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MORE ABOUT DR. HEMMATI

PRESENTATIONS

“PROSE used to Reduce Blink Rate in Dry Eye and Blepharospasm”; Hemmati RT, Yen MT, Pflugfelder SC (May 2020) 

  • Accepted for paper presentation at The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Baltimore, MD


“BostonSight PROSE & Scleral Lenses for Dry Eye and Blepharospasm”

  • Presented at the Benign Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation Meeting – Houston, Tx (September 2019)


“Scleral Lens Fitting 101” & “Scleral Lens Workshop” presented by the Scleral Lens Education Society

  • Presented at Vision by Design – San Antonio, Tx (May 2019)


“Scleral Lens Workshop” presented by the Scleral Lens Education Society

  • Presented at Vision by Design – Orlando, FL (April 2018)


“Fitting a Wavefront Guided Scleral Lens – A Clinical Perspective”

  • Presented at The International Forum for Scleral Lens Research – Houston, Tx (December 2016)


“Scleral Case Grand Rounds” & “Scleral Lens Hands-On Workshop”

  • Presented at Building Your Practice With Specialty Lenses – Houston, Tx (July 2016)


“Expert Panel: Research Results in Specialty Contact Lenses: Comfort, Tear Exchange, and Torics”

  • Presented at The 2016 Global Specialty Lens Symposium - Las Vegas, NV (January 2016)


“Tear Exchange in Hybrid Lenses - How Good Is It?”

  • Presented at The 32nd Annual Cornea, Contact Lens, and Contemporary Vision Care Symposium - Houston, Tx (December 2015)

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“Epidemic Keratoconjunctivitis and Various Treatment Methods” Honors Recipient

  • Presented at The Grand Rounds and New Developments, University of Houston College of Optometry - Houston, Tx (February 2015)

PUBLICATIONS

“Comparison of Wavefront-guided and Best Conventional Scleral Lenses after Habituation in Eyes with Corneal Ectasia”; Hastings GD, Applegate RA, Nguyen LC, Kauffman MJ, Hemmati RT, Marsack JD; Optometry and Vision Science, vol. 96, no. 4, 2019, pp. 238–247.

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“Case series: Extended wear of rigid gas permeable scleral contact lenses for the treatment of persistent corneal epithelial defects”; Khan M, Manuel K, Vegas B, Yadav S, Hemmati R, Al-Mohtaseb Z; Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, Volume 42, Issue 1, 117 – 122

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“Tear Exchange in 2nd Generation Hybrid Lenses”

  • Online SynergEye blog post – May 2016

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

“Characterization of the Reversal in Net Aberration Structure in Eyes with Highly Aberrated Corneas during Scleral Lens Wear”; Hastings GD, Marsack JD, Nguyen LC, Hemmati RT, Applegate RA (October 2017)

  • Presented at The American Academy of Optometry – Chicago, IL


“Aberration Correction, Visual Image Quality, and Visual Performance in Highly Aberrated Eye with Traditional and Wavefront-Guided Scleral Lens Corrections”; Hastings GD, Marsack JD, Nguyen LC, Hemmati RT, Applegate RA (August 2017)

  • Presented at The International Society for Contact Lens Research – Stevenson, WA

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“Performance of Spherical and Wavefront-Guided Scleral Lenses in Keratoconus”; Hemmati RT, Hastings GD, Nguyen LC, Marsack JD, Applegate RA (May 2017)

  • Presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Baltimore, MD


“Optimizing Scleral Lens Prescriptions in Highly Aberrated Eyes”; Nguyen LC, Hastings GD, Hemmati RT, Applegate RA, Marsack JD (May 2017)

  • Presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Baltimore, MD

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 “Applying Measured Levels of Rigid Lens HORMS Reduction to a Large Simulated Sample of Keratoconic Wavefront Errors”; Marsack JD, Hastings GD, Hemmati RT, Nguyen LC, Rozema J, Applegate RA (May 2017)

  • Presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Baltimore, MD


“Optimizing Spectacle Prescriptions for Patients with Keratoconus”; Shumard E, Hastings GD, Applegate RA, Nguyen LC, Hemmati RT, Marsack JD, (May 2017)

  • Presented at The Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology – Baltimore, MD


“Residual Higher Order Aberrations Through Scleral Contact Lenses in Keratoconus”; Hemmati RT, Hastings GD, Marsack JD, Nguyen LC, Applegate RA (January 2017)

  • Presented at The 2017 Global Specialty Lens Symposium – Las Vegas, NV


“EyePrintPRO: When All Else Fails For A Challenging Graft And Bleb Eye”; Hemmati RT, Slater D (January 2017)

  • Presented at The 2017 Global Specialty Lens Symposium – Las Vegas, NV


“Scleral Lens Tear Film Reservoir Analysis: Protein and Lipid Concentration in Midday Fogging”; Hemmati RT, Walker MK, Bergmanson JPG (January 2016) First Place Scientific Poster Recipient

  • Presented at The 2016 Global Specialty Lens Symposium - Las Vegas, NV


“Corneal Swelling with Varying Tear Reservoir Depths in Scleral Lens Wearers”; Walker MK, Hemmati RT, Bergmanson JPG (January 2016)

  • Presented at The 2016 Global Specialty Lens Symposium - Las Vegas, NV


“Custom Scleral Lens Fitting Using The Eaglet Eye Surface Profiler”; Hemmati RT (October 2015)

  • Presented at The American Academy of Optometry - New Orleans, LA

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“Aren’t Scleral Lenses Swell? Measurements of Corneal Thickness in Scleral Lens Wearers”; Walker MK, Hemmati RT, Skidmore K, Bergmanson JPG (October 2015)

  • Presented at The American Academy of Optometry - New Orleans, LA

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Most Post-Glaucoma Surgery EyePrintPRO Fittings 

    • Awarded by EyeprintPRO at The 2019 Global Specialty Lens Symposium (January 2019)

  • Knights Templar Eye Foundation Travel Grant Award, (May 17)

    • Awarded for travel to the 2017 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Meeting

  • Contact Lens and Cornea Residency Section Residency Forum Grant Award

    • Sponsored by CooperVision for The American Optometric Association 2016 Optometry’s Meeting

  • First Place Scientific Poster at The 2016 Global Specialty Lens Symposium (January 2016)

  • Global Specialty Lens Symposium Educational Grant Award

    • Sponsored by Essilor Contact Lens and Menicon for The 2016 Global Specialty Lens Symposium

  • Cornea, Contact Lens, and Refractive Technologies Resident Travel Fellowship Grant Award

    • Sponsored by CooperVision for The 2015 American Academy of Optometry Meeting

  • Contact Lens and Cornea Residency Section Residency Forum Grant Award

    • Sponsored by CooperVision for The American Optometric Association 2015 Optometry’s Meeting

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