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Stephen Anesi

Stephen D. Anesi, MD, FACS

Dr. Anesi is the co-president and partner of Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), seeing and treating patients with uveitis, scleritis, keratitis, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), dry eye, cataracts, glaucoma and general ophthalmology issues. Dr. Anesi attended the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California to earn his Doctorate of Medicine in 2006. After completion of his residency at Nassau University Medical Center in 2010, where he served as Chief Resident, Dr. Anesi traveled to Cambridge for his Fellowship in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis with Dr. C. Stephen Foster. Dr. Anesi is now a preceptor for the OIUF Research and Clinical Fellowships in Ocular Immunology and Uveitis.

C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR

Dr. Foster is the Founder of the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI)- a state of the art practice with its own chemotherapy infusion suite and phlebotomy lab, and Founder and President of the Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation (OIUF)- a nonprofit dedicated to the research and support of Ocular Inflammatory Disease. Dr. Foster received his medical degree at Duke University Medical Center in 1969 and completed various distinguished training in Internal Medicine and Ophthalmology. He began his independent research in 1977, and has continued his research and teaching activities since opening his private practice, MERSI, in 2005. Dr. Foster has published over 1000 papers and 14 textbooks on the topic of Ocular Inflammatory Diseases.

Peter Chang, MD, FACS

Dr. Chang is the co-president and partner of Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI). He received his Doctor of Medicine from Tufts University School of Medicine in 2008 and then pursued a 2-year Clinical Research Fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular Immunology with Dr. C Stephen Foster. The MERSI training helped solidify his interest in complex ocular conditions and systemic rheumatic disorders. Dr. Chang has completed medical internship at Mount Auburn Hospital, residency training in Ophthalmology at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, and fellowship training in Vitreoretinal Surgery at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary. Dr. Chang currently practices at MERSI, and now serves as a preceptor for the OIUF Research and Clinical Fellowships.

David Chu

David Shu-Chih Chu, MD

Dr. Chu is an ophthalmologist specializing in ocular immunology and corneal transplantation. Dr. Chu completed his Doctor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and ophthalmology residency training at New York Medical College. Dr. Chu was trained by Dr. C. Stephen Foster during his Ocular Immunology fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical School. He is currently a professor of ophthalmology at the New Jersey Medical School of Rutgers University. His office is located in Palisades Park, New Jersey, where he conducts research and clinical trials and lectures nationally and internationally, striving to provide cutting-edge medical and surgical options for patients with complex ocular conditions.

Frances Foster

Frances Foster, MS, NP

Frances Foster received her bachelors in nursing and then masters from Boston College. She is an adult health nurse practitioner and has her clinical nurse specialty in health promotion and stress management. She is one of the founders of the uveitis support group of the Ocular and Immunology Uveitis Foundation. She started the support group in 1996 and remains as the group facilitator today. She is a patient advocate for obtaining medications for ocular inflammatory disease patients. She practiced many years as a nurse practitioner in primary care at Mass General Hospital in Boston before joining Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution to oversee the infusion therapy and emergencies for patients with Ocular Inflammatory Disease.

Rajiv Shah, MD

Dr. Shah is an ophthalmology specialist in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Specializing in age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and epiretinal membranes. He graduated from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in 2005 and then went on to complete his residency In Ophthalmology at State University of New York. Dr. Shah has also completed fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery, uveitis and ocular immunology, as well as vitreoretinal surgery. Dr. Shah also currently serves as an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Foundation(OIUF). Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Amedco Joint Accreditation #4008163.

Professions in scope for this activity are listed below.

Physicians Amedco LLC designates this live activity and enduring material for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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     Uveitis and Steroid-Sparing Therapy

    Presented by C. Stephen Foster, MD, FACS, FACR

    Audio-Digest Ophthalmology Volume 56, Issue 15

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