Education:
Fellowship
2020 – 2022
Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship
ABO board certified 3/2021
Residency
2017 – 2020
Ophthalmology Residency
Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
Internship
2016 – 2017
St. Vincent Hospital Medical Center, Portland, OR
Medical School
2012 – 2016
M.D. Magna Cum Laude
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Undergraduate
2008 – 2011
Genetics
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Professional Memberships:
American Academy of Ophthalmology
American Medical Association
American Society of Retina Specialists
Oregon Academy of Ophthalmology
Honors, Awards, & Academic Service:
2020
Casey Eye Institute Kenneth Swan, MD Resident Research Award
2020
Casey Eye Institute Resident McLean Service Award
2019
Ophthalmology Times Research Scholar Program – 2nd place research presentation “Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption Maculopathy”
2018
Knights Templar Travel Grant. ARVO.
2018, 2019
Award for Excellence in Ophthalmic Knowledge Acquisition, Casey Eye Institute
2016
Magna Cum Laude. Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
2016
Research travel grant. G.B. Bietti Foundation, Rome, Italy.
2015
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Research Grant “Advanced Imaging in Early Diabetic Retinopathy”
2013
Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness Research Grant “Ocular manifestations in ALS”
2012 – 2016
Feinberg SOM Alfred S Burdick Scholarship
Publications, Presentations, & Abstracts:
| Simonett, JM, Skalet AH, Lujan BJ, et al. Risk factors and disease course for blood-brain barrier disruption-associated maculopathy. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2021;139(2):143-149. | |
| Simonett JM, Shakoor A, Bernstein PS. Intentional retinal injury with handheld lasers is an underrecognized form of self-harm. J Affect Disord. 2021;281:503-504. | |
| Shurygina MF, Simonett JM, Parker MA, et al. Genotype Phenotype Correlation and Variability in Microcephaly Associated with Chorioretinopathy or Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2020;61(13):2. | |
| Simonett JM, Choi RY, Flaxel CJ. Filtering-associated Endophthalmitis Following Trabeculectomy or Tube-shunt Implant. Ophthalmol Retina. 2020. | |
| Shah R, Simonett JM, Lyons R, Rao RC, Pennesi ME, Jain N. Disease Course in Patients With Pentosan Polysulfate Sodium-Associated Maculopathy After Drug Cessation. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2020. | |
| Simonett JM, Ambady P, Neuwelt EA, Skalet AH, Lin P. Maculopathy Associated With Osmotic Blood- Brain Barrier Disruption and Chemotherapy in Patients With Primary CNS Lymphoma. OSLI Retina. 2020;51(5):S5-S12. | |
| Simonett JM, Igelman A, Taylor SC, Flaxel CJ. Culture Proven Endophthalmitis after Intravitreal Injection: A 10-Year Analysis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2019;50(1):33-38. | |
| Pi S, Camino A, Wei X, Simonett JM, Cepurna W, Huang D, Morrison J, Jia Y. Rodent retinal circulation organization and oxygen metabolism revealed by visible-light optical coherence tomography. Biomed Opt Express. 2018;9(11):5851-62. | |
| Simonett JM, Winges KM. Vitreopapillary Traction on Optical Coherence Tomography. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2018;136(5):e180727. | |
| Lu Y*, Simonett JM*, Wang J, Zhang M, Hwang T, Hagag AM, Huang D, Li D, Jia Y. Evaluation of Automatically Quantified Foveal Avascular Zone Metrics for Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018;59(6):2212-2221. *Co-first authors. | |
| Jia Y, Simonett JM, Wang J, Hua X, Liu L, Hwang TS, Huang D. Wide-Field OCT Angiography Investigation of the Relationship Between Radial Peripapillary Capillary Plexus Density and Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017;58(12):5188-5194. | |
| Parravano M, De Geronimo D, Scarinci F, Querques L, Virgili G, Simonett JM, Varano M, Bandello F, Querques G. Diabetic Microaneurysms Internal Reflectivity on Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Detection. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017;179:90-96. | |
| Simonett JM, Scarinci F, Picconi F, Giorno P, De Geronimo D, Di Renzo A, Varano M, Frontoni S, Parravano M. Early microvascular retinal changes on Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Acta Ophthalmologica. 2017;95(8):751- 755. | |
| Garg PG, Simonett JM, Fawzi AA. White Vitreous Deposits After Subtenon Steroid Injection: More Than Meets the Eye. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2017;135(4):391-392. | |
| Simonett JM, Chan EW, Chou J, Skondra D, Colon D, Chee CK, Lingam G, Fawzi AA. Quantitative Analysis of En Face Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017;48(2):126- 133. | |
| Cacciamani A, Gelso A, Simonett JM, Ripandelli G, Pileri M, Stirpe M, Scarinci F. LONGITUDINAL MICROPERIMETRY EVALUATION AFTER INTRAVITREAL OCRIPLASMIN INJECTION FOR VITREOMACULAR TRACTION. Retina. 2017;37(10):1832-1838. | |
| Scarinci F, Fawzi AA, Shaarawy A, Simonett JM, Jampol LM. LONGITUDINAL QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF OUTER RETINAL LESIONS IN ACUTE POSTERIOR MULTIFOCAL PLACOID PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY USING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY. Retina. 2017;37(5):851-857. | |
| Simonett JM, Grewal DS, Fawzi AA, Lyon AT, Gill MK. Fundus Autofluorescence Patterns of Submacular Fluid Resolution Following Repair of Macula Involving Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2016;47(11):1020-1029. | |
| Knoll B, Simonett JM, Volpe NJ, Farsiu S, Ward M, Rademaker A, Weintraub S, Fawzi AA. Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: case-control study and meta-analysis. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). 2016;4:85-93. | |
| Simonett JM, Huang R, Siddique N, Farsiu S, Siddique T, Volpe NJ, Fawzi AA. Macular sub layer thinning and association with pulmonary function tests in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Sci Rep. 2016;6:29187. | |
| Simonett JM, Scarinci F, Labriola L, Jampol LM, Goldstein DA, Fawzi AA. A Case of Recurrent, Self-inflicted Handheld Laser Retinopathy. J AAPOS. 2016;20(2):168-70. | |
| Narala R, Scarinci F, Shaarawy A, Simonett JM, Flaxel CJ, Fawzi AA. LONGITUDINAL QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF PHOTORECEPTOR VOLUME FOLLOWING REPAIR OF MACULA-OFF RETINAL DETACHMENT. Retina. 2016;36(8):1432-8 | |
| Iu DL, Fan MC, Wong IY, Simonett JM, Jampol DL, Fawzi DA. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2016;36(7):1403-7. | |
| Volpe NJ, Simonett JM, Fawzi AA, Siddique T. Ophthalmic Manifestations of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (An American Ophthalmological Society Thesis). Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 2015;113:T12 | |
| Simonett JM, Sohrab MA, Pacheco J, Armstrong LL, Rzhetskaya M, Smith M, Hayes MG, Fawzi AA. A Validated Phenotyping Algorithm for Genetic Association Studies in Age-related Macular Degeneration. Sci Rep. 2015;5:12875. | |
| Fawzi AA, Simonett JM, Purta P, Moss HE, Lowry JL, Deng HX, Siddique N, Sufit R, Bigio EH, Volpe NJ, Siddique T. Clinicopathologic report of ocular involvement in ALS patients with C9orf72 mutation. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2014;15(7-8):569-80. | |
| Capowski EE, Simonett JM, Clark EM, Wright LS, Howden SE, Wallace KA, Petelinsek AM, Pinilla I, Phillips MJ, Meyer JS, Schneider BL, Thomson JA, Gamm DM. Loss of MITF expression during human embryonic stem cell differentiation disrupts retinal pigment epithelium development and optic vesicle cell proliferation. Hum Mol Genet. 2014;23(23):6332-44. | |
| Singh R, Shen W, Kuai D, Martin JM, Guo X, Smith MA, Perez ET, Phillips MJ, Simonett JM, et al. iPS cell modeling of Best disease: Insights into the pathophysiology of an inherited macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet. 2013;22(3):593-607. |
| Simonett JM, Lin P. Chapter 74: Vitreoretinal Lymphoma In. OCT and OCT Angiography in Retinal Disorders. Wolters Kluwer. In Press.C.M. Aderman, M. Deiner, M. Gupta, J. Blaha, M.H. Levin. Dichoptic virtual reality therapy for amblyopia in adults. ARVO Meeting Abstracts. June 2015 Vol 56: 2191. |
| Simonett JM, Pennesi ME (2019). Chapter 54: Peripheral Retinal Degenerations In. Peyman’s Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology, 2nd edition (pp. 933-74). London, UK: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. |
| Simonett JM, Pennesi ME. Gene Therapy for Posterior Segment Disease. AAO Focal Points. May 2019. |
| Heiferman MJ, Simonett JM, Fawzi AA. En Face Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging in Retinal Disorders. Retinal Physician. June 2015. |
