Faculty Highlights
Recent residency graduate Dr. Abdullah Abou-Samra at the U.S. Capitol to advocate during the annual Alliance of Specialty Medicine Advocacy Conference
Arthi G. Venkat, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
- Internal Grant: Dr. Venkat, along with Dr. Krause and Dr. McGehee, received a UVA grant to study the use of AI in resident selection.
- Recent Papers:
- Paraneoplastic ocular sarcoid-like reaction in the setting of pulmonary sarcoid-like reaction and lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and literature review.
Casado GL, Robinson E, Khan N, John V, Venkat AG.
Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2024 May 15;35:102076. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102076.eCollection 2024 Sep.
PMID: 38799225 - Superior Orbital Fissure Syndrome in the Setting of Relapsing Polychondritis with Concurrent Sjogren’s Syndrome: A Case Report.
Karri V, Abou-Samra A, King B, Carlson A, Venkat A.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2024 Nov;32(9):2243-2245. doi: 10.1080/09273948.2024.2307405. Epub 2024 Feb 7.
PMID: 38324402 - Endogenous Fungal Endophthalmitis: A Single-Center Retrospective Study and Review of the Literature.
Burton E, Reddy V, Venkat AG.
Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Jun;262:97-106. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2024.01.018. Epub 2024 Jan 26.
PMID: 38280676
- Paraneoplastic ocular sarcoid-like reaction in the setting of pulmonary sarcoid-like reaction and lung adenocarcinoma: A case report and literature review.
- Recent Talks:
- Venkat A. Uveitis Myth – Inflammation with Checkpoint Inhibitors Requires Cessation of Treatment. Symposium (Ophthalmology Mythbreakers). American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 2024.
- Venkat A. Approaching Pregnant Women Across the Ophthalmic Subspecialties. Instructional Course (Speaker/Panelist). American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 2024.
- Venkat A. Uveitic Macular Edema. Uveitis Subspecialty Day (Speaker). American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, 2024.
Michael Cusick, MD, MHSA
Assistant Professor
- Research Presentations in 2024:
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Eye-Related Emergency Department Encounters at an Academic Safety-Net Health System (Gemperline T, Grundvig C, Burton E, Cusick M)
- Poster presented at ARVO Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, May 9, 2024.
- Demographic Variations Among Presentation and Management of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments (Duong R, Cusick M)
- Poster presented at ARVO Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, May 5, 2024.
- Completion Rates of In-Person Ocular Evaluation after Remote Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy at Rural Primary Care Sites Across Virginia (Robinson E, Cotton C, Leone A, Cusick M)
- Poster presented at ARVO Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, May 5, 2024.
- Emergency Medicine Resident Education Program: Approach to the Eye Patient and Common Ophthalmic Emergencies (Burton E, Gemperline T, Smith M, Cusick M)
- Poster presented at UVA School of Medicine Innovation in Education Week, Charlottesville, Virginia, February 28, 2024.
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Eye-Related Emergency Department Encounters at an Academic Safety-Net Health System (Gemperline T, Grundvig C, Burton E, Cusick M)
- Awards and Recognition in 2024:
- Enrolled in the UVA Health Leadership Institute.
Tara W. McGehee, MD
Assistant Professor
- Presentations: Presented three lectures at the Ohio State University 65th Annual Postgraduate Symposium in Ophthalmology in March.
Resident Highlights
William Sanfelippo, MD
PGY-2 Resident
- Award: PGY-2 resident Dr. William Sanfelippo won the Virginia Lions Eye Institute Richard A. Falls Research Grant.
Samuel Levant, MD
PGY-3 Resident
- Award: PGY-3 resident Dr. Samuel Levant won the award for the Best Consulting Resident (across all of UVA) from the Emergency Medicine Department.
Abdullah Abou-Samra, MD
2024 Residency Graduate
- Advocacy: Visited Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to advocate directly to legislators as part of the annual Alliance of Specialty Medicine Advocacy Conference. Featured in the July issue of Retina Advocacy & Practice News.