BitaEsmaeliMD

Ophthalmology • Houston, TX

Oculo-Plastic & Orbital Reconstructive Surgery, Ocular Oncology

Professor of Ophthalmology and Plastic Surgery

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1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX 77030
Phone(713) 792-6161
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Summary

Dr Bita Esmaeli is a Professor of Ophthalmology in the Department of Plastic Surgery at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Dr Esmaeli has carried a full-time practice of orbital oncology and oncologic oculoplastic surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center since 1998.

Dr. Esmaeli established the Ophthalmology Section as a comprehensive full-time specialty at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in 1998. She served as the Director of the Ophthalmologic Services from 1998 to 2001 and as the Chief of the Ophthalmology Section at M. D. Anderson from 2001 to 2004. She is the Program Director for an ASOPRS-sponsored and ACGME-approved fellowship in oculoplastic surgery and orbital oncology at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr Esmaeli has authored over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, over 50 invited articles and book chapters, has spearheaded several clinical trials and has participated in numerous research protocols at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. She has received many prestigious awards and honors including the Merrill Reeh Pathology Award and the Research Award from the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American Academy of Ophthalmology Senior Achievement Award, Best Doctors in America, and Top Doctors Award. Dr Esmaeli was inducted as a member of the American Ophthalmologic Society in 2012.

Dr Esmaeli 's clinical practice focuses on the surgical treatment of tumors of the eyelid, orbit, and conjunctiva, complex reconstructive surgery in the periocular region, and lacrimal surgery. Her research interests include molecular signature of ocular and orbital tumors, tissue banking for rare tumors of the eye and orbit, and eye and vision-sparing treatment strategies for orbital and ocular cancers.

Education & Training

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health CentersResidency, Ophthalmology, 1991 - 1994
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1990 - 1991
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin UniversityClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

OK State Medical License 2020 - 2021
TX State Medical License 1998 - 2021
CA State Medical License 1994 - 2022
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Member American Ophthalmologic Society
Senior Achievement Award American Academy of Ophthalmology
Mentorship Award American Medical Association
Best Doctors in America Best Doctors
Castle Connolly Top Doctors Castle Connolly
Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Clinical Trials

In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Study of Pigmented Conjunctival Lesions Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01Pedram Hamrah, MD, Arman Mashayekhi, MD, and Bita Esmaeli, MA, MD
Topical Cyclosporine vs. Placebo for Epiphora Associated With Docetaxel Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01Esmaeli, B.
Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy for Sebaceous Gland Carcinoma of Eyelid Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 01Esmaeli, B.
Social-Psychological Aspects of Orbital Exenteration Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01Esmaeli, B.
Pilot Trial of Radioimmunotherapy With Yttrium 90-Labeled (90Y) Zevalin for Low-Grade Follicular Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or MALT of the Orbit/Conjunctiva Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 01Esmaeli, B.
Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) Biopsy for Conjunctival/Eyelid Melanoma Start of enrollment: 2000 May 01Esmaeli, B.

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Carcinoid Tumors of the Orbit and Ocular Adnexa.
Hamzah Mustak, Wenjing Liu, Fabiola Murta, Omar Ozgur, Steven M. Couch, James A. Garrity, Roman Shinder, Michael Kazim, Alison B. Callahan, Brent Hayek, HeeJoon Kim, F...> ;Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2020 Jun 2
Whole-exome sequencing for ocular adnexal sebaceous carcinoma suggests PCDH15 as a novel mutation associated with metastasis.
Xu, S., Moss, T. J., Rubin, M. L., Ning, J., Eterovic, K., Yu, H., Jia, R., Fan, X., Tetzlaff, M. T., Esmaeli, B.> ;Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc. 2020 Jan 16
Sebaceous carcinoma: evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
Joshua L. Owen, Nour Kibbi, Brandon Worley, Ryan C. Kelm, Jordan V. Wang, Christopher A. Barker, Ramona Behshad, Christopher K. Bichakjian, Diana Bolotin, Jeremy S. Bo...> ;Lancet Oncology. 2019 Dec 1
Inclusion of Histologic Ulceration and Tumor Thickness in Future American Joint Committee on Cancer T Category Definitions for Conjunctival Melanoma.
Esmaeli, B.> ;JAMA ophthalmology. 2019 Jun 7
3 citations
Ultra-low-dose radiotherapy for definitive management of ocular adnexal B-cell lymphoma.
Pinnix, C. C., Dabaja, B. S., Milgrom, S. A., Smith, G. L., Yehia, Z. A., Nastoupil, L., Romaguera, J., Turturro, F., Fowler, N., Fayad, L., Westin, J., Neelapu, S., F...> ;Head & neck. 2019 Apr 17
The practice patterns in the management of sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid in the Asia Pacific region.
Cheung, JJC.,Esmaeli, B.,Lam, S. C.,Kwok, T.,Yuen, HKL.> ;Eye (Lond). 2019 Apr 07
Validation Study of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition, Staging System for Eyelid and Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Xu, S.,Sagiv, O.,Rubin, M. L.,Sa, H. S.,Tetzlaff, M.,Nagarajan, P.,Ning, J.,Esmaeli, B.> ;JAMA Ophthalmol. 2019 Mar 15
Predictors of Local Recurrence for Eyelid Sebaceous Carcinoma: Questionable Value of Routine Conjunctival Map Biopsies for Detection of Pagetoid Spread.
Sa, H. S.,Tetzlaff, M. T.,Esmaeli, B.> ;Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2019 Mar 14
Pathological Features and Clinical Course in Patients With Recurrent or Malignant Orbital Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma.
Oded Sagiv, Diana Bell, Yunxia Guo, Shirley Y. Su, Sara T. Wester, Kailun Jiang, Vivian T. Yin, Roman Shinder, Brent Hayek, Hee Joon Kim, Michael T. Tetzlaff, Bita Esm...> ;Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019 Mar 1
Orbital Lymphoma-An International Multicenter Retrospective Study.
Tine Gadegaard Olsen, Frederik Holm, Lauge Hjorth Mikkelsen, Peter Kristian Rasmussen, Sarah E. Coupland, Bita Esmaeli, Paul T. Finger, Gerardo F. Graue, Hans E. Gross...> ;American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar 1
Long-term Outcomes of Globe-Preserving Surgery with Proton Beam Radiation for Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Lacrimal Gland.
Esmaeli, B., Frank, S. J.> ;American journal of ophthalmology. 2019 Jan 29
Mohs micrographic surgery for eyelid sebaceous carcinoma: A multicenter cohort of 360 patients.
Zhou, C., Wu, F., Chai, P., Shi, Y., Ye, J., Shi, X., Tan, J., Ding, Y., Luo, Y., Esmaeli, B., Jia, R., Fan, X.> ;Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2019 Jan 15
Extraocular Muscle Enlargement and Thyroid Eye Disease-like Orbital Inflammation Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Cancer Patients.
Oded Sagiv, Thomas J. Kandl, Sudip D. Thakar, Bradley A. Thuro, Naifa L. Busaidy, Maria E. Cabanillas, Camilo Jimenez, Ramona Dadu, Paul H. Graham, J. Matthew Debnam, ...> ;Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2019 Jan 1
Distinct biological types of ocular adnexal sebaceous carcinoma: HPV-driven and virus-negative tumors arise through non-overlapping molecular-genetic alterations.
Tetzlaff, M. T.,Curry, J. L.,Ning, J.,Sagiv, O.,Kandl, T.,Peng, B.,Bell, D.,Routbort, M. J.,Hudgens, C. W.,Ivan, D.,Kim, T.,Chen, K.,Eterovic, A. K.,Shaw, KRM.,Prieto,...> ;Clin. Cancer Res.. 2018 Nov 14
A Pan-Cancer Analysis Reveals High-Frequency Genetic Alterations in Mediators of Signaling by the TGF-β Superfamily
Anil Korkut, Sobia Zaidi, Rupa S. Kanchi, Shuyun Rao, Nancy R. Gough, Andre Schultz, Xubin Li, Philip L. Lorenzi, Ashton C. Berger, Gordon Robertson, Lawrence N. Kwong...> ;Cell systems. 2018 Oct 24
Immunotherapy With Programmed Cell Death 1 Inhibitors for 5 Patients With Conjunctival Melanoma.
Sagiv, O., Thakar, S. D., Kandl, T. J., Ford, J., Sniegowski, M. C., Hwu, W., Esmaeli, B.> ;JAMA ophthalmology. 2018 Oct 24
High expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 in ocular adnexal sebaceous carcinoma.
Kandl, T. J.,Sagiv, O.,Curry, J. L.,Ning, J.,Ma, J.,Hudgens, C. W.,Van Arnam, J.,Wargo, J. A.,Esmaeli, B.,Tetzlaff, M. T.> ;Oncoimmunology. 2018 Sep 20
Generation of customized orbital implant templates using 3-dimensional printing for orbital wall reconstruction.
Sunah Kang, Jaeyoung Kwon, Chan Joo Ahn, Bita Esmaeli, Guk Bae Kim, Namkug Kim, Ho Seok Sa> ;Eye. 2018 Aug 28
Prognostic factors for local recurrence, metastasis and survival for sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid: observations in 100 patients.
Sa, H., Rubin, M. L., Xu, S., Ning, J., Tetzlaff, M., Sagiv, O., Kandl, T. J., Esmaeli, B.> ;The British journal of ophthalmology. 2018 Aug 23
Prevalence of a Histologic Change of Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma in Patients With a History of Lymphoma.
Sagiv, O.,Thakar, S. D.,Manning, J. T.,Kandl, T. J.,Fayad, L. E.,Fowler, N.,Hagemeister, F. B.,Fanale, M. A.,Pinnix, C. C.,Samaniego, F.,Esmaeli, B.> ;Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2018 Aug 21
The Cancer Genome Atlas Project: An Integrated Molecular View of Uveal Melanoma.
Martine J. Jager, Niels J. Brouwer, Bita Esmaeli> ;Ophthalmology. 2018 Aug 1
Ocular preservation with neoadjuvant vismodegib in patients with locally advanced periocular basal cell carcinoma.
Sagiv, O., Nagarajan, P., Ferrarotto, R., Kandl, T. J., Thakar, S. D., Glisson, B. S., Altan, M., Esmaeli, B.> ;The British journal of ophthalmology. 2018 Jul 20
Periocular Ecchymoses in Neuroblastoma Metastatic to the Orbit.
Sagiv, O., Stewart, J., Esmaeli, B.> ;Ophthalmology. 2018 Jun 25
Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy
Alison M. Taylor, Juliann Shih, Gavin Ha, Galen F. Gao, Xiaoyang Zhang, Ashton C. Berger, Steven E. Schumacher, Chen Wang, Hai Hu, Jianfang Liu, Alexander J. Lazar, Sa...> ;Cancer Cell. 2018 Apr 9
A Pan-Cancer Analysis of Enhancer Expression in Nearly 9000 Patient Samples.
Han Chen, Chunyan Li, Xinxin Peng, Zhicheng Zhou, John N. Weinstein, Samantha J. Caesar-Johnson, John A. Demchok, Ina Felau, Melpomeni Kasapi, Martin L. Ferguson, Caro...> ;Cell. 2018 Apr 5
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Journal Articles

Generation of Customized Orbital Implant Templates Using 3-Dimensional Printing for Orbital Wall Reconstruction
Bita Esmaeli, MD, Nature

Press Mentions

How I Supported My Mom Through Eye Cancer TreatmentAugust 29, 2020 10:39
Orbital Sarcoma Classification Correlates with Metastasis and SurvivalMarch 14, 2020 01:30
Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Periorbital RegionDecember 02, 2017 10:48
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