Medical San Francisco

Andrew F. Calman

M.D., Ph.D.

Andrew F. Calman, M.D., Ph.D.

Premier Eyecare of San Francisco

**** ******* ******

San Francisco, CA 94110

(415) 648-3600Fax 415-***-****

E-mail: *******@***.***

Website: www.premier-eyecare.com

March 29, 2011

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information:

Date of birth: June 3, 1960

Place of birth: Glen Cove, NYLanguages: Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, German, and some Tagalog, Japanese and

Dutch

Education:

Culver Military Academy, Culver, IN, 1974-1978

Honors: Valedictorian, National Merit Scholarship, Regimental Executive Officer, ROTC

Medal, Honor Council, Varsity Crew, Honors in Mathematics, History, and French

Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1978-1982

B.S. and M.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1982

Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction in the Major

University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1982-1989

M.D. and Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology, 1989

Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha, Chancellor s Fellowship, Dean's Prize for Student Research

Clinical Training:

Resident in Internal Medicine, Kaiser Foundation Hospital, San Francisco, CA, June 26,

1989-June 25, 1990 (program chairman Dr. Paul Feigenbaum)

Resident in Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, July 1, 1990-June

30, 1993 (program chairman Dr. Stephen Kramer)

Medical Licensure:

California Physician and Surgeon License #G-069615 (expires 6/2010)

Washington State Physician and Surgeon License #MD00031327 (expired 6/1999, not renewed)

DEA #BC2432689 (expires 8/2012)

UPIN #F51576

Medi-Cal #00G696150

Board Certification:

Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1994 (1st attempt).

Recertified 2004 (1st attempt). Recertification effective

January 1, 2005,

Expiration December 31, 2014. Maintenance of Certification up-to-date to 2011.

Faculty positions:

Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Family and Community Medicine, University

of California, San Francisco, 2005-present

Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco,

1995-present

Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, 1993-1995

Clinical Practice:

Private practice in Comprehensive Ophthalmology in association

with Alejandro Zaffaroni,

M.D., 1580 Valencia St., Suite 106, San Francisco, CA, 94110, from August 1, 1993 to June

30, 1997; and solo in same location from July 1, 1997 to January 31, 2001. Practice moved

to 3201 Mission Street on February 1, 2001.

Practice emphasizes small-incision cataract surgery, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.

Introduced the following techniques to San Francisco:

1994 Cataract surgery through clear corneal incision

1994 Cataract surgery with topical anesthesia

1995 Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy (PTK)

1995 Computerized corneal topography for biometry and IOL calculation

1995 Combined astigmatic keratotomy and cataract surgery

1996 Lissamine green for diagnosis of external eye disease

1997 Infrared laser diopexy for peripheral retinal lesions

1998 Scanning laser polarimetry for early diagnosis of glaucoma

1998 Implantation of FDA-approved multifocal lens implants

1999 Limbal relaxing incisions for astigmatism with cataract surgery

2000 Implantation of second-generation acrylic lens implant

2000 Optical coherence biometry for IOL calculation

2001 Automated subjective refractometry with Marco Epic workstation

2001 Viscoadaptive (Healon 5) for cataract surgery

2002 Scanning laser polarimetry with corneal compensation

2004 High-resolution frequency doubling perimetry

2005 Pterygium graft with tissue glue

2005 Intravitreal Avastin for high-risk diabetic retinopathy

2007 In-office carotid ultrasonography for patients with retinal vascular disease

2009 Anterior segment frequency-domain optical coherence tomography

Administrative Experience:

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services:

California Medicare Carrier Advisory Committee, 1996-2004. Helped author Local Medicare

Review Policies on cataract surgery, ptosis repair, scanning

computerized optic disk imaging.

State of California, Department of Mental Health

Expert Reviewer, Mental Health Services Act County Implementation

Plans, 2006

County of San Mateo, California, Department of Mental Health

Chair, Children and Youth Committee, San Mateo County Mental

Health Board, 2005-2007Co-Chair, Children s Workgroup, Mental Health Services

Agency Implentation Task Force (Proposition 63), 2005

Steering Committee, Mental Health Services

Agency Implentation Task Force (Proposition 63), 2005American Academy of Ophthalmology

:

Health Policy Committee, 2004-2008

Task Force on Subspecialty Certification,

2003-2004

Executive Council,

2003-2008

Executive Council (alternate),

2002-2003, 2010

Executive Council Nominating Committee, 2005-2006

Executive Council Deputy State Section Leader, 2007

Author of Executive Council Advisory Recommendation establishing a

curriculum for training residents in Ethics and Advocacy, adopted as

official AAO policy 2003

Legislative Key Contact,

2000-present

Leadership Development Program,

2000-2001California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

(formerly

California Academy of

Ophthalmology):

President, 2010

Vice-President for Finance and Administration, 2005-2006

Chief Financial Officer, 2004-2005

Executive Committee, 2004-2006

Vice President for Third Party Payor Liaison, 1998-1999

Board of Councilors,

2006-present

Assistant Vice President for Third Party Payor Liaison, 1996-1997, 2000-present

Legislative Rapid Response Team, 2000. Successfully negotiated California Senate Bill

929, governing optometric scope of practice.

Board of Directors, 1998-2006, 2008-present

California Medical Association:

Chair, Reference Committee on Insurance and Physician Reimbursement, 2007

Reference Committee on Insurance and Physician Reimbursement, 2004-2005

House of Delegates (Alternate), 2002-present

Author of CMA House of Delegates Resolutions 703a-04 (Prescription

Drug Re-Importation from Canada) and 704a-04 (Prescription Drug Prices and

Medicare), adopted as official CMA policy 2004

Author of CMA House of Delegates Resolution on Educating Primary Care

Physicians on Developmental Disorders, adopted as official CMA policy 2005

American Medical Association:

Guest Participant, RVS Update Committee, 2003

Author of AMA House of Delegates Resolution A04-211 (Prescription Drug

Prices and Medicare), adopted as official AMA policy 2004

Author of AMA House of Delegates Resolution A05-419 (Physician Education

On Developmental Disorders), adopted as official AMA policy 2005

Medical Board of California:

Medical Expert in Ophthalmology, 1999-present

American Board of Ophthalmology:

Associate Examiner, 1997-present.

San Francisco Medical Society

Board Member, 2009-present

Political Action Committee Board Member, 2009-present

Political Action Committee Chair, 2011

Prevent Blindness Northern California (formerly Northern California Society to Prevent

Blindness)

Chairman-Elect, 2010 (To be Chairman 2011-2012)

Board Member, 1993-1999, 2004-present

Political Action Committee Board Member, 2009-present

Nominating Committee, 1997

Eye Safety Committee, 1998

St. Luke s Hospital:

Chief, Division of Ophthalmology, 1995-1999, 2001- 2010

Institutional Review Board, 1996-2008

Surgical Quality Improvement Committee,

1995-1999

Operating Room Committee,

1995-1997Pacific Eye Physicians Medical Associates

:

President, 1997-1999. Served as CEO of Bay Area s largest ophthalmology IPA, with over

200 ophthalmologists. Administered medical-surgical eyecare contracts covering 65,000

patient lives.

Secretary, 1995-1997

Board of Directors, 1994-presentUniversity of California, San Francisco

:

Search Committee for Chief of Ophthalmology,

VA Hospital, 2004-2005

Buena Vista Specialty Medical Group:

Board of Directors, 1997-1999

Chairman, Credentials Committee, 1996-1999Frederick C. Cordes Eye Society

:

Treasurer, 1999-2002Archives of Ophthalmology

:

Reviewer, 2004

Admitting Privileges:

CPMC-St. Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, CA -- active

California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA -- courtesy

University of California, San Francisco, CA -- attending

UCSF/Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, CA -- courtesy

San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA -- courtesy

St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, CA -- courtesy

CPMC/Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, CA -- courtesy

Seton Medical Center, Daly City, CA courtesy

Campus Surgery Center, Daly City, CA

active

Awards and Scholarships:

American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, 2009

Edwin E. Osgood Award: best student research in Western United States, 1988

Genetics Subspecialty Award: best student research in genetics in Western United States,

1988

NIH Medical Scientist Training Program, 1982-1989

Fred Gellert Foundation Scholarship 1986

Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Scholarship 1985-1988

Markey Foundation Scholarship 1984-1988

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Fellowship 1983

Yale University Summer Research Fellowship 1982

Temple University Summer Research Fellowship 1979-1981

Publications:

PR0009), Marion

Merrell Dow, Phase II and III, 1995-1997.

Associate Clinical Investigator, 28-week Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized, Open-Label

Clinical Trial Comparing HOE-901 Insulin with NPH Human Insulin in Subjects with Type I

Diabetes (HOE 901/3004), Hoechst Marion Roussel, Phase III, 1997-1998.

Associate Clinical Investigator, 28-week Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized, Open-Label

Clinical Trial Comparing HOE-901 Insulin with NPH Human Insulin in Subjects with Type II

Diabetes (HOE 901/3006), Hoechst Marion Roussel, Phase III, 1997-1998.

Associate Clinical Investigator, A Clinical Evaluation of Alphagan (Brimonidine Tartrate

Ophthalmic Solution 0.2%) in Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension,

(Alphagan Clinical Evaluation 98/99 Glaucoma Trial), Allergan, 1998-1999.

Associate Clinical Investigator, Lumigan Early Experience Data (LEED Study), Allergan,

2001

.

Associate Clinical Investigator, A Four-Week Primary Therapy Study to Compare IOP-

Lowering Efficacy of Travatan 0.004% in African-American Patients with Open-Angle Glaucoma

or Ocular Hypertension Previously Treated with Latanoprost 0.005%, Alcon, 2001.

Principal Investigator, FDA Phase III Clinical Trial, Success of Therapy of Switching to

Latanoprost from Previously Failed Monotherapy, Pharmacia, 2000-2001

.

Associate Clinical Investigator, Study of Travatan as Replacement Therapy, Alcon, 2001.

Principal Investigator, FDA Phase III Clinical Trial, A Multicenter, Double-Masked,

Randomized, 3-Arm Parallel Study, for 3 Months (With a 9-Month, Masked Extension) of the

Safety and Efficacy of Bimatoprost 0.03%/Timolol 0.5% Combination Ophthalmic Solution Once

Daily Compared with Timolol 0.5% Monotherapy Twice Daily and Bimatoprost 0.03% Monotherapy

Once Daily in Patients with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension, Protocol No. 192024-018T-00,

Allergan, 2001-2002.

Principal Investigator, Internet Registry of Patients with Ocular Hypertension Treated

with Xalatan (Project XOHT). Pharmacia, 2003-present.

Research interests: primary care of external eye disease; early diagnosis of glaucoma;

anomalous iris vessels; prevention and treatment of retinal vascular disease.

Inventions:

Calman-Chang Chopper: optimized instrument for cataract surgery. Prototype

developed by Rhein Medical Instruments, 2005. Available through Rhein Medical Instruments

(I have no financial interest)

Teaching Experience:

Outpatient clinical and surgical instructor to CPMC ophthalmology residents, beginning

July 2010

Surgical instructor to UCSF Ophthalmology residents at San Francisco General Hospital

(approx. 10-60 hours per year),

1993-present

Surgical instructor to UCSF Ophthalmology residents at Veterans Administration Medical

Center Ft. Miley (approx. 40 hours per year),

2003-2006

Attending physician for UCSF Ophthalmology residents at UCSF Eye Clinic (approx. 20-40

hours per year), 1993-present

Training of UCSF Family & Community Medicine and Internal Medicine residents in basic

recognition of eye disease (approx. 50-150 hours per year),

1993-1995, 2006-present

Training of UCSF medical students in basic recognition of eye disease (approx. 10-50

hours per year),

1993-1996, 1999-present

Invited Lecturer, UCSF Family Medicine Board Review Course, 2005-present

Invited Lecturer, Ocular Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 1995-2005

Guest lecturer, UCSF Continuing Medical Education Course on Ocular and Periocular

Malignancies, 1988

Lecturer, UCSF graduate school immunology course, 1987

Teaching assistant, UCSF medical school immunology course, 1987

Tutor, UCSF medical school biochemistry course, 1982-1983

Organizer and director, Amity/NCET MCAT Course, Berkeley, CA, 1982-1985 (lectured in

biology and chemistry; wrote workbook and revised textbook used nationwide in Amity/NCET

MCAT Course)

Biology lecturer,

Amity MCAT Course, New Haven, CT, 1981-1982

Community Service:

Commissioner, San Mateo County Commission on Aging, 2003

Co-Chair, Children and Youth Workgroup, San Mateo Counrt Mental Health Services Act

Implementation Steering Committee, 2005-2006

Board Member, San Mateo County Mental Health Board, 2003-2006

San Mateo County Citizens Academy, 2003

Neighborhood Organizer, FOCUS (Friends of Cabrillo Unified Schools) MeasureC Campaign,

2003

Medical Advisory Board, National Association of the Visually Handicapped,

1995-1998

Medical Advisory Board, St. Luke's Diabetes Center, 1995-1997

Volunteer Physician, National Eye Care Project, 1993-present

Volunteer Surgeon, Ambulatory Surgery Access Coalition, 1995-present

Pianist, United Way charity concerts, 1993

Volunteer, Mission Neighborhood Health Fair, 1983, 1988, 1992

Volunteer, UCSF Career Day specialty panel, 1994-1995

Other Experience:

Certified Retinal Photographer, Fundus Photograph Reading Center, 1995-present

UCSF Surgical Laser Science and Safety Course, 1990

Resident representative, Dean's committee on ophthalmology residency, 1993

Student representative, Microbiology/Immunology Graduate Program Steering Committee, 1987

Scientific Consultant, Clontech, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, 1986-1987

Slavyanka Men s Slavic Chorus, 1982-2003 (Russia tour 1986, Concert for Mikhail

Gorbachev 1990, Rachmaninoff Vespers 1988 and 2001, recorded 3 CD s)

Yale Russian Chorus 1979-1982 (Carnegie Hall Concerts 1980 and 1981, Russia

Tour 1982, 50th Anniversary Concert 2003)

Licensed private pilot, 1977-present

Civil Air Patrol1986-1988

Society Memberships:

American Medical Association, 1982-present

California Medical Association, 1982-present

San Francisco Medical Society, 1994-present

American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1991-present

California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (formerly California Academy of

Ophthalmology), 1992-present

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, 1988-present

Association of the Clinical Faculty, UCSF, 1993-present

Frederick C. Cordes Eye Society, 1990-present

American Diabetes Association, Professional Section, 1996-1999

American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984-1990, 1999-2001, 2003-present

Political Activities:

Founder and National Chair, Physicians for a Democratic Majority, 2004-present

Raised over $200,000 and trained and deployed over 400 volunteers nationwide in House,

Senate and Presidential campaigns, 2004-2008

Submitted candidates for Citizens Health Care Working Group at the

invitation of Sen. Ron Wyden, 2005

Endorsed KidsFirst Bill (S.113) at the request of Sen. John Kerry, 2005

Executive Board, California Democratic Party, 2005-2006 (alternate)

Elected Delegate, California Democratic Party Central Committee, representing Assembly

District 19, 2005-2006

Leadership Committee, Doctors for Obama, 2008

Caucus Convener for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean, California 12th

Congressional District, 2003-2004

Field Campaign Director for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean, California 12th

Congressional District, 2003 (coordinated precinct walking and phone bank campaign for 520

precincts in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)

Sponsor and Host, San Francisco Medical Society Fundraiser for Presidential Candidate

Gov. Howard Dean, July 31, 2003 (raised over $18,000)

National Leadership Council, Doctors for Dean, 2003

Bay Area Regional Coordinator, Doctors for Dean, 2003

Co-Producer, Doctors for Dean DVD, 2003

Iowa Hispanic Project for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean. Assisted Western

Regional Field Director Daniel Chavez and National Hispanic Outreach Director

Andres Gonzalez in campaign and GOTV activities for successful Hispanic

Outreach campaign for Iowa caucuses, Des Moines, IA, January, 2004

New Hampshire Primary for Dean: served as assistant and driver to State Campaign

Director Karen Hicks, and assisted with voter ID and GOTV activities for

New Hampshire Presidential Primary, Manchester, NH, January, 2004

New Mexico for Dean, National Phone Banking Operation. Coordinated with

Regional Campaign Director Daniel Chavez to provide California phone

bank operations for Voter ID for New Mexico Primary, February, 2004.

At-large Candidate for Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2004.

Alternate Member, San Mateo County Democratic Party Central Committee,

2003-present

Events Committee, San Francisco Dean Meetup Team, 2003

Constituency Outreach Committee, San Francisco Dean Meetup Team, 2003

San Mateo GOTV Field Coordinator, Khanna for Congress (California 12th Con-

gressional District), 2004 (coordinated 53 precincts).

Advisory Board, Congressional Candidate Ro Khanna (12th Congressional District),

2004

Healthcare Policy Advisor, Congressional Candidate Ro Khanna (12th Congressional

District), 2004

Neighborhood Organizer, FOCUS (Friends of Cabrillo Unified Schools) Measure

C Campaign, 2003

Legislative Key Contact for House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Congressman

Tom Lantos, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, American Academy of

Ophthalmology, 2000-present

Legislative Rapid Response Team, California Academy of Ophthalmology, 2000.

Negotiated compromise optometric scope of practice legislation, California

SB 929.

Briefed the late Rep. Allard Lowenstein for nationally televised debate against President

Carter s Chief Domestic Policy Advisor Stuart Eizenstat on the David Susskind

show (on behalf of Kennedy for President Campaign), 1979

Director of Recruiting for Yale University Campus, Kennedy for President Campaign,

1979-1980

Vice-Chairman, Liberal Party, Yale Political Union, 1979-1980

Co-Founder, Whig Party (progressive debating party), Yale Political Union, 1978

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