An integral part of residency here at Storm Eye Institute is resident research. Each year every resident is asked to complete a research project with the help and supervision of an attending physician for presentation at our spring meeting held in conjunction with ASCRS at Kiawah Island. The list of presentations from 2005 include: Development of Instrumentation for the Reduction of Post-Keratoplasty Astigmatism.
Neel Desai, MD A Comparison of Ultrasound Usage between the Infiniti & Legacy Systems
Daniel Hu, MD The Use of Adjustable Sutures in Non-Restrictive Adult Strabismus: A Survey
Patrick Kelty, MD Temporal Arteritis: Clinical Evaluation & Biopsy Techniques
Leslie Scarlett, MD Comparison of Higher Order Aberrations & Visual Outcomes between Manual and Automatic Registration with Ladarvision CustomCornea LASIK Surgery
Hawke Yoon, M.D. Use of Accumap in Random Series of Patients: A New Method of Assessing the VF/Objective Perimetry/Multifocal VEP vs Multifocal ERG
Sushma Rai, M.D. Evaluation of Near Vision
Jason Halverson, M.D.
Corneal Cultures: A Retrospective Analysis of Infectious Etiologies and Antibiotic Susceptibility Trends
David Hayes, MD
The Severity and Therapy of Ocular Manifestations in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: The STOMP Study
Steven Hudson, MD, JD
A Comparison of LASIK Enhancement Rates on Various Platforms
Gregory Johnson, MD
Safety and Efficacy of the SmartPlug Punctal Plug
Jennifer Merritt, MD
Effects of ALT in the VA Population
Lucy Yarbrough, MD Additionally there is a very strong and exciting research department here at Storm Eye that welcomes resident participation.
In addition to our own spring meeting, the SEI/ASCRS Clinical Update at Kiawah Island, SC, residents are able to attend other meetings/educational conferences. Seniors always attend the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual meeting. Seniors also attend the Alcon CPE course in Fort Worth, TX every year. The Lancaster course is attended by the first year residents. Second year residents are given the funds to attend a course/meeting of their choice. The annual NC/SC ophthalmology meeting is always open to residents. Residents presenting at a meeting have their costs met by the department. Residents have routinely participated at AAPOS, ASCRS and ARVO in the past. | 
