Revised 10/2013
JASON C. YEH, MD
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
3601 4th Street STOP 7217
Lubbock, Texas 79430
Phone 806.743.9500 ext 254
Fax 806.743.2471
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CERTIFICATION
2008 - 2018 American Board of Ophthalmology
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
10/2013 – Present Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Glaucoma
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
09/2009 – 09/2013 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Glaucoma, Cataract and Anterior Segment Surgeon
Division of Ophthalmology
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
07/2008 – 05/2009 Glaucoma, Cataract and Anterior Segment Surgeon
Department of Ophthalmology
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Fontana, CA
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
07/2007 – 06/2008 Fellowship in Glaucoma and Clinical Instructor
Department of Ophthalmology
Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
07/2004 – 06/2007 Residency in Ophthalmology
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
07/2003 – 06/2004 Preliminary Internship in Medicine
Department of Medicine
UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
08/1998 – 05/2003 David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Doctor of Medicine
07/2000 – 06/2001 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)-National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Scholars Program
Head and Neck Surgery Branch, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
08/1994 –05/1998 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bachelor of Science in Biology (March 1998)
Graduated with Summa Cum Laude and Departmental Honors
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Curriculum Vitae
PUBLICATIONS
Francis BA, Yeh J, Lu A, Varma R, Chopra V, Huang D. Glaucoma diagnostic accuracy of quantitative imaging devices using best combined parameters. In revision.
Francis BA, Minckler D, Dustin L, Kawji S, Yeh J, Sit A, Mosaed S, Johnstone M; Trabectome Study Group. Combined cataract extraction and trabeculotomy by the internal approach for coexisting cataract and open-angle glaucoma: initial results. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2008 Jul;34(7):1096-103.
Yeh J, Kravitz D, Francis BA. Rational use of the fixed combination of Dorzolamide/Timolol in the management of raised intraocular pressure and glaucoma. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2008;2(2):389-99.
Lee TL, Yeh J, Friedman J, Yan B, Yang X, Yeh NT, Van Waes C, Chen Z. A signal network involving coactivated NF-kappaB and STAT3 and altered p53 modulates BAX/BCL-XL expression and promotes cell survival of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Int J Cancer. 2008 May 1;122(9):1987-98.
Yu M, Yeh J, Van Waes C. Protein kinase casein kinase 2 mediates inhibitor-kappaB kinase and aberrant nuclear factor-kappaB activation by serum factor(s) in head and neck squamous carcinoma cells. Cancer Res. 2006;66(13):6722-31.
Lee TL, Yeh J, Van Waes C, Chen Z. Epigenetic modification of SOCS-1 differentially regulates STAT3 activation in response to interleukin-6 receptor and epidermal growth factor receptor signaling through JAK and/or MEK in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006;5(1):8-19.
Bancroft CC, Chen Z, Yeh J, Sunwoo JB, Yeh NT, Jackson S, Jackson C, Van Waes C. Effects of pharmacologic antagonists of epidermal growth factor receptor, PI3K and MEK signal kinases on NF-kappaB and AP-1 activation and IL-8 and VEGF expression in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma lines. Int J Cancer. 2002;99(4):538-48.
Yeh J, Zheng S, Howard BD. Impaired differentiation of HPRT-deficient dopaminergic neurons: a possible mechanism underlying neuronal dysfunction in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. J Neurosci Res. 1998;53:78-85.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
2009 – Present Outcome analysis of the treatment of neovascular glaucoma with intravitreal bevacizumab and mitomycin C-assisted trabeculectomy versus aqueous tube shunt
Division of Ophthalmology, University of Vermont
2007 – 2008 Examination of the efficacy of Trabectome combined with cataract surgery.
Department of Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine at USC
2006 – 2007 Analysis of the nerve fiber layer thickness in glaucoma patients with large optic discs and increased cup to disc ratios and its predictability to their functional deficits
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago
2006 – 2007 Evaluation of the nerve fiber layer thickness variations in high myopic patients compared to normal subjects
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago
2005 – 2006 Comparison of Efficacy between Intravitreal and Periocular Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide for Refractory Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Edema
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago
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Curriculum Vitae
2004 – 2005 Review of the use of Tisseel in Oculoplastics
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Chicago
2000 – 2001 Characterization of the role of STAT3 and Bcl-xL as alternative mechanism for resistance of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma to apoptosis after suppression of NF-kB activation
The HHMI – NIH Research Scholars Program
Head and Neck Surgery Branch, The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, The National Institutes of Health
1999 Analysis of the independent predictability of age and diabetic retinopathy on vision-targeted and generic health-related quality of life
The John A. Hartford/AFAR Medical Student Geriatrics Scholars Program
Department of Internal Medicine/Health Services Research, UCLA School of Medicine
1996 – 1998 Investigation of the effects of HPRT-deficiency on dopaminergic neuron differentiation in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
UCLA President’s Undergraduate Fellowship and Howard Hughes Honors Undergraduate Summer Research Program
Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA School of Medicine
COURSE & ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Common Eye Issues for the Primary Care Provider.
38th Annual University of Vermont Family Medicine Review Course, June 2012.
Pseudoexfoliation Sydrome and Glaucoma
Grand Rounds at the University of Vermont, February 2011.
Normotensive Glaucoma: New Analysis and Treatment.
Grand Rounds at the University of Vermont, June 2010.
Evolving Technology for Early Glaucoma Detection.
Doheny Eye Institute Continuing Medical Education Series, April 2008.
Is Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Useful in Assessing Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Damage Progression in Patients with Large Optic Discs?
Department of Ophthalmology Research Day, University of Chicago, June 2007.
Comparison of Efficacy between Intravitreal and Periocular Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide for Refractory Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Edema.
Department of Ophthalmology Research Day, University of Chicago, June 2006.
The Use of Tisseel in Oculoplastics.
Department of Ophthalmology Research Day, University of Chicago, June 2005.
STAT3 and Bcl-xL provide alternate survival mechanism for HNSCC with NF-kB inhibition.
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, September 2001.
Impact of age and severity of diabetic retinopathy on vision-targeted and generic health-related quality of life. American Federation for Medical Research, Western Regional Meeting, February 2000 and UCLA Short Term Training Program, August 1999.
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Curriculum Vitae
Impaired differentiation of HPRT-deficient dopamine neurons (An explanation of Lesch-Nyhan syndrome). Howard Hughes Honors Undergraduate Summer Research Program, August 1997.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Yeh JC, Lu A, Varma R, Huang D, Advanced Imaging for Glaucoma Study Group. Comparing the Glaucoma Diagnostic Accuracy of OCT, GDx and HRT II Using Best Composite Scores. ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2008.
Francis BA, Minckler DS, Yeh J, Dustin L. Combined Cataract Extraction and Trabectome Surgery (Trabeculotomy by Internal Approach) for Coexisting Cataract and Open-Angle Glaucoma. ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2008.
Yeh JC, Hariprasad SM, Benevento J, Mieler WF. Comparison of Efficacy between Intravitreal and Periocular Injection of Triamcinolone Acetonide for Refractory Pseudophakic Cystoid Macular Edema.
AAO Annual Meeting, November 2006
ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2006.
Yeh JC, Tucker N. The Use of Tisseel in Oculoplastics. ARVO Annual Meeting, May 2005.
Lee TL, Yeh J, Chen Z, Van Waes C. Aberrant methylation of human suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 (SOCS-1) associates with activation of phospho-STAT3 in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). American Academy of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, April 2002.
Bancroft CC, Chen Z, Yeh J, Sunwoo JB, Yeh NT, Jackson S, Van Waes C. Effects of pharmacologic antagonists of epidermal growth factor receptor, PI3K and MEK signal kinases on NF-kB and AP-1 activation and IL-8 and VEGF expression in human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma lines. American Academy of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, April 2002.
Yeh J, Gutierrez P, Mangione CM. Impact of age and severity of diabetic retinopathy on vision-targeted and generic health-related quality of life. American Geriatrics Society/American Federation for Aging Research Annual Scientific Meeting, May 2000.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Howard Hughes Medical Institute-National Institutes of Health Research Scholars Program
Allergan Horizon Fellowship Grant
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society
Mortar Board National Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
UCLA Provost’s Honors List
UCLA Dean's Honors List
San Pedro Hospital Health Career Scholarships
Lazar Medical Scholarship
Bay Harbor Hospital Health Career Scholarship
Phi Eta Sigma Scholarship
ALSAM Foundation Scholarship
UCLA Alumni Scholarship
UCLA Regents Scholarship
UCLA Undergraduate Distinguished Scholar Award