Chief, Oculofacial Plastic & Orbital Surgery

Program Director, ASOPRS Fellowship

Program Director Emeritus, Ophthalmology Residency

Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Eyelid surgery, thyroid eye disease, orbital trauma, orbit tumors eyelid tumors, cosmetic surgery, facial surgery, lacrimal surgery

www.ophthalmology.uci.edu

Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO)
Member, American Ophthalmological Society
Fellow, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS)
Program Chair, ASOPRS, 2019
Oculofacial Plastic Surgery Liaison, ABO, 2017-2020
Ruedemann Lecturer, AAO, 2019
Board Examiner and Oculoplastic Surgery Exams Writing Committee, ABO
Ophthalmic Technology Assessments Committee – Oculoplastics and Orbit Panel, AAO
Program Director, ASOPRS-Accredited Fellowship

Secretariat Award, AAO, 2023 and 2024
Senior Achievement Award, AAO, 2024
Outstanding Contribution Award, ASOPRS, 2020
Research Award, ASOPRS, 2008
Achievement Award, AAO, 2014
America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly
Physician of Excellence, Orange County Medical Association

BOOKS

Plastic Surgery of the Lower Eyelids. Springer, 2023
Efficient Oculofacial Surgery. Springer, 2024

SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS (see CV for complete list)

Tao J, Wachter B, Yoon S. Critical Evaluation of the Peri-Orbital Aesthetic Patient. In: Master Techniques of Blepharoplasty and Peri-orbital Rejuvenation. Springer 2011.

Tao J and Yoon S. Orbitofacial fractures. In: Clinical Atlas of Procedures Ophthalmic and Oculofacial Surgery. Oxford University Press 2012.

Joseph J, Echegoyen J, Morgan P, Tao J. Oculoplastic Surgery. In Ophthalmic Microsurgery. SLACK. 2014.

Tao J, Massry G. Maintaining Lateral Wound and Canthal Regularity in External Midface Lifts. In: Pearls and Pitfalls in Cosmetic Oculoplastic Surgery. Springer Science+Business Media New York. 2014.

Tao J and Korn B. Enucleation. In: Video Atlas of Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Elsevier Saunders 2016.

Limongi R, Tao J, Feijo E. Terco Medio (Lifts of the Middle Third of the Face). In: Estetica Periocular (Periocular Aesthetic Surgery). Cultura Medica. 2018.

Tao J. Introduction. American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 50th Anniversary Book, the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Inc., 2019

Grob S, Cypen S, Tao J. Acquired Ptosis. In: Albert and Jakobiec’s Principles of Ophthalmology, 4th edition, 2020

SELECTED RECENT PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS (see CV for complete list)

Chen T, LeeL, Thariya P, Tao J. Spontaneous lateral sphenoid cephalocele. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024 July. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002732., primary author

Camacho B, Han M, Wang J, Dermarkarian C, Tao J. Eyelid vitiligo treatment with topical ruxolitinib. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024 Mar-Apr;40(2): e70. doi:10.1097/IOP.0000000000002461., primary author

Dermarkarian C, Zhou P, Andrade R, Tao J. Infection of a nylon foil orbital implant due to Fusarium brachygibbosum and Lomentospora prolificans after intranasal methamphetamine use. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2024 Jan-Feb;40(1): e25-e28. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002527., primary author

Tooley A, Tao J et al. Predictors of ophthalmology resident performance from medical student application materials. Journal of Surgical Education.?2024 Jan;81(1):151-160. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.10.003., secondary author

Tao J et al Thermal pulsation in the management of meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye. A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology.?2023 Dec;130(12):1336-1341. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.07.009., primary author

Limongi R, Figueiredo M, Tao J. Three-dimensional analysis of tear trough volume after lower blepharoplasty with midface lift. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. 2023 Nov-Dec;25(6):494-499. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2022.0330., primary author

Freitag S, Tao J. et al Use of mitomycin-c in dacryocystorhinostomy: A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology. 2023 Nov;130(11):1212-1220. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2023.06.024., secondary author

LaRocca, M, Dermarkarian C, Ediriwickrema, Tao J. Staphylococcus pseudintermedius of a semicircular facial flap with concomitant COVID-19 Infection. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2023 Oct;58(5): e221-e223. doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2023.03.016., primary author

Han M, Camacho B, Dermarkarian C, Tao J. Reconstruction of large full thickness lower eyelid defects with remnant eyelid rotation, semicircular skin, and muscle flap, and lateral tarsoconjunctival flap. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.? 2023 Sep-Oct;39(5):501-505. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002447., primary author

Han M, Dermarkarian C, Estopinol M, Tao J. Metastatic epithelioid sarcoma of the eyelid in a 47-year-old man: A case report. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2023 Jul-Aug;39(4): e112-e115., primary author

Tao J, Lelli G, Chambers C, Fante R. Reply Re: Recognition of oculofacial plastic surgery: Past, present, and future directions. Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2023 May/June;39(3):p 297.?doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002393., primary author

Han M, Dermarkarian C, Tao J. Orbitomalar erosive basal cell carcinoma. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 39(2):p e70, March/April 2023.?|?DOI:?10.1097/IOP.0000000000002240., primary author

Zada S, Tao J, Estopinol M. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with signet ring cell component and cdx2-expression in a patient treated with PD-1 inhibitor: a case report of a common tumor with unusual differentiation. Case Reports in Pathology. 2023 Feb 9; 2023:3378044.?doi: 10.1155/2023/3378044. PMID:?37223826, secondary author

Tao J, Lelli G, Chambers C, Fante R. Recognition of oculofacial plastic surgery: past, present, and future directions. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 39(1): p1-3, January/February 2023. DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002345., primary author

Lewis A, Dermarkarian C, Tao J. Treatment of an orbit pseudo meningocele through an eyelid incision. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Aug;57(4): e142-e144.?doi: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2021.11.002., primary author

Kwan C, Dermarkarian C, Cypen S,?Kennedy J, Tao J. Blepharoptosis?in the setting of an?ocular prosthesis: A literature review and description of the novel use of a template prosthesis. Touch REVIEWS in Ophthalmology. 2022 May; 16(1):42–5., primary author

Sobel R, Aakalu V, M. Vagefi R, Foster J, Tao J, Freitag S, Wladis E, McCulley T, Yen M. Orbital radiation for thyroid eye disease: A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2022 Apr;129(4):450-455. ISSN 0161-6420. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.10.025., secondary author

Tran T, Cypen S, Estopinol M, Tao J. Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma with ocular then orbital metastases. Case Rep Ophthalmol. 2022 Jan-Apr; 13(1): 76–81. PMID: 35350232., primary author

Hussey V, Tao J. Oculofacial plastic surgeon distribution by county in the United States, 2021. Orbit. 2021 Oct 21;1-4. doi: 10.1080/01676830.2021.1989468., primary author

Sheils C, Cypen S, Tao J. Blindness secondary to odontogenic orbital cellulitis during the COVID-19 dental shutdown. Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2021 Jul 15. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000002020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34269769., primary author

Figueiredo M, Limongi R, Tao J. A prospective randomized study of lateral brow-eyelid complex volume after internal browpexy using three-dimensional stereophotogrammetry. Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med. 2021 Jun 24. doi: 10.1089/fpsam.2020.0586. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34166117.

Tao J, Aakalu V, Freitag S, Sobel R, Foster JA, Wladis E, McCulley T, Yen M. Homeopathic agents, or vitamins in reducing ecchymosis after oculofacial surgery: A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology. 2021 Jun 24: S0161-6420(21)00376-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.05.018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34176651., primary author

Wladis E, Aakalu V, Sobel R, McCulley T, Foster J, Tao J, Freitag S, Yen M. Interventions for indirect traumatic optic neuropathy: A report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Ophthalmology. 2021 Jun;128(6):928-937. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.10.038. Epub 2020 Nov 6. PMID: 33161071., secondary author

American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

American College of Surgeons

American Academy of Ophthalmology

California Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons

Association of University Professors in Ophthalmology

American Eye Study Club

American Medical Association

Orange County Society of Ophthalmology

American Ophthalmological Society

Fellowship, Oculofacial Plastic and Orbital Surgery
Indiana University & ASOPRS, 2 years

Ophthalmology

Plastic Surgery

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Last updated
08/15/2024