Winter 2010 - MUSC Health

STORM EYE
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Winter 2010
Storm Eye Institute
Gives the Gift
of Sight –
Globally
Dr. Ed Wilson and some of his young patients outside the National Institute of Ophthalmology in Hanoi Vietnam (story on page 4)
Bruce G. Pratt Endows Chair in International Ophthalmology
MUSC now has one of only two international ophthalmology chairs in
the country, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from Bruce G. Pratt, D.V.M., a
longtime eye patient of Storm Eye Institute. The endowed chair donation is not Pratt’s first gift to Storm Eye
Institute. A teaching and videography room located in the institute
also bears Pratt’s name. The philanthropist is a former member of
the institute’s Board of Directors who also enjoys fishing and spends
a large portion of the year in Costa Rica, a country plagued with
preventable blindness in both its child and adult population. This is
where Pratt noticed a need for modern eye care.
“I wanted to support Storm Eye Institute because of the excellent
care that Storm Eye has provided to me for 50 years and because
of the work that the SEI International Center does in the developing
world,” said Pratt. “I have seen the impoverished in Costa Rica whose
sight could be saved by the type of cataract surgery that Dr. Wilson
will be training U.S. ophthalmologists to do in areas like Costa Rica,
Dr. Bruce G. Pratt, Anne and Dr. James B. Edwards, Pratt granddaughter, Mills Cardin,
and daughter, Tosh Cardin at the Pratt Endowed Chair Dinner
Gene Howard
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From the
DIRECTOR
DEAR FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND ALUMNI,
Worldwide, 314 million
people are visually impaired,
of whom 45 million are
bilaterally blind. This
blindness is not distributed
evenly throughout the world,
with the least developed
regions carrying the largest
share. It is estimated that
75% of this worldwide
blindness can be cured
or prevented using currently available treatments and
strategies. The World Health Organization (WHO) is
preparing for the final 10 years of its Vision 2020: The
Right to Sight program aimed at eliminating all preventable
blindness by 2020. While much has been done,
sustainability has been inadequately accessed in many
regions. Cataract, a condition treated very effectively with
a single surgical intervention, remains the number one
cause of blindness in the world. Already, the World Bank
has described cataract surgery as the single most cost
effective procedure that can be offered in the developing
world. A recent study showed that just in terms of
productivity, vision-saving initiatives have the potential to
save at least $102 billion by 2020. Dr. Narendra Patel,
Retina Surgeon,
Joins Storm Eye
Faculty
Dr. Narendra (Nick) Patel, MD, MPH joins the Storm
Eye Institute as a retina surgeon and has been
named to the Bruce G. Pratt, DVM Endowed Chair in
International Ophthalmology.
Dr. Patel completed his Vitreoretinal Surgical
Fellowship in the Department of Ophthalmology at
the University of Iowa. He did his Ophthalmology
Residency at Northwestern University. He is a
graduate of the University of Illinois, School of Medicine and has a Master’s degree in Public
Health from Johns Hopkins University.
He will offer state-of-the-art imaging, the newest laser and injection treatments and a full range of
surgical interventions for the most complex disorders of the retina and vitreous. He is specially
trained in managing macular degeneration, diabetes, and retinal detachment.
He also has vast work
experience in the development
of health systems in Africa,
Central America and South
This newsletter will focus on the Storm Eye International
Center that will be led by Dr. Narendra (Nick) Patel, the
Bruce Pratt, DVM International Endowed Chair Professor. We welcome Dr. Patel to the SEI faculty as a retina
surgeon. America. He was a consultant
SEI has had a major presence in the international
ophthalmology arena for many years, but it was not until
Dr. Bruce Pratt made a very generous gift that SEI has
been able to hire a doctor with the training, skills, and
vision to direct this important mission. We have heard
from many alumni that they would like Storm Eye to teach
them to be effective
foot-soldiers in the
fight to eradicate
blindness in less
advanced parts of
the world.
from standard interpretation,
In our last Eye to
Eye we told you
about the exciting
research taking
place at Storm
Eye. This continues
and has escalated
thanks to new grants from the National Eye Institute and
many private Foundations. Dr. Craig Crosson, Director
of Research for SEI, has developed a medication for the
treatment of glaucoma that is now in clinical trials. Three
of our doctors have been named to the inaugural class of
ARVO fellows: Dr. Craig Crosson, Dr. Rosalie Crouch and
Dr. David Potter.
developing world.
with USAID, The World Bank,
World Vision & World Relief.
He also held several roles at
the Joint Commission ranging
clinical indicator research, and
project management.
As Director of the Storm
Eye Institute Center for
International Ophthalmology,
Dr. Patel will oversee a
massive expansion of our work
in blindness prevention in the
Residents Team Up
Next to loss of life, research has shown that loss of sight is
what we all fear most. Acknowledging the efforts of vision
research and of international centers like Storm Eye, the
US Congress designated 2010-2020 as the Decade of
Vision by passing H res 366 and S res 209 earlier this year.
As always, I thank you for your continued support of the
Storm Eye mission and hope I can count on you to help
Storm Eye Institute achieve our vision of a future where no
one in the USA or abroad is needlessly blind.
Sincerely,
M. Edward Wilson, MD
Pierre Gautier Jenkins Professor and Chairman
Department of Ophthalmology
Director, Albert Florens Storm Eye Institute
Medical University of South Carolina
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Dr. Matt Reese, 3rd year resident, teaching Dr. Allison Shipp, 1st year resident, how to
perform cataract surgery on pigs eyes in the Miyake Lab.
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www.stormeye.org
Gene R. Howard, MD, MPH
Stanley and Theodora Feldberg Professor in
Ophthalmology Oculoplastics and Orbital Surgery
Dr. Howard’s clinical expertise lies in the areas of plastic surgery, reconstruction of the eyelids and
orbits, and treatment of skin and orbital cancers. Dr. Howard received his BA from Bowdoin College
in Maine, which included study at the University of Copenhagen. He received a Masters in Public
Health from Johns Hopkins University specializing in international health development planning.
Dr. Howard’s medical degree is from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. After an
internship in internal medicine, Dr. Howard spent two years at the Wilmer Eye Institute where he
was involved in international ophthalmology and public health. His ophthalmology residency was
completed at the University of Illinois. An oculoplastics fellowship followed at the University of Iowa.
Dr. Howard has developed innovative techniques for reconstruction of peri-eyelid structures and for
expanding the lateral wall of the orbit to prevent long term corneal exposure. He has also developed
a novel surgical technique to prevent blindness from trachoma in the developing world.
Dr. Howard’s approach to pseudo tumor cerebri that occurs mostly in young obese women is
a delicate surgery that releases the built up pressure in the eye and prevents blindness in these
patients. He is the only doctor in South Carolina performing this surgery and one of a few in the
southeastern United States.
Dr. Howard has trained over 100 residents and fellows including international fellows from Venezuela,
India, Nepal, Ethiopia and Vietnam. He has made dozens of international surgical trips funded by
ORBIS and other agencies and has trained orbital surgeons who now practice throughout Africa and
Asia. He served on the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee of the largest study on trachoma
(a blinding disease that affects 150 million people in Africa) in the world which was conducted
in Ethiopia. Dr. Howard has 24 scholarly publications including a seminal review of the public
health implications of Vitamin A that he co-authored with Dr. Al Sommer, the Dean of Public
Health at Johns Hopkins, and the investigator that discovered the connection between
Vitamin A, eye disease, and increased mortality in children.
Dr. Gene Howard presents certificate to ORBIS Fellow, Dr. Truyen
Chi Trun The Nguyen, who completed training in pediatric and
oculoplastic ophthalmology at Storm Eye Institute.
Storm Eye Resident
Class of 2011
JOHN FRENCH
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Home town: Easley, SC
Undergraduate degree: Presbyterian College in 2003
Medical degree: MUSC in 2007 — number 1
in his class
Honors:
– Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society
– Provost Merit Scholar (1 of 3 awarded)
– President’s Basic Science Award (for the most
outstanding second year medical student)
KATIE MACALUSO
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Home town: Rochester, NY
Undergraduate degree: Ithaca College in 2002
Honors:
– Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Humanities
and Sciences
– Member, Oracle Honor Society
Medical degree from SUNY at Buffalo College of
Medicine in 2007
AMBER STURGES
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Home town: Jenks, OK
Undergraduate degree: University of Oklahoma in 2003
Honors:
– Golden Key Honor Society
– President’s Honor Roll
Medical degree: University of Oklahoma Medical
School in 2007
– Top 10% of the class
– Gold Humanism Award
www.stormeye.org
SEI Resident Class of 2011 — left to right: Leanne Wickliffe-Keisler, MD; Katie Macaluso, MD;
John French, MD; Amber Sturges, MD.
LEANNE WICKLIFFE-KEISLER
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Home town: Greenville, SC
Valedictorian of her high school class
Undergraduate degree: Clemson (top 10%) in 2003
Honors:
– Summa Cum Laude
– B.C. Inabinet Medallion for Honors Research
– Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Grant
Medical degree: MUSC in 2007--top 10%
– Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society
– Dean’s Scholarship Award
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THANK YOU
to Our Generous Benefactors
Easley Sisters Honor Their
Mother by Leaving Their Estates
Valued at Over $1 million to
Storm Eye Institute at MUSC
Mrs. L. Tee Chapman Wood was known for many things: her voracious
appetite for reading, her love of music and her collection of hats, which earned
her the nickname of “the lady with the hat” among neighborhood children.
To her family, however, Mrs. Wood was known most for her passion for
learning. She had wanted to be a teacher, but, born the oldest of nine
children in 1899, she was forced to quit school after the eighth grade to help
support the family. The experience left her with a profound appreciation for
the value of education and learning.
“Mama was the driving force in our family,” said her daughter, Clemence
“Keme” Williams. “There were three of us children, Dot, Ray and me, and
Mama was determined, one way or another, that we were going to college
and all three of us did. But it
never would have happened
without her will power and
determination.” Mrs. Williams went on to
enjoy a rewarding career as
a teacher and a librarian. Her sister, Dorothy W. Till,
was a supervisor in the
Department of Health and
Human Resources. After Mrs. Wood, or “Tee Bo”
as she was called, passed
away in 1986, her daughters
moved back to Easley
from Lafayette, LA. Shortly
thereafter, both women began traveling from Easley to Storm Eye Institute in
Charleston, where Dot was carefully monitored for potential cornea problems
and Keme received treatment for a serious cornea problem. Dr. Ed Wilson, Dr. Nicole Evans and Dr. Bruce G. Pratt at dinner honoring Dr. Pratt.
Bruce G. Pratt Endows Chair in International
Ophthalmology ...continued from page 1
Guatemala and Ethiopia. More specifically, I have a close friend in Costa Rica
who is going blind with glaucoma and a detached retina because of lack of good
ophthalmic care.”
Within the scope of international ophthalmology, SEI will provide an annual course
for American eye surgeons who are preparing to serve overseas. In addition, Dr.
Narendra Patel, the Pratt professor, will oversee all the activities involved with
bringing international teachers to MUSC to train, educating the teachers before
they return to their native country.
“It’s incredibly important, because Dr. Pratt has been coming here for eye care
for more than 50 years and has given to us before,” said Dr. Wilson. “I think this
is much closer to his heart. He spends much of his time in Central America and
knows firsthand some of the preventable blindness occurring in that part of the
world. He’s going to help us contribute to eradicating preventable blindness.”
Dr. Pratt’s financial advisor, Mike Wise of Neenah, Wisconsin, and his legal
advisor, Ginny Meeks Shuman, a native of Beaufort and now resident of
Charleston, worked closely with Storm Eye in coordinating Dr. Pratt’s gift.
The William J. and Jeanne F. Dalton
Vitreoretinal Research Center
As the sisters came to learn more about Storm Eye, they came to recognize
the potential it could achieve with the right kind of financial support. With that
understanding, the women decided in 1991 to make a planned gift to MUSC. Recently, Mrs. Williams informed Storm Eye Institute that she had decided to
bequeath her estate and that of her now deceased sister to establish the L.T.
Chapman Endowed Fund and the L.T. Chapman Expendable Fund dedicated
to exploring new treatments and cures for vision loss. This commitment is
currently valued at over $1 million.
“We are incredibly grateful to Mrs. Williams and her sister for their generosity
and look forward to Mrs. Williams’ induction into the Millennium Society at
MUSC,” said Dr. Ed Wilson, director of Storm Eye Institute. “Aside from its
generous proportions, the beauty of this gift is the fact that, as an endowment,
it will exist in perpetuity and potentially help fund a clinical researcher through
an endowed chair. This gives us a permanent way to continually develop new
ways to prevent and reverse vision loss.”
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Anne and Dr. Jim Edwards with Jeanne and the late William Dalton, Storm Eye Institute
benefactors. The Glades Foundation, through a generous gift, established the William J.
and Jeanne F. Dalton Vitreoretinal Research Center.
www.stormeye.org
South
Carolina
Lions
Fulfill
Pledge
SC Lions raised $118,138 this year, the final year of the five year commitment. The commitment of $500,000 to endow a
Center of Economic Excellence chair has been met. The State will match this $500,000 to bring $1,000,000 in funding
for vision research to Storm Eye Institute and the citizens of South Carolina. Pictured is the SC Lions Eye Research
Committee with Lion Toni McHugh, SEI Director of Development.
Members of the Charleston Lions Club Golf Committee and volunteers present a check for
$12,000 to Storm Eye Institute to support vision research.
SC Lions Eye Research Committee presents a check for $118,138 to Storm Eye Institute
at the Lions State Convention in Myrtle Beach that establishes two endowed professorship
chairs in vision science.
Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D., Dean
and Senior VP, Morehouse School
of Medicine, Guest Lecturer
at 10th Annual Kerrison Lecture
Dave Echols, Charleston RiverDogs General Manager (far right), presents a check for
$25,000 to (L-R) Dr. Ed Wilson, Director of SEI; Dr. Craig Crosson, SEI Vice Chairman for
Research; Dr. Yiannis Koutalos, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology; Dr. Zsolt Ablonczy,
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology.
L-R: Dr. Ed Wilson, Director of Storm Eye Institute; Dr. Jerry Reves, Dean, College of
Medicine; Dr. Eve Higginbotham, Dr. Horry Kerrison.
Storm Eye Institute is proud of their clinical trials team who passed a rigorous certification
exam. Pictured L-R are: Margaret Bozic; Dr. Ed Wilson; Carol Bradham; Dr. Charles
Skipper; Lisa Graves, Clinical Trials Manager.
Linda Mayrand, a SEI technician, receives the Ophthalmic Technician of the Year Award
from Storm Eye Institute residents. Pictured from left to right: Dr. Justin Arbuckle, Dr.
Brian Groat, Linda Mayrand, Dr. Jay Biber, Dr. Reid Murphy.
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How to Reach Us
BY AREA OF SPECIALTY
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Vision Correction
Charlene M. Grice, MD
Heather M. Skeens, MD
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Gene R. Howard, MD
Malissa LaRoche Sandhu, PA-C
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
and Cataract
M. Nicole Evans, MD
John E. Weaver, MD
Storm Eye Institute
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Phone: (843) 792-8100
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
Pamela S. Chavis, MD
Storm Eye Institute
Ambulatory Procedure Center
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Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone: (843) 876-1010
Pediatric Ophthalmology and
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M. Edward Wilson, MD
Storm Eye Institute
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Crowfield Professional Center
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Esther Bowie, MD
Nick Patel, MD
Vision Rehabilitation, Contact Lenses
and Optometry
Shirley Anderson, OT
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Appointment Scheduling
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Rehabilitation-Beaufort
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Beaufort, SC 29902-6128
Phone: (843) 522-0273
Research
Zsolt Ablonczy, PhD
Luanna R. Bartholomew, PhD
Craig Crosson, PhD
Rosalie K. Crouch, PhD
Mohamed Guenena, MD
Shahid Husain, PhD
Masahiro Kono, PhD
Yiannis Koutalos, PhD
Baerbel M. Rohrer, PhD
Rupal Trivedi, MD
Storm Eye Institute
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Toni McHugh
Director of Development
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Charleston, SC 29425
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Ruth O. Baker:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Storm Eye Institute Board Member and Chair of the
Governance Committee
Karl Novak, Chairman
David Wallace, Vice Chairman
Ruth Baker is a graduate of Chatham College, Pittsburgh, PA. She was a high school
teacher and curriculum writer in the Pittsburgh Public School System for eight years.
She was Communications Director for the Greater Pittsburgh Home Builders and
Apartment Association.
Andrew Allen
Barbara Andrie (Emerita)
Ruth Baker
Dennis Battles
In 1985, she moved to Charleston, and shortly after that she started Seabrook
Exclusives, a villa rental company on Seabrook Island.
George Croffead, MD (Emeritus)
William Denton
Marianna Habisreutinger
Mrs. Baker is a founding member of Gibbes, etc. a Kiawah organization associated with the Gibbes Museum of Art.
She was the treasurer and fundraising chairperson for the Gibbes Art & House Tour for five years and is currently
on the Board of the Gibbes Museum of Art where she serves as Secretary. She was a member of the Arts Council
at the College of Charleston and was on the Antique Symposium Board at the College. Ruth is a board member of
Charleston Collegiate School and is working on expanding the Scholarship program.
Laura Hewitt (Emerita)
Ruth is married to William A. Baker, Jr., who is currently the vice chairman of the MUSC Foundation Board of Directors.
Linda Derbyshire
Theodora Feldberg
Joe Griffin (Emeritus)
Laurence Iwan
Bill Johnson, MD
Phil Marett
Rosalie Crouch, David Potter
and Craig Crosson Inducted into
Calvin Parker
Inaugural Class of ARVO Fellows
Mark Lattanzio
Thomas Risher
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology recently
honored three Storm Eye Institute faculty as inaugural ARVO Fellows.
Dr. Rosalie K. Crouch, Professor Emerita and Dr. David Potter, Professor
Emeritus, were recognized at ARVO’s Annual meeting and presented
with gold medals to commemorate the occasion. Dr. Craig E. Crosson,
SEI Director of Research, was also recognized with a silver medal to
commemorate this honor as an ARVO fellow.
Byron Stratas, MD
Michael Veeck
William Wert
Storm Eye Institute’s Upcoming Events - 2010
ARTISTS FOCUS ON GLOBAL VISION
JAN 22
FUN IS GOOD GOLF TOURNAMENT
MAY 11
CHARLESTON RIVERDOGS HOT STOVE
JAN 22
STORM EYE INSTITUTE KIAWAH CONFERENCE
MAY 13-16
CHARLESTON LIONS GOLF CLASSIC
MAY 7
CHARLESTON RIVERDOGS “KINDNESS BEATS BLINDNESS”
JUNE 26