Arash Jian-Amadi, MD
Acting Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology

Office Telephone: (206) 744-3204

To schedule patient appointments:
Harborview Medical Center
(206) 744-3225

Cosmetic Surgery Center - UW Roosevelt Clinic
(206) 598-8111


 
     
Education
1992
B.S. (Biology degree earned in 3 years) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
1996
M.D. State University of New York – Health Science Center at Syracuse
Postgraduate Training
1996-1997

Internship, St. Joseph's Hospital Medical Center, Syracuse, N.Y.

1997-2000

Residency in Ophthalmology, New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

2000-2001

Fellowship in Eye Pathology/Ocular Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Mass. [Preceptors: Drs. Thaddeus Dryja and Frederick Jakobiec)

2001-2003

Fellowship in Oculofacial Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle

Faculty Positions
2004-date
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle
Hospital Positions
2004-date
Active Medical Staff, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
2004-date
Associate Medical Staff, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
2004-date

Consultant, Veterans' Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington

2004-date

Active Medical Staff, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.

Honors and Awards

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
Dean's List, Spring 1990 through Spring 1992

State University of New York – Health Sciences Center at Syracuse
Dean's Letter of Commendation – MSIII (1995)

New York University Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
Bausch and Lomb Travel Grant for Young Investigators, CLAO January 1999

Current Licensure
Washington State (2001-date)
Professional Societies

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Publications and Posters

1. Bersani T, Jian-Seyed-Ahmadi A: Orbital volume expansion of dysthyroid ophthalmopathy by surgical placement of lateral rim implants: a case study. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 1999;15: 429-31.

2. Ahmadi AJ, Jakobiec FA. Corneal wound healing: cytokines and extracellular matrix proteins. Int Ophthalmol Clin 2002 Summer;42(3):13-22.

3. Ahmadi AJ, Sires BS: Ptosis in infants and children. Int Ophthalmol Clin 2002; Spring 42(2): 15-29.

4. Ahmadi AJ , Pirinjian GE, Sires BS. Optic neuropathy and macular chorioretinal folds caused by orbital cherubism. Arch Ophthalmol 2003 Apr;121(4):570-3

5. Oliva MS, Ahmadi AJ, Mudumbai R, Hargiss JL, Sires BS. Transient impaired vision, external ophthalmoplegia, and internal ophthalmoplegia after blepharoplasty under local anesthesia. Am J Ophthalmol 2003 Mar;135(3):410-2.

6. Ahmadi AJ, Saari JC, Mozafferian D, Garwin GG, Tarbet KJ, Orcutt JC, Hargiss JL, Sires BS: Decreased carotenoid content in preaponeurotic orbital fat of patients with involutonal ptosis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg (revisions submitted 1/04)

7. Ahmadi AJ. Ophthalmic Injuries and Evaluation: Orbital Trauma. Trauma Pearls and Protocols: the Online Trauma Manual for Harborview Medical Center (http://depts.washington.edu/hmctrauma/display.php?article=125)

Posters and Presentations

1.  Jian-Seyed-Ahmadi A, Bersani T, Barker-Griffith AE: Orbital volume expansion of dysthyroid ophthalmopathy by surgical placement of lateral rim implants. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (Suppl) 1998;39:S499 (Abstract #2286). [Poster]

2.  Jian-Seyed-Ahmadi A, Howard D, Naidu SS, Lisman RD: Anatomy of lacrimal canaliculi in human cadavers. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci (Suppl) 1999;40:S854 (Abstract #4501). [Poster]

3.  Jian-Seyed-Ahmadi A: Dry eye state: lid fluorescein uptake pattern and tear meniscus levels. Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists, Poster Presentation, January 1999.

4.  Jian- Seyed-Ahmadi A, Hevner R, Zhang J. Orbital Hemangiopericytoma. Annual Verhoeff-Zimmerman Society Meeting (April 15-18, 2004, Sante Fe, NM)

Presentations
Sept 1998
“Rhabdomyosarcoma: an update,” Department of Ophthalmology, New York Univer­sity Medical Center, Grand Rounds
May 1999
“Orbital Lymphoma: a case presentation,” Greater New York City Clinical Lecture Series. Citywide Grand Rounds

   

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