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Latest News Stories
6.16.26 - Medical School researcher awarded $2.2 million NIH grant to study retinal disease causes, potential treatments
11.21.25 - University of Minnesota research finds reducing inflammation may protect against early AMD-like vision loss
4.3.25 - Seeing clearly: A pioneering corneal transplant procedure shows promise in restoring sight for people who have visual impairments
Upcoming Events
Spring Renaissance: Clinical Updates - date coming soon for 2027. View details from our 2026 event.
Recent Publications
Adamek AJ, Hussein MA, Abdulkarim I, Orengo-Nania S, Sheheitli H. An assessment of the prevalence of cannabis use in eye clinic patients and its implications on glaucoma diagnosis and management. International Ophthalmology. 2025 Nov 16;45(1):484.
Bodeen J, El Zein L, Yamanuha JJ, Chanbour W. Keratoscleritis and Choroidal Exudative Detachment in the Setting of Ocular Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Case Rep Ophthalmol Med. 2026 Mar 11;2026:2166994. doi: 10.1155/crop/2166994. PMID: 41822061; PMCID: PMC12976811.
Elbassiouny, B., Awwad, R., Campbell, C. I., Kandikonda, P., Nazari, H., & MacFarlane, I. M. (2026). Barriers and facilitators to genetic counseling service availability in the Arab world: A genetic counselors' perspective. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 35, e70227.
Gao A, Macher J, Zubair T, Nazari H. Animal-Induced Ocular Trauma. American Academy of Ophthalmology, EyeWiki.
Hackney J, Hackney A, Lee MS. Concurrent idiopathic intracranial hypertension and retinal degeneration: A retrospective case series. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 2026.
Hong A, Shoji MK, Villatoro GA, Radha-Saseendrakumar B, Baxter SL, Dolman PJ, Kazim M, Harrison AR, Lucarelli MJ, Garrity JA, Selva D, Ediriwickrema LS, Liu CY, Korn BS, Kikkawa DO. Intersurgeon Variability in Proptosis Reduction After Orbital Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease: A Multicenter Analysis. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Oct 13. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000003090. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41082925.
"Low Vision – What It’s Like to Live with Vision Loss." Gordon Legge, March 3, 2026, OUP Oxford.
Johnson, Ciera & Zein, Lulwa & Yamanuha, Justin. (2026). From infection to infarction: cytomegalovirus retinitis complicated by retinal ischemia and vitreous hemorrhage in the setting of JAK inhibition - a case report. BMC Ophthalmology. 26. 10.1186/s12886-025-04558-y.
Kizilgul M, Ahmed A, Venteicher AS, Lee M, Sloan L, Araki T. A case of acromegaly with parasellar meningioma initially responding to and maintained with oral octreotide therapy. AACE Endocrinology Diabetes 2025 Jun;12:178-82.
Klotz D, Lee M, Nussbaum ES. Reversible isolated trochlear nerve palsy resulting from chronic sphenoid sinusitis. J Neurology and Neurological Research. 2025 Nov;2(6). DOI: SH-NNR-CR-012.
Lee MS, Malik AI, Lee AG, Van Stavern GP. Is the rundle curve still valuable in managing thyroid eye disease? J Neuroophthalmol 2025 Dec;45:499-503.
McLoon, Linda. Effects of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor on Extraocular and Limb Muscle Precursor Cells. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry.
Merrill K, Lee SK, Jiang Z, Lee MS. Measuring torsion: Mobile app vs. double Maddox rod. American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. March 2026.
Molleti S, Monsalve PF, Sather RN 3rd, Moon JY, Ihinger J, Montezuma SR. Genetic phenotypic characteristics and inheritance patterns of patients with achromatopsia at a large academic institution and a review of the literature and gene therapies. Mol Vis. 2025 Nov 12;31:454-461. PMID: 41867372; PMCID: PMC13002551.
Montoya SA, Hillstrom AJ, Allison KD, Mulder CB, Moser HR, Lee MS, Schallmo MP, Engel SA. Visual snow is susceptible to the motion affereffect. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2025 Oct;66:23.
Andrew R. Harrison, M.D. completed the publication of the book "The paralyzed eyelid: Reanimation and Management." We are grateful to the many U of M collaborators including the following who contributed chapters.
-Rajjoub R and Harrison AR, Functional Lower Eyelid Anatomy
-Lee M, Shaba F and Mokhtarzadeh A, Hemifacial Spasm: Anatomy, Pathophysiology and Management
-Halbach C and Harrison AR, Upper Eyelid Loading
-Kamboj A and Harrison AR, Lower Eyelid Retractor Recession
Rudell JC, Liang A, Bhavaraju V, Jung C, Chan K, Routzong M, Granet DB, McLoon LK, Alperin M. Bupivacaine-induced regeneration in rabbit extraocular muscles: Implications for the treatment of strabismus. Ophthalmol Sci. 2026; 101220 in press.
Santilli C, Sheheitli H. Antifibrotics in glaucoma surgery: current practices and future directions. Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, accepted Nov 2025.
Shah SA, Chandraparnik P, Choi S, Amarikwa L, Guniganti R, Walsh HL, Rubio RH, Linaburg T, Meyer E, Reem K, Sears C, Goldin M, Kinde B, Dosiou C, Malik A, Mawn L, Shinder R, Wester S, Rootman D, Cockerham K, Tamhankar M, Couch S, Harrison A, Kossler AL. The Efficacy and Safety of Teprotumumab in Geriatrics Patients: A Multicenter Study. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2026 Jan-Feb 01;42(1):102-109. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000003024. Epub 2025 Sep 9. PMID: 40928425.
Sheheitli H, Brandt J, Grajewski A, Cooper C, Edmunds B, Kaushik S, Bouhenni R, Al-Haddad C, Munshi H, Jiang Z, Marka N. Predictors of Long-Term Visual Acuity and Intraocular Pressure Outcomes in Childhood Glaucoma. Journal of Glaucoma. 2025 Nov;34(11):979–84.
Somani Z, Kim HJ, Harrison A and Mokhtarzadeh A (2026) Periocular necrotizing fasciitis. Front. Ophthalmol. 6:1758717. doi: 10.3389/fopht.2026.1758717
Valdivia AO, Stevens D, Sattarova V, Rashidi V, Hou JH, Chanbour W. Contact lens-associated microbial keratitis following keratoplasty: rates and predisposing factors. Can J Ophthalmol. 2026 Apr 7:S0008-4182(26)00082-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2026.03.001. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41903933.
Wilson R, Somani N, Arias N, Berrocal A, Chen C, Chen X, Cole E, Ehrich P, Faupel TC, Ferrone P, Fete T, Fete M, Fusco F, Goldberg M, Grange DK, Han I, Hartnett ME, King A, Monnet J, Nudleman E, Parraga S, Rosain J, Salois M, Schwaninger M, Spinosa E, Thangarajan S, Van Otterloo E, Wright T, Montezuma S, Campbell JP. Report From the International Conference on Incontinentia Pigmenti: Translating Discovery to Therapy. Am J Med Genet A. 2026 May 11. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.70195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42109079.
Winker AJ, Johnson LL, Jadhav R, Nguyen C, Hitch E, McLoon LK. Effects of fibroblast growth factor 2 on muscle precursor cells from mouse limb and extraocular muscle. PLoS One. 2026; PLoS One 21(2): e0331355.
Winker AJ, Johnson LL, McLoon LK. Effects of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor and ciliary neurotrophic factor on extraocular and limb muscle precursor cells. PMC13076467. J Histochem Cytochem. 2026 Apr 13:221554261435666. doi: 10.1369/00221554261435666.