BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Shaban Demirel sdemirel Assistant ...

NAME
Shaban Demirel
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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POSITION TITLE
Assistant Scientist
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY
The University of Melbourne, Australia. BScOptom 1986-1989 Optometry
The University of Melbourne, Australia. PhD 1990-1995
Clinical Psychophysics &
Vision Science
The University of California, Davis. Post Doc 1995-1997
Psychophysics &
Glaucoma
A. Positions and Honors.
Positions and Employment
1989-1994 Clinical associate. Victorian College of Optometry. Melbourne, Australia.
1990-94 Part-time optometric practice. Frank Keogh & Associates. Melbourne, Australia.
1991-95 Laboratory teaching assistant. Department of Optometry, University of Melbourne.
1993 Visiting optometrist, Ophthalmology Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
1993-94 Clinical supervisor / examiner. Department of Optometry, University of Melbourne.
1995-97 Postdoctoral fellow. Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Davis, CA.
1997-2002 Assistant professor. School of Optometry, Indiana University.
2002- Assistant scientist. Devers Eye Institute, Legacy Health System.
Other Experience and Professional Membership
Indiana University, Summer Faculty Fellowship – awarded November 1998
Associate Editor for Optometric Glaucoma Society e-Journal.
Reviewer for Acta Ophthalmologica
Reviewer for American Journal of Ophthalmology
Reviewer for British Journal of Ophthalmology
Reviewer for Clinical and Experimental Optometry
Reviewer for Current Eye Research
Reviewer for Eye
Reviewer for Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science
Reviewer for Journal of Glaucoma
Reviewer for Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics
Reviewer for Optometry and Vision Science
Reviewer for Quarterly Review of Biology
Reviewer for Vision Research
Member of AIGS Consensus Panel for Structure-Function relationships in glaucoma. SWAP committee chair
Professional Societies:
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
North American Perimetric Society
International Perimetric Society (Executive Committee member)
American Academy of Optometry (Fellow)
Optometric Glaucoma Society (Founding member, Executive Committee member)
Honors:
2004 Invited Speaker, Japanese Ophthalmological Society (Tokyo)

B. Peer-reviewed publications (chronological order).
1. Demirel S, Vingrys AJ. Eye movements during perimetry and the effect that fixational instability has on
perimetric outcomes. Journal of Glaucoma. 1994;3:28-35.
2. Miller MB, Fendrich R, Eliassen JC, Demirel S, Gazzaniga MS. Transcranial magnetic stimulation:
delays in visual suppression due to luminance changes. Neuroreport. 1996;7:1740-4.
3. Vingrys AJ, Demirel S. False-response monitoring during automated perimetry. Optometry and Vision
Science. 1998;75:513-7.
4. Fendrich R, Demirel S, Danziger S. The oculomotor gap effect without a foveal fixation point. Vision
Research. 1999;39:833-841.
5. Demirel S, Johnson CA. Isolation of short-wavelength sensitive mechanisms in normal and
glaucomatous visual field regions. Journal of Glaucoma. 2000;9:63-73.
6. Demirel S, Johnson CA. Incidence and prevalence of short wavelength automated perimetry deficits in
ocular hypertensive patients. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2001;131:709-15.
7. Anderson RS, Zlatkova MB, Demirel S. What limits detection and resolution of short-wavelength
sinusoidal gratings across the retina? Vision Research. 2002;42:981-990.
8. Beirne RO, Logan JF, Zlatkova MB, Jackson AJ, Rankin SJ, Demirel S, Anderson RS. Peripheral
resolution for achromatic and SWS gratings in early to moderate glaucoma and the implications for
selective ganglion cell density loss. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2003;44:4780-6.
9. Anderson RS, Coulter E, Zlatkova MB, Demirel S. Short-wavelength acuity: optical factors affecting
detection and resolution of blue-yellow sinusoidal gratings in foveal and peripheral vision. Vision
Research. 2003;43:101-7.
10. Fortune B, Zhang X, Hood DC, Demirel S, Johnson CA. Normative ranges and specificity of the
multifocal VEP. Documenta Ophthalmologica. 2004;109:87-100.
11. Mansberger SL, Demirel S. Early detection of glaucomatous visual field loss: why, what, where, and
how. Ophthalmology Clinics of North America. 2005;18:365-73.
12. Gardiner SK, Demirel S, Johnson CA. Modeling the sensitivity to variability relationship in perimetry.
Vision Research. 2006;46:1732-45.
13. Fortune B, Demirel S, Zhang X, Hood DC, Johnson CA. Repeatability of normal multifocal VEP:
implications for detecting progression. Journal of Glaucoma 2006;15:131-41.
14. Levine RA, Demirel S, Fan J, et al. Asymmetries and visual field summaries as predictors of glaucoma
in the ocular hypertension treatment study (OHTS). Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
2006;47:3896-3903.
15. Newkirk MR, Gardiner SK, Demirel S, Johnson CA. Assessment of false positives for the Humphrey
field analyzer II perimeter using the SITA algorithm. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
2006;47:4632-7.
16. Fortune B, Demirel S, Zhang X, et al. Comparing multifocal VEP and standard automated perimetry in
high-risk ocular hypertension and early glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
2007;48:1173-1180.
17. Zeppieri M, Demirel S, Kent K, Johnson CA. Perceived spatial frequency of sinusoidal gratings.
Optometry and Vision Science. 2008;85:318-29.
18. Demirel S, Fortune B, Fan J, et al. Predicting progressive glaucomatous optic neuropathy using
baseline standard automated perimetry data. Submitted to Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual
Science.
C. Research Support
Ongoing Research Support
U10-EY-09307 (Keltner) 9/30/92-12/31/08
NIH/NEI
Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Visual Field Reading Center
The major goals of this project are to process visual field data for the OHTS trial, analyze visual field data
and prepare manuscripts for publication.
Role: Co-Investigator.