: bok d, besharse Jc, eds, encyclopedia of the eye. new york:elsevier, 2009 [in press].

Susan G. Elner, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• chair, thesis review committee, american ophthalmological society• section editor, eye• executive editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology• director, vitreoretinal fellowship program, university of michigan Kellogg eye center

Publicationsbian Zm, elner sg, elner vm. regulated expression of caspase-12 gene in human retinal pigment epithelial cells suggests its immunomodulating role. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2008;49:5593-5601.

yang d, elner sg, Lin L-r, reddy vn, Petty hr, elner vm. association of superoxide an-ions with retinal pigment epithelial cell apop-tosis induced by mononuclear phagocytes. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2009 [in press].

field mg, elner vm, Park s, hackel r, heck-enlively Jr, elner sg, Petty hr. detection of retinal metabolic stress due to central serous retinopathy. Retina 2009 [in press].

Victor M. Elner, M.D., Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• Lester t. Jones surgical anatomy award, american society of ophthalmic Plastic and reconstructive surgery• senior achievement award, american academy of ophthalmology• member, committee for ocular tumors, Pathology and orbit, Lacrimal Plastic surgery

facuLty honors, recognition, and PubLications


• member, awards committee, american society of ophthalmic Plastic and reconstructive surgery• board of directors: international thyroid eye disease society

Publicationselner vm. ocular manifestations of child abuse [editorial]. Arch Ophthalmol 2008;126:1141-2.

bian Zm, elner sg, elner vm. regulated expression of caspase-12 gene in human retinal pigment epithelial cells suggests its im-munomodulating role. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2008;49:5593-5601.

Patel sv, malta Jb, bannit mr, mian si, sugar a, elner vm, tester ra, farjo Qa, soong hK. recurrent ectasia in corneal grafts and outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for kera-toconus. Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:191-197.

Koreen iv, cho ri, frueh br, elner vm. Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the medial canthus and orbit. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:63-65.

Koreen iv, Kahana a, gausas re, Potter hd, Lemke bn, elner vm. tarsal dermoid cyst: clinical presentation and treatment. Ophthal-mic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:146-147.

Koreen iv, taich a, elner vm. anterior lamel-lar recession with buccal mucous membrane grafting for cicatricial entropion. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:180-184.

shtein rm, garcia dd, musch dc, elner vm. herpes simplex virus keratitis: histopathologic inflammation and corneal allograft rejection. Ophthalmology 2009;116:1301-1305.



garcia dd, shtein rm, musch dc, elner vm. hsv Keratitis: histopathologic neovasculariza-tion and corneal allograft failure. cornea 2009 [in press].

smith Lb, Pynnonen ma, flint a, adams JL, elner vm. Progressive eyelid and facial swelling due to follicular lymphoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Koreen iv, flint a, nelson cc, frueh br, elner vm. non-diagnostic conjunctival map biopsies for sebaceous carcinoma. Arch Oph-thalmol 2009 [in press].

Pribila J, cornblath W, ramocki J, marentette L, flint a, elner vm. glomus cell tumor of the orbit. Arch Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

elner vm, newman-casey Pa, Patil aJ, flint a, moroi se, edward dP. aberrant wound healing response in mitomycin c-treated blebs: a histopathologic study. Arch Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

cho ri, choe ch, elner vm. ultrasonic bone removal versus high speed burring for lateral orbital decompression: comparison of surgical outcomes for the treatment of thyroid eye disease. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 [in press].

Kahana a, Pribila Jt, nelson cc, elner vm. sebaceous cell carcinoma. in: albert dm, Levin La, eds. Ocular disease: Mechanisms and Management. new york:elsevier, 2009 [in press].

Bartley R. Frueh, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best Doctors in America

PublicationsKoreen iv, cho ri, frueh br, elner vm. Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the medial canthus and orbit. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:63-65.

Lelli gJ, musch dc, frueh br, nelson cc. outcomes in silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery for higher risk (non-congenital) sub-jects with blepharoptosis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 [in press].

Koreen iv, flint a, nelson cc, frueh br, elner v. non-diagnostic conjunctival map biopsies for sebaceous carcinoma. Arch Oph-thalmol 2009 [in press].

Bruce A. Furr, C.O., M.S.P.H.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• President, american association of certified orthoptists

Publicationsiacobucci iL, furr ba, archer sa. manage-ment of binocular diplopia due to macul-opathy with combined bangerter filter and fresnel prism. Am Orthoptic J 2009 [in press].

Philip J. Gage, Ph.D.


Publicationsgage PJ, Zacharias aL. signaling “cross-talk” is integrated by transcription factors in the development of the anterior segment in the eye. dev dynamics 2009 [in press].

Richard E. Hackel, C.R.A.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• editorial board, Journal of Ophthalmic Photography • editorial board, Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology

Publications huynh th, Johnson mW, hackel re. subreti-nal candida albicans abscesses responsive to oral voriconazole. Ret cases Brief Rep 2008;2:213-215.


John R. Heckenlively, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• editorial board, Journal of Ocular Biology, diseases, and informatics• associate editor, eye• silver fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology

Publicationsreuter P, Koeppen K, Ladewig t, Kohl s, baumann b, Wissinger b; achromatopsia clinical study group. mutations in cnga3 impair trafficking or function of cone cyclic nucleotide-gated channels, resulting in achro-matopsia. Hum Mutat 2008;29:1228-1236.

chang b, mandal mna, chavali vrm, hawes nL, Khan nW, hurd re, smith rs, davisson mL, Kopplin L, Klein beK, Klein r, iyengar sK, heckenlively Jr, ayyagari r. age-related retinal degeneration (arrd2) in a novel mouse model due to a nonsense mutation in the mdm1 gene. Hum Mol genet 2008;17:3929-3941.

forooghian f, macdonald im, heckenlively Jr, héon e, gordon LK, hooks JJ, detrick b, nussenblatt rb. the need for standardization of antiretinal antibody detection and mea-surement. Am J Ophthalmol 2008;146:489-495.

ferreyra ha, Jayasundera t, Khan nW, he s, Lu y, heckenlively Jr. management of au-toimmune retinopathies with immunosuppres-sion. Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:390-397.

dorrell mi, aguilar e, Jacobson r, yanes o, gariano r, heckenlively J, banin e, ramirez ga, gasmi m, bird a, siuzdak g, fried-lander m. antioxidant or neurotrophic factor treatment preserves function in a mouse mod-el of neovascularization-associated oxidative stress. J clin invest 2009;119:611-623.




friedman Js, ray JW, Waseem n, Johnson K, brooks mJ, hugosson t, breuer d, bra-nham Ke, Krauth ds, bowne sJ, sullivan Ls, Ponjavic v, gränse L, Khanna r, trager eh, gieser Lm, hughbanks-Wheaton d, cojocaru ri, ghiasvand nm, chakarova cf, abra-hamson m, göring hh, Webster ar, birch dg, abecasis gr, fann y, bhattacharya ss, daiger sP, heckenlively Jr, andréasson s, swaroop a. mutations in a btb-Kelch protein, KLhL7, cause autosomal-dominant retinitis pigmentosa. Am J Hum genet 2009;84:792-800.


Kitiratschky vb, behnen P, Kellner u, heckenlively Jr, Zrenner e, Jägle h, Kohl s, Wissinger b, Koch KW. mutations in the guca1a gene involved in hereditary cone dystrophies impair calcium-mediated regula-tion of guanylate cyclase. Hum Mutat 2009 [in press].

Peter F. Hitchcock, Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• director (founding), university of michigan medical school office of Postdoctoral studies• member, executive board of the rackham school of graduate studies, university of michigan• editorial board, Journal of Ocular Biology, diseases and informatics• chair (ad hoc), cell biology review Panel, nih• chair (ad hoc), molecular, developmental, cellular neuroscience review Panel, nih

Publicationscraig seL, calinescu a-a, hitchcock Pf. identification of the molecular signatures integral to regenerating photoreceptors in the retina of the zebrafish. J Ocular Biol disease informatics 2008;1:73-83.

ochocinska m, hitchcock Pf. neurod regu-lates proliferation of photoreceptor progeni-tors in the retina of the zebrafish. Mech dev 2009;126:128-141.

calinescu a-a, vihtelic t, hyde d, hitchcock Pf. the cellular expression of midkine-a and -b during retinal development and photoreceptor regeneration. J comp Neurol 2009;514:1-10 (Photograph selected for journal cover).

hitchcock Pf. [book review] chalupa, Wil-liams, eds., eye, Retina, and visual System of the Mouse, boston:mit Press. J Neuro Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Bret A. Hughes, Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• silver fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology • member, special emphasis Panel, national eye institute, nih• director, university of michigan core center for vision research

Publicationsyang d, Zhang X, hughes ba. expression of inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunits in native human retinal pigment epithelium. exp eye Res 2008;87:176-183.

Ida L. Iacobucci, C.O.

Publicationsiacobucci iL, furr ba, archer sa. manage-ment of binocular diplopia due to macul-opathy with combined bangerter filter and fresnel prism. Am Orthoptic J 2009 [in press].

Mark W. Johnson, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• guide to america’s top ophthalmologists• member, Periodic ophthalmic review tests (Port) Panel, american board of ophthalmology• chairperson, nominating committee, macula society• member, data and safety monitoring committee: comparison of age-related macular degeneration treatments trials (catt), national eye institute, nih• editorial board, American Journal of Ophthalmology• editorial board, Retina• editorial board, Retinal Physician• member, committee on Programs, american ophthalmological society• secretary, the retina society

Publicationshuynh th, Johnson mW, hackel re. subreti-nal candida albicans abscesses responsive to oral voriconazole. Ret cases Brief Rep 2008;2:213-215.

Johnson mW. etiology and treatment of macular edema [perspective]. Am J Ophthal-mol 2009;147:11-21.

scott iu, vanveldhuisen Pc, oden nL, et al, and the score study investigator group. score study report 1: baseline associations between central retinal thickness and visual acuity in patients with retinal vein occlusion. Ophthalmology 2009;116:504-512.

scott iu, blodi ba, ip ms, et al, and the score study investigator group. score study report 2: interobserver agreement between investigator and reading center classification of retina vein occlusion type. Ophthalmology 2009;116:756-761.

regillo c, holekamp n, Johnson mW, Kaiser PK, schubert h, schmidt-efurth u, spaide r. retina and vitreous (section 12). Basic and clinical Science course. american academy of ophthalmology, 2008-2009.

chong dy, Johnson mW, huynh th, hall ef, comer gm, fish dn. vitreous penetra-tion of orally administered famciclovir. Am J Ophthalmol 2009;148:38-42.

taich a, Johnson mW. a syndrome resem-bling acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy in older adults. Retina 2009 [in press].

besirli cg, Johnson mW. Proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Mayo clin Proc 2009 [in press].

slocumb r, Johnson mW. Premature closure of inner retinal fenestration in the treatment of optic disc pit maculopathy. Ret cases Brief Rep 2009 [in press].

stein Jd, Zacks dn, grossman d, grabe h, Johnson mW, sloan fa. trends in rates of adverse events after pars plana vitrectomy among medicare beneficiaries. Arch Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

Johnson tm, Johnson mW. epiretinal mem-brane. in:yanoff m, duker J, eds., Ophthal-mology, 3rd ed. st. Louis:cv mosby, 2009 [in press].

Johnson tm, Johnson mW. macular dis-eases. in: Quillen da, blodi ba, eds., clinical Retina. chicago:ama Press, 2009 [in press].

Alon Kahana, M.D., Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• anthony adamis Prize for outstanding research in ophthalmology and visual sciences, university of michigan Kellogg eye center, 2009• member, american society of ophthalmic Plastic and reconstructive surgery• member, university of michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center• member, scientific advisory committee, international thyroid eye disease society• invited speaker, arvo ocular oncology Course


Publicationscho ri, Kahana a, Patel b, sivak-callcott J, buerger de, durairaj vd, vidor i, mawn La. intraoperative fluoroscopy-guided removal of orbital foreign bodies. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2009:25:215-218.

Koreen iv, Kahana a, gausas re, Potter hd, Lemke bn, elner vm. tarsal dermoid cyst: clinical presentation and treatment. Ophthal-mic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:146-147.

Kahana a, Lucarelli mJ. adjunctive transcant-hotomy lateral suborbicularis fat lift and orbi-tomalar ligament resuspension in lower eyelid ectropion repair. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;25:1-6.

Kahana a, burkat cn, Lucarelli mJ, dortzbach rK. diagnosis and management of orbital fractures. in: mallajosyula s, ed., Atlas of the Orbit, new delhi:Jaypee brothers 2008.

Kahana a, Lucarelli mJ. corneal protective procedures: tarsorrhaphy and lacrimal occlu-sion. in: brightbill fs, mcdonnell PJ, mcghee cnJ, farjo aa, serdarevic o, eds., corneal Surgery, 4th ed., st. Louis:mosby, 2009.

Kahana a, Pribila Jt, nelson cc, elner vm. sebaceous cell carcinoma. in: albert dm, Levin La, eds, Ocular disease: Mechanisms and Management. new york:elsevier, 2009 [in press].

Naheed W. Khan, Ph.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• reviewer, British Journal of Ophthalmology• reviewer, american institute of biological sciences

Publicationschang b, mandal mna, chavali vrm, hawes nL, Khan nW, hurd re, smith rs, davisson mL, Kopplin L, Klein beK, Klein r, iyengar sK, heckenlively Jr, ayyagari r. age-related retinal degeneration (arrd2) in a novel mouse model due to a nonsense mutation in the mdm1 gene. Hum Mol genet 2008;17:3929-3941.

tuntivanich n, Pittler sJ, fischer aJ, omar g, Kiupel m, Weber a, yao s, steibel JP, Khan nW, Petersen-Jones sm. characterization of a canine model of autosomal recessive re-tinitis pigmentosa due to a Pde6a mutation. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2009;50:801-813.

ferreyra ha, Jayasundera t, Khan nW, he s, Lu y, heckenlively Jr. management of au-toimmune retinopathies with immunosuppres-sion. Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:390-397.

Hemant Khanna, Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• young investigator award: Xiii international symposium on retinal degenerations, emeishan, sichuan, china• reviewer, fight for sight • reviewer, italian telethon foundation for curing genetic diseases • member, Proposal review committee, university of michigan undergraduate research opportunity Program • member, Professional development and education committee, association for research in vision and ophthalmology • editorial board, Molecular vision

Publicationstsang Wy, bossard c, Khanna h, Peranen J, swaroop a, malhotra v, dynlacht bd. cP110 suppresses primary cilia formation through its interaction with ceP290, a protein deficient in human ciliary disease. dev cell 2008;15:187-197.

Khanna h, davis ea, murga-Zamalloa ca, et al. a common allele in rPgriP1L is a modi-fier of retinal degeneration in ciliopathies. Nat genet 2009;41:739-745.

murga-Zamalloa c, swaroop a, Khanna h. multiprotein complexes of retinitis pigmentosa gtPase regulator (rPgr), a ciliary protein mutated in X-linked retinitis pigmentosa (XLrP). in: anderson rd, Lavail m, holly-field J, eds., Retinal degenerative diseases: laboratory and therapeutic investigations: Advances in experimental Medicine and Biol-ogy. springer, 2009 [in press].

Sarah S. Levy, M.D.

Outreach• guest speaker, university of michigan turner senior Resource Center

Paul R. Lichter, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• associate editor, American Journal of Ophthalmology• secretary-general, academia ophthalmologica internationalis• President, society of heed fellows• trustee, heed ophthalmic foundation• glover-Lisman Lecturer, new york university• mansour f. armaly Lecturer, university of iowa

Publicationsmusch dc, gillespie bW, Lichter Pr, niziol Lm, Janz nK, cigts study investigators. visual field progression in the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study: the impact of treatment and other baseline factors. Ophthalmology 2009; 116:200-207.

Parrish rK ii, feuer WJ, schiffman Jc, Lichter Pr, musch dc. five-year follow-up optic disc findings of the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study. Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:717-724.

Michael J. Lipson, O.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• invited speaker, global specialty Lens symposium

PublicationsLipson mJ. contact lenses, Uptodate 2009 [in press].

Shahzad I. Mian, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• achievement award, american academy of ophthalmology• board of directors, midwest eye bank• editor, “cornea,” ophthalmic news and education network, american academy of ophthalmology

Publicationsmalta Jb, soong hK, shtein rm, banitt mr, musch dc, sugar a, mian si. femto-second laser-assisted keratoplasty: labora-tory studies in eye bank eyes. curr eye Res 2009;34(1):19-25.

Patel sv, malta Jb, banitt, m, mian s, sugar a, elner vm, tester ra, farjo Qa, soong hK. recurrent ectasia in corneal grafts and outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for kerato-conus. Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:191-197.

banitt m, malta Jb, mian si, soong hK. rup-ture of anterior lens capsule from blunt ocular injury. J cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:943-945.

malta Jb, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian s, soong hK. Long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty combined with scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. cornea 2009 [in press].

mian si, sullivan t, millican W, uhler t, gedde s, Lee a, golnik Kc. development of a tool for assessment of resident cataract surgery instrument knowledge. Acad J Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].



sullivan t, millican W, uhler t, gedde s, Lee a, golnik Kc, mian si. assessment of resi-dent cataract surgery instrument knowledge. Acad J Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

mian s, sugar a. corneal complications after intraocular surgery. in: Krachmer J, mannis m, holland e, eds. cornea, 3rd ed, Philadelphia:elsevier mosby 2009 [in press].

mian si, cooney t, sugar a. cornea. in: gold dh, Lewis ra, eds. clinical eye Atlas, 2nd ed, chicago:ama Press 2009, chap. 3 [in press].

banitt m, malta Jb, soong hK, musch dc, mian si. Wound integrity of clear corneal incisions closed with fibrin and n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate adhesives. curr eye Res 2009 [in press].

Sayoko E. Moroi, M.D., Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• alpha omega alpha, gamma chapter of ohio • study section, glaucoma research Foundation• study section, american glaucoma society

Publicationsmoroi se, raoof da, reed dm, Zöllner s, Qin Z, richards Je. Progress toward personalized medicine for glaucoma. exp Rev Ophthalmol 2009;4:145-161.

elner vm, newman-casey Pa, Patil aJ, flint a, moroi se, edward dP. aberrant wound healing response in mitomycin c-treated blebs: a histopathologic study. Arch Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

David C. Musch, Ph.D., M.P.H.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• editorial board, Ophthalmology• editorial board, Retina• consulting editorial board, Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology• scientific advisory board, clinical and translational science award, michigan institute for clinical and health research• chair, special emphasis grant review Panel, national eye institute, nih• reviewer, national medical research council, singapore• methodologist, cornea and external disease Preferred Practice Pattern Panel, american academy of ophthalmology

• member, advisory group, cochrane collaboration eyes and vision group us Project• expert group core member, vision and hearing Loss expert group, noncommunicable diseases cluster, global burden of diseases study• invited faculty, design, conduct and management of clinical trials in eye research, arvo foundation for eye research clinical trials education, Portoroz, slovenia• Key note address, fifth annual arvo/Pfizer ophthalmics research institute• invited guest professor, beijing tongren eye hospital, beijing, Prc• silver fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology

Publicationsvan meter Ws, musch dc, Jacobs ds, Kaufman sc, reinhart WJ, udell iJ. safety of overnight orthokeratology for myopia. a report by the american academy of oph-thalmology. Ophthalmology 2008;115:2301-2313.

Janz nK, musch dc, gillespie bW, Wren Pa, niziol Lm. evaluating clinical change and visual function concerns in drivers and non-drivers with glaucoma. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2009;50:1718-1725.

malta Jb, soong hK, shtein r, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian si. femto-second laser-assisted keratoplasty: labora-tory studies in eye bank eyes. curr eye Res 2009;34(1):18-25.

musch dc, gillespie bW, Lichter Pr, niziol Lm, Janz nK, cigts study investigators. visual field progression in the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study: the impact of treatment and other baseline factors. Ophthalmology 2009; 116:200-207.

Parrish rK ii, feuer WJ, schiffman Jc, Lichter Pr, musch dc. five-year follow-up optic disc findings of the collaborative initial glaucoma treatment study. Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:717-724.


Wren Pa, musch dc, Janz nK, niziol Lm, guire Ke, gillespie bW. contrasting the use of two vision-specific quality of life question-naires in subjects with open-angle glaucoma. J glaucoma 2009 [in press].

malta Jb, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian s, soong hK. Long-term outcomes of penetrating keratoplasty combined with scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. cornea 2009 [in press].

Lelli gJ, musch dc, frueh br, nelson cc. outcomes in silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery for higher risk (non-congenital) sub-jects with blepharoptosis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 [in press].

garcia dd, shtein rm, musch dc, elner vm. herpes simples virus keratitis: histopathologic neovascularization and corneal allograft failure. cornea 2009 [in press].


Christine C. Nelson, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• top doctor, Hour detroit• guide to america’s top ophthalmologists

PublicationsLelli gJ, musch dc, frueh br, nelson cc. outcomes in silicone rod frontalis suspension surgery for higher risk (non-congenital) sub-jects with blepharoptosis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 2009 [in press].

Koreen iv, flint a, nelson cc, frueh br, elner v. non-diagnostic conjunctival map biopsies for sebaceous carcinoma. Arch Oph-thalmol 2009 [in press].

nelson c, cornblath W, cho r. optic disc: elevated optic disc, optic atrophy, Leber he-reditary optic neuropathy. in: gold dh, Lewis ra, eds. clinical eye Atlas. chicago:ama Press, 2009, pp. 1157-1199.

Kahana a, Pribila Jt, nelson cc, elner vm. sebaceous cell carcinoma. in: albert dm, Levin La, eds. Ocular disease: Mechanisms and Management. new york:elsevier, 2009 [in press].

Howard R. Petty, Ph.D.


PublicationsPetty hr, clark aJ. methods to improve the kinetic evaluation of fluorescence intensi-ties and locations of chemical signals within single living cells. in: amar P, Kepes f, norris v, vandenbunder b, eds., Modeling complex Biological Systems in the context of genom-ics, 7th ed. france:barniauz, edP science, 2008, pp. 77-85.

Zhu a, romero r, Petty hr. an enzymatic fluorimetric assay for glucose-6-phosphate: application in an in vitro Warburg-like effect. Anal Biochem 2009;388:97-101.



field mg, elner vm, Park s, hackel r, heck-enlively Jr, elner sg, Petty hr. detection of retinal metabolic stress due to from central serous retinopathy. Retina 2009 [in press].


clark aJ, diamond m, elfline m, Petty hr. calicum microdomains form within neutro-phils at the neutrophil-tumor cell synapse: role in antibody-dependent target cell apoptosis. cancer immunol immunother 2009 [in press].

Donald G. Puro, M.D., Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• editorial board, Microcirculation• silver fellow, association for research in vision and ophthalmology• ad hoc member, biology and diseases of the Posterior eye study section, center for scientific review, nih

Publicationsishizaki e, fukumoto m, Puro dg. functional KatP channels in the rat retinal microvas-culature: topographical distribution, redox regulation, spermine modulation and diabetic alteration. J Physiol 2009;587:2233-2253.

Julia E. Richards, Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• director, glaucoma research center, university of michigan Kellogg eye center• member, scientific advisory board, the Glaucoma Foundation• member, steering committee, multi-center study to map novel genes for fuchs corneal endothelial dystrophy, case Western reserve university• member, glaucoma research society, international congress of ophthalmology• grant review Panel, the glaucoma Foundation• ad hoc reviewer, aed study section, national eye institute, nih• ad hoc reviewer, bdcn special emphasis Panel, national eye institute, nih• ad hoc reviewer, canadian institutes of health research, ottawa, canada

Publicationsmoroi se, raoof da, reed dm, Zöllner s, Qin Z, richards Je. Progress toward per-sonalized medicine for glaucoma. exp Rev Ophthalmol 2009;4:145-161.

Stephen J. Saxe, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America • invited guest speaker, center for retinal and macular degenerations, department of ophthalmology, hadassah-hebrew university medical center, Jerusalem, israel

Roni M. Shtein, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• anthony adamis Prize for outstanding research in ophthalmology and visual sciences, university of michigan Kellogg eye center, 2008• member, cornea/anterior segment Panel, ophthalmic technology assessment committee, american academy of ophthalmology• member, vision research training Program, university of michigan Kellogg eye center• member, unified curriculum committee, university of michigan

Publicationsmalta Jb, soong hK, shtein rm, banitt mr, musch dc, sugar a, mian si. femto-second laser-assisted keratoplasty: labora-tory studies in eye bank eyes. curr eye Res 2009;34(1);18-25.


garcia dd, shtein rm, musch dc, elner vm. hsv keratitis: histopathologic neovasculariza-tion and corneal allograft failure. cornea 2009 [in press].

sugar a, shtein rm. Lens. in: gold gh, Lewis ra, eds., clinical eye Atlas, 2nd ed., chicago:ama Press, 2009 [in press].

H. Kaz Soong, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America • senior honor award, american academy of ophthalmology• Program co-director, cornea and external disease symposium, Pan-american association of ophthalmology, Joint meeting of the Paao and aao• invited international Professor, Kaohsiung medical college, department of ophthalmology, annual meeting of the ophthalmological society of taiwan• visiting Professor, national taiwan university medical school

Publicationsmalta Jb, soong hK, shtein rm, banitt mr, musch dc, sugar a, mian si. femto-second laser-assisted keratoplasty: labora-tory studies in eye bank eyes. curr eye Res 2008;34(1):18-25.

soong hK, malta Jb. femtosecond lasers in ophthalmology [perspective]. Am J Ophthal-mol 2009;147:189-197.

Patel s, soong h: indications and contrain-dications for anterior lamellar keratoplasty. in: brightbill f, ed., corneal Surgery, theory, technique, and tissue, 4th ed. Philadelphia/st. Louis:mosby-elsevier 2009, pp. 337-342.

banitt m, malta Jb, mian si, soong hK. rup-ture of anterior lens capsule from blunt ocular injury. J cataract Refract Surg 2009;35:943-945.

Patel sv, malta Jb, bannit mr, mian si, sugar a, elner vm, tester ra, farjo Qa, soong hK. recurrent ectasia in corneal grafts and outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for kera-toconus. Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:191-197.


malta Jb, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian si, soong hK. Long-term outcome of combined penetrating keratoplasty with scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. cornea 2009 [in press].

Joshua D. Stein, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• editorial board, evidence-Based Ophthalmology

Publicationsstein Jd, Zacks dn, grossman d, grabe h, Johnson mW, sloan fa. trends in rates of adverse events after pars plana vitrectomy among medicare beneficiaries. Arch Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

Weizer Js, stein Jd. complete eye care. new york:readers digest 2009 [in press].

Alan Sugar, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America • best original Paper award, cornea free papers, american academy of ophthalmology annual meeting• founders award, midwest eye-banks• associate editor, cornea



• editorial board, Ophthalmology• board of directors, midwest eye banks• board of directors, World eye mission• medical advisory board, eye bank association of america• chair, research committee, eye bank association of america• chair, ophthalmic technology assessment committee, american academy of ophthalmology• vice-chair, irbmed, university of michigan medical school

PublicationsPatel sv, malta Jb, banitt m, mian si, sugar a, elner vm, tester ra, farjo Qa, soong hK. recurrent ectasia in corneal grafts and outcomes of repeat keratoplasty for keratoco-nus. Br J Ophthalmol 2009;93:191-197.

malta Jb, soong hK, shtein r, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian si. femtosecond laser-assisted keratoplasty: laboratory studies in eye bank eyes. curr eye Res 200;34(1):18-25.

sugar a, tanner JP, dontchev m, tennant b, schultze rL, dunn sP, Lindquist td, gal rL, beck rW, Kollman c, mannis mJ, holland eJ for the cornea donor study investigator group. recipient risk factors for graft failure in the cornea donor study. Ophthalmology 2009;116:1023-1028.

dunn sP, stark WJ, stulting rd, Lass Jh, sugar a, Pavilack m, smith P, tanner JP, dontchev m, gal rL, beck rW, Kollman c, for the cornea donor study investigator group. the effect of abo blood incompatibil-ity on corneal graft failure in the cornea do-nor study. Am J Ophthalmol 2009;147:432-438.

Wilhelmus Kr, mitchell bm, dawson cr, et al, for the herpetic eye disease study group. slitlamp biomicroscopy and photographic im-age analysis of herpes simplex virus stromal keratitis. Arch Ophthalmol 2009;127:161-166.

Lindquist t, miller t, elsen J, Lignoski P, for the Policy and Position research subcommit-tee of the ebaa medical advisory board. minimizing the risk of disease transmission during corneal tissue processing. cornea 2009;28:481-484.

sugar a. Preoperative considerations: aphakic and pseudophakic eyes. in: bright-bill f, mcdonnell PJ, mcghee c, farjo a, serdarevic o, eds. corneal Surgery, new york:mosby/elsevier, 2009, pp. 273-276.

farjo Qa, sugar a. Pterygium and conjunc-tival degenerations. in: yanoff m, duker Js. Ophthalmology, new york:mosby/elsevier, 2009, pp. 248-250.

farjo Qa, sugar a. corneal degenerations. in: yanoff m, duker Js. Ophthalmology, new york:mosby/elsevier, 2009, pp. 318-323.

mian s, sugar a. corneal complications after intraocular surgery. in: Krachmer J, mannis m, holland e, eds. cornea, 3rd ed, Phila:elsevier mosby 2009 [in press].

sugar a. herpes simplex keratitis. Uptodate 2009 [in press].

mian si, cooney t, sugar a. cornea. in: gold dh, Lewis ra, eds. clinical eye Atlas, 2nd ed, chicago:ama Press 2009, chap. 3 [in press].

sugar a, shtein rm. Lens. in: gold gh, Lewis ra, eds., clinical eye Atlas, 2nd ed., chicago:ama Press, 2009 [in press].

malta Jb, banitt m, musch dc, sugar a, mian si, soong hK. Long-term outcome of combined penetrating keratoplasty with scleral-sutured posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation. cornea 2009 [in press].

Lass Jh, sugar a, benetz ba, beck rW, dontchev m, gal rL, Kollman c, gross r, heck e, holland eJ, mannis mJ, raber i, stark W, stulting rd. endothelial cell density predictive of endothelial failure after pen-etrating keratoplasty. Arch Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Debra A. Thompson, Ph.D.


Publicationshuang X, finerty P Jr, Walker Jr, butler-cole c, vedadi m, schapira m, Parker sa, turk be, thompson da, dhe-Paganon s. struc-tural insights into the inhibited states of the mer receptor tyrosine kinase. J Struct Biol 2009:165;88-96.

chrispell Jd, feathers KL, Kane m, brooks m, Khanna r, Kurth i, hübner c, gal a, mears a, swaroop a, napoli JL, thompson da. rdh12 activity and effects on retinoid processing in the murine retina. J Biol chem 2009 [in press].

Susan S. Thoms, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• vice chair, board of trustees for the greater detroit agency for the blind and visually impaired

Outreach• invited speaker, salvation army camp for the visually impaired

Jonathan D. Trobe, M.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America• editor-in-chief, Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology

PublicationsJacob m, gujar s, trobe Jd, gandhi d. spontaneous resolution of a meckel’s cave arachnoid cyst causing sixth cranial nerve palsy. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2008;28:186-191.

margolin e, hanifan d, berger mK, ahmad or, trobe Jd, gebarski ss. skew deviation as the initial manifestation of left paramedian thalamic infarction. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2008;28:283-286.

Parmar h, gandhi d, mukherji sK, trobe Jd. restricted diffusion in the superior ophthalmic vein and cavernous sinus in a case of cavern-ous sinus thrombosis. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2009;29:16-20.

Kamyar r, trobe Jd. bilateral mesial occipital lobe infarction after cardiogenic hypotension induced by electrical shock. J Neuro-Ophthal-mol 2009;29:107-110.

momont ac, trobe Jd. transient corneal edema and left hemisphere dysfunction in Pearson syndrome. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2009;29:158.

Warden Kf, Parmar h, trobe Jd. a trigeminal trifecta: cases illustrating perineural spread of cancer along the three divisions. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

trobe Jd. searching for brain aneurysm in third cranial nerve palsy. J Neuro-Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

trobe Jd. robert b. daroff, md: Pioneer of ocular motor research. J Neuro-Ophthalmol 2009 [in press].

Andrew K. Vine, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• Best doctors in America

Publicationsvine aK. recent advances in haemostasis and thrombosis. Retina 2009;29:1-7.

Jennifer S. Weizer, M.D.

Awards/Honors/Leadership• director, glaucoma fellowship program, university of michigan Kellogg eye center• director, Quality assurance committee, university of michigan Kellogg eye center

PublicationsWeizer Js, stein Jd. complete eye care. new york:readers digest 2009 [in press].



Dongli Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

Publicationsyang d, Zhang X, hughes ba. expression of inwardly rectifying potassium channel subunits in native human retinal pigment epithelium. exp eye Res 2008;87:176-183.


David N. Zacks, M.D., Ph.D.


Awards/Honors/Leadership• election to american ophthalmological society• Writing committee, basic and clinical science course, retina, vol 12. american academy of ophthalmology

Outreach• guest speaker, university of michigan turner senior resource center, Low vision support Group• honorary co-chair, foundation fighting blindness eastern michigan vision-Walk

PublicationsZadro-Lamoureux La, Zacks dn, baker an, Zheng Qd, hauswirth WW, tsilfidis c. XiaP protects photoreceptors from retinal detach-ment-induced death. invest Ophthalmol vis Sci 2009;50:1448-1453.

stein Jd, Zacks dn, grossman d, grabe h, Johnson mW, sloan fa. trends in rates of adverse events after pars plana vitrectomy among medicare beneficiaries. Arch Ophthal-mol 2009 [in press].

Zacks dn. gene transcription profile of the detached retina. trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 2009 [in press].

chong dy, boehlke cs, Zheng Qd, Zhang L, han y, Zacks dn. interleukin-6 as a photo-receptor neuroprotectant in an experimental model of retinal detachment. invest Ophthal-mol vis Sci 2008;49:3193-3200.

grabe h, Zacks dn. seat belt retinopathy: a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy following a motor vehicle accident. Retinal cases and Brief Reports 2008 [in press].

conrad PW, Zacks dn, Johnson mW. intrav-itreal bevacizumab has initial clinical benefit lasting eight weeks in eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. clinical Ophthalmol 2008 [in press].

Cagri Besirli, M.D., Ph.D.George Slocum research Award, Second Place, 2008-2009

Brenda Bohnsack, M.D., Ph.D.George Slocum research Award, First Place, 2008-2009Walter Parker Teaching Award, First Place, 2008-2009

hilary M. grabe, M.D.George Slocum research Award, Third Place, 2007-2008Co-Chief resident, 2008-2009

Roheena Kamyar, M.D.Co-Chief resident, 2008-2009

Irina v. Koreen, M.D., Ph.D.George Slocum research Award, Third Place, 2008-2009James l. laberge Award for Excellence in research, 2008midwest Eye-Banks Eye and Vision research Program Stipend Award, 2008-2009national Eye Institute Travel Grant Award, 2009 ArVO meeting

larry Koreen, M.D., M.P.h., Ph.D.midwest Eye-Banks Eye and Vision research Program Stipend Award, 2008-2009Walter Parker Teaching Award, 2008-2009

Jonathan Pribila, M.D., Ph.D.George Slocum research Award, Second Place, 2007-2008Walter Parker Teaching Award, Second Place, 2007-2008

David M. Wu, M.D., Ph.D. George Slocum research Award, First Place 2007-2008George Slocum research Award, Third Place, 2006-2007heed Fellowship James l. laberge Award for Excellence in research, 2007 Knights Templar Eye Foundation Award Walter Parker Teaching Award, Second Place, 2008-2009 Walter Parker Teaching Award, First Place, 2007-2008

resident awards



Faculty Name Source ID Project Title

t. bergstrom, m.d. nih/clinical trial u10-ey010439-15 ocular hypertension treatment study (ohts) coordinating center: Washington university

W. cornblath, m.d. icon clinical research/Pfizer case-crossover study of Pde5 inhibitor exposure as a Potential “trigger factor” for acute naion

m. del monte, m.d. nih/clinical trial u10-ey011751 Pediatric eye disease investigator group multiple Projects, coordinating center: Jaeb Pfizer ophthalmics research Phase i open Label study of Latanoprost in Pediatric and Adult Glaucoma Patients J. demb, Ph.d. nih r01-ey014454-05 functional circuitry of visual adaptation rPb career development award sloan foundation sloan research fellowship

s. elner, m.d. nih/clinical trial u10-ey014660 multicenter uveitis steroid treatment (must) trial coordinating center: Johns hopkins university

v. elner, m.d., Ph.d. nih r01-ey009441-13 rPe-mΦ binding: ca++ & O2- dependent amd responses rPb senior scientific investigator award michigan universities Prototype development etcf grant commercialization initiative u-m medical school translational research initiatives Program grant

P. gage, Ph.d. nih r01-ey014126-06 Pitx 2: molecular mechanisms in eye development and disease J. heckenlively, m.d. nih r01-ey007758-20 mouse models of human hereditary eye diseases nih r01-ey016862-04 genetic variations in age-related macular degenerations ffb center for the study of retinal degenerative diseases ffb consortium treatment grant: assessment of therapies ffb resource facility for X-linked retinitis Pigmentosa and age-related macular degeneration neurotech usa Phase ii/iii study of encapsulated human cell implants releasing cntf for Participants with Retinitis Pigmentosa sramek foundation interactive and integrated genetic databases for the study of age-related macular degeneration

P. hitchcock, Ph.d. nih r01-ey007060-20 neuronal development, injury and regeneration in retina nih r01-ey011115-12 molecular mechanisms of retina-specific gene expression nih t32-ey013934-07 vision research training Program ffb – canada identification and function of molecular cues for Photoreceptor regeneration in the vertebrate retina rPb senior scientific investigator award

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b. hughes, Ph.d. nih P30-ey007003-23 core center for vision research (five core modules) nih r01-ey008850-18 ion conductances in the retinal Pigment epithelium rPb Lew r. Wasserman award

m. Johnson, m.d. nih/clinical trial u10-ey014351 standard care versus corticosteroid for retinal vein occlusion (score) study, coordinating center: university of Wisconsin chiltern international/thrombogenics inc. a randomized, Placebo-controlled, double-masked, multicenter trial of microplasmin intravitreal injection for non-surgical treatment of focal vitreomacular Adhesion glaxosmithKline/clinical trial study to investigate Pharmacodynamics, safety, and systemic Pharmacokinetics of Pazopanib eye drops Lmri/clinical trial a natural history study of macular telangiectasia — the mactel study regeneron Pharmaceutical/clinical trial Phase iii study of efficacy, safety, and tolerability of repeated doses of intravitreal vegf trap in subjects with neovascular amd

a. Kahana, m.d., Ph.d. nih K08-ey018689-02 Zebrafish model for studying orbital development and disease

h. Khanna, Ph.d. nih r01-ey007961-21 X-Linked retinitis Pigmentosa nih r01-dc009606-01 olfactory signaling, cilia, and sensory disorders subcontract with Jeffrey martens, Ph.d., department of Pharmacology, university of michigan ffb center for the study of retinal degenerative diseases midwest eye-banks Phenotypic signature associated with mutations in Retinitis Pigmentosa GtPase Regulator and Retinitis Pigmentosa 2 - student stipend award u-m center for rare disease ciliary signaling cascades in retinal and syndromic Ciliopathies P. Lichter, m.d. rPb unrestricted grant visioncare ophthalmic technologies/ visioncare ophthalmic technologies implantable clinical trial miniature telescope for central vision impairment associated with age-related macular degeneration and other maculopathies

m. Lipson, o.d. eyevis L.L.c. stabilizing myopia by accelerated reshaping technique s. mian, m.d. nih r01-ey14163-01 femtosecond Laser Posterior Lamellar Keratoplasty subcontract with tibor Juhasz, Ph.d., university of california - irvine fight for sight, michr, midwest eye-banks femtosecond Laser-assisted Keratoplasty

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s. moroi, m.d., Ph.d. merck and company, inc. merck iisP #31911 study: effect of myocilin genetic variants on intraocular Pressure and Pressure variation in sitting and supine Positions

d. musch, Ph.d., m.P.h. nih r21-ey118690-01 clinical and Quality of Life insights on glaucoma from analyses of cigts data

c. nelson, m.d. midwest eye-banks clinicopathologic correlation study of sebaceous carcinoma of the ocular adnexa — student stipend award midwest eye-banks medical student fellowship

h. Petty, Ph.d. nih n01-hd-2-3342 services in support of the Perinatology research branch subcontract with Wayne state university nih r01-ca074120-10 signaling dynamics of Leukocyte-tumor cell interactions nih r01-ai060983-03 Lipid raft microdomains in neutrophil function subcontract, robert sitrin, m.d., u-m medical school midwest eye-banks time-gated single molecule fluorescence imaging u-m medical school translational research initiatives Program grant

d. Puro, m.d., Ph.d. nih r01-ey012507-10 Physiology of retinal Pericytes rPb senior scientific investigator award

J. richards, Ph.d. nih r56-ey011671-09 molecular genetics of glaucoma and related disorders AHAF Genetic Risk Factors and Glaucoma Outcomes fight for sight sequence variants in cLcn3 and the associated risk of glaucoma — student fellowship ovPr faculty grants and awards shared core equipment

r. shtein, m.d. nih K23-ey017885-02 neovascularization Patterns in corneal graft rejection michr Pathogenesis of idiopathic dry eye ovPr faculty grants and awards evaluation of growth factors in tears of Patients with hsv Keratitis u-m medical school clinical sciences scholars Program award

J. stein, m.d. nih K23-ey019511-01 association between cataract surgery and Progression of diabetic retinopathy american glaucoma society mentoring for advancement of Physician-scientist enabling award Program american glaucoma society racial disparities in the care of elderly americans with glaucoma blue cross blue shield of michigan Longitudinal rates of Postoperative adverse outcomes after glaucoma surgery among medicare beneficiaries 1994-2005 midwest eye-banks monitoring of Patients for ocular side effects of Corticosteroids

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a. sugar, m.d. nih/clinical trial u10-ey12358 cornea donor study, coordinating center: Jaeb nih/clinical trial r01-ey016482 a multi-center study to map genes for fuchs dystrophy coordinating center: case Western reserve university Lux biosciences, inc. a randomized dose-ranging study to assess the efficacy and safety of LX201 for Prevention of corneal allograft rejection episodes and graft failure following Penetrating Keratoplasty

d. thompson, Ph.d. ffb center for the study of retinal degenerative diseases ffb consortium treatment grant: small molecular interventions midwest eye-banks mertk signaling in rPe Phagocytosis — student stipend award rPb visual cycle defects in inherited retinal degeneration — senior scientific investigator award

J. trobe, m.d. university of utah Proteomics and genomics of giant cell arteritis american geriatrics society

d. Zacks, m.d., Ph.d. nih K08-ey14705-05 apoptosis in retinal detachments ffb center for the study of retinal degenerative diseases ffb consortium treatment grant: transplantation of Photoreceptor Precursors irrf control of Photoreceptor apoptosis midwest eye-banks intravitreal Linezolid in rabbits: an electrophysiologic and histopathologic analysis midwest eye-banks small molecule inhibitors of Photoreceptor apoptosis

Source AbbreviationsAHAF – American Health Assistance Foundation MicHR – Michigan institute for clinical and Health ResearchFFB – Foundation Fighting Blindness NiH – National institutes of HealthIRRF – International Retinal Research Foundation OVPR – Office of the Vice President for Research, lMRi – lowy Medical Research institute University of Michigan RPB – Research to Prevent Blindness

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The W.K. Kellogg Eye Center opened its doors in 1985, beginning a period of rapid growth and discovery.

Clinicians were able to see many more patients, and, with vision research scientists now in the same loca-tion, the faculty had many opportunities to exchange ideas that would bring advanced care and treatments to our patients. By the mid-1990s, it was apparent that the Kellogg Eye Center was about to enter another period of expansion. Several national studies indicated that the U.S. population was growing older and would need medical care for age-related diseases, such as glaucoma and macular degener-ation. In michigan, the number of residents over the age of 65 was projected to increase by 52 percent by 2025. It was time to think about a new building.

a tale of two towersBuilding for a new Era of Discovery

1999 May The Department completes a study on the anticipated growth of our patient population and concludes that the Eye Center will outgrow its current space within 10 years.

1999 December 17The first gift for the Kellogg Eye Cen-ter expansion is given by Mary June and the late Dr. William Wilkinson.

2005 July 21 The university Board of Regents approves the construction of an ex-pansion to the existing u-M Kellogg Eye Center, with two floors devoted to the new Delores S. and William K. Brehm Center for Type 1 Diabetes Research and Analysis.

2006 September 19groundbreaking Ceremony features President Mary Sue Coleman and other university and health System leaders, as well as a “full house” of faculty, staff, and friends.

2007 November 6 Topping out celebrates completion of the major structural steel work. Before the ceremony, faculty, staff, friends, and construction crew sign the last beam to be placed.

U-M President Mary Sue Coleman speaks at the Groundbreaking Ceremony.

2008 July Construction continues and by July the building takes on a more finished look as brick, cast stone, and glass and metal panels are installed on the building exterior.

2008 October 3Alumni tours of the building take place during Fall Reunion Weekend.

2010 March Clinics scheduled to make the move from the “old” to the new building, which will be named the Brehm Tower.

April 23-24 Celebratory symposium, Dedicated to Discovery, features leading ophthal-mologists on advances in eye care.

April 23 Save this date for the Dedication Ceremony, followed by a reception and tours of the Kellogg Eye Center Expansion and Brehm Center.

Kellogg faculty, friends, staff, and construction crew members stand by for Topping Out, when the last beam is placed on top of the building.

Larry Gerbens, M.D., Dave VerLee, M.D., and John Leenhouts, M.D., take a tour of the expansion during Fall Reunion Weekend.

The Kellogg Eye Center expansion and Research Tower as seen from the south.

Paul R. Lichter, M.D., speaks to friends and supporters about the expansion.

Row 1 rebecca A. Wu, m.D., Joshua D. Stein, m.D., m.S., Alon Kahana, m.D., Ph.D., Paul r. lichter, m.D., David n. Zacks, m.D., Ph.D., Jonathan B. Demb, Ph.D., h. Kaz Soong, m.D., Stephen J. Saxe, m.D.

Row 2 Joshua P. Vrabec, m.D., Sarah S. levy, m.D., naheed W. Khan, Ph.D., Wayne T. Cornblath, m.D., Sayoko E. moroi, m.D., Ph.D., Shahzad I. mian, m.D., helios T. leung, Ph.D., O.D., Dongli yang, m.D., Ph.D., Philip J. Gage, Ph.D.

Row 3 Gale A. Oren, m.I.l.S., Frank W. rozsa, Ph.D., Alan Sugar, m.D., Susan S. Thoms, m.D., hemant Khanna, Ph.D., Grant m. Comer, m.D., roni m. Shtein, m.D., michael J. lipson, O.D.

Row 4 Gary S. Sandall, m.D., Julia E. richards, Ph.D., Jerome I. Finkelstein, m.D., Jonathan D. Trobe, m.D., Theresa m. Cooney, m.D., Victor m. Elner, m.D., Ph.D.,Terry J. Smith, m.D., raymond S. Douglas, m.D., Ph.D.

Row 5 Terry J. Bergstrom, m.D., Steven m. Archer, m.D., Donald S. Beser, m.D., Bradley W. Taylor, O.D., m.P.h., David C. musch, Ph.D., m.P.h., Denise A. John, m.D., mark W. Johnson, m.D., Donald G. Puro, m.D., Ph.D.

not Pictured: James Adams, m.D., Jill Bixler, m.D., Sherry Day, O.D., monte Del monte, m.D., Susan Elner, m.D., Carlton Foster, O.D., Bartley Frueh, m.D., Bruce Furr, mSPh, C.O., Daniel Green, Ph.D., richard hackel, m.A., C.r.A., John heckenlively, m.D., Peter hitchcock, Ph.D., Bret hughes, Ph.D., Ida Iacobucci, C.O., Diane Jacobi, O.D., harjeet Kaur, m.D., James Knaggs, m.D., Christine nelson, m.D., howard Petty, Ph.D., michael Smith-Wheelock, m.D., Debra Thompson, Ph.D., Andrew Vine, m.D., Jennifer Weizer, m.D., Adrienne West, m.D., Donna Wicker, O.D.

FAcUlty OF tHe dePARtMeNt OF OPHtHAlMOlOgy ANd viSUAl ScieNceS

It is always an event when alumni return to the U-m Kellogg Eye Center, whether for Fall reunion Weekend or one of our CmE programs. Alumni form a community of colleagues who readily share their knowledge and experience with each other and with current trainees and recent graduates. Our alumni have provided leadership on new program initiatives, with a special focus and fondness for residency education. They stepped up to provide critical support for the harold F. Falls Collegiate Professorship, inaugurated in 2003, and now they are turning their attention to creating the new resident Education Center and establishing the Terry J. Bergstrom Collegiate Professorship to honor a longtime friend and colleague. We have 450 members in our alumni group, and they are the best ambassadors that any Department could wish to have. And they always seem to have a good time when they return to Ann Arbor.

AlUmnI In Ann ArBOr returning to reminisce and share what they’ve learned

William Bromley, M.D., R ’71, after touring the Kellogg expansion during Fall Reunion Weekend.

Michael Petersen, M.D., Ph.D., R ’90, and Everton Arrindell, M.D., R ’90, at the Alumni Dinner, 2008 AAO meeting.

Jessica Chen and Tony Huynh, M.D., R ’07, at the 2008 Alumni Dinner.

Qais Farjo, M.D., R ’99, F ’00, Jay Burgett, M.D., R ’97, Stephen Boorstein, M.D., R ’96, and Stanley Feil, M.D., F ’98,

at the 2008 Alumni Dinner.Ron Slocumb, M.D., Hilary Grabe, M.D., Jonathan Pribila, M.D., Ph.D.,

Roheena Kamyar, M.D., David Wu, M.D., Ph.D., Christopher Rodarte, M.D., Omar Ahmad, M.D.

Our newest alumni

our missionto soLve the PuZZLes of bLinding eye disease,

to imProve the QuaLity of Life for our Patients,

and to teach the neXt generation of vision

scientists and cLinicians

For additional copies of this report,

please contact us at:

university of michigan department of ophthalmology and visual sciencesW.K. Kellogg eye center1000 wall streetann arbor, michigan 48105

734.647.5586www.kellogg.umich.edu

Executive Officers of the University of Michigan Health System

ora hirsch Pescovitz, m.d. executive vice President for Medical Affairs douglas L. strong, m.b.a. director and ceO, University of Michigan Hospitals and Health centers James o. Woolliscroft, m.d. dean, University of Michigan Medical School

The Regents of the University of Michigan Julia donovan darlow, ann arbor; Laurence b. deitch, bingham farms;denise ilitch, bingham farms; olivia P. maynard, goodrich;andrea fischer newman, ann arbor; andrew c. richner, grosse Pointe Park;s. martin taylor, grosse Pointe farms; Katherine e. White, ann arbor;mary sue coleman, Ph.d., ex officio

editors: Betsy Nisbet, Randy Wallach

Writers and editorial assistants: Aimee Bergquist, lisa Burkhart, MargaretAnn cross

design: david Murrel

Photographers: Scott galvin, Scott Soderberg, Austin thomason, Martin vloet: U-M Photo Services; lin goings, Robert Prusak: U-M department of Ophthalmology and visual Sciences

Documents

2009 Annual Report - U-M Kellogg Eye Center