Judy Ju-Yi Chen, MD

Curriculum Vitae

Work Address
West Coast Retina Medical Group
1445 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

Education

• Undergraduate: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA: 2004-2008
• Medical School: University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL: 2008-2012

Post Doctoral Training

• Internship: Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland, CA: 7/2012 to 6/2013
• Residency: University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago, IL: 7/2013 to 6/2016
• Fellowship: California Pacific Medical Center, West Coast Retina Medical Group: 2016-2017

Licensure and Board Certification

• California
• Diplomat, American Board of Ophthalmology certification 2018

Hospital Appointments

• St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco
• California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
• Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley
• John Muir Hospital, Walnut Creek

Memberships, Offices and Committee Appointments

• Member, American Society of Retinal Specialists, 2017-present
• Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2012-present

Awards and Honors

University of Illinois – Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary (2012 – 2016)

• Ophthalmology Co-Chief Resident for Academic Year 2015 – 2016 Selected by faculty committee

Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Residents Retreat Nominee- 9/2015

• One of 35 residents selected for academic potential to attend annual retreat

Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness (ISPB) Research Grant- 05/2015 James A. McKechnie Excellence Award – ISPB- 05/2015

• For relevance, clarity of thesis, and quality of writing of grant proposal

University of Chicago (2008 – 2012) Department of Ophthalmology Senior Medical Student Award-06/2012

• For excellence in ophthalmology during medical school

Charles B. Huggins Symposium – Student Award for Clinical Research-09/2010

• Department of Surgery’s annual research symposium – highest clinical research award

Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Research Grant-05/2009

• Research grant for translational research (see Wang et al citation below)

Pritzker School of Medicine Dean’s Promise Scholarship 07/2008

• Full tuition merit-based scholarship for 4 years of medical school

University of Southern California (2004 – 2008)

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude-05/2008 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Bachelor of Science degree
• Dean’s List for all 8 attended semesters-05/2008 For undergraduates who maintain GPA over 3.5

University of Southern California Undergraduate Research Award -2005-2008

• Research grant for to pay work-study salary, received 3 consecutive years

Languages

• English: Native language
• Spanish: Intermediate-Advanced listening, speaking, reading and writing
• Mandarin Chinese: Intermediate listening and speaking, novice reading and writing

Other

• Avid traveller (16 countries traveled and 3 resided in last 10 years)
• Self-proclaimed foodie and cook
• Aficionado of theatrical productions (particularly musicals)
• Proficient player of the piano and clarinet
• U.S. Citizen

Bibliography

1. Ang MJ, Chen JJ, McDonald HR. Paracentral acute middle maculopathy after epiretinal membrane peel. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2019 July [Epub ahead of print]
2. Denny MR, Kalevar A, Chen JJ, Johnson RN. Paracentral acute middle maculopathy associated with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2019 Jan [Epub ahead of print]
3. Chen JJ, Kalevar A, Jumper JM. Combining external needle drainage and scleral buckling with vitrectomy for the repair of bullous retinal detachments. Retina. 2018 Sep;38 Suppl 1:S97-S102.
4. Alsberge JB, Chen JJ, Zaidi AA, Fu AD. Retinal dystrophy in a patient with McArdle disease. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2018 Aug [Epub ahead of print]
5. Slean GR, Kalevar A, Chen JJ, Johnson RN. Enlargement of sclerochoroidal calcifications: multi-modal imaging update. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2018 Fall;12 Suppl 1:S122-S124.
6. Chen JJ, Kalevar A, Vora RA, Qian Y, Gorenberg PH, Garcia-Kennedy R, Cunningham ET. Transthyretin V30M familial amyloidosis presenting as isolated retinal angiography. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2018 Fall;12 Suppl 1:S76-S80.
7. Kalevar A, Chen JJ, Fu AD. Autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy: multimodal imaging update. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2018 Fall;12 Suppl 1:S51-S54.
8. Reddy M, Chen JJ, Kalevar A, Terribilini R, Agarwal A. Immune retinopathy associated with Nivolumab for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2017 Nov 22 Epub.
9. Slean GR, Fu AD, Chen JJ, Kalevar A. Neovascularization of the iris in retinoschisis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2017 Jun 22;7:99-101.
10. Feinstein E, Chen J, Setabutr P. Recent onset of bilateral ptosis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017;135(4):397-398.
11. Chen J, Leiderman Y, Traish A. Traumatic cataract and heterochromia iridis. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2016;132(11):1323-1324.
12. Chen JJ, Sartori J, Aakalu VK, Setabutr P. Review of ocular manifestations of Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome – What an ophthalmologist needs to know. Mid East Afr J Ophthal. 2015;22:421-7.
13. Mohammad F, Wanek J, Zelkha R, Lim JI, Chen J, Shahidi M. A method for en face OCT imaging of subretinal fluid in age-related macular degeneration. J Ophthalmol. 2014 Oct; 2014: 720243.
14. Wang AL, Rao VR, Chen JJ, Lussier YA, Rehman J, Huang Y, Jager RD, Grassi MA. Role of FAM18B in diabetic retinopathy. Mol Vis. 2014 Aug 4; 20: 1146-59.
15. Chen JJ, Vora RA, Arrigg P, Duker JS. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges: spontaneous suprachoroidal hemorrhage in a patient with no risk factors. Retina. 2013 Jun; 33(6): 1273-8.
16. Aliaga L, Yassari R, Straus D, Hekman K, Luther A, Chen JJ, Sampat A, Frim DM. A novel scoring system for assessing Chiari Malformation Type I treatment outcomes. Neurosurgery. 2012 Mar; 70(3): 656-64.
17. Hekman K, Aliaga L, Straus D, Luther A, Chen JJ, Sampat A, Frim D. Positive and negative predictors for good outcome after decompressive surgery for Chiari Malformation Type I as scored on the Chicago Chiari Outcome Scale. Neurol Res. 2012 Sep; 34(7): 694-700.
18. Lin J, Wong CS, Ko S, Chan S, Chen JJ, Chen T. Successful treatment of primary dysmenorrhea by collateral meridian acupressure therapy – a time series case report. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2010 Jan; 33(1): 70-5.
19. Castillo DC, Mathur M, Vander Wall K, Chen JJ, Verma R, Landolph JR. Higher uptake, cytotoxicity, and cell transforming ability of nickel sufbsulfide compared to nickel sulfate in C3H/10T1/2 mouse embryo cells. The Toxicologist (Supplement to Toxicological Sciences). 403(1955); 2007.

Book Chapters

Freund KB, Sarraf D, Mieler WF, Yannuzzi LA. The Retinal Atlas, 2nd ed. Elsevier, 2017. Contributing author to chapters 11 and 12.

Paper Presentations

1. Chen JJ, Fu AD. (2018) Delayed Onset Retinal Detachment in Patients Receiving Chronic Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Intravitreal Injection Therapy. World Ophthalmology Congress: Barcelona, Spain.
2. Chen JJ, McDonald HR. (2018) Waking Up Blind. Pacific Retina Club 2018: San Francisco, CA.
3. Chen JJ. (2018). Dry Macular Degeneration and Geographic Atrophy: Update on Recent Advances. Retina Update 2018: Berkeley, CA.
4. Chen JJ, Jumper JM. (2017) Surgical Treatment of Intrascleral Foreign Body. Fellows Duke Advanced Vitreoretinal Surgery Conference 2017: Raleigh, NC.
5. Chen JJ, Cunningham ET. (2017) Bilateral Retinal Vasculitis. Pacific Retina Club 2017: Los Angeles, CA.
6. Chen JJ, McDonald HR. (2017). Central serous chorioretinopathy: clinical spectrum and advances in multimodal imaging. Retina Update 2017: Berkeley, CA.
7. Chen JJ, Cunningham ET. (2017) Amyloidosis presenting as retinal vasculitis. American Uveitis Society 2017 Winter Symposium: Park City, UT.
8. Chen JJ, Aakalu VK, Setabutr P. (2015) Analysis of lacrimal gland lesions. American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) 2015 Annual Fall Scientific Symposium: Las Vegas, NV.
9. Chen JJ, Eulo V, Huang Y, Rehman J, Hariprasad SM, Jager RD, Sheth V, Chiranand P, Mojica G, Nicolae DL, Lussier YA, Grassi MA. (2010) Study of genetic expression in diabetic retinopathy reveals unique molecular fingerprint. University of Chicago Department of Surgery: Huggins Symposium; Chicago, IL.

Poster Sessions

1. Chen JJ, Kalevar A, Cunningham ET, Johnson RN. (2017) Multimodal imaging of pale, indolent, slowly progressive choroidal lesions – an expanded clinical spectrum. American Society of Retina Specialists 2017 Annual Meeting; Boston, MA.
2. Chen JJ, Aakalu VA, Setabutr P. (2015) Prevalence of the histopathologic etiologies of lacrimal gland lesions. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2015 Annual Meeting; Denver, CO.
3. Chen JJ, Miller R, Wanek J, Zelkha R, Lim J, Shahidi M. (2014) Effect of anti-VEGF treatment on macular RNFL thickness in AMD. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2014 Annual Meeting; Orlando, FL.
4. Chen JJ, Eulo V, Huang Y, Rehman J, Hariprasad SM, Jager RD, Sheth V, Nicolae DL, Lussier YA, Grassi MA. (2010) Study of genetic expression in diabetic retinopathy reveals unique molecular fingerprint. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2010 Annual Meeting; Fort Lauderdale, FL.
5. Chen JJ, Sampat A, Aliaga L, Hekman K, Luther A, Straus D, Frim DM. (2010) Pediatric and adult Chiari Syndrome: one disease or two? American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA.
6. Chen JJ, Kauffman S, and Lopez D. (2007) The relationship between alcohol, caffeine, and peer pressure in college students. Western Psychological Association’s 87th Annual Convention; Vancouver, Canada.

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