Armin Afshar, MD, MBA, MAS
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

His research program is funded by the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Research to Prevent Blindness, and That Man May See.

Dr. Afshar's specialty is in the treatment of eye tumors and disorders of the retina and vitreous. In addition to expertise in retinal diseases and surgery, he has special training and experience in the management of ocular surface tumors of the conjunctiva and cornea, as well as intra-ocular tumors involving the iris, ciliary body, choroid, retina, vitreous and optic nerves. The UCSF Ocular Oncology Service is an internationally renowned center of excellence with longstanding programs of distinction in Retinoblastoma and Uveal Melanoma, and is one of only a handful of centers world-wide offering both Ocular Proton Therapy and plaque brachytherapy.

Dr. Afshar earned his bachelor of science and medical degree in the accelerated honors medical program at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, and a master's degree in business administration at the University of Chicago. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Chicago and fellowships in vitreoretinal surgery and ocular oncology at UCSF. He also completed a master's degree in clinical research in epidemiology & biostatistics at UCSF. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society of Retinal Specialists, American Association of Ophthalmic Oncologists and Pathologists and International Society of Ocular Oncology.

• Next-generation sequencing of a large uveal melanoma with whole genome doubling and a PBRM1 mutation.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2023 Ahmad TR, Pekmezci M, Bloomer MM, Grenert JP, Afshar AR
• Prognostic Value of BAP1 and Preferentially Expressed Antigen in Melanoma (PRAME) Immunohistochemistry in Uveal Melanomas.
  Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc 2023 Han LM, Lee KW, Uludag G, Seider MI, Afshar AR, Bloomer MM, Pekmezci M
• Uveal Melanoma and the IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight): A Pilot Analysis and Future Directions.
  Ophthalmology. Retina 2022 Uner OE, Aronow ME, Mruthyunjaya P, Materin MA, Stacey AW, Wilson M, Afshar A, Skalet AH
• COCCIDIOIDAL ENDOPHTHALMITIS: EXCELLENT RECOVERY OF VISION WITH AGGRESSIVE USE OF INTRAVITREAL ANTIFUNGALS AND VITRECTOMY.
  Retinal cases & brief reports 2022 Ahmad TR, Li J, Wu F, Rahman S, Bever GJ, Afshar AR
• Ocular Malignancies.
  2022 Kavita K. Mishra, Armin R. Afshar, MA Scholey Jessica, Andrzej Kacperek, and Bertil E. Damato
• Chorioretinal Findings as the Initial Presentation of Chronic Granulomatous Disease.
  Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina 2022 Chen TA, Rayess N, Afshar AR, Moshfeghi DM, Duncan JL, de Alba Campomanes AG
• Retinal emboli after cervicopetrous junction internal carotid artery pseudoaneurysm stenting.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2021 Mekonnen ZK, Everett LA, Hetts SW, Afshar AR
• Need for Retinal Detachment Reoperation Based on Primary Repair Method Among Commercially Insured Patients, 2003-2016.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2021 Reeves MR, Afshar AR, Pershing S
• Telemedicine diabetic retinopathy screening: rationale and practical considerations in mobile imaging with ultra-widefield photography.
  Annals of Eye Science 2021 Jay M. Stewart, Armin R. Afshar
• As the worm turns: An infant with exotropia.
  Survey of ophthalmology 2020 Hennein L, de Alba Campomanes AG, Afshar AR, Robbins SL
• A Pediatric Patient With an Asymptomatic, Unilateral Retinal Mass.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2020 Everett LA, Rahman SA, Afshar AR
• Key Clinical Concepts from Multi-Institutional Experience with Dedicated Fixed Low-Energy Proton Ocular Beamlines.
  International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2020 K.K. Mishra, A. Kacperek, I.K. Daftari, A.R. Afshar, J. Scholey, B. Damato, D.H. Char, J.M. Quivey
• Systemic Corticosteroid Use after Central Serous Chorioretinopathy Diagnosis.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Azad AD, Zhou M, Afshar AR, Bakri SJ, Pershing S
• Oral isotretinoin and topical retinoid use in a series of young patients with ocular melanoma.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2020 Mishra KK, Scholey JE, Daftari IK, Afshar A, Tsai T, Park S, Quivey JM, Char DH
• Global Retinoblastoma Presentation and Analysis by National Income Level.
  JAMA oncology 2020 Global Retinoblastoma Study Group, Fabian ID, Abdallah E, Abdullahi SU, Abdulqader RA, Adamou Boubacar S, Ademola-Popoola DS, Adio A, Afshar AR, Aggarwal P, Aghaji AE, Ahmad A, Akib MNR, Al Harby L, …
• Practice Considerations for Proton Beam Radiation Therapy of Uveal Melanoma During the Coronavirus Disease Pandemic: Particle Therapy Co-Operative Group Ocular Experience.
  Advances in radiation oncology 2020 Mishra KK, Afshar A, Thariat J, Shih HA, Scholey JE, Daftari IK, Kacperek A, Pica A, Hrbacek J, Dendale R, Mazal A, Heufelder J, Char DH, Sauerwein WAG, Weber DC, Damato BE
• Choroidal melanoma overlying scleral buckle evading detection treated with proton beam radiotherapy.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2020 Afshar AR, Damato BE
• The diagnostic utility of next-generation sequencing on FNA biopsies of melanocytic uveal lesions.
  Cancer cytopathology 2020 Han LM, Khanafshar E, Afshar AR, Calkins SM
• Multicenter External Validation of the Liverpool Uveal Melanoma Prognosticator Online: An OOG Collaborative Study.
  Cancers 2020 Cunha Rola A, Taktak A, Eleuteri A, Kalirai H, Heimann H, Hussain R, Bonnett LJ, Hill CJ, Traynor M, Jager MJ, Marinkovic M, Luyten GPM, Dogrusöz M, Kilic E, de Klein A, Smit K, van Poppelen NM, …
• THERAPEUTIC VITRECTOMY AS AN ADJUNCT TREATMENT TO SYSTEMIC CHEMOTHERAPY FOR INTRAOCULAR LYMPHOMA.
  Retinal cases & brief reports 2020 Bever GJ, Kim DJ, Afshar AR, Rubenstein JL, Damato BE
• Next-Generation Sequencing of Retinoblastoma Identifies Pathogenic Alterations beyond RB1 Inactivation That Correlate with Aggressive Histopathologic Features.
  Ophthalmology 2019 Afshar AR, Pekmezci M, Bloomer MM, Cadenas NJ, Stevers M, Banerjee A, Roy R, Olshen AB, Van Ziffle J, Onodera C, Devine WP, Grenert JP, Bastian BC, Solomon DA, Damato BE
• An audit of retinal lymphoma treatment at the University of California San Francisco.
  Eye (London, England) 2019 Damato B, Bever GJ, Kim DJ, Afshar AR, Rubenstein JL
• Next-Generation Sequencing of Uveal Melanoma for Detection of Genetic Alterations Predicting Metastasis.
  Translational vision science & technology 2019 Afshar AR, Damato BE, Stewart JM, Zablotska LB, Roy R, Olshen AB, Joseph NM, Bastian BC
• The Relative Impact of Patient, Physician, and Geographic Factors on Variation in Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Management.
  Ophthalmology 2019 Vail D, Pershing S, Reeves MG, Afshar AR
• A Novel Hybrid Fixed and Mobile Ultra-Widefield Imaging Program for Diabetic Teleretinopathy Screening.
  Ophthalmology. Retina 2019 Afshar AR, Oldenburg CE, Stewart JM
• Choroidal Metastasis.
  2019 Greg Bever, Armin Afshar, Bertil Damato
• Diagnostic Techniques: Other Biopsy Techniques.
  2019 Bertil E. Damato, Armin Afshar, Sarah E. Coupland, Heinrich Heimann, Carl Groenewald
• Ocular Melanoma.
  2019 Armin R. Afshar, Bertil E. Damato, Boris C. Bastian
• Uveal Melanoma: Differential Diagnosis.
  2019 Bertil E. Damato, Armin R. Afshar
• Choice of Primary Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair Method in US Commercially Insured and Medicare Advantage Patients, 2003-2016.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2018 Reeves MG, Pershing S, Afshar AR
• Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma Presenting with Choroidal Metastasis Simulating Primary Uveal Melanoma.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Everett L, Damato BE, Bloomer MM, Palmer JD, Kao AA, Stewart JM, Afshar AR
• The University of California, San Francisco Documentation System for Retinoblastoma: Preparing to Improve Staging Methods for This Disease.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Damato B, Afshar AR, Everett L, Banerjee A, Hetts SW
• Insights from a Case of Vitreoretinal Lymphoma.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Damato BE, Bever GJ, Afshar AR, Rubenstein JL
• Re: Reddy et al.: Vitrectomy and vitrector port needle biopsy of choroidal melanoma for gene expression profile testing immediately before brachytherapy. (Ophthalmology. 2017;124:1377-1382).
  Ophthalmology 2018 Afshar AR, Damato BE, Stewart JM, Heimann H, Coupland SE
• Choroidal Lymphoma Discovered on Ultrasound in a Patient with Suspected Corneal Tumor.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Theophanous C, Pekmezci M, Damato BE, Kao AA, Bloomer MM, Stewart JM, Afshar AR
• The Patient's Experience of Ocular Melanoma in the US: A Survey of the Ocular Melanoma Foundation.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Afshar AR, Deiner M, Allen G, Damato BE
• Metastatic Cutaneous Melanoma Presenting with Choroidal Metastasis Simulating Primary Uveal Melanoma
  Ocul Onc Pathol 2018 Everett L, Damato BE, Bloomer MM, Palmer JD, Kao AA, Stewart JM, Afshar AR.
• Ocular Melanoma.
  2018 Armin R. Afshar, Bertil E. Damato, Boris C. Bastian
• POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY: A CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDY.
  Retinal cases & brief reports 2017 Moussa K, Bloomer MM, Schwartz DM, Pan CK, Toy BC, Crawford JB, Afshar AR
• Management of Primary Acquired Melanosis, Nevus, and Conjunctival Melanoma.
  Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center 2016 Kao A, Afshar A, Bloomer M, Damato B
• OUTER RETINAL ATROPHY ON SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AFTER RESOLUTION OF GLAUCOMA SURGERY-ASSOCIATED HYPOTONY MACULOPATHY.
  Retinal cases & brief reports 2016 Afshar AR, Hemarat K, Liu W, Wang S, Stewart JM
• Proton Beam Radiotherapy for Uveal Melanoma
  Expert Rev Ophthalmol. 2015 Afshar AR, Stewart JM, Kao AA, Mishra KK, Daftari IK, Damato BE.
• Proton beam radiotherapy for uveal melanoma.
  Expert Review of Ophthalmology 2015 Armin R Afshar, Jay M Stewart, Andrew A Kao, Kavita K Mishra, Inder K Daftari, Bertil E Damato
• DOME-SHAPED MACULA WITH THICKENED CHOROID IN AN EMMETROPIC PATIENT.
  Retinal cases & brief reports 2015 Kedkovid N, Afshar AR, Damato BE, Stewart JM
• Uveal melanoma: evidence for efficacy of therapy.
  International ophthalmology clinics 2015 Afshar AR, Damato BE
• Trendelenburg positioning with temporal approach for vitreoretinal surgery in a patient with severe kyphosis.
  Eye (London, England) 2014 Afshar AR, Pongsachareonnont P, Siegner SW, Stewart JM
• Outcomes of chronic macular hole surgical repair.
  Indian journal of ophthalmology 2014 Shukla SY, Afshar AR, Kiernan DF, Hariprasad SM
• Author reply: To PMID 24246828.
  Ophthalmology 2014 Afshar AR, Stewart JM
• Dexamethasone intravitreal implant trapped at the macula in a silicone oil-filled eye.
  Ophthalmology 2013 Afshar AR, Loh AR, Pongsachareonnont P, Schwartz DM, Stewart JM
• Toxic corneal epitheliopathy after intravitreal methotrexate and its treatment with oral folic acid.
  Cornea 2013 Gorovoy I, Prechanond T, Abia M, Afshar AR, Stewart JM
• Cystoid macular edema associated with fingolimod use for multiple sclerosis.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2013 Afshar AR, Fernandes JK, Patel RD, Ksiazek SM, Sheth VS, Reder AT, Hariprasad SM
• Use of intravitreous bevacizumab to treat macular edema in West Nile virus chorioretinitis.
  Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) 2012 Afshar AR, Hariprasad SM, Jampol LM, Sheth VS
• Assessing ophthalmoscopy skills.
  Ophthalmology 2010 Afshar AR, Oh FS, Birnbaum AD, Namavari A, Riddle JM, Djalilian AR
• Down-regulation of Notch signaling during corneal epithelial proliferation.
  Molecular vision 2008 Djalilian AR, Namavari A, Ito A, Balali S, Afshar A, Lavker RM, Yue BY
• Assessment of the response in vivo and in vitro of Plasmodium falciparum to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the malarious areas of Iran.
  The Journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 1993 Edrissian GH, Afshar A, Sayedzadeh A, Mohsseni G, Satvat MT