2021–22 Projects:

• Pediatric ophthalmology education in child healthcare trainees.
• Comparative effectiveness of newer oral diabetes medications in preventing advanced diabetic retinopathy.
• The patterns and utility of telemedicine appointments in a single cornea practice.
• Lorazepam for anxiety associated with intravitreal injections.
• Perspectives on vision rehabilitation training across Canadian postgraduate ophthalmology programs Phase 2—Development of curriculum goals.
• Botox as an alternative treatment for structural lacrimal outflow obstructions, functional NDLO and gustatory reflex hyperlacrimation.
• Refractive Outcomes of the Vivity® Intraocular Lens: A single centre, multi-surgeon study.

2020–21 Projects:

• Slit Lamp Fundamentals and Ophthalmic Images Online Curriculum Evaluation.
• Vision Changes in Ultramarathon Runners.
• Perspectives on Vision Rehabilitation Training Across Canadian Postgraduate Ophthalmology Programs.
• Conscious Intravenous Sedation vs Retrobulbar Block Anesthetics for Transscleral Diode Laser Cycloablation.
• Pediatric Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: A scoping review and survey of pediatric ophthalmologists.
• Machine Learning in Cataract Surgery: Differentiating Resident and Faculty Performance of Phacoemulsification.
• Association of Topical Glaucoma Medications with Lacrimal Drainage Obstruction and Eyelid Malposition.
• Examining the Effect of Art-Making on Ophthalmology Resident Surgical Skills and Wellness.

2019–20 Projects:

• Association Between Topical Glaucoma Medication Use and Disorders of the Eyelid and Nasolacrimal System.
• Botox as an Alternative Treatment for Structural Lacrimal Outflow Obstructions, Functional NLDO and Gustatory Reflex Hyperlacrimation.
• Quantification of Eye Rubbing Related Corneal Topographic Changes Among Healthy Adults.
• Machine Learning in Cataract Surgery Training.
• Strabismus Surgery Curriculum Design for Ophthalmology Resident Training in the Simulation Lab.
• Tablet-Based Portable Low Vision Assessment Toolkit Compared to Standard In-Clinic Assessment: A Randomized Tele-ophthalmology Study.
• Establishing Novel Medications to Improve Structure and Function of Surgical Glaucoma Blebs Using a Rabbit Model.
• Characterizing how the Eye Shapes our Local and Systemic Immune Responses to Novel Respiratory Virus.

2018–19 Projects:

• Interdisciplinary Care for Glaucoma in Ontario: A Population-Based Study. 
• South Eastern Ontario Low Vision Rehabilitation Telemedicine Toolkit and Budget Impact Analysis: Tablet-Based Portable Low Vision Assessment Toolkit as Compared to Standard Clinical Assessment. 
• Motion Analysis in Surgical Training: an Objective Assessment Tool for Cataract Simulation. 
• Validating the use of a Stereoscopic Robotized Teleophthalmic Drone Slit Lamp. 
• Quantification of Eye Rubbing Behaviour Among Healthy Adults Using a Novel Tactile Sensor. 
• Assessing Cataract Surgery Skills Through Deep Learning: Pilot Study. 
• Validation of a Novel Strabismus Surgery 3D-Printed Silicone Eye Model and Curriculum Design for Ophthalmology Resident Simulation Training. 
• Intraocular Calcifediol: Uncovering a Role for Vitamin D in the Eye. 

2017–18 Projects:

• Smartphone-based versus conventional ophthalmoscope: a randomized crossover education trial.
• Safety and efficacy of simultaneous topography customized ablation treatment and collagen cross linking in keratoconus.
• Validating the use of a drone slit lamp for assessing ophthalmology patients.
• Intraocular antibodies as a novel target for understanding and treating vascular diseases of the eye.
• Evaluating the efficacy of an educational ergonomics module for improving slit lamp positioning in ophthalmology residents: a multicentre study.
• Practice patterns of Canadian retina specialists in the management of postoperative endophthalmitis.
• The effect of ophthalmic antibiotics on the ocular surface microbiome and its association with ocular surface disease: a prospective study of patients undergoing cataract surgery.
• Validation of a novel strabismus surgery #d printed eye model for ophthalmology resident simulation training.

2016–17 Projects:

• Vitreous surgery simulator using a 3D printed keratoprosthesis.
• Bevacizumab: a novel treatment of infiltrative basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid?
• Ergonomics in ophthalmology: assessing the utility of an educational module.
• Evaluating changes in scleral quadrant thickness following repeated intravitreal injections of antivascular endothelial growth factor agents in injection-naïve eyes.
• The utility of the bitter taste test in the initial evaluation of symptomatic epiphora.
• The role of central retinal thickness, drusen area, and drusen volume in predicting conversion to neovascular AMD. 
• A clinical update regarding vitreous traction and its relationship to nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy.
• Venous collagenosis in age-related macular degeneration.

2015–16 Projects:

• Incidence of cystoid macular edema presumed acute anterior uveitis patients in a tertiary care centre.
• The creation and validation of a simulator for corneal rust ring removal.
• Metamorphopsia in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD): the effects of intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (Anti-VEGF) therapy.
• Validation of an artificial cornea for use as an educational model in intraocular surgery.
• Refractive Profile of a Canadian Narrow Angle Population: a prospective study.
• Patient perception and expectations towards technological advancements in cataract surgery during pre-operative counseling.
• A novel lacrimal taste test using a bittering agent in the evaluation of suspected lacrimal obstruction in patients presenting with epiphora in a tertiary care centre.
• Collagen Cross-Linking for Corneal Perforation Suture Repair: a cadaveric study.

2014–15 Projects

• Efficacy of Mannitol as an adjunct to lateral canthotomy and cantholysis in the management or orbital compartment syndrome. 
• Identification of vascular endothelial growth factor protein in eyelid basal cell carcinomas.        
• Outcomes of femtosecond cataract surgery with premium intraocular lenses.                           
• Improving automated perimetry performance in glaucoma patients using active noise-cancellation technology.
• Peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in non-exudative vs chronically treated exudative age-related macular degeneration.                                  
• Relative Importance of the Components of the CaRMS Application: Longitudinal changes in perceptions of medical students.                          
• Evaluation of a new technique for the preparation of endothelial grafts for Descemet’s membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK).
• Punctal plug retention rates for the treatment of moderate to severe dry eye: A Randomized, Double-Masked, Controlled Clinical Trial.
• Adverse Reactions following IVFA.      
• Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Nepefenac, Ketorolac and Placebo in Preventing Macular Edema After Uncomplicated Cataract Extraction: 3 year follow up.
• Assessing the use of multimedia as part of the consent process for IVFA.