ThomasM.LietmanMD

Ophthalmology • San Francisco, CA

Professor and Director, Francis I Proctor Foundation, UCSF School of Medicine

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Office
95 Kirkham St
F.I. Proctor Foundation
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-476-1442

Fax+1 415-476-0527
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Ophthalmology, 1991 - 1994
MedStar Health (Baltimore)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1991
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1988
Yale CollegeBA, 1980 - 1984

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAO) American Academy of Ophthalmology

Clinical Trials

Trachoma Elimination Follow-up Start of enrollment: 2003 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 4
Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 4
Therapeutic Exploratory Study of Comparing Natamycin and Voriconazole to Treat Fungal Corneal Ulcer Start of enrollment: 2007 Nov 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Mortality Reduction After Oral Azithromycin: Mortality Study Start of enrollment: 2014 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 4
Infant Mortality Reduction by the Mass Administration of Azithromycin Start of enrollment: 2021 Oct 04
Recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Principal Investigator
Steroids and Cross-linking for Ulcer Treatment Start of enrollment: 2020 Sep 24
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Sponsor-Investigator
Rose Bengal Electromagnetic Activation With Green Light for Infection Reduction Start of enrollment: 2022 Aug 03
Recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Sponsor-Investigator
Rose Bengal Electromagnetic Activation With Green Light for Infection Reduction II Start of enrollment: 2024 Apr 30
Not yet recruiting
Phase 3
Roles: Contact, Principal Investigator
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Efficacy of Single-Dose Azithromycin for Ocular Chlamydial Infection: A Longitudinal Study.
Neha Pondicherry, Amza Abdou, Boubacar Kadri, Beido Nassirou, Sun Y Cotter, Nicole E Varnado, Travis C Porco, Sheila K West, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2024 Mar 19
Locality is the strongest predictor of expert performance in image-based differentiation of bacterial and fungal corneal ulcers from India.
Christopher R Rosenberg, Venkatesh Prajna, Muthiah K Srinivasan, Prajna C Lalitha, Tiru Krishnan, Revathi Rajaraman, Anitha Venugopal, Nisha Acharya, Gerami D Seitzman...> ;Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2024 Apr 1
Use of Large Language Models to Assess the Likelihood of Epidemics From the Content of Tweets: Infodemiology Study.
Michael S Deiner, Natalie A Deiner, Vagelis Hristidis, Stephen D McLeod, Thuy Doan, Thomas M Lietman, Travis C Porco> ;Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2024 Mar 1
1 citations
Mass Azithromycin Distribution to Prevent Child Mortality in Burkina Faso: The CHAT Randomized Clinical Trial.
Oldenburg, C., Ouattara, M., Bountogo, M., Boudo, V., Ouedraogo, T., Compaoré, G., Dah, C., Zakane, A., Coulibaly, B., Bagagnan, C., Hu, H., O'Brien, K., Nyatigo, F., ...> ;JAMA. 2024 Feb 13
Descemet Endothelial Thickness Comparison Trial 1 (DETECT 1): outcome masked, placebo-controlled trial comparing two types of corneal transplant surgeries and effect o...
Gensheimer, W., Clover, J., Varnado, N., Abdelrahman, S., Arnold, B., Chamberlain, W., Lin, C., Li, J., Jeng, B., Lietman, T., Rose-Nussbaumer, J.> ;BMJ Open Ophthalmology. 2024 Jan 29
Single-dose azithromycin for infant growth in Burkina Faso: Prespecified secondary anthropometric outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.
Sié, A., Ouattara, M., Bountogo, M., Dah, C., Ouedraogo, T., Boudo, V., Lebas, E., Hu, H., Arnold, B., O'Brien, K., Oldenburg, C., Lietman, T.> ;Plos Medicine. 2024 Jan 1
Gut Microbiome Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance After a Single Dose of Oral Azithromycin in Children: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial.
Doan, T., Liu, Z., Sié, A., Dah, C., Bountogo, M., Ouattara, M., Coulibaly, B., Kiemde, D., Zonou, G., Nebie, E., Brogdon, J., Lebas, E., Hinterwirth, A., Zhong, L., C...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2024 Feb 7
Seroreversion to Chlamydia trachomatis Pgp3 antigen among children in a hyperendemic region of Amhara, Ethiopia.
Tedijanto, C., Aragie, S., Gwyn, S., Wittberg, D., Zeru, T., Tadesse, Z., Chernet, A., Thompson, I., Nash, S., Martin, D., Keenan, J., Arnold, B., Lietman, T.> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2023 Dec 22
Comprehensive Profile of Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance in Conjunctivitis Cases from Niger.
Amza, A., Nassirou, B., Kadri, B., Ali, S., Mariama, B., Ibrahim, C., Roufaye, L., Lebas, E., Colby, E., Zhong, L., Chen, C., Ruder, K., Yu, D., Liu, Y., Abraham, T., ...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Dec 6
Pathogen Surveillance for Acute Infectious Conjunctivitis.
Kong, A., Tsui, E., Sella, R., Tham, V., Kong, A., McClean, E., Goren, L., Bahar, I., Cherian, N., Ramirez, J., Hughes, R., Privratsky, J., Onclinx, T., Feit-Leichman,...> ;JAMA Ophthalmology. 2023 Dec 1
1 citations
Distance to Health Centers and Effectiveness of Azithromycin Mass Administration for Children in Niger: A Secondary Analysis of the MORDOR Cluster Randomized Trial.
Chao, D., Arzika, A., Abdou, A., Maliki, R., Karamba, A., Galo, N., Beidi, D., Harouna, N., Abarchi, M., Root, E., Mishra, A., Lebas, E., Arnold, B., Oldenburg, C., Ke...> ;JAMA Network Open. 2023 Dec 1
2 citations
Tropical Data: Approach and Methodology as Applied to Trachoma Prevalence Surveys.
Harding-Esch, E., Burgert-Brucker, C., Jimenez, C., Bakhtiari, A., Willis, R., Bejiga, M., Mpyet, C., Ngondi, J., Boyd, S., Abdala, M., Abdou, A., Adamu, Y., Alemayehu...> ;Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 2023 Dec 1
Risk factors for corneal abrasions in Nepal: a community-based study.
Sylvia R Brekke, Puspa Giri, Raghunandan Byanju, Sangita Pradhan, Gopal Bhandari, Sadhan Bhandari, Ram Prasad Kandel, Bimal Poudyal, John A Gonzales, Muthiah Srinivasa...> ;Eye. 2024 Apr 1
Comparison of Population-Based Census versus Birth History for the Estimation of Under-5 Mortality in Niger.
Brittany Peterson, Ahmed Mamane Arzika, Abdou Amza, Alio Karamba, Nasser H Dodo, Nasser Galo, Aboubacar Beidi, Abarchi Moustapha, Elodie Lebas, Catherine Cook, Jeremy ...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Dec 6
2 citations
Anthropometric Differences in Community- Versus Clinic-Recruited Infants Participating in a Trial of Azithromycin for Prevention of Childhood Mortality in Burkina Faso.
Mamadou Ouattara, Ali Sié, Mamadou Bountogo, Valentin Boudo, Clarisse Dah, Elodie Lebas, Huiyu Hu, Travis C Porco, Benjamin F Arnold, Thomas M Lietman, Catherine E Old...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Nov 1
1 citations
Temporal Trends in Phenotypic Macrolide and Nonmacrolide Resistance for Streptococcus pneumoniae Nasopharyngeal Samples Up to 36 Months after Mass Azithromycin Adminis...
Ashley Hazel, Ahmed M Arzika, Amza Abdou, Elodie Lebas, Travis C Porco, Ramatou Maliki, Thuy Doan, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, Seth Blumberg> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Nov 1
Diagnostic accuracy of smartphone corneal photography for detection of corneal opacities in a resource-limited setting: a community-based study.
Cao, B., Giri, P., Byanju, R., Pradhan, S., Bhandari, G., Bhandari, S., Kandel, R., Poudyal, B., Gonzales, J., Srinivasan, M., Upadhyay, M., Whitcher, J., O'Brien, K.,...> ;Cornea Open. 2023 Sep 1
Heterogenous pathogen profile associated with acute conjunctivitis in Nepal.
Meenu Chaudhary, Sanjeeta Sitaula, Kevin Ruder, Cindi Chen, Lina Zhong, Yu Heng Lu, Thomas Abraham, Danny Yu, Armin Hinterwirth, Thomas M Lietman, Thuy Doan, Gerami D ...> ;International Health. 2023 Aug 31
Wastewater-Based Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance in Niger: An Exploratory Study.
Sani Ousmane, Issifi A Kollo, Ronan Jambou, Rakia Boubacar, Ahmed M Arzika, Ramatou Maliki, Abdou Amza, Zijun Liu, Elodie Lebas, Emily Colby, Lina Zhong, Cindi Chen, A...> ;The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2023 Oct 4
Anterior Segment OCT for Detection of Narrow Angles: A Community-Based Diagnostic Accuracy Study.
Sangita Pradhan, Ranjeet K Sah, Gopal Bhandari, Sadhan Bhandari, Raghunandan Byanju, Ram P Kandel, Isabel J B Thompson, Valerie M Stevens, Krisianne M Aromin, Julius T...> ;Ophthalmology. Glaucoma. 2023 Aug 21
Relationship Between Intraocular Pressure and Age: A Population-Based Study in Nepal.
Gopal Bhandari, Sadhan Bhandari, Raghunandan Byanju, Sangita Pradhan, Ranjeet Kumar Sah, Ram Prasad Kandel, Isabel J Thompson, Alan P Rotchford, Sheila K West, Beatriz...> ;Journal of Glaucoma. 2023 Nov 1
Validation of the C-DU(KE) Calculator as a Predictor of Outcomes in Patients Enrolled in Steroids for Corneal Ulcer and Mycotic Ulcer Treatment Trials.
Alejandro Arboleda, N Venkatesh Prajna, Prajna Lalitha, Muthiah Srinivasan, Revathi Rajaraman, Tiruvengada Krishnan, James Feghali, Nisha R Acharya, Thomas M Lietman, ...> ;Cornea. 2024 Feb 1
1 citations
Monitoring transmission intensity of trachoma with serology.
Christine Tedijanto, Anthony W Solomon, Diana L Martin, Scott D Nash, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, Patrick J Lammie, Kristen Aiemjoy, Abdou Amza, Solomon Aragie,...> ;Nature Communications. 2023 Jun 5
Apollo Rising: Acute Conjunctivitis Outbreak in India, 2022.
N Venkatesh Prajna, Lalitha Prajna, Vishnu Teja, Ramesh Gunasekaran, Cindi Chen, Kevin Ruder, Lina Zhong, Danny Yu, David Liu, Thomas Abraham, Wendy Ao, Michael Deiner...> ;Cornea Open. 2023 Jun 1
3 citations
Monitoring transmission intensity of trachoma with serology.
Christine Tedijanto, Anthony W Solomon, Diana L Martin, Scott D Nash, Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, Patrick J Lammie, Kristen Aiemjoy, Abdou Amza, Solomon Aragie,...> ;Medrxiv. 2023 May 17
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Journal Articles

Mass Azithromycin Distribution for Hyperendemic Trachoma Following a Cluster-Randomized Trial: A Continuation Study of Randomly Reassigned Subclusters (TANA II)
Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, PLoS One
F Effect of Antibiotics on Short-Term Growth Among Children in Burkina Faso: A Randomized Trial
Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Anthropometry and Malaria Among Children in Niger: A Cross-Sectional Study
Thomas M Lietman, Bruce D Gaynor, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
School-Based Versus Community-Based Sampling for Trachoma Surveillance
Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The Effect of Antibiotic Selection Pressure on the Nasopharyngeal Macrolide Resistome: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
Jeremy D Keenan, Thomas M Lietman, Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Press Mentions

Common Antibiotic No More Effective Than Placebo in Preventing COVID-19 Symptoms Among Non-Hospitalized: Outpatient Study Found Limited Effect of Azithromycin on Progression of DiseaseJuly 18th, 2021
Study Suggests Mass Azithromycin May Promote Resistance to Other AntibioticsNovember 13th, 2020
Research to Prevent Blindness and American Academy of Ophthalmology Award Grants for Big Data Research to Improve Patient CareJuly 30th, 2019
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Grant Support

Tana IINational Eye Institute2010–2011
Myocotic Ulcer Treatment TrialNational Eye Institute2009–2011
The Steroids For Cornea Ulcers TrialNational Eye Institute2005–2009
Eliminating Trachoma With Repeat Mass Drug TreatmentNational Eye Institute2004–2009
Predicting Resistance: Validating Mathematical ModelsNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases2003–2004
Transmission Dynamics Of TrachomaNational Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases1997–2001