Zhou | Department of Ophthalmology | School of Medicine

Dr. Ellen Tianwei Zhou MD PhD

Position(s)

Assistant Professor

Contact Info

Tel: (613) 417-3451 (KOVSC)

Fax: (613) 417-3452 (KOVSC)

Dr Zhou will be starting in our department on August 18th. She will be seeing patients at KOVSC, with OR privileges at HDH.

Training

Fellowship: Surgical Glaucoma, Dalhousie University (2025)
Ophthalmology Residency: University of Toronto (2024)
Medical School: McGill University (2019)
PhD: McGill University (2017)
MSc: Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University (2011)

Selected Publications

Zhou, T., Kertes, P., Tehrani, N., Mireskandari, K. Exudative Retinal Detachment Following Laser Photocoagulation for Retinopathy of Prematurity. CJO. 2024. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38782049/)
Zhou, T., Farinas, C., Kulkarni, A., Dirks P., Brandão, L., Muthusami, P., Najm-Tehrani, T. More to it than meets the eye: a case report of incomitant esotropia in a child caused by a giant basilar aneurysm. Annals of Eye Science. 2023. (https://aes.amegroups.org/article/view/7516/html)
Baiad, A., Kherani, I., Popovic, M., Muni, R., Mireskandari, K., Tehrani, N., Zhou, T., Kertes, P. A meta-analysis of neurodevelopmental outcomes following intravitreal bevacizumab for the treatment of retinopathy of prematurity. Neonatology. 2023. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37487481/)
Zhou, T., Melo, I., Patil, N., Faleel, F., Muni, R. Key Histological Changes in Retinal Detachment: A Systematic Review for the Clinicians. Survey of Ophthalmology. 2023. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37652188/)
Leinonen, H., Zhou, T., Ballios, B., Kauppinen, A., Fu, Z., Regulation of Inflammation and Metabolism in Retinal Neurodegenerative Disorders. Front. Neurosci. 2022. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9756882/)
Zhou, T., Kassis, P.-O., Qian, C., Bérubé-Thevenet, R., Chappaz, A., Hamel, P., Chemtob, S., Nuyt, A.-M., Luu, TM. Reduced contrast sensitivity in young adults with retinopathy of prematurity. Ophthalmology Retina. 2022.
Zhou, T., Robert, M.-C., Comparison between ProKera and amniotic membrane transplantation in managing ocular surface diseases – our experiences at Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal. Cornea. 2021. (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34483269/)
Zhou, T.*, Sayah, D.*, Omri, S., Mazzaferri, J., Quiniou, C., Wirth, M., Côté, F., Dabouz, R., Desjarlais, M., Costantino, S., Chemtob, S. Novel anti-Interleukin-1β therapy preserves retinal integrity: a longitudinal investigation using OCT imaging and automated retinal segmentation in small rodents. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020. 11: 296. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7081735/)
Castanov, V., Zhou, T. Scientific Overview: CSCI-CITAC Annual General Meeting and Young Investigators’ Forum 2019. Clinical and Investigative Medicine, 2020. (https://doi.org/10.25011/cim.v43i3.34522)
Zhou, T., Zhu, T., Hamel, P., Chemtob, S. The Inability of the Choroid to Revascularize in Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy Results from Increased p53/miR-Let-7b Activity. American Journal of Pathology, 2019. Volume 189, Issue 11, Pages 2340–2356. (https://ajp.amjpathol.org/article/S0002-9440(19)30665-0/fulltext)
Rivera J.C., Duchemin-Kermorvant E., Dorfman A., Zhou T., Ospina L.H., Chemtob S. Retinopathy of Prematurity. In: Buonocore G., Bracci R., Weindling M. (eds) Neonatology. Springer, Cham; 2018. pp 2349-2386. (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-29489-…)
Boutin, T., Mednick Z., Zhou, T., Showail, M., Einan-Lifshitz, E., Sorkin, N., Slomovic, A. Simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET) to treat recurring kissing pterygium. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2018; 06: 003. (https://www.canadianjournalofophthalmology.ca/article/S0008-4182(18)300…)
Brunette I, Chemtob S, Zhou T. The Vision Health Research Network Annual Research Day, and International Symposium on Retinal and Choroidal Angiogenesis (Montreal). Annals of Eye Science, 2018;3:13. (http://aes.amegroups.com/article/view/4019/html)
Zhou T, Zhu T, Tahiri H, Omri S, Rivera JC, Lahaie I, Deal C, Nattel S, Chemtob S. Longstanding choroidal thinning in oxygen-induced retinopathy. Annals of Eye Science, 2018;3:AB043. (http://aes.amegroups.com/article/view/4062/html)
Zhou, T., Barton, K., Zaslavsky, K., Abraham, K., Bortolussi, R. Highlights from the Clinician Investigator Trainee Association of Canada (CITAC) Newsletter (2017-18). Clinical and Investigative Medicine, 2018. 41(1). (https://cimonline.ca/index.php/cim/article/view/29457)

Team

Dr Zhou will be starting in our department on August 18th. She will be seeing patients at KOVSC, with OR privileges at HDH.

Training

Selected Publications