Faculty | Overview | Publications
Dr. P. J. Dolman, Clinical Professor
& Division Head
Dr. F. Buffam, Clinical Professor
Dr. P. Denton, Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. H. Dhaliwal, Clinical Assistant Professor
Dr. J. Rootman, Professor
Dr. D. Rossman, Clinical Instructor
Dr. T. Wong, Clinical Assistant Professor
Our division's goals include excellent clinical care, teaching and research.
Our 6 clinicians manage patients with diseases of the eyelids, lacrimal system and orbit from throughout the province. Dedicated clinics and surgery are provided in lower mainland teaching hospitals including the Eye Care Centre and the Burnaby, Children's, Providence, Vancouver General and University Hospitals. Drs Buffam, Dhaliwal and Wong focus on oculoplastic diseases, Drs Dolman and Rossman on both oculoplastic and orbit disease, and Dr Rootman on special consultations (including international referrals) for challenging orbital cases. Our division works collaboratively with other medical departments, including dermatology, endocrinology, neurosurgery, pathology, plastic surgery and rheumatology.
Teaching plays an integral role in the division with hands on teaching being a major strength for both residents and fellows. In excess of 1000 hours per year of teaching is provided by the members of the division in both clinical and surgical settings. Oculoplastic and orbit rounds are held for the residents and Fellows every fourth week. The division offers 1-2 fellowship training positions per year lasting 6 - 12 months, with special consideration for those returning to underserviced areas or academic programmes. Over 40 fellows from every continent have been trained in our unit over the past 30 years. Our teaching extends to other medical departments, with off-service rotations by plastic surgery and endocrinology residents. Several of our faculty are involved in national and international teaching through visiting professorships and lectures and also in volunteering their time to teach and perform surgery in underserviced areas around the world.
In the area of orbital research, a particular interest of Drs Rootman and Dolman has been classifying and managing thyroid eye disease. Dr. Rootman has been instrumental in developing an interdisciplinary team for the management of complex skull based and vascular lesions of the orbit and also helped establish an orbital research unit at the Singapore National Eye Centre. In oculoplastics, our contributions have included reviews of eyelid malignancies and several prospective studies on endonasal lacrimal surgery. Several clinicopathologic studies have been conducted collaboratively with Dr Val White in Ocular Pathology .
Fayers T, Morris DS, Dolman PJ. Vibration-assisted Anesthesia in Eyelid Surgery. Ophthalmology 2010; 18
Dolman PJ. Evisceration, enucleation, and alternatives to globe removal. Can J Ophthalmol 2010; 45(1): 9-10
Morris DS, Fayers T, Dolman PJ. Orbital Teratoma: Case Report and management review. JAAPOS. 2009 Dec; 13(6): 605-7
Dolman PJ. Response to: Amaurosis as a complication of non-endoscopic endonasal Dacryocystorhinostomy.Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct;25(5):415-6.
Madge SN, Malhotra R, Desousa J, McNab A, O'Donnell B, Dolman P, Selva D. Lacrimal Bypass Tube for Lacrimal Pump Failure Attributable to Facial Palsy. Am J Ophthalmol. 2009 Nov 5.
Douglas RS, Cahill K, Dolman PJ et al, Development of criteria for evaluating clinical response in thyroid eye disease using a modified Delphi technique, Arch Ophthalmol 2009; 127(9): 1155-60
Wiwatwongwana D, Berean KW, Dolman PJ, Rootman J, White VA. Unusual carcinomas of the lacrimal gland: epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma and myoepithelial carcinoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;127(8):1054-6.
Bleyen I, Dolman PJ The Wies Procedure for Management of Trichiasis or Cicatricial Entropion of the Upper or Lower Lid. Br J Ophthalmol.2009; 93(12): 1612-5
Chuo JY, Dolman PJ, Ng TL, Buffam FV, White VA. Clinical and Histopathologic Review of 18 explanted porous polyethylene implants. Ophthalmology. 2009 Feb;116(2):349-54
Mohaseb K, Linder M, Rootman J, Wilkins GE, Schechter MT, Dolman PJ, Singer J. Development and validation of a patient system questionnaire to facilitate early diagnosis of thyroid associated orbitopathy in Graves' disease. Orbit. 2008;27(6):419-25.
Badilla J and Dolman PJ. Methods of Antibiotic Instillation in Porous Orbital Implants. Ophthalmic Plast Reconst Surg 2008; 24(4):287-9
Badilla J and Dolman PJ. Cerebrospinal fluid leaks complicating orbital or oculoplastic surgery. Archives of Ophthalmol 2008; 125(12): 1631-4
Badilla J and Dolman PJ. Intracranial Hemorrhage Complicating an Orbital Decompression. Orbit 2008; 27(2): 143-5
MacKenzie P, Stokes J, Lyons C, Dolman PJ. Dacryocele diagnosed prenatally. Br J Ophthalmol 2008; 92(3):437-8
Saeed P, Blank L, Selva D, Wolbers JG, Nowak PJ, Geskus RB, Weis E, Mourits MP, Rootman J. Br J Ophthalmol. 2010 May;94(5):564-8.
Yi BP, Leng SL, Kwang LB, Rootman J. Development of thyroid-related orbitopathy following cataract surgery Orbit. 2009;28(6):383-7
Peleg A, Heran MK, White VA, Chang WY, Rootman J. Malignant lymphoproliferative disorders extending into the orbit from the paranasal sinuses. Orbit. 2009;28(2-3):80-7.
Zakrzewski PA, Weis E, White VA, Rootman J. Intracellular extraoocular muscle light and heavy chain deposition disease contributing to compressive optic neuropathy in a patient with preexisting Graves' orbitopathy. Ophthalmologica. 2010;224(1):59-62.
Weis E, Rootman J, Joly TJ, Berean KW, Al-Katan HM, Pasternak S, Bonavolont G, Strianese D, Saeed P, Feldman KA, Vangveeravong S, Lapointe JS, White VA. Epithelial lacrimal gland tumors: pathologic classification and current understanding. Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;127(8):1016-28
Rootman J, White VA. Changes in the 7th edition of the AJCC TNM classification and recommendations for pathologic analysis of lacrimal gland tumors. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 Aug;133(8):1268-71
Coupland SE, White VA, Rootman J, Damato B, Finger PT. A TNM-based clinical staging system of ocular adnexal lymphomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 Aug;133(8):1262-7
Finger PT; 7th Edition, AJCC-UICC Ophthalmic Oncology Task Force. The 7th edition AJCC staging system for eye cancer: an international language for ophthalmic oncology. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2009 Aug;133(8):1197-8
Shen S, Fong KS, Wong HB, Looi A, Chan LL, Rootman J, Seah LL.Normative meaasurements of the Chinese extraocular musculature by high-field magnetic resonance imaging. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Feb;51(2):631-6.
Yeung SN, Heran MK, Smith A, White VA, Rootman J. Perineural gliomatosis associated with isolated optic nerve gliomas. Br J Ophthalmol. 2009 Jun;93(6):839-41
Wiwatwongwana D, Rootman J. Bilateral microphthalmos with cyst: excision with orbital free fat graft. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 May-Jun;25(3):241-3
Ahmad SM, Esmaeli B, Williams M, Nguyen J, Fay A, Woog J, Selvadurai D, Rootman J, Weis E, Selva D, McNab A, DeAngelis D, Calle A, Lopez A. American Joint Committee on Cancer classification predicts outcome of patients with lacrimal gland adenoid cystic carcinoma. Ophthalmology. 2009 Jun;116(6):1210-5.
Mavrikakis I, Heran MK, White V, Rootman J. The role of thrombosis as a mechanism of exacerbation in venous and combined venous lymphatic vascular malformation of the orbit. Ophthalmology. 2009 Jun;116(6):1216-24.
Mavrikakis I, Pegado V, Lyons C, Rootman J. Congenital orbital fibrosis: a distinct clinical entity. Orbit. 2009;28(1):43-9
Tsai AS, Fong KS, Lim W, Al Jajeh I, Chuah CT, Rootman J. Bilateral orbital varices: an approach to management. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Nov-Dec;24(6):486-8.
Pitts J, Chang CH, Mavrikakis I, Shaikh A, Rootman J. Hepatocellular carcinoma presenting as orbital bone metastasis. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Nov-Dec;24(6):477-9
Wiwatwongwana D, Rootman J. Management of optic neuropathy from an apical orbital-cavernous sinus hemangioma with radiotherapy. Orbit. 2008;27(3):219-21
Lee KY, Fong KS, Loh HL, Heran MK, Rootman J. Giant cavernous hemangioma mimicking a fifth nerve neuorfibroma involving the orbit and brain. Br J Ophthalmol. 2008 Mar;92(3):423-5.
Rossman D, Michel R, Codere F. A Case of Enlarged Medial Rectus Muscle. Int Ophthalmol. 2009 Aug;29(4):319-21.
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UBC Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
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