Dr Michaël Girard

Courtesy Appointment - Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI)

Profile

Dr Michaël Girard is currently an Associate Professor at the Duke-NUS Medical School. He is also a Principal Investigator at the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) where he heads the Ophthalmic…VIEW MORE +

Education

  • PhD (2009)
  • BSc / MSc (2003)

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

  • Associate Advisory Board Member, World Glaucoma Association (2017 – Present)
  • Member, Communication & Technology Committee, World Glaucoma Association (2021 – Present)
  • Member, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) (2013-Present)
  • Editorial Board Member, Modeling and Artificial Intelligence in Ophthalmology (MAIO) – Publisher: Kugler Publications
  • Editorial Board Member, Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVT) – Publisher: ARVO

Awards

  • 8 Travel Grant Award from the Ophthalmic Engineering & Innovation Laboratory (OEIL), Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (2012-2019)
  • Young Investigator Award – Competitive & Prestigious NUS Award, National University of Singapore (2014)
  • National Glaucoma Award, BrightFocus (2012)
  • X’treme Research Award, Heidelberg Engineering (2012)
  • Travel Fellowship, ISER (2010)

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Research Interests

  • Ophthalmic Engineering
  • Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence
  • Ocular Biomechanics
  • Biomedical Imaging
  • Ophthalmic Devices

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Publications

  1. Cheong H, Devalla SK, Chuangsuwanich T, Tun TA, Wang X, Aung T, Schmetterer L, Buist ML, Boote C, Thiery A, Girard MJA. OCT-GAN: Single Step Shadow and Noise Removal from Optical Coherence Tomography Images of the Human Optic Nerve Head. 2021. Biomedical Optics Express. In Press.
  2. Panda SK, Cheong H, Tun TA, Devalla SK, Krishnadas R, Buist ML, Perera S, Cheng CY, Aung T, Thiery A, Girard MJA. Describing the Structural Phenotype of the Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Head Using Artificial Intelligence. 2020. arXiv:2012.09755.
  3. Girard MJA, Schmetterer L. Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning: Current State and Future Prospect. In: Bagetta G, Nucci C. Glaucoma: A Neurodegenerative Disease of the Retina and Beyond. Progress in Brain Research. Volume 257, 27-64, Elsevier; 2020.
  4. Devalla SK, Pham TH, Panda SK, Zhang L, Subramanian G, Swaminathan A, Chin ZY, Rajan M, Mohan S, Krishnadas R, Senthil V, De Leon JM, Tun TA, Cheng CY, Schmetterer L, Perera S, Aung A, Thiery AH, Girard MJA. Towards Label-Free 3D Segmentation of Optical Coherence Tomography Images of the Optic Nerve Head Using Deep Learning. Biomedical Optic Express. 2020 Oct 15;11(11):6356-6378.
  5. Boote C, Sigal IA, Grytz R, Hua H, Nguyen TD, Girard MJA. Scleral Structure and Biomechanics. 2020. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research 74, 100773.
  6. Chuangsuwanich T, Pham TH, Leo HW, Boote C, Girard MJA. Morphometric, Hemodynamic, and Biomechanical Factors Influencing Blood Flow and Oxygen Concentration in the Human Lamina Cribrosa. IOVS. 61(4):3.
  7. Zhang L, Beotra MR, Baskaran M, Aung T, Goh JCH, Strouthidis NG, Girard MJA. In Vivo Measurements of Prelamina and Lamina Cribrosa Biomechanical Properties in Humans. 2020. IOVS. 61(3):27.
  8. Tan RKY, Tun TA, Boote C, Perera S, Girard MJA. Performance of a Temperature-controlled Shape-memory Pupil Expander for Cataract Surgery. 2020. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery 46 (1), 116-124.
  9. Devalla S, Subramanian G, Pham TH, Schmetterer L, Aung T, Thiery A, Girard MJA. A Deep Learning Approach to Denoise Optical Coherence Tomography Images of the Optic Nerve Head. 2019. Scientific reports 9 (1), 1-13.
  10. Devalla SK, Renukanand PK, Sreedhar BK, Perera SA, Mari JM, Chin KS, Tun TA, Strouthidis N, Aung T, Thiery A, Girard MJA. DRUNET: A Dilated-Residual U-Net Deep Learning Network to Digitally Stain Optic Nerve Head Tissues in Optical Coherence Tomography Images. Biomed Opt Express. 2018 Jun 25;9(7):3244-3265.
  11. Jin Y, Wang X, Zhang L, Jonas JB, Aung T, Schmetterer L, Girard MJA. Modeling the Origin of the Ocular Pulse and its Impact on the Optic Nerve Head. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2018 Aug 1;59(10):3997-4010.
  12. Tun TA, Atalay E, Baskaran M, Nongpiur ME, Htoon HM, Goh D, Cheng CY, Perera SA, Aung T, Strouthidis NG, Girard MJA. Association of Functional Loss with the Biomechanical Response of the Optic Nerve Head to Acute Intraocular Pressure Elevations. 2018. JAMA Ophthalmology. 36(2):184-192.
  13. Wang X, Fisher LK, Milea D, Jonas JB, Girard MJA. Predictions of Optic Nerve Traction Forces and Peripapillary Tissue Stresses Following Horizontal Eye Movements. 2017. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2017, Vol.58, 2044-2053. doi:10.1167/iovs.16-21319.
  14. Wang X, Beotra MR, Tun TA, Baskaran M, Perera SA, Aung T, Strouthidis NG, Milea D, Girard MJA. In Vivo 3-Dimensional Strain Mapping Confirms Large Optic Nerve Head Deformations Following Horizontal Eye Movements. 2016. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. October 2016, Vol.57, 5825-5833. doi:10.1167/iovs.16-20560.
  15. Wang X, Rumpel H, Lim WEH, Baskaran M, Perera SA, Nongpiur ME, Aung T, Milea D, Girard MJA. Finite Element Analysis Predicts Large Optic Nerve Head Strains During Horizontal Eye Movements. 2016. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Vol.57, 2452-2462. doi:10.1167/iovs.15-18986.
  16. Girard MJA, Beotra MR, Chin KS, Sandhu A, Clemo M, Nikita E, Kamal DS, Papadopoulos M, Mari JM, Aung T, Strouthidis NG. In vivo 3D Strain Mapping of the Optic Nerve Head Following IOP Lowering by Trabeculectomy. 2016. Ophthalmology. Vol. 123, Issue 6, Pages 1190–1200.
  17. Zhang L, Albon J, Jones H, Gouget CLM, Ethier CR, Goh JCH, Girard MJA. Collagen Microstructural Factors Influencing Optic Nerve Head Biomechanics. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Mar 3;56(3):2031-42. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-15734.
  18. Girard MJA, Dupps WJ, Mani B, Scarcelli G, Yun SH, Quigley HA, Sigal IA, Strouthidis NG. Translating Ocular Biomechanics into Clinical Practice: Current State and Future Prospects. Curr Eye Res. 2015 Jan;40(1):1-18. doi: 10.3109/02713683.2014.914543.
  19. Girard MJA, Strouthidis NG, Ethier CR, Mari JM. Shadow Removal and Contrast Enhancement in Optical Coherence Tomography Images of the Human Optic Nerve Head. Invest Opthalmol and Vis Sci. 2011; 52(10):7738-48.
  20. Girard MJA, Suh J-KF, Bottlang M, Burgoyne CF, Downs JC. Biomechanical Changes in the Sclera of Monkey Eyes Exposed to Chronic IOP Elevations. Invest Ophthalmol and Vis Sci. 2011; 52(8):5656-5669.