California Center
for CLINICAL RESEARCHFax: 626-284-8636
www. researchcalifornia. corn
Michael A. Samuel, MD [email protected]LICENSE State of California Medical License No. A83237 State of Ohio Medical License - 2007
State of Pennsylvania Medical License - 2005 State of New Jersey Medical License - 2006 DEA: FSO435710
CERTIFICATION Board Certified - American Board of Ophthalmology - 2004 & MEMBERSHIP American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Society of Retinal Specialists
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
PROFESSIONAL California Center for Clinical Research
AFFILIATIONS 207 S. Santa Anita, Suite P30 San Gabriel, CA 91776 Tel: (626) 284-8401 Fax: (626) 284-8636
Retina Institute of California
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Retina Institute of California 160 E. Artesia Street, Ste 120 Pomona, CA 91767
Tel: (909) 629-5965 Tel: (909) 629-5968
EDUCATION & Fellowships:
TRAINING Vitreo-Retinal Surgery
Doheny Retina Institute / University of Southern California 2004 — 2005
Pediatric Vitreo-Retinal Surgery & Ocular Oncology Children's Hospital Los Angeles
University of Southern California 2003 — 2004
Residency:
Ophthalmology
Henry Ford Health System Detroit, MI
2000 — 2003
Internship:
Transitional Year
Mount Carmel Medical Center Columbus, OH
1999 -2000
Graduate:
Meharry Medical College — M.D. Nashville, TN
1995 - 1999
Undergraduate:
Capital University, B.A. Columbus, OH
1992 - 1995
PROFESSIONAL 2010 — Present
POSITIONS California Center for Clinical Research San Gabriel, CA
Medical Director 2009-Present
Retina Institute of California Pasadena, CA
2008-2009
Columbus Eye Center — The Retina Group Columbus, OH
2008-2009
Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
2004-2008
Wills Eye Hospital — Attending Retina Service Philadelphia, PA
Thomas Jefferson University — Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Philadelphia, PA
2004-2008
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia — Clinical Affiliate Philadelphia, PA
Central Montgomery Medical Center Lansdale, PA
Montgomery Hospital Norristown, PA
RESEARCH, "A PHASE III, DOUBLE-MASKED, MULTICENTER,
CLINICAL TRIALS RANDOMIZED, ACTIVE TREATMENT-CONTROLLED STUDY
OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF 0.5mg AND 2.0mg DRUG ADMINISTERED MONTHLY OR ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS (PRN) IN PATIENTS WITH SUBFOVEAL NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION"
"A 24-MONTH RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-MASKED, CONTROLLED, MULTICENTER, PHASE IIIB STUDY ASSESSING SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF DRUG PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY ADMINISTERED IN
CONJUNCTION WITH DRUG VERSUS DRUG MONOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH SUBFOVEAL CHOROIDAL
NEOVASCULARIZATION SECONDARY TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION"
"DRUG FOR EDEMA OF THE MACULA IN DIABETES: A PHASE 2 STUDY"
"A RANDOMIZED, SINGLE-MASKED, LONG-TERM, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY STUDY OF INTRAVITREAL DRUG IN
SUBJECTS WITH NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION"
"A DOUBLE-MASKED, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE SAFETY, TOLERABILITY AND BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF REPEATED INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA (DME)"
"A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-MASKED, ACTIVE CONTROLLED
PHASE III STUDY OF THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND
TOLERABILITY OF REPEATED DOSES OF INTRAVITREAL DRUG IN SUBJECTS WITH NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION"
"A PHASE III, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, SHAM
INJECTION-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DRUG INJECTION COMPARED WITH SHAM IN SUBJECTS WITH MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION"
"A PHASE III, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, SHAM
INJECTION-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DRUG INJECTION COMPARED WITH SHAM IN SUBJECTS WITH MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION"
"AN OPEN-LABEL, MULTICENTER EXTENSION STUDY TO EVALUATE THE SAFETY AND TOLERABILITY OF DRUG IN SUBJECTS WITH CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION (CNV) SECONDARY TO AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD) OR MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION (RVO) WHO HAVE COMPLETED A XXXXXX-SPONSORED DRUG STUDY"
"A PHASE III, DOUBLE-MASKED, MULTICENTER, RANDOMIZED, SHAM-CONTROLLED STUDY OF THE
EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF DRUG INJECTION IN SUBJECTS WITH CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT MACULAR EDEMA WITH CENTER INVOLVEMENT SECONDARY TO DIABETES
MELLITUS"
"A PHASE 2, RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-MASKED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, DOSE-RANGING CLINICAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF SUBCONJUNCTIVAL
INJECTIONS OF DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO DIABETIC
RETINOPATHY"
"A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE MASKED, CONTROLLED PHASE 3 STUDY OF THE EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND TOLERABILITY OF REPEATED INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF DRUG IN SUBJECTS WITH MACULAR EDEMA SECONDARY TO CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION (CRVO)"
Principal Investigator, CABERNET trial, 2007
Cnv Secondary Amd Treated with BEta RadiatioN Epiretinal Therapy. NeoVista Inc, Fremont, CA
Principal Investigator, RADICAL trial, 2007
Reduced Fluence Visudyne-Anti-VEGF-Dexamethasone In Combination jar AMD Lesions. QLT Inc. Vancouver, BC
Diabetes Research Training Program -Vanderbilt University -1996 Vanderbilt University Research Grant -1996 -97 -Wound healing
using the Free Electron Laser (FEL).
HONORS & AOS-Knapp Fellowship Award — 2004 AWARDS
Outstanding Resident Award 2003 - 8 of 600+ residents in Henry
Ford Health System
Barsky Award - Study design and implementation. 2004 HFHS
Meharry Public Service Award co-founding the Vanderbilt - Meharry
Program for Prenatal Health.
PEER REVIEWED Samuel MA, Kaufman SC, Ahee JA, Wee C, Bogorad D. Diffuse PUBLICATIONS lamellar keratitis associated with carboxymethylcellulose sodium 1%
(Celluvisc) after laser in situ keratomileusis. J of Cataract & Refract
Surg. 2002 Sep;28(9):1651-4
Ahee JA, Kaufman SC, Samuel MA. Decreased incidence of epithelial defects during lasik with intraoperative carboxymethylcellulose 0.5% solution. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2002Aug;28(8):1409-11.
Samuel MA, Gandolfo C, Desai DR. Peripapillary retinal detachment
after radial optic neurotomy for central retinal vein occlusion. Retina. 2003 Aug;23(4):580-3.
Samuel MA, Desai DR, Strassman I, Abusamak M. Intraocular
bicarbonate fortified BSS as an infusate during pars plana vitrectomy.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2003 Sep;51(3):237-42.
Trick G, Samuel MA. Clinical applications of short wave length automated perimetry. Comprehensive Ophthalmol Update. 2003 Nov;4(6):269-76
Raman SV, Desai DR, Anderson S, Samuel MA. Visual prognosis in patients with traumatic choroidal rupture. Can J Ophthalmol. 2004 Apr;39(3):260-6.
Tawansy KA, Samuel MA. Retinopathy of prematurity: practical surgical management in the new millennium. Techniques in
Ophthalmology 2004 Jun;2(2):60-65.
Kiahmi M, Samuel MA, Desai DR, Imami NR. Familial HLA-A2B7 associated anterior uveitis. Can J Ophthalmol. 2004 Oct;39(6):664-6
Samuel MA, Desai UR. Ocular trauma associated with Pickwickian
Syndrome. Journal of Injury - Online journal 2004, July
Kuarana RN, Charonis A, Samuel MA, Gupta A, Tawansy KA. Intravenous foscarnet in the management of acyclovir-resistant herpes simplex virus type 2 in acute retinal necrosis in children. Med Sci
Monit. 2005 Nov 24;11(12):CS75-78
Khurana RN, Samuel MA, Murphree AL, Loo RH, Tawansy KA. Subfoveal nodule in Coats' disease. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2005 Jun;33(3):301-2.
Tawansy KA, Samuel MA, Shammas M, Murphree AL. Vitreoretinal complications of retinoblastoma treatment. Retina. 2006 Sep;26(7 Suppl):S47-52.
Samuel MA, Equi RA, Chang TS, Mieler W, Jampol LM, Hay D,
Yannuzzi LA. Idiopathic retinitis, vasculitis, aneurysms, and neuroretinitis (IRVAN): new observations and a proposed staging system. Ophthalmology. 2007 Aug;114(8):1526-1529.el.
Lam HD, Samuel MA, Rao NA, Murphree AL. Retinoblastoma presenting as Coats' disease. Eye. 2007 Nov 30.
Hsu J, Kaiser RS, Sivalingam A, Abraham P, Fineman MS, Samuel MA, et al. Intravitreal bevacizumab (avastin) in central retinal vein occlusion. Retina. 2007 Oct;27(8):1013-9.
ABSTRACTS Samuel MA. Treating CNV Caused By AMD with Verteporfin PDT
and Bevacizumab: The Registry ofVisudyne0 AMD Therapy Database. Retina Society Meeting. 2007 Boston.
Samuel MA, Tawansy KA, Oppenheimer N. Rhegmatogenous
retinal detachment in neonatal retinopathy of prematurity. ARVO 2005. Poster
Hill JR, Crawford BD, Samuel MA, Tawansy KA. Evaluation of open-globe injuries of children in the last 15 years. ARVO 2005. Poster
Samuel MA, Tawansy KA. (2004) Current indications for scleral
buckling in neonatal rop retinal detachment. 22"d Annual Meeting
American Society of Retina Specialists, San Diego, CA. Paper
Shammas MC, Samuel MA, Murphree AL. (2004) Late recurrence of intraocular retinoblastoma. 22"d Annual Meeting American Society
of Retina Specialists, San Diego, CA. Paper
Lam D, Tawansy KA, Samuel MA. (2004) Smoldering retinopathy of prematurity: late onset neonatal retinal detachment. 22nd Annual
Meeting American Society of Retina Specialists, San Diego, CA.
Paper
Samuel MA, Stewart JM, Tawansy KA. (2004) Open-sky vitrectomy
for pediatric retinal detachments. Doheny Eye Institute Alumni Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. Paper.
Samuel MA, Tawansy KA. (2003) Top ten reasons for a pediatric
vitreo-retinal consult. Doheny Retina Forum, Los Angeles, CA. Paper.
Samuel MA, Tawansy KA, Murphree AL. (2003) Vitreo-retinal
complications of retinoblastoma. 21st Annual Meeting American
Society of Retina Specialists, New York, NY. Paper.
Samuel MA, Jackson J, Adusumalli M. (1996). Characterization of the
free electron laser (FEL) in a diabetic model of impaired wound healing. Vanderbilt University Diabetes Research Symposium, Nashville, Tennessee. Paper
Samuel MA, Kaufman SC, Ahee JA, Wee C, Bogorad D. (2001).
Diffuse lanlellar keratitis associated with carboxymethylcellulose sodium 1% (Celluvisc) after laser in situ keratomileusis. Henry Ford
Samuel MA, Desai DR, Strassman I, Abusamak M, Schiffman RM.
(2002). Intraocular irrigating solutions: a clinical study of BSS Plus and dextrose bicarbonate fortified BSS as an infusate during pars plana vitrectomy. Henry Ford Hospital Alumni Meeting -Eye Care Services, Detroit, Michigan.
Bhatti RA, Samuel MA, Fantin A, Dennehy P, Desai DR, Bachyinski B. (2005). The role of fetal hemoglobin in the development and progression of retinopathy of prematurity. ARVO 2005. Poster Pons M, Samuel MA, Murphree AL. (2004) Regression patterns of retinoblastoma after primary chemotherapy and local consolidation.
Annual Meeting American Society of Retina Specialists, San Diego,
CA. Poster.
Khurana R, Charonis A, Samuel MA, Tawansy KA. (2004)
Pediatric acute retinal necrosis resistant to acyclovir and responsive to foscarnet. Annual Meeting American Society ofRetina
Specialists, San Diego, CA. Poster.
Samuel MA, Tawansy KA, Murphree AL, Roa NA. (2004) Clinical
and fluorescein angiographic characteristics of late-onset retinoblastoma with coats' response in children. ARVO -Poster Lam DH, Tawansy KA, Samuel MA. (2004) Delayed retinal vascular maturation and late onset macular dragging and retinal detachment in neonates with retinopathy of prematurity. ARVO -Poster
Khaimi M, Samuel MA, Desai UR, Imami NR, Schiffinan RM. (2002) Familial HLAA2B7 associated anterior uveitis. Retina
Congress --The Combined Meeting, San Francisco, California.
Poster.
Abdulhak MM, Samuel MA, Desai UR, Edwards PA. (2002) Retinal manifestations of patients with sickle cell trait. Retina Congress -The
Combined Meeting, San Francisco, California. Poster.
Desai UR, Gandolfo CB, Samuel MA. (2002). Timing of macula-on retinal detachment surgery. Retina Congress -The Combined Meeting, San Francisco, California. Poster
Deasi UR, Raman SV, Edwards PA, Gandolfo CB, Samuel MA. (2002). Visual outcomes of choroidal ruptures. Retina Congress -The