Jacob Heng

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Title(s)	Assistant Professor Of Clinical, Ophthalmology
School	Vc-health Sciences-schools
Address	9500 Gilman Drive # La Jolla CA 92093
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Case Report: Bilateral optic nerve head masses and retinopathy in a patient with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia receiving CAR T-cell therapy masquerading as fungal endophthalmitis. Front Immunol. 2026; 17:1854882. Heng JS, Ramos-Davila E, Maiz AM, Henderson A, Eberhart CG, Liberman P, Métais JY, Gottschalk S, Schratz KE, Symons H, Bonifant CL, Handa JT. PMID: 42367755; PMCID: PMC13294182.

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All Allergy and Immunology
Translation:Humans
Bimanual Robotic Eye Manipulation Using Adaptive Sclera Force Control: Towards Safe Retinal Vein Cannulation. IEEE Trans Med Robot Bionics. 2025 Nov; 7(4):1499-1512. Esfandiari M, Kim JW, Zhang P, Heng JS, Gehlbach P, Taylor RH, Iordachita II. PMID: 41583546; PMCID: PMC12829964.

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A Tear-Based Approach for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Pathogens in Corneal Ulcers Using Nanopore Sequencing. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Apr 01; 14(4):19. Dibbs M, Matesva M, Theotoka D, Jayaraj C, Metiku B, Demkowicz P, Heng JS, Wang Y, Bakhoum CY, Chow J, Bakhoum MF. PMID: 40244576; PMCID: PMC12013674.

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Bio Biomedical Engineering Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans Cells
Novel In-Office Procedure for Retinal Detachment. JAMA Ophthalmol. 2025 Jan 01; 143(1):60-61. Heng JS, Paulus YM. PMID: 39666351.

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Oph Ophthalmology
A Tear-Based Approach for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Pathogens in Corneal Ulcers Using Nanopore Sequencing. medRxiv. 2024 Sep 28. Dibbs M, Matesva M, Theotoka D, Jayaraj C, Metiku B, Demkowicz P, Heng JS, Wang Y, Bakhoum CY, Chow J, Bakhoum MF. PMID: 39399005; PMCID: PMC11469460.

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Normal and Sjogren's syndrome models of the murine lacrimal gland studied at single-cell resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 10 17; 120(42):e2311983120. Rattner A, Heng JS, Winer BL, Goff LA, Nathans J. PMID: 37812717; PMCID: PMC10589653.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 10 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Animals
NK/T-cell Lymphoma With Orbital Involvement: A Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Jul-Aug 01; 39(4):316-327. Dhodapkar RM, Spadaro JZ, Heng JS, Sinard JH, Lee YH, Habib LA, Pointdujour-Lim R. PMID: 36692957.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 1 Fields:
Gen General Surgery Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans
Visual acuity after cataract surgery in Macular Telangiectasia Type 2 Stage 3 to 5. Int J Retina Vitreous. 2022 Jun 11; 8(1):38. Heng JS, Arevalo JF, Handa JT. PMID: 35690847; PMCID: PMC9188048.

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Local recurrence of uveal melanoma and concomitant brain metastases associated with an activating telomerase promoter mutation seven years after secondary enucleation. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Sep; 27:101607. Heng JS, Perzia BM, Sinard JH, Pointdujour-Lim R. PMID: 35707052; PMCID: PMC9189986.

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Autoimmune retinopathy with associated anti-retinal antibodies as a potential immune-related adverse event associated with immunotherapy in patients with advanced cutaneous melanoma: case series and systematic review. BMJ Open Ophthalmol. 2022; 7(1):e000889. Heng JS, Kim JM, Jones DK, Stoessel KM, Weiss SA, Sznol M, Kluger HM, Walter SD, Silverstein NA, Pointdujour-Lim R. PMID: 35047671; PMCID: PMC8724805.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 14 Fields:
Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans
CRISPR Generated SIX6 and POU4F2 Reporters Allow Identification of Brain and Optic Transcriptional Differences in Human PSC-Derived Organoids. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021; 9:764725. Wahlin KJ, Cheng J, Jurlina SL, Jones MK, Dash NR, Ogata A, Kibria N, Ray S, Eldred KC, Kim C, Heng JS, Phillips J, Johnston RJ, Gamm DM, Berlinicke C, Zack DJ. PMID: 34869356; PMCID: PMC8635054.

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Comprehensive analysis of a mouse model of spontaneous uveoretinitis using single-cell RNA sequencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Dec 26; 116(52):26734-26744. Heng JS, Hackett SF, Stein-O'Brien GL, Winer BL, Williams J, Goff LA, Nathans J. PMID: 31843893; PMCID: PMC6936593.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 48 Fields:
Sci Science
Hypoxia tolerance in the Norrin-deficient retina and the chronically hypoxic brain studied at single-cell resolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 04 30; 116(18):9103-9114. Heng JS, Rattner A, Stein-O'Brien GL, Winer BL, Jones BW, Vernon HJ, Goff LA, Nathans J. PMID: 30988181; PMCID: PMC6500147.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 43 Fields:
Sci Science
Translation:Animals Cells
Transcriptional and epigenomic landscapes of CNS and non-CNS vascular endothelial cells. Elife. 2018 09 06; 7. Sabbagh MF, Heng JS, Luo C, Castanon RG, Nery JR, Rattner A, Goff LA, Ecker JR, Nathans J. PMID: 30188322; PMCID: PMC6126923.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 159 Fields:
Bio Biology
Translation:Animals Cells
Principles of pharmacology in the eye. Br J Pharmacol. 2017 Dec; 174(23):4205-4223. Awwad S, Mohamed Ahmed AHA, Sharma G, Heng JS, Khaw PT, Brocchini S, Lockwood A. PMID: 28865239; PMCID: PMC5715579.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 85 Fields:
Pha Pharmacology
Translation:Humans Animals
Geographical variation in glaucoma prescribing trends in England 2008-2012: an observational ecological study. BMJ Open. 2016 05 17; 6(5):e010429. Heng JS, Wormald R, Khaw PT. PMID: 27188806; PMCID: PMC4874115.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Revised Baux Score and updated Charlson comorbidity index are independently associated with mortality in burns intensive care patients. Burns. 2015 Nov; 41(7):1420-7. Heng JS, Clancy O, Atkins J, Leon-Villapalos J, Williams AJ, Keays R, Hayes M, Takata M, Jones I, Vizcaychipi MP. PMID: 26187055.

View in: PubMed Mentions: 27 Fields:
Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
Filiform Polyposis Secondary to Colonic Tuberculosis Presenting as Acute Colo-Colonic Intussusception. Case Rep Surg. 2015; 2015:578263. Heng JS, Baird A, Novelli MR, Davidson RN, Bhutiani RP. PMID: 26114005; PMCID: PMC4465708.

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Metastatic renal cell carcinoma presenting with mediastinal eggshell calcification. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Apr 28; 2015. Heng JS, Ghuman AS, Hamdulay SS, Hirji H. PMID: 25920738; PMCID: PMC4422929.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Atrial enlargement associated with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: an unusual cause of dysphagia and weight loss. BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Mar 05; 2015. Heng JS, Elghamaz A. PMID: 25743870; PMCID: PMC4368948.

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Med Medicine (General)
Translation:Humans
Geographical analysis of socioeconomic factors in risk of domestic burn injury in London 2007-2013. Burns. 2015 May; 41(3):437-45. Heng JS, Atkins J, Clancy O, Takata M, Dunn KW, Jones I, Vizcaychipi MP. PMID: 25554260.

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Tra Traumatology
Translation:Humans
Severity of acute ocular involvement is independently associated with time to resolution of ocular disease in toxic epidermal necrolysis patients. Br J Ophthalmol. 2015 Feb; 99(2):251-4. Heng JS, Malik N, Joshi N, Hayes M, Jones I, Fuller LC, Vizcaychipi MP. PMID: 25138767.

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Oph Ophthalmology
Translation:Humans
J wave patterns--morphology, prevalence and nomenclature. J Electrocardiol. 2013 Nov-Dec; 46(6):505-9. Macfarlane PW, Clark EN, Heng JS. PMID: 24075127.

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Car Cardiology
Translation:Humans