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CURRICULUM VITAE

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Winter 2018

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Alexander Christoff

DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERSONAL INFORMATION

Current Appointment: Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, the Wilmer Eye Institute

Personal Data:

The Wilmer Eye Institute Johns Hopkins Hospital 600 North Wolfe Street Wilmer 233 Baltimore, MD 21287 Ph: (410) 955-8314 Fax: (410) 955-0809 Cell: (443)465-1663 Email: achris15@jhmi.edu

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1984 - Bachelor of Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Biology

1990 - Certified Ophthalmic Assistant (COA), Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)

1992 - Certified Ophthalmic Technician (COT), Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO)

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2001 - Certified Orthoptist Fellowship (CO), American Academy of Certified Orthoptists, University of Minnesota.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

August 1987 - July 1989, Certified Ophthalmic Assistant, Private practice with ophthalmologists William Rosenberg, Howard Leiberman, Manus Kraff, Chicago, IL.

August 1989 -June 1999, Certified Ophthalmic Technician, Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Northwestern University, and Chicago, IL. Campus

March 1992 -December 1997, Clinical coordinator for the Herpetic Eye Disease Study (HEDS)

acyclovir prevention studies Chicago, IL. Campus

March 1999 -June 1999, Clinical coordinator for the Corneal Graft Outcomes study

June 1999 - June 2000, Certified Ophthalmic Technician, Evanston Ophthalmologists, Evanston-

Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, IL.

July 2000-2003, Certified Orthoptist at the University of Minnesota, Dept. of Ophthalmology

Minneapolis, MN

June 2003 - April 2005, Certified Orthoptist with Dankner-Fiergang Eye Associates, Baltimore, MD

May 2005 - present, Certified Orthoptist at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University,

Baltimore, MD

July 2009 – March 2012, Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute

March 2012 – Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, The Wilmer Eye Institute

August 2017 -Present, Vice President, American Orthoptic Council.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Study protocol development / Planning Committee Member for the Pediatric Eye Disease

Investigator Group (PEDIG)

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Christoff A, Christiansen S: Spasm of the near reflex revisited. Am Orthopt J 2002; 52: 110-11.

2. Louwagie CR, Jensen AA, Christoff A, Holleschau AM, King RA, Summers CG. Correlation of grating acuity with letter recognition acuity in children with albinism. J AAPOS 2006

Apr;10(2):168-72.

3. Christoff A: Case corner: Management of diplopia in the absence of strabismus; Am Orthopt J 2006; 56: 191-192.

4. Christoff A, Guyton DL: The Lancaster red green test. Am Orthotp J 2007; 56: 157-165.

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5. Christoff A, Guyton DL: How to measure slab-off and reverse slab prism in spectacle lenses; J AAPOS 2007; Apr: 11(4): 414-15.

6. Matta NS, Singman EL, Christoff A, Silbert DI. The matta map: a new method of measuring incomitant strabismus Am Orthopt J. 2008;58:88-91.

7. Christoff A: Preoperative testing for exotropia; Am Orthopt J 2009; 59: 26-30.

8. Christoff A, Touitou V, Miller N. Decompensated strabismus after bilateral perioperative ischemic

optic neuropathy with subsequent recovery. Neuro Ophthalmology 2010; 33(6): 322-326.

9. Zhang C. Phamonvaechavan P, Christoff A, Guyton DL. Silent Sinus syndrome causing cyclovertical diplopia masquerading as superior oblique paresis in the fellow eye. J AAPOS. 2010

Oct; 14(5): 450-2.

10. Wu-Chen WY, Christoff A, Subramanian PS, Eggenberger ER. Diplopia and quality of life.

Ophthalmology. 2011 Jul;118(7):1481-1481.e2

11. Christoff A, Repka MX, Kaminski, B, Holmes J, on behalf of the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group Distance vs Near Acuity in Amblyopia. JAAPOS Accepted for publication 2011

12. Christoff A. Acquired Myasthenia Gravis after Orbital Trauma in a 23-month Old Girl. ATPO Viewpoints Magazine, Spring 2013

13. Christoff, Alex, Edward L. Raab, David L. Guyton, Michael C. Brodsky, Katherine J. Fray, Kimberly Merrill, Claire C. Hennessey, Erick D. Bothun, and David G. Morrison. "DVD—a conceptual, clinical, and surgical overview." J AAPOS 18, no. 4 (2014): 378-384.

14. Park, H. J. S., Hampp, C., Christoff, A., & Yoo, S. H. Validation of iPad-based simplified visual acuity testing in children. J AAPOS 2014. 18(4), e7-e8.

15. Wang, A. Christoff A, Guyton DL, Repka MX, Rezaei M, Eghrari AO. Google glass indirect

ophthalmoscopy. J Mob Tech Med 2015; 4(1): 15-19.

16. Christoff A: The 45th Scobee memorial Lecture: Sensorimotor Charactersitics of Neuro-

Ophthalmology and Oculo-Plastics Patients; Am Orthopt J 2015; 65: 47-57.V 17. Christoff A. Examining Pediatric Eyes – Clinical Pearls for Helping your Smallest Patients. iTech vol4(1) Spring 2015 18. 16OL. 4 | ISSUE 1 | JANUARY 2015 15JOURNAL OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE VOL. 4 |

Teaching – Classroom

June 2001, Now You See It, Now You Don’t – An Unusual Case of Intermittent Esotropia.

Case Presentation – AACO Midwest Regional Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI.

November 2003, Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia in Multiple Sclerosis. Course – AAO Annual Meeting,

Anaheim, CA.

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April 2003, Diplopia Associated with Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Successfully Treated with Fresnel Prism. Case Presentation – AACO Eastern Regional Meeting, Albany, NY,

October 2004, Using Fresnel Prism to Expand the Visual Field of Patients with Homonymous

Hemianopia.Course Presentation – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

March 2004, Using Fresnel Prism to Expand the Visual Field of Patients with Homonymous

Hemianopia AAPOS Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

April 2005, Using Fresnel Prism to Expand the Visual Field of Patients with Homonymous Hemianopia (Poster) AACO Eastern Regional Orthoptic Meeting, Boston, MA.

April 2005, Acquired Nystagmus, AACO Eastern Regional Orthoptic Meeting, Boston, MA Accommodative Dysfunction – Are We Doing Enough to Assess Reading Difficulties in the Pediatric

Population?

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Congenital Muscular Torticollis – Thursday November 17, 2005.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Anti-Elevation Syndrome – Thursday January 19, 2006.

Saturday March 26, 2006 Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus Wilmer 11th Annual

Technician Course.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: TED and Myasthenia Gravis – Thursday June 1, 2006.

November 2006, Unusual Congenital Ptosis. Course Presentation – AACO/AAO Annual Meeting, Las

Vegas, NV.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Marcus Gunn Jaw Winking Ptosis and Double Elevator palsy – Thursday

November 29, 2006.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Benign Essential Blepharospasm – Thursday January 11, 2007. Wilmer Grand Rounds: Third Nerve palsy in a 19 Year Old Asian Female – Thursday April 19, 2007.

July 2007, Nystagmus Changes Everything, AACO Eastern Regional Orthoptic Meeting, Philadelphia,

PA.

August 2007, Visiting Lecturer-Instructor, National Naval Medical center Annual Continuing Education Course for Ophthalmic Medical Personnel Program, Bethesda, Maryland, Roland Herrea,

Program Director.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: V-Pattern Esotropia in the Context of Bilateral Duane’s Syndrome – Thursday

October 25, 2007.

November 2007, Nystagmus Changes Everything, AACO/AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: The Role of Plagiocephaly in Long-standing Fourth Nerve Palsy – Thursday

February 28, 2008.

June 2008, Optical Coherence Tomography in Eccentric Fixation Amblyopia: A Preliminary Report. AACO Joint Eastern Regional Meeting, Jacksonville, FL.

Tuesday October 28, 2008, Medical Students one-hour “Pupil” Lecture for Dr. Michael Repka.

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2006 - 2009 Annual visiting Lecturer-Instructor, Georgetown University Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist Program, Georgetown University, Ella Morgan, and Program Director.

Friday May 30, 2008, Medical Students one-hour “Pupil” Lecture for Dr. Michael Repka.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Hemifield Slide – Thursday March 5, 2009.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Bilaterally Decreased Vision in a 9 Year-Old Female – Thursday April 9, 2009.

June 2009, Hemifield Slide AACO Eastern Regional Orthoptic Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

June 9 2009, Strabismus lecture, Second Year Wilmer Residents.

June 16 2009, Amblyopia lecture, Second Year Wilmer Residents.

November 7, 2009 - Visiting Lecturer-Instructor, Virginia Continuing Education Program, in

Conjunction with the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA. Jilien Harvey JCAHPO Program Director.

Friday January 15, 2010 Medical Students one-hour “Pupil” Lecture for Dr. Michael Repka. January 19, 2010, 1-Hour Measuring Strabismus lecture, All Wilmer Residents.

January 22, 2010, 1-Hour Esotropia lecture, Wilmer Residents.

Wilmer Grand Rounds: Spina Bifida in a 16 Year – Old Female Thursday June 10, 2010.

June 2010, Myasthenia Gravis in a 23-Month Old Female. AACO Eastern Regional Orthoptic Meeting, St. Louis. MO.

Saturday April 9, 2011, Optics of Strabismus lecture, Wilmer 16th Annual Technician Course.

Saturday April 9, 2011, Prohibited Abbreviations lecture, Wilmer 16th Annual Technician Course.

Tuesday May 3, 2011, 1-Hour Measuring Strabismus lecture, Wilmer Residents.

Tuesday May 17, 2011, 1-Hour Esotropia lecture, Wilmer Residents.

Friday May 13, 2011 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Atypical Cases of Pediatric and Adult

Strabismus. Georgetown University Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist Program, Georgetown University, Anna Kiss, Program Director.

Friday May 20, 2011 The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Atypical Cases of Pediatric and Adult

Strabismus. Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, Hyatt Airport,

Baltimore, MD.

Friday July 8, 2011, 1-Hour Intro to Strabismus Lecture, Wilmer 1st Year Residents.

Monday July 18, 2011, Assessing VA in Developmentally Delayed and Pre-Verbal Children Lecture,

Wilmer Residents.

Monday February 27, 2012, 1-Hour Measuring Strabismus lecture, Wilmer Residents.

Tuesday February 28, 2012, 1-Hour Esotropia lecture, Wilmer Residents.

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Friday December 7, 2012. Amblyopia – Where we have been, what we have learned, and where we

are going. 25th Annual Wilmer Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, Baltimore, MD

Friday May 17, 2013. Did You Check the Pupils?, AACO Southern Regional Orthoptic Meeting,

Nashville, TN. Ron Biernacki, Program Director

Tuesday July 9, 2013 1-Hour Measuring Strabismus lecture, Wilmer Residents.

Thursday October 17, 2013, Peds Wilmer Residents Grand Rounds Sensorimotor Testing

Friday December 6, 2013. Managing Diplopia in Your Patients: Beyond the Press-On Prism. 26th

Annual Wilmer Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, Baltimore, MD

Sunday April 5, 2014 – The Basics of Strabismus. AAPOS Technician Strabismus Course

December 2, 2014, Evaluating stereopsis in intermittent exotropia. Joint AAPOS-ISA Meeting, Kyoto, Japan

Friday, January 16, 2016 - Nystagmus Lecture; DC/MD AER Chapter Conference / Pediatric Ophthalmology Updates; The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins, Michael X Repka, MD, Director

Friday May 20, 2016 Nystagmus. Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS) Annual

Meeting, Hyatt Airport, Baltimore, MD, Carole Applegate, Program Director.

Friday December 2, 2016. OCT to Diagnose ERM-Related Dragged Fovea Syndrome. 29th Annual

Wilmer Current Concepts in Ophthalmology, Baltimore, MD

Thursday May 4, 2017. Advanced Prism Fitting Techniques for Patients with Symptomatic, Oblique-

Angle Strabismus. Midwest Joint Regional Orthoptic Meeting, Detroit, MI, Lindsay Horan program director.

Friday May 12, 2017. Clinical Characteristics of Adult Patients with Diplopia Due to Epiretinal

Membrane Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (MSEPS) Annual Meeting, Hyatt Airport, Baltimore, MD, Carole Applegate, Program Director

Teaching – Clinical

2003 - present, Co-Instructor, Orthoptics Training Program, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Cheryl McCarus, Program Director.

2005 - present, Wilmer Residents General Eye Service Strabismus Clinic Preceptor, First Year Resident Annual Orientation Week Lecture: Introduction to Pediatric and Adult Strabismus.

Teaching – Continuing Medical Education October, 2004, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus. 2-hour Strabismus Course – AAO

Annual Meetings, New Orleans, LA.

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2005, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus. 2-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

November 2006, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation.

1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

2006, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus.2-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting,

Las Vegas, NV.

November 9-13, 2007, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation.1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

November 9-13, 2007, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus.2-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

September 27, 2008, OCT in Eccentric Fixation Amblyopia: A Preliminary Report; Wilmer Eye

Institute Ophthalmic Technician and Clinical Trial Coordinator Course Saturday.

November 7, 2008, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation.1-hour Strabismus Course

– AAO Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

November 7, 2008, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 2-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Saturday March 28th 2009, Vision Changes in Parkinson’s Disease and Their Management Wilmer 14th

Annual Technician Course.

Monday October 26, 2009, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus

Course – AAO Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Monday October 26, 2009, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 2-hour Strabismus Course –

AAO Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Sunday October 25, 2009, Instructor, Breakfast with the Experts Roundtable Talks: Convergence Insufficiency – AAO Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Sunday October 17, 2010, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

Monday October 18, 2010, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus

Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

Friday October 15, 2010, Spina Bifida in a 16 Year Old Female. Wright Foundation International

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Meeting IV Pre-Academy Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

Wednesday April 30 – Saturday April 2, 2011. Distance vs Near Acuity in Amblyopic Eyes poster,

AAPOS meeting, San Diego, CA.

Friday June 3, 2011. Can My Child See? Assessing Vision in Pre-Verbal and Developmentally Delayed

Children. Wilmer Day of Learning Program, Turner Auditorium, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD. Sheila Cortes, Program Director.

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Sunday October 23, 2011, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Monday October 23, 2011, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus

Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Monday October 23, 2011, The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare

Professional. 1-hour Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Monday October 23, 2011, Retinoscopy Workshop Lead Instructor 2.5-hour workshop – AAO Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL

Saturday March 17, 2012. Can My Child See? Assessing Vision in Pre-Verbal and Developmentally Delayed Children. Wilmer 14th Annual Technician Course, Mike Harttnet, Program Director.

Friday May 4, 2012. Lecture: Can My Child See? Assessing Vision in Pre-Verbal and Developmentally

Delayed Children. 33rd Annual Georgetown University Review Course and Continuing Education

Program for Ophthalmic Medical Personnel, Anna Kiss, Program Director.

Tuesday May 15, 2012, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus Course – JCAHPO Webinar

June 26-29, 2012, Lecture: Christoff, A for the Pediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group. Near

Compared with Distance Visual Acuity in Amblyopic Eyes. XXII Meeting of the International Orthoptic

Association (IOA), Toronto, Ontario Canada

June 26-29, 2012, Poster: V-Pattern Esotropia masquerading as High AC/A Esotropia. XXII Meeting of the International Orthoptic Association (IOA), Toronto, Ontario Canada Sunday November 11, 2012., The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional. 1-hour Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Sunday November 11, 2012, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Sunday November 11, 2012, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus. 1-hour Strabismus Course

– AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Sunday November 11, 2012, Retinoscopy Workshop Lead Instructor 2.5-hour workshop – AAO

Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Saturday November 16, 2013., The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional. 1-hour Course – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Saturday November 16, 2013, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Saturday November 16, 2013, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus. 1-hour Strabismus

Course – AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

Monday November 18, 2013, Retinoscopy Workshop Lead Instructor 2.5-hour workshop – AAO

Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Saturday April 12, 2014 – Retinoscopy Made Ridiculously Simple; Wilmer 14th Annual Technician Course, Mike Harttnet, Program Director

Saturday May 3, 2014 – Retinoscopy Made Ridiculously Simple; Wilmer 14th Annual Technician

Course, Mike Harttnet, Program Director. 35th

Saturday May 3, 2014 – The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional.

35th Annual Georgetown University Review Course and Continuing Education Program for Ophthalmic Medical Personnel, Anna Kiss, Program Director.

October 18, 2014, The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional. 1-

hour Course AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

October 18, 2014, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

October 18, 2014, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO

Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Saturday April 11, 2015 – Effective (and Legal) documentation of your exam in the EMR; Wilmer 15th

Annual Technician Course, Mike Harttnet, Program Director.

May 8, 2015 - The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional. Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons technician course. Baltimore, MD

November 14, 2015. When in Doubt, Don’t Try Anything: The Value of Retesting and Prism Adaptation Pearls. AAO Pediatric Ophthalmology Subspecialty Day, AAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas,

NV.

November 14, 2015 – An Alternative Telemedicine Screening Device in Retinopathy of Prematurity. American Association of Certified Orthoptists Program at AAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

November 15, 2015 - The Pediatric Eye Exam: Clinical Pearls for the Allied Healthcare Professional. 1-hour Course AAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

November 15, 2015, Demystifying Pediatric and Adult Strabismus 1-hour Strabismus Course – AAO

Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

November 15, 2015, Advanced Strabismus – Evaluation and Interpretation. 1-hour Strabismus

Course – AAO Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.

October 15, 2016, Nystagmus 1-hour course - AAO Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.

November 11, 2017, Nystagmus 1-hour course - AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

November 11, 2017, Can My Child See? Assessing Vision in Pre-Verbal and Developmentally Delayed

Children. 1-hour course - AAO Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Teaching – Workshops / Seminars / Webinars

2000 to 2013, Instructor, Joint Commission on Allied Health in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) for Beginning and Intermediate Retinoscopy Workshops, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual

Meetings.

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2000 to 2003, Instructor, Joint Commission on Allied Health in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) Goldmann

Perimetry Workshops, American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meetings.

Saturday March 24th 2007, Practical Motility Testing, Lecture and Workshop Wilmer 12th Annual

Technician Course,

Saturday October 28, 2008 - Vision Changes in Parkinson’s disease and Their Management (for Dr.

Michael Repka), PD Symposium Program, Marriott Airport, Baltimore, MD.

Wednesday April 2, 2009 - Vision Changes in Parkinson’s Disease and Their Management, Riderwood Retirement Community; Silverspring, Maryland. Molly Pittman, Director.

Thursday April 7, 2011 - Vision Changes in Parkinson’s Disease and Their Management, Harford

County parkinson’s Support Group; Bel Air, Maryland. Becky Dunlop, Director.

Saturday May 14, 2011 Strabismus Workshop, Georgetown University Certified Ophthalmic Medical

Technologist Program, Georgetown University, Anna Kiss, Program Director.

Saturday May 5, 2012 Strabismus Workshop, Georgetown University Certified Ophthalmic Medical Technologist Program, Georgetown University, Anna Kiss, Program Director.

Wednesday April 3, 2013 The Art and Science of Examining the Child – Measuring Strabismus. AAPOS Annual Meeting Tech Day Workshop, Boston, MA.

Tuesday January 15, 2013. Webinar: Can My Child See? Assessing Vision in Pre-Verbal and

Developmentally Delayed Children. Joint Commission on Allied Health Care in Ophthalmology

(JCAHPO). Amy Anderson, Director.

Tuesday June 18, 2013. Webinar: Convergence Insufficiency: Assessment and Practical Clinical Application for the Allied Healthcare Professional. Joint Commission on Allied Health Care in

Ophthalmology(JCAHPO). Amy Anderson, Director.

Tuesday February 18, 2014. Webinar: Preventative Eye Care in Children An Eye On Prevention. Joint

Commission on Allied Health Care in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO). Amy Anderson, Director.

Saturday November 8, 2014. Vision in Movement Disorders Workshop, 2 45-minute sessions at the Movement Disorder Symposium, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Parkinson’s Disease and

Movement Disorders Center. Bailey Vernon, program director.

Visiting Professorships May, 20, 2015 - Visiting Orthoptic Professor to Boston Medical Center/Boston School of Medicine

Lecture/case presentation to faculty, fellows, residents

ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Peer Reviewer for Professional Journal Activities:

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Comparative study of cycloplegic verus non-cycloplegic refraction with fogging in children. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology. Sept 2010.

Validity and Ergonomics of a Computerized Hess Chart. Journal of AAPOS July 2010.

The role of the random dot Stereo Butterfly test as an adjunct for the detection of constant strabismus in vision screening. Journal of AAPOS August 2008.

Atropine Treatment of Amblyopia – Do We Need a Swap in Fixation? Clinical & Experimental

Ophthalmology September 2008.

The Congenital Monocular Elevation Deficiency Secondary to Contralateral Floppy Superior Oblique

Muscle Tendon; Journal of AAPOS September 2007. Unilateral Amblyopia: a morpho-functional study with Optical Coherence Tomography and

Microperimeter. Journal of AAPOS December 2010.

Professional Societies:

American Academy of Certified Orthoptists (AACO) 2001-present.

American Orthoptic Council (AOC) 2001- present. Vice President, August 2017 to present.

American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (AAPOS) March 2003-present.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) 1990-present.

Commissioner, Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) 2012-

Present

RECOGNITION, HONORS, AWARDS October 24, 2016, Harold Stein Prize for best scientific paper, “Advanced Prism Fitting Techniques

for Patients with Symptomatic, Oblique-Angle Strabismus,” Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO).

The 45th Richard G Scobee Memorial Lecture at the Annual Meeting of The American Association of

Certified Orthoptists, Chicago Illinois, October 20, 2014

October, 2014, Faculty Award, Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology

(JCAHPO) for 15 years of distinguished service in the Annual Continuing Education Program

October 2009, American Association of Certified Orthoptists Honors Certificate for Orthoptic Achievement

October, 2009, Faculty Award, Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology

(JCAHPO) for 10 years of distinguished service in the Annual Continuing Education Program

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June 2009, Wilmer Residents Faculty teaching Award. First time award presented to an orthoptist.

November 9, 2008, Preoperative Testing for Surgical Treatment of Exotropia, Strabismus

Symposium, Invited speaker, AAO Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

May 12th, 2006, Special Recognition Award for Extraordinary Effort on behalf of the Wilmer

Residency. First time award presented to an orthoptist. October, 2004, Faculty Award, Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology

(JCAHPO) for five years of distinguished service in the Annual Continuing Education Program,