By Conjoint Professor Ashish Agar

Journal articles

Win SH; Parker RT; Ku JJ; Lau OC; Singh R; Ruan CW; Lim CH; Thoo C; Agar A; Francis IC, 2013, 'Iris floculli: Elevated intraocular pressure or threat to life?', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 41, pp. 892 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ceo.12102

Zhang MG; Chen TS; Lau OCF; McPherson ZE; Kam AK; Ruan C; Francis KE; Agar A; Francis IC; Sim BWC, 2013, 'Endophthalmitis in Cape Town, South Africa: Are the data real?', Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 39, pp. 1452 - 1453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.07.023

Lauschke JL; Amjadi S; Lau OCF; Parker RT; Chui J; Win S; Sim BWC; Ku JJY; Lim CHL; Singh R; Aggarwala A; Wei MC; Cohn GS; Chan DG; Armstrong PA; Agar A; Francis IC, 2013, 'Comparison of macular morphology between femtosecond laser-assisted and traditional cataract surgery', Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 39, pp. 656 - 657, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.02.004

Singh R; Dubey R; Montfort J; Jeffries M; Agar A; Bank A; Mcnaught P; Francis IC, 2012, 'Carnitine palmitoyl transferase 11 deficiency: a possible association with progression of normal pressure glaucoma', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 40, pp. e237 - e238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02702.x

Singh R; Montfort J; Agar A; Jalbert I; Francis I, 2012, 'Dynamic Disc Dimensioning: improved measurement of optic nerve height using red-free light', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 40, pp. e231 - e232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02624.x/full

Skalicky S; Ho I; Agar A; Bank A, 2012, 'Glaucoma filtration surgery following sustained elevation of intraocular pressure secondary to intravitreal anti-VEGF injections', Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging, 43, pp. 328 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.3928/15428877-20120618-01

Dubey R; Karaconji T; Agar A; Bank A; Coroneo MT; Francis IC, 2012, 'Role of clear lens extraction in adult angle closure disease: a review--comment.', Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 40, pp. e239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02643.x

Fox OJ; Sim BW; Win S; Singh R; Amjadi S; Agar A; Bank A; Francis IC, 2012, 'Technique to exclude temporal lash incursion in phacoemulsification surgery', Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 38, pp. 1885 - 1887, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2012.09.005

Karaconji T; Dubey R; Yassine Z; Singh R; Agar A; Francis IC, 2011, 'Bacterial-sized particle ingress promoted by suturing: Is this true in the real world?', Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 37, pp. 2235 - 2236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.09.027

Jeffries MAR; Dubey R; Bhardwaj G; Singh R; Lauschke JL; Wei M; Agar A; Wilcsek G; Francis IC, 2011, 'Augmented kinetic observational proptometry: An improved technique for clinical assessment of proptosis and enophthalmos', Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 27, pp. 463, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IOP.0b013e31821ccd97

Singh R; Dubey R; Montfort J; Jeffries M; Agar A; Bank A; McNaught P; Francis I, 2011, 'CARNITINE PALMITOYL TRANSFERASE II DEFICIENCY: A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION WITH PROGRESSION OF NORMAL PRESSURE GLAUCOMA', CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, 39, pp. 62 - 62, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000296914400111&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Agar A; Li S; Agarwal NJ; Coroneo MT; Hill MA, 2006, 'Retinal ganglion cell line apoptosis induced by hydrostatic pressure', Brain Research, 1086, pp. 191 - 200

Balkan S; Yaras N; Mihçi E; Dora B; Agar A; Yargiçoglu P, 2003, 'Effect of donepezil on EEG spectral analysis in Alzheimer's disease', ACTA NEUROLOGICA BELGICA, 103, pp. 164 - 169

Agar A; Yip SS; Hill MA; Coroneo MT, 2000, 'Pressure related apoptosis in neuronal cell lines', Journal of Neuroscience Research, 60, pp. 495 - 503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(20000515)60:4<495::aid-jnr8>3.0.co;2-s

Conference Papers

Guo E; Spencer S; de Boeck Z; Becvarovski Z; Shulruf B; Agar A, 2026, 'THE METACOGNITIVE GAP IN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OTOLARYNGOLOGY MEDICAL EDUCATION: HOW CURRICULAR SQUEEZE IMPACTS LEARNER COMPETENCE AND PATIENT SAFETY', in EDULEARN proceedings, IATED Academy, presented at EDULEARN26 Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2026.0979

Phu J; Wang H; Masselos K; Tong J; Connor H; Scully J; Zhang S; Rafla D; Posarelli M; Tan J; Agar A; Kalloniatis M, 2025, 'Evaluation of ChatGPT for addressing patient- centred frequently asked questions in glaucoma clinical practice', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY

Tan JCK; Phu J; Montesano G; Bell K; Agar A; Crowston JG, 2025, 'Prediction of repeatable glaucomatous visual field defects based on cluster characteristics', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC

Agar A; Zhang H; Lin M; Channell J; Spencer S; Kalas D; Kan A; Tran N; Hepschke J; Razavi H; Shulruf B, 2024, 'STAYING FOCUSED: ADDRESSING THE CRISIS IN OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION WITH TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION', in EDULEARN proceedings, IATED Academy, pp. 5215 - 5215, presented at EDULEARN24 Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/edulearn.2024.1282

Tran N; Kan A; Spencer S; Lin M; Zhang H; Shulruf B; Agar A, 2024, 'ARE YOU MORE INTELLIGENT THAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE? THE CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF CHATGPT AS AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING MEDIUM', in INTED proceedings, IATED Academy, pp. 2598 - 2598, presented at INTED2024 Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2024.0725

Bae HY; Saberi M; Shariflou S; Kalloniatis M; Phu J; Agar A; Cheraghian A; Golzan SM, 2024, 'Enhancing Glaucoma Diagnosis through Vision-Language Models and Large Language Model Descriptions', in Proceedings 2024 25th International Conference on Digital Image Computing Techniques and Applications Dicta 2024, pp. 198 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/DICTA63115.2024.00039

Kan A; Lin M; Zhang H; Spencer S; Hepschke J; Shulruf B; Agar A, 2023, 'A NOVEL LOOK INTO ANIMATING OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION', in INTED proceedings, IATED Academy, pp. 4069 - 4078, presented at INTED2023 Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2023.1081

Kalas D; Choy W; Spencer S; Agar A, 2023, 'EFFECTIVENESS OF NOVEL APPROACHES TO OPHTHALMOLOGY EDUCATION IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS', in INTED proceedings, IATED Academy, pp. 2841 - 2849, presented at INTED2023 Proceedings, http://dx.doi.org/10.21125/inted.2023.0780

Khan MW; Sheng H; Zhang H; Du H; Wang S; Coroneo MT; Hajati F; Shariflou S; Kalloniatis M; Phu J; Agar A; Huang Z; Golzan M; Yu X, 2023, 'RVD: A Handheld Device-Based Fundus Video Dataset for Retinal Vessel Segmentation', in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems

Lin S; Trang E; Bank A; Kong GYX; Agar A, 2023, 'A comparison of web-browser perimetry Melbourne Rapid Fields to Humphrey Field Analyzer in rural Australia', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 949 - 950

Craig JE; Hewitt A; Graham S; Casson R; Healey P; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Kolovos A; Siggs O; Hassall MM; MacGregor S, 2023, 'Applying glaucoma polygenic risk scores in the clinical setting to assist decision making', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 929 - 929

Tran NT; Channell J; Spencer S; Dobson R; Zhang H; Shulruf B; Razavi H; Agar A, 2023, 'Game-based ophthalmology teaching for medical students', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 1037 - 1037

Kolovos A; Qassim A; Hassall MM; Marshall H; Nguyen TT; Berry EC; Hollitt G; Mullany S; Ridge B; Galanopoulos A; Agar A; Graham S; Schulz A; Hewitt A; Casson R; Lake S; Landers J; Mills R; Schmidt J; Souzeau E; Mitchell PAO; Healey P; Siggs O; MacGregor S; Craig J, 2023, 'Glaucoma polygenic risk score determines glaucoma status in individuals with pseudoexfoliation syndrome', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 995 - 996

Walker C; Lee B; Offord J; Laue-Gizzi H; Watson S; Somerville E; Agar A; Coroneo MAO; Francis I, 2023, 'Homonymous hemianopia in hyperglycaemia-induced occipital lobe seizures', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 999 - 999

Berry EC; Marshall H; Qassim SMA; Schmidt J; Thomson D; Nguyen TT; Kolovos A; Knight L; Hollitt G; Ridge B; Schulz A; Hassall MM; Lake S; Mills R; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Landers J; Healey P; Graham S; Hewitt A; MacGregor S; Casson R; Siggs O; Craig J, 2023, 'No association between nocturnal hypoxaemia and glaucomatous outcomes', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 950 - 950

Hassall MM; Nguyen TT; Kolovos A; Mullany S; Qassim A; Marshall H; Schmidt J; Berry EC; Hollitt G; Ridge B; Schulz A; Mills R; Healey P; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Graham S; Siggs O; Hewitt A; Casson R; MacGregor S; Souzeau E; Landers J; Craig J, 2023, 'Polygenic risk predicts the magnitude of pressure reduction when initiating therapy for treatmentnaive glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 951 - 952

Kolovos A; Qassim A; Marshall H; Nguyen TT; Mullany S; Berry EC; Hollitt G; Knight L; Ridge B; Hassall MM; Schmidt J; Galanopoulos A; Agar A; Healey P; Schulz A; Graham S; Lake S; Hewitt A; Souzeau E; Siggs O; MacGregor S; Craig J, 2023, 'The clinical utility of a glaucoma polygenic risk score in early and advanced glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 950 - 951

Cai T; Borchert GA; Wong E; Lam D; Hughes C; Allende A; Agar A; Francis I, 2023, 'The role of positron emission tomography - computed tomography in the diagnosis of temporal arteritis', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 1000 - 1001

Spencer S; Ireland P; Braden J; Hepschke J; Lin M; Zhang H; Channell J; Razavi H; Turner A; Coroneo M; Shulruf B; Agar A, 2022, 'A marathon more than a sprint: Determinants of trainee success in race', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 970 - 970, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000876646500183&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Jiang IW; Huang JJM; Agar A; Francis IC, 2022, 'A novel head stabilisation technique: Simplicity, safety and security during slit lamp procedures', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 934 - 934

Siggs O; Qassim A; Han X; Marshall H; Mullany S; Souzeau E; Galanopoulos A; Agar A; Landers J; Casson R; Hewitt AW; Healey P; Graham SL; MacGregor S; Craig J, 2022, 'A polygenic risk score predicts functional progression in early primary open-angle glaucoma', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC

Lee GA; Agar A; Chiang MYM; Cronin B; Green MD, 2022, 'Final results from the HORIZON trial: Five-year follow up of a Schlemm's canal microstent combined with cataract surgery in primary open angle glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 852 - 852

McPherson ZE; Sørensen HT; Horváth-Puhó E; Agar A; Coroneo MT; White A; Francis IC; Pasquale LR; Kang JH; Pettersson S; Talley NJ; McEvoy MA, 2021, 'Irritable bowel syndrome and risk of glaucoma: An analysis of two independent population-based cohort studies', in United European Gastroenterology Journal, Wiley, England, pp. 1057 - 1065, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ueg2.12136

Marshall H; Mullany S; Qassim A; Han X; Hassall M; Nguyen T; Healey PR; Agar A; Hewitt AW; MacGregor S; Graham SL; Casson R; Siggs O; Craig JE, 2021, 'Hypercholestolaemia predicts disease progression in primary open-angle glaucoma', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

Marshall H; Andrew N; Hassall M; Qassim A; Souzeau E; Ridge B; Thi N; Fitzgerald J; Awadalla M; Burdon K; Healey P; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Hewitt AW; Graham S; Landers J; Casson R; Craig JE, 2019, 'Systemic vascular risk factors and IOP determine the location of initial structural and functional deficit in early glaucoma', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 31 - 32, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493279000010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Qassim A; Walland M; Landers J; Graham S; Healey PR; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Casson R; Awadalla M; Thi N; Schulz A; Ridge B; Craig JE, 2019, 'The effect of phacoemulsification cataract surgery on intraocular pressure in early glaucoma: a prospective multi-site study', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 120 - 120, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493279000200&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Qassim A; Hassall M; Han X; Marshall HN; Awadalla MS; Graham SL; Healey PR; Agar A; Landers J; Galanopoulos A; Casson RJ; Hewitt AW; MacGregor S; Craig JE, 2019, 'Glaucoma polygenic risk score predicts treatment intensity and RNFL loss in glaucoma suspects', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Marshall HN; Andrew NH; Souzeau E; Ridge B; Fitzgerald J; Awadalla M; Burdon KP; Healey P; Agar A; Galanopoulos A; Hewitt AW; Graham S; Landers J; Casson RJ; Craig JE, 2019, 'Peripapillary RNFL loss precedes Macular GCIPL loss in glaucoma with lower intraocular pressure', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Shariflou S; Agar A; Rose KA; Golzan M, 2019, 'The accuracy of spontaneous venous pulsation assessment in discriminating glaucoma from glaucoma suspects', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CANADA, Vancouver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CANADA, Vancouver, 28 April 2019 - 02 May 2019

Hall E; Hepschke J; Agar A, 2019, 'Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) as a standalone procedure for glaucoma in Australia and New Zealand', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 30 - 31

Agar A; Hall E; Clement C; Lim R; White A; Healey P, 2019, 'Population, disease characteristics and outcomes for the hydrus microstent MIGS in Australia & New Zealand', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 30 - 30

Chia M; Turner A; Kong G; Agar A; Trang E, 2019, 'Validation of an iPad visual field test to screen for glaucoma in rural and remote settings', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 121 - 121

Marshall H; Andrew N; Souzeau E; Ridge B; Fitzgerald J; Awadalla M; Galanopoulos A; Burdon K; Healey P; Agar A; Graham S; Hewitt A; Landers J; Casson R; Craig J, 2018, 'MACULAR GCIPL LOSS PRECEDES PERIPAPILLARY RNFL LOSS IN GLAUCOMA WITH LOWER INTRAOCULAR PRESSURES', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 64 - 64, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000450083500066&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Shariflou S; Rose KA; Agar A; Golzan M, 2018, 'Amplitudes of spontaneous venous pulsations are associated with retinal ganglion cell count estimates in glaucoma', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 21 April 2018 - 03 May 2018

Zangerl B; Ly A; Hennessy MP; Agar A; Masselos K; Dance S; Yapp M; Kalloniatis M, 2018, 'Automated analysis of optic nerve head changes in patients with glaucoma', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 21 April 2018 - 03 May 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/28173

Qassim A; Mark H; Han X; Marshall H; Graham S; Healey P; Agar A; Landers J; Casson R; Galanopoulos A; Awadalla M; Hewitt A; MacGregor S; Craig J, 2018, 'CLINICAL UTILITY OF POLYGENIC RISK SCORE IN EARLY GLAUCOMA: APPLICATION IN A NATIONAL PROSPECTIVE EARLY MANIFEST GLAUCOMA COHORT', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 65 - 65

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