Emma L. Clay, M.D.

Emma L. Clay, M.D., joins Long Beach Laser Center from the UCLA Medical Center Jules Stein Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology. Dr. Clay completed her Ophthalmology training after graduating from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Clay was awarded numerous honors, including the Paul Kayser International Scholar Award, the Jules Stein Alumni Association Resident Research Grant, and the Caroll R. Mullen Memorial Prize in Ophthalmology.

At the Jules Stein Eye Institute, Dr. Clay has been evaluating the clinical response of pediatric patients with chronic anterior uveitis to infliximab, a new tumor necrosis factor alpha blocker. She has also been instrumental in establishing a new method of analysis to apply to evaluation of medications for uveitis. Previous to Jules Stein, Dr. Clay worked with the Doheny Eye Institute in Los Angeles and the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia.

PUBLICATIONS

Hollander DA, Clay EL, Sidikaro Y, Infectious Crystalline Keratopathy Associated with Intravitreal and Posterior Subtenon Triamcinolone Acetonide Injections, in press.

Emma Clay, Richard Ou, Jonathan Davidorf, Ocular Trauma and Emergencies, In: Agarwal, A, ed. Handbook of Ophthalmology, New Jersey: Slack; 2005:539-564.

SI Murthy, EL Clay, RC Wang, E Zamir, NA Roa, Irreversible Late Visual Loss in Vogt Koyanagi Harada Disease. (2001). Abstract presented at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

Melissa A. Carran, Kohler G. Christian, David S. Glosser, Alicia A. Romero, Emma L. Clay, Michael J. O'Connor, Michael R. Sperling (1999). Anxiety Disorder and the Amygdala in Patients with an Aura of Fear. Abstract presented at the American Epilepsy Society 53rd Annual Meeting, December 1999.

PRESENTATIONS

"Treatment of Non-infectious Anterior Uveitis with Infliximab", Presented at 2005 JSEI Clinical and Research Seminar, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

"Infliximab for Uveitis Resistant to Etanercept", Presented at 2004 American Uveitis Society Meeting, at American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, 2004.

INTERESTS / SKILLS

Dr. Clay speaks Spanish and enjoys swimming, tennis, running and art history.