Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

ISSN: 2008-322X

The latest research in clinical ophthalmology and the science of vision.

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Shahin Yazdani, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran shahinyazdani@yahoo.com

Founder & Senior Editor
Hamid Ahmadieh, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran hahmadieh@hotmail.com

Manager
Mohammad Ali Javadi, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran ma_javadi@yahoo.com

Co-Executive Editor
Sare Safi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Saresafi.s@gmail.com

Co-Executive Editor
Hamideh Sabbaghi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Editorial Board
Heydar Amini, MD

Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Editorial Staff
Bahar Safdari, MSc

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James Bainbridge, PhD, FRCOphth

UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

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Elahe Elahi, PhD

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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Khalil Ghasemi Falavarjani, MD

Eye Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Ali Hafezi-Moghadam, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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Pedram Hamrah, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine, Massachusetts, USA

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Andrew J. W. Huang, MD, MPH

Washington University School of Medicine, Missouri, USA

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Martine J. Jager, MD, PhD

Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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Mohammad-Ali Javadi, MD

Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Jost B. Jonas, MD

Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology, Basal, Switzerland

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Farid Karimian, MD

Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Ahmad Kheirkhah, MD

Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health at San Antonio, Texas, USA

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Timothy Lai, MBBS, MD, FRCSEd

Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

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Alireza Lashay, MD

Translational Ophthalmology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Ian MacDonald, MD, FRCSC

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Jodhbir S. Mehta, MBBS, FRCOphth, FRCS

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

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Mehdi Modarres-Zadeh, MD

Eye Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, MD, MSc

Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, California, USA

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Mohammad Hosein Nowroozzadeh, MD

Poostchi Ophthalmology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Center, Shiraz, Iran

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Yadollah Omidi, PharmD, PhD

Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA

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Virender S. Sangwan, MD

LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

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Nader Sheibani, PhD

University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA

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Ramin Tadayoni, MD, PhD

Université Paris Cité, Paris, France

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Ilkhnur Tugal-Tutkun, MD

Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey

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Siamak Zarei-Ghanavati, MD

Eye Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Advisory Board

Tin Aung, FRCS, FRCOphth, PhD

Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore

Hossein Baharvand, PhD

Royan Research Center, Tehran, Iran

Ahmad-Reza Dehpour, PhD

Department of Pharmacology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Ingrid Kreissig, MD

Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Phillip Luthert, FRCS, FRCPath

Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

Neil Miller, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maryland, USA

Gholam A. Peyman, MD

University of Arizona, Arizona, USA

Jose Sahel, PhD

Institute de la Vision, Paris, France

Mansoor Sarfarazi, PhD

Molecular Ophthalmic Genetics Laboratory, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, USA

Khalid Tabbara, MD

Eye Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Scheffer Tseng, MD, PhD

Ocular Surface Center, Florida, USA

Robert Weinreb, MD

Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego, California, USA

Marco Zarbin, MD, PhD

New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

Touka Banaee, MD

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, USA

Hamed Esfandiari, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA

Sepehr Feizi, MD

Research Institute for Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Haeri, MD, PhD

University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas, USA

Naveed Nilforushan, MD

Eye Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Riazi, MD

Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California Irvine, California, USA

Zahra-Soheila Soheili, MD

National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Mehdi Tavakoli, MD

George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA

Farzad Pakdel, MD

Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Mehran Zarei-Ghanavati, MD

Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran