Christopher J Brady

Christopher J Brady

Associate Professor
Division of Ophthalmology
Duncan W. Persons, MD '34 Green & Gold Professor of Surgery

Contact Information

Office Location:
Division of Ophthalmology, 111 Colchester Ave. WP5

Education

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD
Master of Health Science in Clinical Epidemiology, December 2016

Wills Eye Hospital – Mid Atlantic Retina, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Medicine and Surgery, July 2, 2012 to July 3, 2014

Wills Eye Institute – Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency in Ophthalmology, July 1, 2009 to June 25, 2012

Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Internship in Internal Medicine, July 1, 2008- June 30, 2009

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Doctor of Medicine, May 22, 2008

Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, May 16, 2001

Awards and Honors

Dean’s List Columbia University Fall 1997, Spring 1998, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Spring 2000, Fall 2000

Magna Cum Laude Columbia University May, 2001

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha inductee, May 2008

James S. Shipman Award for Resident Research, 64th Wills Eye Institute Annual Conference February 2012

Advocacy Ambassador sponsored by the Retina Society to attended American Academy of Ophthalmology 16th Annual Mid-Year Forum and Advocacy Day, April 2013

Retina Fellows Forum Research Award for Best Fellow Paper 2014

National Eye Institute Travel Grant for Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting 2014

Best Fellow Surgical Case Presentation, 2nd Annual Vit-Buckle Society Meeting, March 2014

National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program Recipient (7/1/16-6/30/17)

Professional Societies

American Academy of Ophthalmology (Knowledge Base - Retina/Vitreous Panel - Member Subcommittee Member December 2015-present)

American Society of Retina Specialists

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

American Telemedicine Association (Vice-Chair Ocular Telehealth Special Interest Group 5/2014-present)

Research Grants

Ongoing:

7/1/15-6/30/17. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences/Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research KL2 Award KL2TR001077 (Ford, PI).
The goal of this project is to develop analytic skills in the methods of clinical epidemiology while developing a predictive model for the development of diabetes mellitus using biometric measurements from retinal images; $299,280

4/16/15-6/30/17 National Institute of Diabetes And Digestion/Johns Hopkins-University of Maryland Diabetes Research Center Pilot and Feasibility Award P30DK079637 (Hussain, PI)
Rapid grading of fundus photographs for diabetic retinopathy using crowdsourcing
The goal of this project is to increase the ability of crowdsourcing workers to identify mild diabetic retinopathy; $75,000

Completed:

2/15/15-2/14/16. Wilmer Pooled Professor Research Fund
Rapid grading of fundus photographs for diabetic retinopathy using crowdsourcing
The goal of this project is to increase the ability of crowdsourcing workers to identify specific pathological features on retinal images. Role: PI, $50,000

Wills Eye Hospital Innovation Grant Spirn (PI) 7/1/13-6/30/14
Quality and Diagnostic Utility of Mydriatic Fundus Smartphone Photography Obtained by Medical Students: The Smartphone Ophthalmoscopy Reliability Trial in the Wills Eye Emergency Department (SORT) Study.
The goal of this project was to test the use of smartphone technology to acquire gradable retinal images. Role: Co-Investigator

Wills Eye Hospital J. Arch McNamara Research Grant Gupta (PI) 1/1/13-6/30/14
Crowdsourcing of Fundus Photograph Interpretation Using Amazon Mechanical Turk for the Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy.
The goal of this project was to see whether crowdsourcing workers could identify retinal images with diabetic retinopathy as abnormal. Role: Co-Investigator

Wills Eye Hospital Innovation Grant Federman (PI) 7/1/12-6/30/14
Retinal arteriolar-venous ratio as a possible predictor for early vasculopathic disease.
The goal of this project was to validate retinal vessel caliber measurements for correlation with other vasculopathic risk factor. Role: Co-Investigator

Publications

Reddy A, Liu SH, Brady CJ, Sieving PC, Palestine AG. Corticosteroid implants for chronic non-infectious uveitis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Aug 29;8(8):CD010469. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010469.pub4. PMID: 37642198; PMCID: PMC10464657.

Brady CJ, Cockrell RC, Aldrich LR, Wolle MA, West SK. A Virtual Reading Center Model Using Crowdsourcing to Grade Photographs for Trachoma: Validation Study. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Apr 6;25:e41233. doi: 10.2196/41233. PMID: 37023420; PMCID: PMC10132003.

Naufal F, Brady CJ, Muñoz B, Mkocha H, West SK. Comparison of Five Camera Systems for Capturing and Grading Trachoma Images. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2023 Feb 12:1-6. doi: 10.1080/09286586.2023.2174559. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36775887.

Greenberg JR, Kim BY, Brady CJ, Millay RH, Raut R. Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography for Detecting Nonexudative Macular Neovascularization in Age-Related Macular Degeneration. J Vitreoretin Dis. 2022 Dec 9;7(1):16-19. doi: 10.1177/24741264221126297. PMID: 37008398; PMCID: PMC9954158.

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