Chicago Ophthalmological Society

Beem Fisher Review Committee

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2011 Beem Fisher Awards

First place – Maylon Hsu, MD (Loyola), "Indications and Outcomes of Amniotic Membranes in Acute Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis"

Second place – Matthew Welch, MD (Loyola), "Attitudes and Perspectives on Ophthalmology Resident Training: The APORT Study Series Pilot Study"

Third place – Clement C. Chow, MD (UIC), "Structural and Functional Correlation in Sickle Cell Retinopathy using Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope Microperimetry"

2009 Beem Fisher Awards
1st Place - Donny Hoang MD, University of Illinois at Chicago:  "Homotypic, Heterotypic and Heteromeric Gap Junctional Channels Formed by Connexin Proteins Expressed in Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells."

2nd Place - Daniel Kiernan MD, University of Chicago:  "The Association of Anti-platlets and Anticoagulants with Intraocular Hemorrhage in Patients with Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration.”

3rd Place - Dovilan Wyatt MD, Stroger Hospital of Cook County:  “Distribution of DNA Sequence Variants in C018A2 in Glaucoma Patients with Thin OCT.”

2008 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place - Shuchi Patel, MD, University of Chicago, "Use of Optical Coherence Tomography to Determine Relationship between Optic Disc Diameter and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness"

2nd Place - Lisa M. Nijm, MD JD, University of Illinois-Chicago, "Hydrophilic IOLs-The Future of Intraocular Drug Delivery?"

3rd Place (tie) - Nils A. Loewen, MD, Northwestern University, "Durable Multi-Gene Lentiviral Vector Expression in Feline and Non-Human Primate Trabecular Meshwork" and Patrick Tsai, MD, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, "Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in patients with high risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy"

2007 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place - Terry Alexandrou, MD, University of Chicago, "Reduction of Preoperative Conjunctival Bacterial Flora with the Use of Mupirocin Nasal Ointment";

2nd Place - Jeremy Keenan, MD, University of Illinios-Chicago, "Granulomatous inflammation in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis"

3rd Place - Janet Lee, MD, "Objective Measurement of Periocular Pigmentation."

2006 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place (tie) - Michael Rubin, MD, University of Chicago - Efficacy of Topical Cyclosporine .05% in the Treatment of Posterior Blepharitis; and Nils Loewen, MD, Northwestern University - VLDLR and TRIB3 is Expressed in Rat Müller Cells And Upregulated in Hypoxia.

2nd Place - Nina Goyal, MD, Rush University - Comparison of Preoperative and Postoperative IOP Measurements in LASIK Patients Using the Proview Eye Pressure Monitor and Goldmann Applanation Tonometry.

3rd Place - Derrick Montgomery, MD, Loyola University - Scotopic Pupil Size and the Level of Pre-operative Myopia as they Relate to the Starburst Phenomenon following Laser Vision Correction.

2005 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place: Sophie X. Deng, MD, University of Illinois-Chicago; "Methotrexate Appeared to Reduce the Complications of Endophthalmitis from Intravitreal Injection Compared to Dexamethasone in a Rabbit Model"

2nd Place: Christine Delany, MD, Loyola University Medical Center; "In Vitro Study of the Efficacy of Chlorhexidine in the Management of Infectious Keratitis"

3rd Place: Rukhsana G. Mirza, MD, Loyola University Medical Center; "The Role of Lamellar Dissection in Fibrin Glue Secured Conjunctivolimbal Autografts (CLAU) in a Rabbit Model"

2004 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place: Jared Nielsen, MD, Loyola University Medical Center; "Effect of Neurotrophic Growth Factors on Porcine Retinal Stem Cell Proliferation in Vitro"

2nd Place: John Pak, MD, University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary; "Superior Tarsectomy Augments Super-Maximum Levator Resection in the Correction of Severe Blepharoptosis with Poor Levator Function"

3rd Place: Ahsan Khan, MD, Loyola University Medical Center; "Microbial Cultures of the Microkeratome Blade Immediately Following Flap Construction in Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis"

2003 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place: Lili Farrokh-Siar, MD, The University of Chicago; "Retinal Pigment Epithelium-The Effect of Indocyanine Green on Humans"

2nd Place: Surendra Basti, MD, Northwestern University Medical Center; "Prospective Comparison of Corneal Re-epithelialization Over the Stromal and Basement Membrane Surfaces of Preserved Human Amniotic Membrane"

3rd Place: Ahsan Khan, MD, Loyola University Medical Center; "Isolation of Porcine Retinal Stem Cells"

2002 Beem-Fisher Awards

1st Place: Lili Farrokh-Siar, MD, The University of Chicago; "The Effect of Interferons on Retinal Pigment Epithelium Induced Apoptosis in Human T-Cells"

2nd Place: Paul Riske, MD Loyola University Medical Center; "A Comparison of Topical Chlorhexidine, Ciprofloxacin, and Fortified Tobramycin/Cefazolin in Rabbit Models of Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas Keratitis"

3rd Place: Sandeep Grover, MD, University of Illinois at Chicago; "Variability of Full-Field Electroretinogram Responses in Subjects Without Diffuse Photoreceptor Cell Disease"