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Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi Laboratory

Glaucoma Diagnostics and Advanced Imaging

Advancing the early detection and treatment of glaucoma through innovative imaging and AI technologies

Dr. Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, M.D., M.Sc.

Professor

  • Kay K. Pick Endowed Chair in Glaucoma Research
  • Department of Ophthalmology
  • Chief, Glaucoma Division
  • Director, Glaucoma Advanced Imaging and AI Laboratory
  • Jules Stein Eye Institute

Dr. Nouri-Mahdavi has an active clinical practice managing adult glaucoma patients and complex cataract surgeries. Dr. Nouri-Mahdavi's research focuses on functional and structural measurements for optimizing diagnosis of glaucoma and detection of disease progression, use of machine learning approaches in glaucoma diagnostics, and study of surgical outcomes in glaucoma. He has been the recipient of many awards including the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Secretariat and Achievement Awards, American Glaucoma Society MAPS Grant Award, the American Glaucoma Society Early and Mid-Career Clinician Scientist Awards, the Gerald Oppenheimer Family Foundation Center for Prevention of Eye Disease Award, Senior Alcon Research Award, and NIH K23 and R01 awards. He has been the co-recipient of UCLA Innovation Awards in 2018 and 2019 for translational research projects. His research is currently funded by an NIH R01 award to optimize detection of glaucoma progression in eyes with advanced glaucoma.

Dr. Nouri-Mahdavi is a clinician-scientist who continues to teach and publish extensively. He frequently lectures at national and international meetings. He is currently a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's (AAO), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, and the Chair of the AGS' Annual Meeting Committee. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Glaucoma, International Glaucoma Review, and Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research.

Lab Members

Recent Publications

Prediction of Glaucoma Progression with Structural Parameters: Comparison of Optical Coherence Tomography and Clinical Disc Parameters

Ramin Daneshvar, Adeleh Yarmohammadi, Reza Alizadeh, Sharon Henry, Simon K. Law, Joseph Caprioli, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2019)

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Longitudinal Macular Structure-Function Relationships in Glaucoma and Their Sources of Variability

Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, Nima Fatehi, Joseph Caprioli

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2019)

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Risk Factors for Fast Visual Field Progression in Glaucoma

Ji Hyun Kim, Alessandro Rabiolo, Esteban Morales, Fei Yu, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, Joseph Caprioli

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2019)

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Cataract Surgery and Rate of Visual Field Progression in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Ji Hyun Kim, Alessandro Rabiolo, Esteban Morales, Nima Fatehi, Wen-Shin Lee, Fei Yu, …, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, et al.

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2019)

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Association of Structural and Functional Measures With Contrast Sensitivity in Glaucoma

Nima Fatehi, Sara Nowroozizadeh, Sharon Henry, Anne L. Coleman, Joseph Caprioli, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2017)

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Selecting visual field tests and assessing visual field deterioration in glaucoma

Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (2014)

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Reply

Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, Sara Nowroozizadeh, Nariman Nassiri, Nila Cirineo, Shane Knipping, JoAnn Giaconi, Joseph Caprioli

American Journal of Ophthalmology (2014)

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Global and Pointwise Rates of Decay in Glaucoma Eyes Deteriorating according to Pointwise Event Analysis

Nariman Nassiri, Sasan Moghimi, Anne L. Coleman, Simon K. Law, Joseph Caprioli, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (2013)

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Comparison of Results of Initial Trabeculectomy With Mitomycin C After Prior Clear-corneal Phacoemulsification to Outcomes in Phakic Eyes

Chutima Supawavej, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, Simon K. Law, Joseph Caprioli

Journal of Glaucoma (2013)

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Validation of Point-Wise Exponential Regression to Measure the Decay Rates of Glaucomatous Visual Fields

Parham Azarbod, Dennis Mock, Elena Bitrian, Abdelmonem A. Afifi, Fei Yu, Kouros Nouri-Mahdavi, Anne L. Coleman, Joseph Caprioli

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (2012)

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