Education:
Fellowship
2016-2018
Fellow in Vitreoretinal Surgery
Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Residency
2013-2016
Residency in Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Internship
2012-2013
Intern in Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Medical School
2008-2012
Medical Doctor (M.D.)
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Undergraduate
2001-2005
Biochemistry (A.B. Magna cum laude)
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
Professional Memberships:
2016 – Present
American Society for Retina Specialists
2014 – 2016
Pacific Retina Club
2013 – Present
American Academy of Ophthalmology
2008 – 2012
New England Society for Microscopy
2006
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Activities:
2016 – Present
Retina Fellow, Wills Eye Hospital
2014 – 2016
Ophthalmology Resident, UCSF
2005 – 2012
Research Assistant, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School: Studied a mouse model of retinopathy of prematurity
2005
Research Assistant, Bowdoin College
2004
Developed a computerized model to quantify vaso-obliteration and neovascularization in retinas from mice with oxygen-induced retinopathy
Honors & Awards
2016 – 2017
Heed Ophthalmic Foundation Fellow – Society of Heed Fellows
2015
Hogan/Garcia Award for best research paper by a UCSF Ophthalmology resident
2015 – 2016
Vice President of the Cordes UCSF Alumni Society
2008 – 2012
Dr. Clinton Noyes Peters and Alice F. Peters Scholarship
2007
ARVO travel grant recipient
2005
Departmental Honors in Biochemistry, Magna cum laude
2005
Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Maine
2001 – 2005
Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar
2003, 2004
Bowdoin Book Award
2003
Kamerling Laboratory Award (for excellence in organic chemistry)
2002
Coles Research Fellow
Teaching and Mentoring
2016 – Present
Staff residents in the Wills Eye Emergency Room
2016 – Present
The Ophthalmology Consult
4th Annual NW Regional Hospital Medicine Conference, Portland, OR, Sept. 25, 2009
2014 – 2016
The Red Eye
Osteopathic Physicians & Surgeons of Oregon, Inc., April 22, 2009
2014 – 2015
Eye Problems in the Elderly
Oregon Ophthalmological Alumni Association Technicians Meeting, May 9, 2008
2006 – 2009
Eye Problems in the Elderly
39th Annual Family Medicine Review, Portland, OR, February 25, 2008
2005
Phacoemulsification: from Kelman to Torsional
Grand Rounds, Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, January 9, 2008
2003 – 2005
Cataracts and Glaucoma: Causes, Visual Symptoms, and Treatment
2007 Pacific Northwest Conference For Agencies Serving People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired, September 5, 2007
2002 – 2004
Ophthalmology in the Primary Care Setting
38th Annual Family Medicine Review, Portland, OR, February 13, 2007
Publications and Abstracts
| Aderman CM, Gorovoy IR, Chow DL, Bloomer MB, Stewart JM. Cryptococcal choroiditis in advanced AIDS: clinicopathologic correlation. Manuscript in preparation. Aderman CM, Chao DL, Chiu CS, Bhisitkul RB. Bilateral recurrent Enterococcus faecalis endophthalmitis. Manuscript in preparation. | |
| Aderman CM, Rivera-Sanchez L, De Alba Campomanes A. Recurrence after Lucentis for retinopathy of prematurity. Manuscript in preparation. | |
| Aderman CM, Schwartz DM. Acute Bilateral Vision Loss. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2015 Dec 30:1-3. | |
| Grumbine FL, Aderman C, Vagefi MR, Kersten RC. Orbital MRI Pre- and Post-Vemurafenib Therapy for Erdheim Chester Disease. Ophthal Plast ReconstrSurg. 2015 Apr 16. | |
| SanGiovanni JP, Chen J, Sapieha P, Aderman CM, Stahl A, Clemons TE, Chew EY, Smith LE. DNA sequence variants in PPARGC1A, a gene encoding a coactivator of the ω-3 LCPUFA sensing PPAR-RXR transcription complex, are associated with NV AMD and AMD-associated loci in genes of complement and VEGF signaling pathways. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53155. | |
| Chen J, Stahl A, Krah NM, Seaward MR, Joyal JS, Juan AM, Hatton CJ, Aderman CM, Dennison RJ, Willett KL, Sapieha P, Smith LE. Retinal expression of Wnt-pathway mediated genes in low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (Lrp5) knockout mice. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e30203. | |
| Chen J, Stahl A, Krah NM, Seaward MR, Dennison RJ, Sapieha P, Hua J, Hatton CJ, Juan AM, Aderman CM, Willett KL, Guerin KI, Mammoto A, Campbell M, Smith LE. Wnt signaling mediates pathological vascular growth in proliferative retinopathy. Circulation. 2011 Oct 25;124(17):1871-81. | |
| Sapieha P, Stahl A, Chen J, Seaward MR, Willett KL, Krah NM, Dennison RJ, Connor KM, Aderman CM, Liclican E, Carughi A, Perelman D, Kanaoka Y, Sangiovanni JP, Gronert K, Smith LE. 5-Lipoxygenase Metabolite 4-HDHA Is a Mediator of the Antiangiogenic Effect of omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids. Science Transl Med. 2011 Feb 9;3(69):69ra12. | |
| Stahl A, Sapieha P, Connor KM, Sangiovanni JP, Chen J, Aderman CM, Willett KL, Krah NM, Dennison RJ, Seaward MR, Guerin KI, Hua J, Smith LE. PPAR gamma mediates a direct antiangiogenic effect of omega 3-PUFAs in proliferative retinopathy. Circ Res. 2010 Aug 20;107(4):495-500. | |
| Stahl A, Connor KM, Sapieha P, Chen J, Dennison RJ, Krah NM, Seaward MR, Willett KL, Aderman CM, Guerin KI, Hua J, Löfqvist C, Hellström A, Smith LE.The mouse retina as an angiogenesis model. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2010 Jun;51(6):2813-26. | |
| Connor KM, Krah NM, Dennison RJ, Aderman CM, Chen J, Guerin KI, Sapieha P, Stahl A, Willett KL, Smith LE. Quantification of oxygen-induced retinopathy in the mouse: a model of vessel loss, vessel regrowth and pathological angiogenesis. Nature Protoc. 2009;4(11):1565-73. | |
| Mammoto A, Connor KM, Mammoto T, Yung CW, Huh D, Aderman CM, Mostoslavsky G, Smith LE, Ingber DE. A mechanosensitive transcriptional mechanism that controls angiogenesis. Nature. 2009 Feb 26;457(7233):1103-8. | |
| Lofqvist C, Willett KL, Aspegren O, Smith AC, Aderman CM, Connor KM, Chen J, Hellstrom A, Smith LE Quantification and localization of the IGF/insulin system expression in retinal blood vessels and neurons during oxygen-induced retinopathy in mice. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Apr;50(4):1831-7. | |
| Chen J, Connor KM, Aderman CM, Willett KL, Aspegren OP, Smith LE. Suppression of retinal neovascularization by erythropoietin siRNA in a mouse model of proliferative retinopathy. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Mar;50(3):1329- 35. | |
| Chen J, Connor KM, Aderman CM, Smith LE. Erythropoietin deficiency decreases vascular stability in mice. J Clin Invest. 2008 Feb;118(2):526-33. | |
| Connor KM, SanGiovanni JP, Lofqvist C, Aderman CM, Chen J, Higuchi A, Hong S, Pravda EA, Majchrzak S, Carper D, Hellstrom A, Kang JX, Chew EY, Salem N Jr, Serhan CN, Smith LE. Increased dietary intake of omega-3- polyunsaturated fatty acids reduces pathological retinal angiogenesis. Nature Med. 2007 Jul;13(7):868-73. | |
| Lofqvist C, Chen J, Connor KM, Smith AC, Aderman CM, Liu N, Pintar JE, Ludwig T, Hellstrom A, Smith LE. IGFBP3 suppresses retinopathy through suppression of oxygen-induced vessel loss and promotion of vascular regrowth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jun 19;104(25):10589-94. | |
| Linton BR, Reutershan MH, Aderman CM, Richardson EA, Brownell KR, Ashley CW, Evans CA and Miller SJ. Asymmetric Michael addition of α-nitro-ketones using catalytic peptides. Tetrahedron Lett. 2007 48:1993-7. | |
| Banin E, Dorrell MI, Aguilar E, Ritter MR, Aderman CM, Smith ACH, Friedlander J, and Friedlander M. T2-TrpRS Inhibits Preretinal Neovascularization and Enhances Physiological Vascular Regrowth in OIR as Assessed by a New Method of Quantification. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2006 47: 2125-2134. |
| C.M. Aderman, M. Deiner, M. Gupta, J. Blaha, M.H. Levin. Dichoptic virtual reality therapy for amblyopia in adults. ARVO Meeting Abstracts. June 2015 Vol 56: 2191. |
| C.M. Aderman. Cryptococcal choroiditis in advanced AIDS. Presentation at Pacific Retina Club Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, March 2015. |
| C. M. Aderman, Y. Sun, Z. Shao, J.S. Joyal, L. E. H. Smith. Novel technique for sectioning a mouse retinal flat mount. ARVO Meeting Abstracts. April 30, 2014 55:407. |
| D. Xu, C. M. Aderman, J. Chen, A. M. Juan, C. J. Hatton, C. G. Hurst, D. T. Pei, J. S. Joyal, J. P. SanGiovanni, L. E. H. Smith. Gene Expression Analysis Of Retinas From omega-3-PUFA and omega-6-PUFA Fed Mice In Oxygen-induced Retinopathy (OIR) Model. ARVO Meeting Abstracts. March 26, 2012 53:2543. |
| J. P. SanGiovanni, C. M. Aderman, C. Rojas, T. E. Clemons, E. Chew, R. Uauy, D. R. Hoffman, and L. E. Smith. Integrated Systems Approach to Study the Role of Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Health and Disease of the Retina ARVO Meeting Abstracts April 11, 2010 51:2774. |
| K. M. Connor, C. M. Aderman, K. L. Willett, J. Chen, O. Aspergren, N. SALEM, Jr., J.-P. SanGiovanni, E. Y. Chew, and L. E. H. Smith. Dietary omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Reverse Late Stage Pathologic Retinal Neovascularization. ARVO Meeting Abstracts April 11, 2008 49:3441. |
| K. L. Willett, C. M. Aderman, K. M. Connor, J. Chen, O. P. Aspegren, J. P. SanGiovanni, E. Y. Chew, N. N. Salem, S. Majchrzak, and L. E. H. Smith. Dietary Intake of Omega-3 Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Modulates Arachidonic Acid Cascade Enzymes and Protects Against Pathogenic Retinal Neovascularization. ARVO Meeting Abstracts April 11, 2008 49:3442. |
| C. M. Aderman, K. M. Connor, J. Chen, K. L. Willett, O. P. Aspegren, J. P. SanGiovanni, E. Y. Chew, N. Salem, Jr., and L. E. H. Smith. Gene Profiles of Omega-3 and Omega-6 PUFA Fed Mice With Retinopathy. ARVO Meeting Abstracts April 11, 2008 49:3447. |
| J. Chen, C. M. Aderman, K. M. Connor, O. P. Aspegren, K. L. Willett, and L. E. H. Smith. Intervention of Erythropoietin in Proliferative Retinopathy in Mice. ARVO Meeting Abstracts April 11, 2008 49:5439. |
