In addition to primary care services, Dr. Shenoda Abd Elmaseh actively contributes to medical research and scholarly initiatives. By participating in clinical research and keeping pace with leading scientific publications, he works to advance healthcare knowledge and bring the latest evidence-based treatments to our patients and community. Explore his academic contributions below, including posters, oral presentations, video presentations, and quality improvement projects highlighting his ongoing clinical research efforts.
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American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2015
National Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida 2023.
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Salt Lake City, Utah 2025.
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Salt Lake City, Utah 2025.
North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Boston, MA 2026.
Poster Presentation:
1- Abd Elmaseh S, Palmares T, Song J, Song A. Vibration Anesthetic Device Reduces Pain Perception for Subcutaneous Injections Prior to Oculoplastic Surgeries. American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Scientific Symposium, Chicago 2014.
2- Abd Elmaseh S, Song J, Palmares T, Song M, Song A. Vibration Anesthetic Device Reduces Pain Perception Prior to Peripheral Laser Iridotomy. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2015.
3- Palmares T, Song J, Song A, Song M, Abd Elmaseh S. A Novel Device to Assist Patients with Eye Drops Administration. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2017.
4- Song A, Abd Elmaseh S, Song J, Song M, Palmares T. Ptosis Repair may Improve Visual Field Defects in Advanced Glaucoma Patients. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2017.
5- Abd Elmaseh S, Song J, Song A, Palmares T, Song M. SLT Efficacy affected by Ethnicity. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2017.
6- Hong E, Song J, Palmares T, Song A, Song M, Jeon R, Kim In J, Benedicto S, Abd Elmaseh S, Shen Q. Radiofrequency alleviating Tissue Lymphedema from Dercum's disease, Lymphedema following Mastectomy and Lipomas. Fat Disorders Research Society conference, Dallas 2018.
7- Song A, Song J, Palmares T, Song H, Hong E, Song M, Abd Elmaseh S. Recurrence of eyelid tumor after Mohs versus Frozen Sections. American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, Chicago 2018.
8- Abd Elmaseh S, Colin McCloskey, Val Smalley, Anthony LaPorta, Tuan Hoang. Perforated Appendicitis in Amyand’s Hernia requiring Appendectomy and ileocolectomy not demonstrated on preoperative computed tomography. National Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas 2022.
9- Abd Elmaseh S, Reese Cooper, Stephen Viltrakis, Anthony LaPorta, Tuan Hoang. Massive Pancreatic Pseudocyst and Metabolic Catastrophe. National Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas 2022.
10- Abd Elmaseh S. The Emerging Role of Primary Care Physicians to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Rural Areas using High Resolution Fundus Camera. California Academy of Family Physicians 9th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California 2022.
11- Arcidi J, Abd Elmaseh S, Johanston J, Koster N, Mc Dowell C, Abolink I. Mycotic Mitral Valve Aneurysm: Chronology of an isolated lesion and approach to repair. Cardiothoracic Surgical Society Annual Meeting, FL, 2022.
12- Abd Elmaseh S, Kirk J, Lau J, Caroll J, Heyn D, McHenry R, Ranjbar M, Zapata I, LaPorta A, Hoang T. Incidence of COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality rates, a comparison between a rural and metropolitan community in California. National Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida 2023.
13- Abd Elmaseh S, Martin H, Dalsaso T, Lau J, LaPorta A, Hoang T. Case report of a closed loop small bowel obstruction by two different sites with two different etiologies. National Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida 2023.
14- Maryam Golmohammadi, Danielle A. Gauthier, Abd Elmaseh S, Nutsa Pargalava, Alfredo A. Sadun,. Visual Outcomes of First Affected Eye Vs. Second In Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy Patients. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Conference. Arizona, March 2025.
15- Abd Elmaseh S, Danielle A Gauthier, Nutsa Pargalava, Maryam Golmohammadi, Alfredo A Sadun. The Association between Visual Field and OCT in Type I And Type II Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON). Journal of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Volume 66 Issue 8 Pages 3186-3186. Publisher The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. June 2025.
16- Abd Elmaseh S, Danielle Gauthier, Maryam Golmohammadi, Nutsa Pargalava, Valerio Carelli, Alfredo A Sadun. Metformin May Alter the Course of Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON): A Case Report. Frontiers in Medicine Journal. Volume 12 Pages 1609941. August 2025
17- Maryam Golmohammadi, Danielle A Gauthier, Abd Elmaseh S, Alfredo A Sadun. Oxygen and Adult Eye Diseases: Physiology and Pathophysiology. Journal Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry. Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 193-203. August 2025
18- Maryam Golmohammadi, Danielle A Gauthier, Abd Elmaseh S, Alfredo A Sadun. Oxygen and Adult Eye Diseases: Disease Presentation and Management. Advances in Ophthalmology and Optometry Journal. Volume 10 Issue 1 Pages 205-216. August 2025
19- Sadun AA, Golmohammadi M, Ramezani A, Gauthier DA, Abd Elmaseh S, Gilhooley MJ. Deep Learning-Based Retinal Texture Features Analysis in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. MIT-MGB AI Conference. September 2025
20- AA Sadun, M Golmohammadi, A Ramezani, DA Gauthier, Abd Elmaseh S, MJ Gilhooley. Deep Learning-Based Retinal Vessel Segmentation and Analysis of Intensity and Density in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Boston, MA 2026
21- Abd Elmaseh S, Kim Firn, Danielle A. Gauthier, Maryam Golmohammadi, Madeline Limb, Alfredo A. Sadun. Left eye Physiological Increase in IOP may explain why Right Eye is first affected in Patients with Leber’s Hereditary Optic neuropathy (LHON). North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society. Boston, MA 2026
Video presentation:
Abd Elmaseh S, Song J, Song A, Palmares T, Song M. Bleb Dysesthesia Resolved With Ptosis Repair. American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego 2017.
Oral Presentation:
Abd Elmaseh S. The Emerging Role of Primary Care Physicians to Improve Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Rural Areas using High Resolution Fundus Camera. California Academy of Family Physicians 9th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California 2022.
Quality Improvement Projects:
1-Improvement in the percentage of Advance Directive Forms in outpatient clinics from 43% to 98% over 1 year. Redwood community
Health Center. Eureka, California - 2021
2-Improvement in the percentage of diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care physicians’ clinics using high resolution fundus camera
from 20% to 90% over 6 months. Open Door Community Health Centers. Eureka, California – 2022
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