Lehrerfahrung

Alljährliche Kurse

07/2009 - Trabectome glaucoma surgery trainer: annual wet labs at the AAO, ARVO, AGS; lectures and hands-on courses

09/2013 - Lectures in the annual Vision Science Course University of Pittsburgh.

09/2009 - Lectures in Glaucoma for resident physicians and students Yale University and University of Pittsburgh.

Ehemalige Fellows

07/2012 - 04/2019 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Mentored the following individuals:

      1. Si Chen, MD. PhD-student/research fellow 2018-
      2. Joel Palko, MD, PhD, Glaucoma Fellow 2018-
      3. Anhtuan Nguyen, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2018-
      4. Andrew Siegel, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2017-2018
      5. Robert Null, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2017-2018
      6. Hong Ying, MD, Visiting Scholar 2017 -
      7. Hamed Esfandiari, MD, Visiting Scholar 2017 -
      8. Priyal Shah, medical student, Rutgers University 2017-2018
      9. Yalong Dang, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher 2015-2018
      10. Susannah Waxman, Research Associate 2016-
      11. Chao Wang, Medical Student, Two-Year Research Associate 2016-
      12. Edward Chay, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2016-2017
      13. Kate Fallano, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2016-2017
      14. Manik Goel, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2015-2016 (now Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at West Virginia U)
      15. Igor Bussel, MD, residency mentor
      16. Eric Brown, MD, PhD, Glaucoma Fellow 2014-2015 (now Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Vanderbilt U)
      17. Julia Polat, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2014-2016 (now Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Pittsburgh U)
      18. Hardik Parikh, medical student, Rutgers University, student fellowship in Loewen lab 2015-2016
      19. Adrianna Jenssen, medical student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015-
      20. Gordon Scott, medical student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015-2016
      21. Daniel Park, medical student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2014-2016
      22. Sushma Kola, medical student, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013-2016
      23. Rachel Davis, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2012-13 (now Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of New Mexico, NM)
      24. Evan Lagouros, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2013-14
      25. Devora Cohen-Karni, PhD. Postdoctoral Research Fellow. 2013-2014
      26. Richard Ladley, University of Pittsburgh, College. Research Student, 2014-2015
      27. Amardeep Dhaliwal, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013-2014
      28. James Kim, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013-2014
      29. Stephen Z. Wang, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013-2015
      30. Vladimir Lamm, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2013-2014
      31. Sam Myers, University of Pittsburgh, 02/2013-09/2013

07/2009 - 06/2012 Department of Ophthalmology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Mentored the following individuals:

      1. Kevin Kaplowitz, MD, Glaucoma fellow 2011-12 (now attending at the Loma Linda University, CA)
      2. Jigna Joshi, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2009-10 (clinical assistant professor at Northwestern U)
      3. Kristine Ahrlich, MD, Glaucoma Fellow 2010-2011 (clinical assistant professor at Yale U)
      4. Julius Oatts, Doris Duke Fellow, 2011-12 (ophthalmology resident at UCSF)
      5. Eberechi Nwogu, Yale School of Medicine Fellow, 2011-12 (resident at Thomas Jefferson U)
      6. Ze Zhang, Yale School of Medicine Fellow, 2011-12
      7. Katherine Xie, Yale Undergraduate, 2011-12
      8. Sophie Leung, Yale Undergraduate, 2011-12
      9. Phyllis Thangaraj, Yale Undergraduate, 2011-12 (went to the NIH)
      10. Claudia Martinez, Yale Undergraduate, 2011-12 (went to Harvard MIRT)
      11. Jerry Du, Yale Undergraduate, 2011-12 (went to Cornell U, School of Med.)
      12. Nina Ni, Yale Medical Student, 2009-10 (went to Wills Eye, T. Jefferson)
      13. Sonya Thomas, Doris Duke Fellow, 2010-11 (went to Wilmer, J. Hopkins)
      14. Harry Tseng, Yale M.S., Biomed. Eng. 2011-12 (went to Albany Med. College)
      15. Jing Chen, Yale Medical Student, 2011-12 (went to Jules Stein, UCLA)

07/2008 - 06/2009 Department of Ophthalmology, University California San Diego, San Diego, CA: OR attending and instructor for glaucoma and cataract surgery for ophthalmology residents.

02/2008 - 06/2008 Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL: Wet-lab instructor and OR attending and for cataract surgery for ophthalmology residents.

07/2005 - 07/2007 Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL: Mentored medical student Jeffrey Chen in molecular biology laboratory, resulting in co-authorship and own publication.

06/2002 - 06/2004 Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Mentored technician Wu-Lin Teo, B.S. (went to Calgary U, Neuroscience PhD).


Seminars and Invited Lectureships

  1. Session Chair: Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017. Chicago, IL.
  2. Session Chair: Wet Lab - Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017. Chicago, IL.
  3. Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Glaucoma. Vision Core Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. 2018.
  4. Keynote Lecture: Enhancing Outflow. International Glaucoma Symposium. Henan University. Sanmenxia, Henan, China. April 2018.
  5. Keynote Lecture: Restoring Outflow. Hunan Ophthalmological Society Meeting. Changsha, Hunan, China. April 2018.
  6. Lecture: Initiative to Cure Glaucoma: Where is the Downstream Outflow resistance? Annual Conference of the Medical Examiner of Allegheny County. Pittsburgh, PA, April 2018.
  7. Lecture: Initiative to Cure Glaucoma: Where is the Downstream Outflow resistance? Annual Conference of the Medical Examiner of Allegheny County. Pittsburgh, PA, April 2018.
  8. Lecture: McGowan Retreat March 2018: Modifying pressure and outflow of the eye. Pittsburgh, PA
  9. Lecture: American Glaucoma Society Meeting, March 2018: Goniotome and Trabectome. New York, NY
  10. Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Glaucoma. Vision Core Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. 2017.
  11. Session Chair: Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017. Chicago, IL.
  12. Session Chair: Wet Lab - Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017. Chicago, IL.
  13. Session Chair: Latest in Glaucoma Diagnostic. American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017.
  14. Lecture, Wet lab: Ab interno trabeculectomy, Zhengzhou Medical University. April 2017, Zhengzhou, China.
  15. Lecture: Microincisional Glaucoma Surgery. Central South University. April 2017, Changsha, China
  16. Session Chair: Impact of Digital Imaging and Electronic Records on Workflow in Glaucoma. Ophthalmology Update University of California San Diego. February 2017, Loyola, CA.
  17. Session Chair Ophthalmology Update: Expanded Indications and Future of Ab Interno Trabeculectomy. February 2017, Loyola, CA.
  18. Lecture: Combining measurements from three anatomical areas for glaucoma diagnosis with FDOCT. January 2017. SUNY Downstate. Atlantic City, NJ.
  19. Session Chair: Techniques and Results for Expanded Indications of Trabectome Surgery. January 2017. SUNY Downstate Ophthalmology Course. Atlantic City, NJ.
  20. Quantitative Canalograms to Measure Outflow Enhancements. January 2017. SUNY Downstate. Atlantic City, NJ.
  21. Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Glaucoma. Vision Core Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. 2016.
  22. Session Chair: Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2016. Chicago, IL.
  23. Session Chair: Wet Lab - Ab Interno Approach. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2016. Chicago, IL.
  24. Lecture: Anatomy and physiology of the Anterior Chamber. Biology of Vision Course, University of Pittsburgh. September 2016.
  25. Session Chair: Glaucoma Controversies. American Academy of Ophthalmology 2016 Chicago.
  26. Session Chair: Restoring Outflow. International Society of Eye Research 2016. Tokyo.
  27. Grand Rounds Speaker: Restoring Conventional Outflow. Guangzhou August 2016. Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University.
  28. Speaker: Ab Interno Trabeculectomy. Annual Ophthalmic Conference. Peking University People's Hospital. August 2016.
  29. Session Chair: Measuring Discrete Outflow Enhancement. Vision Restoration Conference 2016. University of Pittsburgh.
  30. Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Glaucoma. Vision Core Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. 2015.
  31. Session Chair: Trabectome Surgery: Techniques and Technology. International Glaucoma Meeting 2015. University of Lanzhou, China.
  32. Outcomes in Expanded Indications. International Glaucoma Meeting 2015. University of Lanzhou, China.
  33. Trabeculoplasty. International Glaucoma Meeting 2015. University of Lanzhou, China.
  34. Outflow Engineering. Grand Rounds Speaker June 2015. University of Mainz, Germany.
  35. Restoring Outflow. Vision Restoration Conference 2015. University of Pittsburgh 2015.
  36. Introduction to Trabectome Surgery: Technique and Outcomes. 2015 Sanmenxia, China.
  37. Trabectome Surgery: Update on Technique and New Range of Indications. Asian Pacific Association of Ophthalmology 2015. Guangzhou, China.
  38. Laser Trabeculoplasty as 1st line of treatment for glaucomas with open angle. Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology 2015.
  39. Ab Interno Trabeculectomy: Techniques and range of Indications. Kansas City Society of Ophthalmology 2015
  40. Ab Interno Approach to Schlemm’s Canal. American Academy of Ophthalmology. Chicago 2014.
  41. Trabeculoplasty as First Line of Treatment in POAG. South Florida Ophthalmology Meeting. September 2014. Tampa, FL.
  42. Anterior Chamber Anatomy and Glaucoma. Vision Core Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. 2014.
  43. Glaucoma Surgery. University of Pittsburgh Lecture Series 2014.
  44. Bioengineering Outflow. South Florida Ophthalmology Meeting. September 2014. Tampa, FL.
  45. Ab Interno Trabeculectomy from Hypertension to Advanced Glaucoma. September 2014. Tampa, FL.
  46. Towards Outflow Tract Regeneration. Regenerative Ophthalmology Meeting 2014. University of Pittsburgh.
  47. Trabectome Course at the Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Ophthalmo-Chirurgen 2014. Nuremberg, Germany.
  48. Trabectome Course and Wet Lab at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 2013. New Orleans.
  49. Live Surgery Course and Wet Lab at the 23rd Midwest Glaucoma Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. 2013.
  50. Key Steps in Trabectome Surgery. 23rd Midwest Glaucoma Symposium, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine. 2013.
  51. Key Steps in Trabectome Surgery: Lectures and Wet Labs. 2nd Innovations in Glaucoma Surgery. St. Louis University 2013.
  52. Ab Interno Trabeculectomy. World Glaucoma Congress 2013, Vancouver, Canada.
  53. Bioengineering of Trabecular Meshwork. 2013 Vision Restoration: Regenerative Medicine in Ophthalmology. University of Pittsburgh, PA.
  54. Reverse Engineering of the Outflow Tract. 2013 McGowan Institute Biomedical Engineering Retreat. Nemacolin, PA.
  55. Rethinking Glaucoma Surgery. University California San Diego Ophthalmology Update 2013, San Diego, CA.
  56. Putting Phaco-Trabectome into Perspective. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  57. Key Steps in Trabectome Surgery. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  58. Laser Trabeculoplasty Techniques and Pre- and Postoperative Management. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  59. Phaco-Trabectome Techniques - Video. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  60. Glaucoma Drainage Device Discussion. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  61. Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery. Hawaiian Eye 2013.
  62. Trabectome Skill Transfer Course. AAO 2012. Chicago, IL.
  63. Trabectome Wetlab. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2012. Bascom Palmer, Florida, FL.
  64. Trabectome Update. American Glaucoma Society. February 2012. Manhattan, New York.
  65. Trabectome Wetlab. American Glaucoma Society. February 2012. Manhattan, New York.
  66. Trabeculoplasty as First Line of Treatment for Open Angle Glaucoma. American Academy of Ophthalmology. October 2011. Orlando, Florida.
  67. Trabectome as a Primary Surgery. American Academy of Ophthalmology. October 2011. Orlando, Florida.
  68. Integration of Visual Field and Optic Nerve Examination Data with Electronic Medical Record Systems. American Academy of Ophthalmology. October 2011. Orlando, Florida.
  69. Managing the Loose Lens. World Glaucoma Congress June 2011. Paris, France.
  70. Trabeculectomy: How I Do It. World Glaucoma Congress June 2011. Paris, France.
  71. Annual Harvard School of Medicine Intensive Cataract Surgery Training Course. May 7-8, 2011. Boston, MA
  72. The Role of Ocular Blood Flow. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2011.
  73. New Glaucoma Surgeries. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery 2011.
  74. Approach to Cataract Surgery in Hypotony. American Glaucoma Society 2011.
  75. Glaucoma Surgery Related Emergencies. New York, NY. Yale Ophthalmic Emergencies Symposium 2010.
  76. 24-Hour IOP Variations and Refractive Error. International Society for Eye Research. Montreal, Canada, Biennial Meeting 2010.
  77. Intracameral and Intravitreal Agents. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Boston, MA, Annual Meeting 2010.
  78. Glaucoma Surgery, Postoperative Care and Emergencies. Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Boston, MA, Annual Meeting 2010.
  79. Small Pupil Surgery. American Glaucoma Association. Naples, FL, Annual Meeting 2010.