Seanna Grob, MD
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Dr. Seanna Grob is an Orbit and Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Her areas of interest include eyelid reconstruction after trauma, surgery, or cancer removal, disorders or malpositions of the eyelid, tearing and disorders of the lacrimal system, tumors and disorders of the orbit, anophthalmic socket surgery, and aesthetic eyelid and facial rejuvenation.
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Dr. Grob is originally from San Diego, CA. After completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of California, Berkeley in Molecular and Cellular Biology, she received her medical degree from the University of California, San Diego. During medical school, she completed a Masters in Advanced Studies of Clinical Research focusing on genetics of eye diseases. At medical school graduation, she received several awards including the Excellence in Ophthalmology Award, Stein Institute for Research on Aging (SIRA) Award, and the John and Lola Ross Award in the Science and Culture of Medicine. Her internship was done at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center followed by residency in ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Upon invitation, she stayed on as the Chief Resident and the Director of the Ocular Trauma Service at Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Eye and Ear. As the Director of the Ocular Trauma Service, she performed numerous surgeries on patients with severe sight-threatening eye traumas. As Chief Resident, she played an important role in resident education. She then completed an intensive two-year American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS) fellowship in orbit and oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of California, Irvine and Kaiser Permanente South Bay and Orange County. During fellowship, she received a Heed Fellowship Award from the Society of the Heed Fellows.
Dr. Grob is currently an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and teaches at UCSF and UC Berkeley. She is well-published including her own book, Management of Open Globe Injuries, and numerous other peer-reviewed articles on topics in oculoplastics and genetic eye disease. Outside of medicine, she loves spending time with her family and her labradoodle, Bodhi. She loves pilates, the outdoors, traveling, and exploring new places.
Education & Training
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- Internship Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles
- Chief Resident and Director of Ocular Trauma Service Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear
- Residency in Ophthalmology Harvard Medical School-Massachusetts Eye and Ear
- BA Molecular and Cellular Biology and Education University of California, Berkeley
- Fellowship in Orbit and Oculoplastic Reconstructive Surgery University of California, Irvine and Kaiser Permanente South Bay and Orange County
- MAS Clinical Research University of California, San Diego
- MD Medicine University of California, San Diego
Publications (66)
Top publication keywords:
Orbital FracturesOrbital DiseasesOrbitDermal FillersCosmetic TechniquesOrbital NeoplasmsOrbital ImplantsHemangioma, CavernousEye InjuriesVascular MalformationsFacial InjuriesMartial ArtsOphthalmologic Surgical ProceduresThrombosisBoxing
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The role of oculoplastic surgeons in minimally invasive cosmetic injectables.
Current opinion in ophthalmology 2024 Meer E, Lopez J, Lu J, Winn BJ, Grob SR -
Intraoperative Image Guidance in Orbital and Lacrimal Surgery: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Ophthalmology 2024 McCulley TJ, Aakalu VK, Foster JA, Freitag SK, Dagi Glass LR, Grob SR, Tao JP, Vagefi MR, Yen MT, Yoon MK, Kim SJ, Wladis EJ -
Eye and Orbit Injuries Caused by Electric Scooters and Hoverboards in the United States.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2024 Ruan MZC, Meer E, Kaur G, Namiri NK, Ashraf DC, Winn BJ, Kersten R, Vagefi MR, Grob S -
Bilateral Facial Palsy: A Rare Presenting Symptom for Inclusion Body Myositis.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2024 Meer E, Ahmad M, Grob S, Winn BJ -
Evaluating for unrecognized deficits in perimetry associated with functional upper eyelid malposition.
Advances in ophthalmology practice and research 2024 Wang L, Ashraf DC, Deiner M, Idowu OO, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC
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Outcomes for expanded polytetrafluoroethylene strip in frontalis suspension surgery.
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2024 Meer E, Ahmad M, Lifton J, Mosenia A, Ashraf DC, Grob S, Vagefi MR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC -
Ocular complaints and diagnoses in spaceflight.
NPJ microgravity 2024 Meer E, Grob SR, Lehnhardt K, Sawyer A -
Cutaneous Mucormycosis of the Eyelid Treated With Subcutaneous Liposomal Amphotericin B Injections.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Smith LD, Ahmad M, Ashraf DC, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Grob SR, Vagefi MR -
Eye Trauma in Mixed Martial Arts and Boxing.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2023 Chang CC, Saifee M, Ton L, Ashraf D, Winn BJ, Kersten R, Vagefi MR, Deiner M, Grob SR -
Ocular conditions and injuries, detection and management in spaceflight.
NPJ microgravity 2023 Meer E, Grob S, Antonsen EL, Sawyer A -
Metagenomic Deep Sequencing for Orbital Inflammatory Disease.
Ocular immunology and inflammation 2023 Vagefi MR, Idowu OO, Miller A, Doan T, Chen C, Hinterwirth A, Zhong L, Ahmad M, Ashraf DC, Grob SR, Kersten RC, Winn BJ -
Perceived Barriers to Increasing Diversity within Oculofacial Plastic Surgery.
Journal of academic ophthalmology (2017) 2022 Maru JA, Carvajal ND, de Alba Campomanes AG, Parikh N, Ashraf DC, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Grob SR -
Augmentation of telemedicine post-operative follow-up after oculofacial plastic surgery with a self-guided patient tool.
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2022 Ashraf DC, Miller A, Ahmad M, Smith LD, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR -
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prognostic Findings for Visual and Mortality Outcomes in Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis.
Ophthalmology 2022 Idowu OO, Soderlund KA, Laguna B, Ashraf DC, Arnold BF, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Russell MS, Kersten RC, Dillon WP, Vagefi MR -
Efficacy of Care and Antibiotic Use for Chalazia and Hordeola.
Eye & contact lens 2022 Alsoudi AF, Ton L, Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Kong AW, Wang L, Kersten RC, Winn BJ, Grob SR, Vagefi MR -
Combined Endonasal and Orbital Approach for Resection of Orbital Apical Tumors.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2022 Cohen LM, Grob SR, Krantz KB, Feldman KA, Rootman DB -
Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Excision and Reconstruction of Periocular Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer.
Facial plastic surgery & aesthetic medicine 2021 Kinde B, Idowu OO, Ashraf DC, Chen RM, Hirabayashi KE, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Kersten RC, Vagefi MR -
Outcomes of a Modified Treatment Ladder Algorithm Using Retrobulbar Amphotericin B for Invasive Fungal Rhino-Orbital Sinusitis.
American journal of ophthalmology 2021 Ashraf DC, Idowu OO, Hirabayashi KE, Kalin-Hajdu E, Grob SR, Winn BJ, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC -
Opioid Use After Orbital, Eyelid, or Lacrimal Surgery.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Vu PQ, Yu JJ, Charlson ES, Grob SR, Kshirsagar RS, Tao JP -
Reply re: "Diagnosis and Management of Acute Thrombosis in Venous Dominant Orbital Venolymphatic Malformations".
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Grob SR, Bokman C, Nathe C, Feldman KA, Rootman DB -
Acute Invasive Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis in a Patient With COVID-19-Associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2021 Mekonnen ZK, Ashraf DC, Jankowski T, Grob SR, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC, Simko JP, Winn BJ -
Open Globe Injury with Intraocular Foreign Body.
Journal of vitreoretinal diseases 2020 Vingopoulos F, Wang Y, Grob S, Li CYL, Eliott D, Kim LA, Vavvas DG, Miller JB -
Lateral Tarsoconjunctival Flap Suspension Treatment of Post Blepharoplasty Lower Eyelid Retraction.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Conger JR, Grob SR, Limongi RM, Tao JP -
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Thrombosis in Venous Dominant Orbital Venolymphatic Malformations.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Grob SR, Bokman C, Nathe C, Rootman DB, Feldman KA -
5-Fluorouracil Management of Oculofacial Scars: A Systematic Literature Review.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Bui AD, Grob SR, Tao JP -
Eccrine Porocarcinoma: A Rare Tumor of the Eyelid With a Novel Histopathological Finding of Free Tumor Cells in the Tear Film.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2020 Conger JR, Palileo BM, Grob SR, Tao J, Minckler DS -
Poor prognoses of open globe injuries with concomitant orbital fractures.
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2019 Gaier ED, Tarabishy S, Bayers C, Wolkow N, Gardiner M, Lefebvre DR, Grob S -
Massive Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Response to Pembrolizumab (Keytruda).
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Conger JR, Grob SR, Tao J -
Klebsiella pneumoniae endogenous endophthalmitis presenting as orbital cellulitis.
GMS ophthalmology cases 2019 Ghiam BK, Israelsen P, Wang A, Grob S, Esfahani MR -
Opioid Prescribing Patterns Among American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Members in the Medicare Part D Database.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Charlson ES, Feng PW, Bui A, Grob S, Tao JP -
Orbital Roof Reconstruction Using Nylon Foil Implants.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Grob SR, Chen KG, Tao JP -
Light Perception Vision Recovery After Treatment for Calcium Hydroxylapatite Cosmetic Filler-Induced Blindness.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2018 Vu PQ, Grob SR, Tao JP -
Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography of Posterior Globe Rupture.
Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina 2018 Armstrong GW, Rahmani S, Grob S, Yonekawa Y -
Osseous cavernous hemangioma of the superior orbital rim.
Orbit (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2018 Grob SR, Wolkow N, Jakobiec FA, Lefebvre DR -
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Resolving After Orbital Decompression in Thyroid Eye Disease.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Grob SR, Yoon MK -
A 64-year-old man with an unusual conjunctival cyst.
Digital journal of ophthalmology : DJO 2017 Grob S, Lefebvre DR, Laver N, Daly MK -
Orbital Fracture Repair.
Seminars in plastic surgery 2017 Grob S, Yonkers M, Tao J -
Innovations in Orbital Surgical Navigation, Orbital Implants, and Orbital Surgical Training.
International ophthalmology clinics 2017 Grob SR, Yoon MK -
Orbital Conjunctival Cyst Associated With the Superior Rectus-Levator Muscles: A Clinicopathologic Study.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2017 Jakobiec FA, Grob SR, Stagner AM, Curtin H, Massoud V, Fay A -
Pediatric Optic Nerve Meningioma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges.
Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2016 Grob SR, Jakobiec FA, Rashid A, MacIntosh P, Kelly H, Fay A -
Multicentric myofibromatosis presenting as a large congenital eyelid myofibroma.
Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2016 MacIntosh PW, Grob SR, Stagner AM, Kazlas MA, Jakobiec FA, Yoon MK, Lee NG -
Clinical Trials in Retinal Dystrophies.
Middle East African journal of ophthalmology 2016 Grob SR, Finn A, Papakostas TD, Eliott D -
Diffuse Epibulbar Complex Lacrimal-Cartilaginous Choristoma: Diagnostic Clues and Management.
Cornea 2015 Grob SR, Jakobiec FA, Stagner AM, Colby KA -
Novel Surgical Approaches to the Orbit.
Middle East African journal of ophthalmology 2015 Campbell AA, Grob SR, Yoon MK -
Hemorrhage Within the Optic Nerve From a Cavernous Hemangioma of the Optic Disc.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2015 Grob SR, Campbell AA, Gross A, Cestari DM -
Corrigendum: Lanosterol reverses protein aggregation in cataracts.
Nature 2015 Zhao L, Chen XJ, Zhu J, Xi YB, Yang X, Hu LD, Ouyang H, Patel SH, Jin X, Lin D, Wu F, Flagg K, Cai H, Li G, Cao G, Lin Y, Chen D, Wen C, Chung C, Wang Y, Qiu A, Yeh E, Wang W, Hu X, Grob S, Abagyan R,… -
Lanosterol reverses protein aggregation in cataracts.
Nature 2015 Zhao L, Chen XJ, Zhu J, Xi YB, Yang X, Hu LD, Ouyang H, Patel SH, Jin X, Lin D, Wu F, Flagg K, Cai H, Li G, Cao G, Lin Y, Chen D, Wen C, Chung C, Wang Y, Qiu A, Yeh E, Wang W, Hu X, Grob S, Abagyan R,… -
Pharmacogenomics of response to anti-VEGF therapy in exudative age-related macular degeneration.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2015 Dedania VS, Grob S, Zhang K, Bakri SJ -
Controversies in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Ocular Neoplasms.
International ophthalmology clinics 2015 Campbell AA, Grob SR, Freitag SK -
External Versus Endoscopic Endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy.
International ophthalmology clinics 2015 Grob SR, Campbell A, Lefebvre DR, Yoon MK -
Management of mydriasis and pain in cataract and intraocular lens surgery: review of current medications and future directions.
Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2014 Grob SR, Gonzalez-Gonzalez LA, Daly MK -
Chalazia associated with bortezomib therapy for multiple myeloma.
Ophthalmology 2014 Grob SR, Jakobiec FA, Rashid A, Yoon MK -
Multimodal imaging of adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy.
Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society 2014 Grob S, Yonekawa Y, Eliott D -
Common variant in VEGFA and response to anti-VEGF therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.
Current molecular medicine 2013 Zhao L, Grob S, Avery R, Kimura A, Pieramici D, Lee J, Rabena M, Ortiz S, Quach J, Cao G, Luo H, Zhang M, Pei M, Song Y, Tornambe P, Goldbaum M, Ferreyra H, Kozak I, Zhang K -
Ocular integrity following manganese labeling of the visual system for MRI.
Magnetic resonance imaging 2013 Lindsey JD, Grob SR, Scadeng M, Duong-Polk K, Weinreb RN -
Association of LIPC and advanced age-related macular degeneration.
Eye (London, England) 2013 Lee J, Zeng J, Hughes G, Chen Y, Grob S, Zhao L, Lee C, Krupa M, Quach J, Luo J, Zeng J, Wei X, Zhang X, Zhu J, Duan Y, Ferreyra H, Goldbaum M, Haw W, Shaw PX, Tang L, Zhang K -
Complement factor H genotypes impact risk of age-related macular degeneration by interaction with oxidized phospholipids.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2012 Shaw PX, Zhang L, Zhang M, Du H, Zhao L, Lee C, Grob S, Lim SL, Hughes G, Lee J, Bedell M, Nelson MH, Lu F, Krupa M, Luo J, Ouyang H, Tu Z, Su Z, Zhu J, Wei X, Feng Z, Duan Y, Yang Z, Ferreyra H, … -
Genetic analysis of simultaneous geographic atrophy and choroidal neovascularization.
Eye (London, England) 2012 Grob S, Luo J, Hughes G, Lee C, Zhou X, Lee J, Du H, Ferreyra H, Freeman WR, Kozak I, Zhang K -
Myotonia congenita with strabismus in a large family with a mutation in the SCN4A gene.
Eye (London, England) 2012 Du H, Grob SR, Zhao L, Lee J, El-Sahn M, Hughes G, Luo J, Schaf K, Duan Y, Quach J, Wei X, Shaw P, Granet D, Zhang K -
A novel compound heterozygous mutation in the BEST1 gene causes autosomal recessive Best vitelliform macular dystrophy.
Eye (London, England) 2012 Zhao L, Grob S, Corey R, Krupa M, Luo J, Du H, Lee C, Hughes G, Lee J, Quach J, Zhu J, Shaw PX, Kozak I, Zhang K -
Genetics of immunological and inflammatory components in age-related macular degeneration.
Ocular immunology and inflammation 2012 Tuo J, Grob S, Zhang K, Chan CC -
Retinal pigment epithelial tear resembling retinal tear.
Eye (London, England) 2011 Grob S, Kozak I, Zhang K -
Production of ELOVL4 transgenic pigs: a large animal model for Stargardt-like macular degeneration.
The British journal of ophthalmology 2011 Sommer JR, Estrada JL, Collins EB, Bedell M, Alexander CA, Yang Z, Hughes G, Mir B, Gilger BC, Grob S, Wei X, Piedrahita JA, Shaw PX, Petters RM, Zhang K -
Induced pluripotent stem cell therapies for geographic atrophy of age-related macular degeneration.
Seminars in ophthalmology 2011 Du H, Lim SL, Grob S, Zhang K -
Using the Utah Population Database to assess familial risk of primary open angle glaucoma.
Vision research 2010 Wang X, Harmon J, Zabrieskie N, Chen Y, Grob S, Williams B, Lee C, Kasuga D, Shaw PX, Buehler J, Wang N, Zhang K -
Whole genome functional analysis identifies novel components required for mitotic spindle integrity in human cells.
Genome biology 2008 Rines DR, Gomez-Ferreria MA, Zhou Y, DeJesus P, Grob S, Batalov S, Labow M, Huesken D, Mickanin C, Hall J, Reinhardt M, Natt F, Lange J, Sharp DJ, Chanda SK, Caldwell JS