Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center s1

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