Curriculum Vitae

Education

Fellowship: Glaucoma, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2006-07.

Residency: Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2003-2006.

Internship: Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2002-03.

Medical School: M.D., UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 1998-2002.

College: B.S. Biology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1993-1998.

Honors

UCLA Department of Biology Outstanding Senior Award, 1998.

Phi Beta Kappa, 1997.

UCLA President's Undergraduate Fellowship, 1995.

Golden Key National Honor Soceity, 1995.

Professional Activities

Using evidence to manage glaucoma, review of major studies for second year residents, 2007-present.
Introduction to ophthalmology, lecture series for first year residents (anterior segment lasers, Humphrey Visual Field testing, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and gonioscopy), 2007- present.

Director of medical student education in ophthalmology at VAMC, 2007-present.

UCLA School of Medicine Doctoring Teaching Fellowship, 2001-02.

Guest Speaker, UCLA Regents Scholoar Society Career Workshop in Medicine, 2000-01.

Member, UCLA School of Medicine Admissions Committee, 1999-2000, 2001-02.

President, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, UCLA Chapter, 1999-2000.

Director, Docotrs Ought to Care, 1999-2000.

Publications

Siam GA, Gheith ME, de Barros DS, Lin AP, Moster MR. Limitations of the Heideberg Tomograph. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2008;39:262-64.

Lin A, Foroozan R, Danesh-Meyer HV, De Salvo G, Savino PJ, Sergott RC. Occurrence of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in patients with presumed idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Ophthalmology 2006;113:2281-4.

Lin A, Foroozan R, Carrier D, and Yen MT. Diagnosis of metastatic carcinoma to the cavernous sinus by computed tomography guided fine needle aspiration. Am J Ophthal 2004;138(5):864-6.

Gonazles CR, Lin AP, Engstrom RE Jr., Kreiger AE. Bilateral vitelliform maculopathy and deferoxamine toxicity. Retina 2004;24(3):464-7.

Thakur A, Yang I, Lin A, Buchmiller-Crair T, Fonkalsrud EW. Management of ovarian cysts in women undergoing restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. Am Surg 2003;69(4):339-42.

Lin AP, Holland GN, Engstrom RE Jr. Vitrectomy and silicone oil tamponade for cidofovir-associated hypotony with ciliary body detachment. Retina 1999;19(1):75-6.

Galic Z, Alva JA, Lin A, Lyon CJ, Aguilera RJ. Characterization of a novel DNA binding domain within the amino-terminal region of the RAG-1 protein. Biochem Mol Bio Int 1998;45(3):535-44.

Current Research Interests

Drug compliance in glaucoma therapy.

Optic nerve imaging.

Health services and translational research in glaucoma.