Amir Kashani, MD, PhD

I am now an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Southern California Roski Eye Institute. I continue to see and treat patients with retinal diseases and do clinical translational research. I am happy to say that I received my first R01 award in 2019! This award is aimed at developing and implementing novel OCTA metrics in subjects with diabetes so that we can detect retinopathy before clinical manifestations are evident. My research group is continuing work on the use of OCT Angiography in quantifying retinal vascular changes in a variety of other diseases as well. For example, in 2020 I received an award from the NINDS and BrightFocus Foundation to look at retinal capillary change in subjects at risk for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia.

On the home front, the kids are growing fast and the pandemic has us busier than ever trying to figure out what to do with them!