Julius Oatts, MD
Associate Professor
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Dr. Julius Oatts is a pediatric ophthalmologist and a pediatric glaucoma specialist who specializes in the medical and surgical treatment of children with common eye diseases as well as glaucoma, a rare condition in children. His research focuses on the most accurate ways to measure eye pressure in children. He is involved with the UCSF ophthalmology residency surgical and classroom curriculum in his role as associate residency program director.

Awards

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• John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, 2021

Education & Training

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• Pediatric Glaucoma Moorfields Eye Hospital 2019
• Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School 2018
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
• Ophthalmology University of California, San Francisco 2017
• Medicine Yale School of Medicine 2013

Interests

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• Pediatric ophthalmology
• pediatric glaucoma and anterior segment surgery

Publications (71)

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Glaucoma, Angle-ClosureIntraocular PressureConnective Tissue DiseasesEsotropiaPresbyopiaMydriaticsOphthalmologistsVigabatrinTrabeculectomyGlaucoma, Open-AngleEye DiseasesOrbitOculomotor MusclesGlaucomaGlaucoma Drainage Implants

• Schwere Proptose während einer Kataraktoperation.
  Kompass Ophthalmologie 2024 Lauren Ton, Wanlin Zhang, Murtaza Saifee, Anushka Walia, Julius Oatts, Ying Han
• The Challenge in Building Diverse Ophthalmology Residency Programs.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2024 Oatts JT, Parikh N, Ramanathan S
• Retinal hemorrhages with Valsalva during laser photocoagulation in previously treated ROP.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2024 Chen TA, Oatts JT, Campomanes AGA
• Probing versus primary nasal endoscopy for the treatment of congenital dacryocystoceles.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2024 Ahmad TR, Lindquist KJ, Oatts JT, de Alba Campomanes AG, Kersten RC, Chan DK, Indaram M
• Genetic changes and testing associated with childhood glaucoma: A systematic review.
  PloS one 2024 Kumar A, Han Y, Oatts JT

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• Effect of Lens Status on the Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation.
  Ophthalmology. Glaucoma 2024 Stallworth JY, Hekmatjah N, Yu Y, Oatts JT, Ying GS, Han Y
• 96 Eye and Vision Disorders.
  Avery's Diseases of the Newborn 2024 Julius T. Oatts, Alejandra G. De Alba Campomanes, Gil Binenbaum
• Use of ultrasound biomicroscopy to predict the outcome of anterior segment reconstruction in congenital fibrovascular pupillary membrane with secondary glaucoma.
  The British journal of ophthalmology 2023 Zhu Y, Fang L, Oatts J, Han Y, Lin S, Chen L, Liu X, Zhong Y
• A Prospective Study of the Effects of General Anesthesia on Intraocular Pressure in Healthy Children.
  Ophthalmology science 2023 Oatts JT, Shen S, Zhu H, Gong Q, Yu Y, Ying GS, Han Y, Liu H
• Anterior chamber fluorescein leakage in a child with intraocular pressure elevation and vitreous hemorrhage.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2023 Hekmatjah N, Qureshi A, Afshar A, Oatts JT
• Glaucoma Drainage Device Implantation, Outcomes, and Complications.
  International ophthalmology clinics 2023 Oatts JT, Han Y
• Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography for Detection of Narrow Angles: A Community-Based Diagnostic Accuracy Study.
  Ophthalmology. Glaucoma 2023 Pradhan S, Sah RK, Bhandari G, Bhandari S, Byanju R, Kandel RP, Thompson IJB, Stevens VM, Aromin KM, Oatts JT, Ou Y, Lietman TM, O'Brien KS, Keenan JD
• Relationship Between Intraocular Pressure and Age: A Population-Based Study in Nepal.
  Journal of glaucoma 2023 Bhandari G, Bhandari S, Byanju R, Pradhan S, Sah RK, Kandel RP, Thompson IJ, Rotchford AP, West SK, Muñoz B, Stevens VM, Oatts JT, Ou Y, Lietman TM, O'Brien KS, Keenan JD
• Severe proptosis during cataract surgery.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2023 Ton L, Zhang W, Saifee M, Walia A, Oatts J, Han Y
• Bilateral Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Managed With Probing and Irrigation in a Patient With FGF10-Associated Lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital Syndrome.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2023 Ma CJ, Oatts JT, Indaram M
• Ab interno canaloplasty versus gonioscopy-assisted transluminal trabeculotomy in open-angle glaucoma: a randomised controlled trial.
  The British journal of ophthalmology 2023 Yin P, Li J, Shi Y, Cao K, Han Y, Wang H, Liu H, Xin C, Wang Y, Oatts J, Wang J, Sang Q, Cheng Z, Wang N
• Barriers in Ophthalmology Residency Applications for Students Identifying as Underrepresented in Medicine: A San Francisco Match Analysis.
  Journal of surgical education 2023 Maru JA, Wang J, Knight OJ, Tsou BC, Oatts JT, Ross DA, Moore EZ, Zhang AY, Ramanathan S, Woreta FA
• Where Have All the Pediatric Ophthalmologists Gone?-Pediatric Eye Care Scarcity and the Challenge of Creating Equitable Health Care Access.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2023 Oatts JT, Indaram M, de Alba Campomanes AG
• Efficacy of Ahmed and Baerveldt glaucoma drainage device implantation in the pediatric population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Survey of ophthalmology 2023 Stallworth JY, O'Brien KS, Han Y, Oatts JT
• Pharmacologic Mydriasis and Cycloplegia: A Review of Novel Delivery Devices.
  Ophthalmology 2023 Jalin A Jordan, Julius T Oatts
• Diagnostic Accuracy of Frequency-Doubling Technology and the Moorfields Motion Displacement Test for Glaucoma.
  Ophthalmology. Glaucoma 2022 Richardson QR, Kumar RS, Ramgopal B, Rackenchath MV, A V SD, Mannil SS, Nagaraj S, Moe CA, Wittberg DM, O'Brien KS, Oatts JT, Stamper RL, Keenan JD
• Randomized Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of the Nanodropper Device for Pupillary Dilation and Cycloplegia in Children.
  Ophthalmology 2022 Hoppe CB, Yonamine S, Kao BW, Turner ML, Ou Y, Han Y, Keenan JD, Oatts JT
• Structural and refractive outcomes of intravitreal ranibizumab followed by laser photocoagulation for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Hoppe C, Holt DG, Arnold BF, Thinda S, Padmanabhan SP, Oatts JT
• Congenital ciliary body cysts causing lens abnormalities and secondary angle closure glaucoma in a child.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2022 Turner ML, de Alba Campomanes AG, Stewart JM, Oatts JT
• Clinical and Visual Field Outcomes Following Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery Combined with Cataract Surgery.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Turner ML, Taha AM, Yonamine S, Yu Y, Saifee M, Yang M, Ying GS, Han Y, Oatts JT
• Diagnostic accuracy of an iPad application for detection of visual field defects.
  Eye (London, England) 2022 Richardson QR, Kumar RS, Ramgopal B, Rackenchath MV, A V SD, Mannil SS, Nagaraj S, Moe CA, Wittberg DM, O'Brien KS, Oatts JT, Stamper RL, Keenan JD
• Accuracy of eyemeter as a deep learning tool for identifying strabismus in pediatric patients.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Sarah Ziaei, Luca Della Santina, Michael Deiner, Seanna Grob, Julius Oatts
• Noninferiority of a small volume eye drop adapter for pediatric pupillary dilation and cycloplegia.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Charis Hoppe, Brandon Kao, Elise Harb, Kristi Choy, Jessica Tame, Alejandra de Alba, Ying Han, Julius Oatts
• Outcomes of intravitreal ranibizumab followed by laser photocoagulation for type 1 retinopathy of prematurity.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Derick Holt, Charis Hoppe, Benjamin F. Arnold, Sumeer Thinda, Sriranjani Padmanabhan, Julius Oatts
• Preventing Childhood Vision Loss Through Exploitative Prison Labor: A Call for Action.
  American journal of public health 2022 Oatts JT, Hutt J, de Alba AG
• What's new and important in pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Emily McCourt, Prashanthi Giridhar, Robert Clark, Smith Ann Chisholm, Carolina Adams, Hersh Varma, Lance Siegel, Julius Oatts, Austin Bach, Alina Dumitrescu
• Relationship Between Optical Coherence Tomography and Anterior Chamber Depth After Pupillary Dilation in Primary Angle Closure Suspects.
  Journal of glaucoma 2022 Kao BW, Yonamine S, Zhao M, Oatts J, Yu Y, Ying GS, Xu X, Han Y
• Ocular examinations, findings, and toxicity in children taking vigabatrin.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2022 Schein Y, Miller KD, Han Y, Yu Y, de Alba Campomanes AG, Binenbaum G, Oatts JT
• Phacolytic Glaucoma in an Adult with Stickler Syndrome.
  Ophthalmology. Glaucoma 2022 Stallworth JY, Schallhorn JM, Oatts JT
• A rare presentation of Horner syndrome due to internal jugular phlebectasia.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Safi M, Safo MB, Oatts JT, Qureshi A
• Novel Discoveries of Anterior Segment Parameters in Fellow Eyes of Acute Primary Angle Closure and Chronic Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma.
  Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2021 You S, Liang Z, Yang K, Zhang Y, Oatts J, Han Y, Wu H
• Clinical and Ultrasound Biomicroscopic Characteristics of Congenital Fibrovascular Pupillary Membrane-Induced Secondary Glaucoma.
  Frontiers in medicine 2021 Zhu Y, Fang L, Zhong Y, Oatts J, Han Y, Lin S, Chen L, Zhou X, Su Y, Liu P, Liu X
• A Prospective Study of Intraocular Pressure Spike and Failure After Gonioscopy-Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy in Juvenile Open-Angle Glaucoma: A Prospective Study of GATT in JOAG.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2021 Shi Y, Wang H, Oatts JT, Xin C, Yin P, Zhang L, Tian J, Zhang Y, Cao K, Han Y, Wang N
• Bilateral Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty in an Infant With Congenital Hereditary Endothelial Dystrophy.
  Cornea 2021 Wu F, Oatts JT, Schallhorn JM
• Low-dose transscleral cyclophotocoagulation with subsequent phacoemulsification in the treatment of prolonged acute primary angle closure.
  The British journal of ophthalmology 2021 Shi Y, Oatts J, Tian J, Qiao C, Zhang Q, Han Y, Wang N
• Ocular examinations and findings in children on vigabatrin.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Keith D. Miller, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes, Maanasa Indaram, Ying Han, Julius T. Oatts
• Quickly closing the loop for failed vision screening referrals—a multidisciplinary rapid access vision screening pilot clinic.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Laura K. Chalkley, Leila Hajkazemshirazi, Maanasa Indaram, Karen Cooper, Tansy Wong, Julius Oatts, Elise Harb, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes
• Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance of Swept-Source Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Primary Angle Closure Disease.
  American journal of ophthalmology 2021 Ma P, Wu Y, Oatts J, Patlidanon J, Yu Y, Ying GS, Kline B, Tun TA, He M, Aung T, Li S, Yang Y, Han Y
• Repeatability and Reproducibility of Anterior Chamber Angle Measurement with Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography in Patients with Primary Angle Closure Suspect.
  Current eye research 2021 Zhao T, Zhao M, Xie Q, Fong CW, Chen J, Liu Y, Feng H, Li S, Arnold BF, Aung T, He M, Oatts JT, Han Y
• Reply.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Lum C, Seitzman G, Schallhorn J, Oatts J, Ramanathan S, de Alba Campomanes AD, Lum F
• Ab interno vs ab externo microcatheter-assisted trabeculotomy for primary congenital glaucoma with clear cornea.
  Clinical & experimental ophthalmology 2020 Shi Y, Wang H, Oatts J, Cao K, Xin C, Liang X, Tian J, Han Y, Wang N
• Ocular Injuries and Blindness Caused by Crowd Control Measures in Civil Protests.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Lum C, Schallhorn J, Lum F, Ramanathan S, Oatts J, de Alba Campomanes AG, Seitzman G
• The Relationship Between Nailfold Microcirculation and Retinal Microcirculation in Healthy Subjects.
  Frontiers in physiology 2020 Tian J, Xie Y, Li M, Oatts J, Han Y, Yang Y, Shi Y, Sun Y, Sang J, Cao K, Xin C, Siloka L, Wang H, Wang N
• Effect of general anaesthesia on intraocular pressure in paediatric patients: a systematic review.
  Eye (London, England) 2020 Thanapaisal S, Oatts J, Zhao J, Perez CI, Yang Y, Porco TC, Singh K, Han Y
• Changes in Intraocular Pressure and Angle Structure after Dilation in Primary Angle-Closure Suspects with Visually Significant Cataract.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Zhao M, Sun Q, Oatts J, Hu G, Ge L, Zhu B, Fu M, Wang Y, Miao Y, Luo Q, Niu T, Yu Y, Ying GS, Aung T, Xu X, Han Y
• Pathogenic role of the vitreous in angle-closure glaucoma with autosomal recessive bestrophinopathy: a case report.
  BMC ophthalmology 2020 Shi Y, Tian J, Han Y, Oatts J, Wang N
• The Effect of Tube Location on Corneal Endothelial Cells in Patients with Ahmed Glaucoma Valve.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Zhang Q, Liu Y, Thanapaisal S, Oatts J, Luo Y, Ying GS, Wang J, McLeod SD, Gedde SJ, Han Y
• Symptomatic COVID-19 in Eye Professionals in Wuhan, China.
  Ophthalmology 2020 Qiao C, Zhang H, He M, Ying G, Chen C, Song Y, Oatts J, Liu Z, Xing Y, Xiao Z, Ke M, Ye Y, Chen X, Luo J, Han Y, Wang N
• Disease-related and age-related changes of anterior chamber angle structures in patients with primary congenital glaucoma: An in vivo high-frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy-based study.
  PloS one 2020 Shi Y, Han Y, Xin C, Hu M, Oatts J, Cao K, Wang H, Wang N
• Acquired reversible Brown syndrome caused by focal abscess of the superior oblique muscle.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2019 Oatts JT, Doyle JJ, Dodd MU, Mantagos IS, Dagi LR
• Outcomes of zone 1 retinopathy of prematurity.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2018 Julius Oatts, Jason Mantagos, Deborah Vanderveen
• Late extrusion of intrastromal corneal ring segments: A report of two cases.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2017 Oatts JT, Savar L, Hwang DG
• The effect of enucleation on orbital growth in patients with retinoblastoma.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2017 Oatts JT, Robbins JA, de Alba Campomanes AG
• Manual Removal of Intraocular Lens Silicone Oil Droplets and Dystrophic Calcifications Using a Nitinol Loop: A Case Series.
  Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina 2017 Moussa K, Leng T, Oatts JT, Bhisitkul RB, Hwang DG, Stewart JM
• Multimodal Assessment of Corneal Thinning Using Optical Coherence Tomography, Scheimpflug Imaging, Pachymetry, and Slit-Lamp Examination.
  Cornea 2017 Oatts JT, Keenan JD, Mannis T, Lietman TM, Rose-Nussbaumer J
• Inner retinal dystrophy in a patient with biallelic sequence variants in BRAT1.
  Ophthalmic genetics 2017 Oatts JT, Duncan JL, Hoyt CS, Slavotinek AM, Moore AT
• Ocular findings in a patient with fucosidosis.
  American journal of ophthalmology case reports 2016 Sánchez LR, Oatts JT, Duncan JL, Packman S, Moore AT
• The effect of enucleation on orbital growth in patients with retinoblastoma.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2016 Julius T. Oatts, Alejandra G. de Alba Campomanes
• Randomized Controlled Comparison of Titanium-Sapphire Versus Standard Q-Switched Nd: YAG Laser Trabeculoplasty.
  Journal of glaucoma 2016 Kaplowitz K, Wang S, Bilonick R, Oatts JT, Grippo T, Loewen NA
• Novel heterozygous mutation in YAP1 in a family with isolated ocular colobomas.
  Ophthalmic genetics 2016 Oatts JT, Hull S, Michaelides M, Arno G, Webster AR, Moore AT
• Orbital surface coil imaging predicts surgical anatomy of medial rectus muscle in consecutive exotropia: a case report.
  Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2016 Oatts JT, Kumar RN, Nyong'o OL
• Effect of alpha-2-agonist premedication on intraocular pressure after selective laser trabeculoplasty.
  Indian journal of ophthalmology 2015 Oatts JT, Wang X, Loewen NA
• Age-related distance esotropia--fusional amplitudes and clinical course.
  Strabismus 2014 Oatts JT, Salchow DJ
• In vitro and in vivo comparison of two suprachoroidal shunts.
  Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2013 Oatts JT, Zhang Z, Tseng H, Shields MB, Sinard JH, Loewen NA
• Fusional amplitudes in age-related distance esotropia.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2012 Julius T. Oatts, Daniel J. Salchow
• The residency application abyss: insights and advice.
  The Yale journal of biology and medicine 2011 Olson DP, Oatts JT, Fields BG, Huot SJ