Grand Rounds – Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Grand Rounds/Guest Presentations

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Grand Rounds – September 2, 2022

To Phaco, or not to Phaco by Christian Briggs, MD
A Story of the Chicken and the Egg by Sina Rashidi, MD
R.I.P. the RPE by Kathryn Stucker, MD

Grand Rounds – August 19, 2022

Double Trouble by Simra Ahmed, MD
Post-op Pressure Problem by Andrew Clingerman, MD
Turn Off Your Brights by Kara Jones, MD

Grand Rounds – June 24, 2022

The Poor Historian by Simra Ahmed, MD
A Patient that Sticks Out by Sina Rashidi, MD
A Stroke of Luck by Rooshil Patel, MD

Grand Rounds – June 3, 2022

That Escalated Quickly by Josh Iltis, MD
An Update on Advocacy by Alex Rider, MD
Are Ophthalmologists REAL Doctors? by Fiona Kim, MD

Grand Rounds – May 27, 2022

My Oh, My Oh, That’s Stuck by Simra Ahmed, MD
Did You Get it Out? by Sina Rashidi, MD
A Case of Choroidal Chaos by Ali Cohen, MD

Grand Rounds – March 25, 2022

Not Just a Migraine by Alex Rider, MD
Is it Going to Get Better? by Melih Ustaoglu, MD
A Nod to Parinaud by Julia Elpers, MD

Grand Rounds – January 14, 2022

A Trip to Koney Island by Ali Cohen, MD
Listen to Your Patient by Rooshil Patel, MD
Trust but Verify by Brennan Boyd, MD

Grand Rounds – November 12, 2021

Driving Blind by Rooshil Patel, MD
Cataract Surgery Didn’t Help by Ashley Riley, MD
Pros and Cons for Beaten Bronze by Brennan Boyd, MD

Grand Rounds – October 21, 2021

Tumor, Tumor Toil and Trouble by Fiona Kim, MD
Paper Cut to the Eye by Simra Ahmed, MD
Black Spot in My Eye by Katie Stucker, MD

Grand Rounds – October 15, 2021

Orbital Mass in a 10 Year Old by Christian Briggs, MD
Another Conjunctivitis by Sina Rashidi, MD
Providing Vision Services to Kentuckians in the Past. Present & Future by Lindy Lamkin

Grand Rounds – September 3, 2021

What’s That Doing There? by Sanket Shah, MD
Out on a Limb by Alex Rider, MD
Down and Out of Luck by Ashley Riley, MD

Grand Rounds – August 27, 2021

Mass or No Mass by Chris Langlo, MD, PhD
Orbital Mystery Mass by Christian Briggs, MD
Third Consult is the Charm by Josh Iltis, MD

Grand Rounds – June 11, 2021

Rock and a Hard Place by Christian Briggs, MD
You Make My Heart Race by Alex Rider, MD
Scrambled Eggs Macular Dystrophy by Brennan Boyd, MD

Grand Rounds – May 28, 2021

It Run in the Family by Rooshil Patel, MD
A Very Hard Life by Ashley Riley, MD
Don’t Be Stumped by Sina Rashidi, MD

Grand Rounds – May 21, 2021

Corkscrew Curls by Ali Cohen, MD
Triple Threat by Fiona Kim, MD
Splitting up? How Juvenile! by Sanket Shah, MD

Grand Rounds – April 23, 2021

No Ketchup Shortage Here! by Casey O’Shea, MD
Changes in Meibum Composition Following Plaque Brachytherapy by Simra Ahmed, MD
A Boatload of Trouble by Chris Langlo, MD, PhD

Grand Rounds – April 9, 2021

C-(3)PEO by Frederick Blodi, DO
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Alex Rider, MD
I NO, I NO, Not this Again by Ashley Riley, MD

Grand Rounds – March 26, 2021

A Dark Cloud in the Sky by Adam Clarke, MD
The Glow of a Sunset by Sanket Shah, MD
I Got the Blues by Rooshil Patel, MD

Grand Rounds – March 12, 2021

You’ll Poke Your eye Out Kid! by Julia Elpers, MD
Several Shades of Grey by Ali Sadiq, MD
TORCH of Truth by Fiona Kim, MD

Grand Rounds – February 29, 2021

Who Turned Out the Lights by Casey O’Shea, MD
I Heard a Thump by Ali Cohen, MD
Will I be Able to See Again by Chris Langlo, MD, PhD

Grand Rounds – January 22, 2021

An Apple A Day by Sankey Shah, MD
Eye Got 99 Problems by Christian Briggs
Incidental Choroidal Melanoma by Josh Iltis, MD

Grand Rounds – January 8, 2021

Seeing Stars by Ali Cohen, MD
Positively Pleased by Fiona Kim, MD
Consult for Minor Trauma by Chris Langlo, MD, PhD

Grand Rounds – October 23, 2020

Implantable Collamer Lenses: Benefits and Consideration in Refractive Surgery by Adam Clarke
Fevers, Seizures and Floaters! by Mohammad Sadiq, MD
HELLP, I Can’t See by Ashley Riley, MD

Grand Rounds – October 9, 2020

Blodi Syndrome by Frederick Blodi, DO
Anti PD-L1 Therapy Associated Uveitis by Christian Briggs, MD
Things are Going Swell by Rooshil Patel, MD

Grand Rounds – September 25, 2020

Small Delay Giant Problem by Christopher Langlo, MD, PhD
Don’t Go Blocking My Heart by Sanket Shah, MD
Blown Out of Proportion by Alex Rider, MD

Grand Rounds – August 28, 2020

Malignant Transformation by Adam Clarke, MD
Blueberry Season by Casey O’Shea, MD

Grand Rounds – March 2020

From the Skillet to the Frying Pan by Efrat Fleissig, MD

Grand Rounds – February 14, 2020

I Never Really Saw that Good After Cataract Surgery by Rick Blodi, DO
Don’t Strain Yourself by Adam Clarke, MD

Grand Rounds – January 10, 2020

Pulsatile Proptosis by Julia Elpers, MD
Chronic Epiphora by Kevin Lowder, MD

Grand Rounds – November 22, 2019

Diplopia or Dysmorphia? by Jason Noble, MD
A Bus to Berlin by Julia Elpers, MD

Grand Rounds – November 11, 2019

What is That Black Spot? by Josh Gross, MD

Grand Rounds – September 20, 2019

Telangiectasia Tales by Brian Besch, MD

Grand Rounds – September 13, 2019

When its Bite is Worse Than its Bark by Adam Clarke, MD

Grand Rounds – August 23, 2019

A Tale of Two Zosters by Casey O’Shea, MD
A Second Opinion for CME by Julia Elpers, MD
Spaghetti Junction by Patrick Burchell, MD

Grand Rounds – August 9, 2019

Periorbital Swelling by Kevin Lowder, MD
Will I Ever See my Baby Again? by Rick Blodi, DO

Grand Rounds – June 14, 2019

Persistent Viremia in a 10-month Old Infant by Mohammad Ali Sadiq, MD

Grand Rounds – May 17, 2019

Spared Fovea by Kevin Lowder, MD

Grand Rounds – May 10, 2019

Mid-Year Forum by Sidharth Puri, MD

Grand Rounds – April 12, 2019

Triple Procedure via Open-Sky Approach by Kevin Lowder, MD
Unusual Posterior Lesion in an Adolescent by Adam Clarke, MD

Grand Rounds – March 29, 2019

I Woke Up Like This by Patrick Burchell, MD

Grand Rounds – March 1, 2019

Retina Case: “External Pallor” by Kevin Lowder, MD
Young Female with Painless Blurry Vision by Mohammad Ali Sadiq, MD

Grand Rounds – February 8, 2019

An Interesting Case of Chronic Conjunctivitis by Kevin Lowder, MD
Acute Progressive Vision Loss in an Adolescent by Adam Clarke, MD

Grand Rounds – January 11, 2019

The Great Imitator by Patrick Burchell, MD

Grand Rounds – December 14, 2018

Ectopia Lentis, What Do We Do Now? by Sidharth Puri, MD
The Persistent Patient by Julia Elpers, MD

Grand Rounds – November 9, 2018

Blurred Vision in a Young Male by Mohammad Ali Sadiq, MD

Grand Rounds – October 26, 2018

Triple Procedure via Open-Sky Approach by Kevin Lowder, MD

Grand Rounds – October 12, 2018

Chief Complaints: A Case of the Other Eye by Adam Clarke, MD
Blepharoptosis After Fall by Patrick Burchell, MD
A Case of Unilateral Subretinal Fluid by Mohammad Ali Sadiq, MD

Grand Rounds – September 28, 2018

The Blurry Vision Consult: Something or Nothing? by Frederick Blodi, DO
Panuveitis Associated with Nivolumab Therapy by Julia Elpers, MD
What We See Can be Deceiving by Casey O’Shea, MD

Grand Rounds – August 24, 2018

Hair Pulling & Vision Loss by Sidharth Puri, MD
I Think I Have a Worm in my Eye by Kevin Lowder, MD
Mystery of Bilateral HSV Conjunctivitis by Niloofar Piri, MD

Grand Rounds – June 15, 2018

Stuck in the Wrong Place by Patrick Burchell, MD

Grand Rounds – May 18, 2018

Congressional Advocacy Day 2018 by Kevin Lowder, MD
Malignant Ptosis: An Unfortunate Extreme by Niloofar Piri, MD

Grand Rounds – April 20, 2018

Cataract Surgery in Patient with Pellucid Marginal Degeneration by Brett Mueller, DO, PhD
A Case of Pigmented Conjunctival Lesion by Tala Kassm, DO
Temporal Tenderness, Headache and Loss of Vision…. Is It Giant Cell Arteritis? by Raafay Sophie, MD

Grand Rounds – March 30, 2018

Night and Day by Julia Elpers, MD
Case of Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachments by Mehreen Adhi, MD
The Masquerade Spot by Sidharth Puri, MD

Grand Rounds – February 16, 2018

It’s Just a Flesh Wound by Kevin Lowder, MD
Case of Bilateral Serous Retinal Detachments by Mehreen Adhi, MD
The Masquerade Spot by Sidharth Puri, MD

Grand Rounds – January 19, 2018

A Case of White Dots by Raafay Sophie,MD
Unique Intra-orbital Foreign Body by Niloofar Piri, MD
Not Broad-spectrum Enough by Patrick Burchell, MD

Grand Rounds – January 5, 2018

Henry J. Kaplan, MD
Chairman, University of Louisville Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Cone Photorecptor Regeneration Retinitis Pigmentosa

Grand Rounds – December 15, 2017

Surgical Management of Strabismus Secondary to 3rd Nerve Palsy by Tala Kassm, DO
Ptosis in a Young Female by Brett Mueller, DO, PhD
An Incidental Orbital Mass by Josh Gross, MD

Grand Rounds – December 1, 2017
Carla J. Siegfried, MD
Jacquelyn E. and Allan E. Koker, MD, Distinguished Professor, Washington University

Open Mind on Narrow Angles: The Lens and Glaucoma

Grand Rounds – November 17, 2017

Vascular Compromise in Chronic Solar Retinopathy by Mehreen Adhi, MD
Ptosis in a Young Female by Sidharth Puri, MD
Rubbery Mass by Julia Elpers, MD

Grand Rounds – November 3, 2017
Jonathan J. Dutton, MD, PhD, FACS
Professor Emeritus, University of North Carolina

Eyelid Movement Disorders: Blepharospasm an Hemifacial Spasm

Grand Rounds – October 27, 2017 (Zimmerman Memorial Lecturer)

Carol L. Shields, MD – Co-Director of the Oncology Service, Will Eye Hospital
“Conjunctival Tumors. Fairy tales and magic potions”:-http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/Opthgr102717.mp4

Grand Rounds – October 20, 2017

Recurrent Painless Vision Loss by Mark Mugavin, MD
Reason for Consult: Thrombus of the Optic Nerve/Superior Orbital Vein by Kevin Lowder, MD
A Look Beneath the Surface by Jason Noble, MD

Grand Rounds – October 13, 2017

James B. Hurley, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Washington
A Portrait of the Retina as a Metabolic Ecosystem – http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OPTHGR101317.mp4

Grand Rounds – October 6, 2017 (Guest Speaker)

James P. Dunn, MD, Director, Uveitis Unit, Willis Eye Hospital
Cataract Surgery in Patients with Uveitis – http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR100617.mp4

Grand Rounds – September 15, 2017

Mystery of Orbital Cellulitis by Nillofar Piri, MD
Going from Verticillata to Stroke by Patrick Burchell, MD
A Unique Case of Acute Optic Neuropathy by Josh Gross, MD

Grand Rounds – September 8, 2017 (Faculty)

From the Gut to the Eye: Commensal Micobes as Potential Triggers of Autoimmune Uveitis by Hui Shao, PhD – http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR090817.mp4

Grand Rounds – August 18, 2017

Endogenous Endophthalmitis by Raafay Soiphie, MD
Conjunctival Lesion – An Ocular Manifestation of a Dermatological Condition by Mehreen Adhi, MD
An Unusual Uveitis by Nichole Jody, MD

Grand Rounds – August 4, 2017 (Faculty)

Combat Eyecare by Nicholas J. Silvestros, OD

Grand Rounds – July 21, 2017

Lessons in Ophthalmology Advocacy from Frankfort to D.C. by Mark Mugavin, MD
Management of Retinoblastoma by Tala Kassm, DO
Pupil Check Please by Sidharth Puri, MD

Grand Rounds – June 16, 2017

Differential Diagnosis of an Orbital Mass by Andrea Breaux, MD
Retinal Vascular Disease with Unique Findings by Niloofar Piri, MD
Facial Pain and Something in the Orbit by Brett Mueller, MD

Grand Rounds – June 2, 2017 (Guest Lecturer)

Hilary Nickols, MD, PhD – Neuropathologist, Norton Healthcare – “Ocular Tumors” “Ocular Tumors” – http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR060217.mp4

Grand Rounds – May 19, 2017

Masquerading Disease by Niloofar Piri, MD
A Case of Myopic Foveoschisis by Mehreen Adhi, MD
Leukocoria in a 2 Year Old – What to look for ? by Raafay Sophie, MD

Grand Rounds – May 5, 2017 (Faculty)

Glaucoma Trials Update by Joern B. Soltau, MD
http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR050517.mp4

Grand Rounds – April 21, 2017

Retained Foreign Body in the Anterior Chamber by Lara Newman, MD
Orbital Mass by Reema Syed, MD
A Case of Recurrent Unilaterail Ptosis by Andrea Breaux, MD

Grand Rounds – April 14, 2017

Retinal Ganglion Cell Function in the Normal and Diseased Retina by Maureen McCall, PhD
http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR041417.mp4

Grand Rounds – April 7, 2017 (Faculty)

Endophthalmitis: Why We Get It and What We Can Do About It by Douglas Sigford, MD
http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR040717.mp4

Grand Rounds – March 31, 2017

Cataract Surgery in Haiti by Juan Fernandez de Castro, MD
Bank Robbing and Optic Neuropathy: Expanding the Differential by Mark Mugavin, MD
A Child with Infantile Spasms by Sidharth Puri, MD

Grand Rounds – March 10, 2017 (Guest Speaker)

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, Paul A. Cibis Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology, Professor of Developmental Biology and Medicine, Director of Translational Research and Jeffrey Fort Innovation fund, Washington University School of Medicine
“Mitochondrial Metabolism and Retinal Degeneration”
http://video.louisville.edu/vod/tvprod/Misc/OpthGR031017.mp4

Grand Rounds – March 3, 2017 (Faculty)