Oded Sagiv, M.D., M.H.A.
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Surgery
About Oded Sagiv
Oded Sagiv, M.D., is an assistant professor at the section of Ophthalmology, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Sagiv specializes in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, and the medical and surgical treatment of cancers of the eyelids, orbit, and tear drainage system. His research efforts focus on innovative, multidisciplinary and eye-saving treatment of patients with periocular cancers.
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Head and Neck Surgery- Section of Ophthalmology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Postgraduate Training
| 2016-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Orbital Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX |
| 2011-2014 | Post Graduate Course, Continuing Medical Education in Ophthalmology, The Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv |
| 2011-2016 | Clinical Residency, Ophthalmology, Sheba Medical Center, The Goldschleger Eye Institute, affiliated to the Tel Aviv University, Tel-Hashomer |
| 2010-2011 | Clinical Internship, The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated to the Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Tel-Aviv University, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, 2019 - 2023
Instructor, Tel-Aviv University, The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, 2014 - 2019
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Vice-chair of Ophthalmology, Sheba Medical Center, The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Tel-Hashomer, 2020 - 2023
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Attending, Ophthalmology and Oculoplastic Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, The Goldschleger Eye Institute, Tel-Hashomer, 2018 - 2023
Institutional Committee Activities
Member, GME Patient Safety Committee, 2016 - 2017
Honors & Awards
| 2019 | The Richard Stein Award for Excellence in Research in Ophthalmology |
| 2015 | Outstanding Lecture- Retina session, Israeli Ophthalmology Society Annual Conference |
| 2012 | Doctoral Dissertations (M.D. Thesis) Cum Laude, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine |
| 2011 | Doctor of Medicine - Cum Laude, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion |
| 2011 | Best Poster Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology 2011 Meeting |
| 2006 | BA in Medical Sciences - Summa Cum Laude, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Zloto O, Sagiv O, Priel A, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Tirosh A, Agmon-Levin N, Madgar S, Serlin T, Ben Simon G. Gender differences in clinical presentation and prognosis of thyroid eye disease. Eur J Ophthalmol 31(5):2717-2723, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33158379.
- Zloto O, Sagiv O, Priel A, Cukierman-Yaffe T, Tirosh A, Agmon-Levin N, Madgar S, Serlin T, Ben Simon G. Quality of life of patients with thyroid eye disease: 3-year follow-up in a multidisciplinary clinic in Israel. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 259(7):2009-2015, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 33528651.
- Leshno A, Smadar L, Kapelushnik N, Serlin T, Prat D, Priel A, Ben Simon GJ, Sagiv O. New insight into the physiologic function of Müller's muscle. Exp Eye Res 202:108336, 2021. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33130032.
- Armarnik S, Kinori M, Abd Elkader A, Blum Meirovitch S, Kapelushnik N, Madgar S, Goldberg H, Sagiv O, Wygnanski-Jaffe T, Priel A. COVID-19's Influence on Ocular Emergency Visits at a Tertiary Referral Center and Its Relationship to Emergency Indications by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. J Ophthalmol 2021:6682646, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34136280.
- Zloto O, Weissman A, Moroz I, Weidenfeld J, Ben Simon G, Sagiv O, Rosner M, Priel A. Kelly Punch Punctoplasty and Simple Punctal Dilatation Are Equally Effective for Punctal Stenosis: A Prospective Study. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 37(6):546-550, 2021. PMID: 33587416.
- Zloto O, Matani A, Sagiv O, Prat D, Ben Artsi E, Leshno A, Priel A, Ben Simon GJ. Changes in Refraction and Visual Acuity after Upper Eyelid Blepharoplasty versus Posterior Approach Ptosis Procedures. Ophthalmic Res 63(6):588-592, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32135543.
- Sa HS, Rubin ML, Xu S, Ning J, Tetzlaff M, Sagiv O, Kandl TJ, Esmaeli B. Prognostic factors for local recurrence, metastasis and survival for sebaceous carcinoma of the eyelid: observations in 100 patients. Br J Ophthalmol 103(7):980-984, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30131380.
- Sagiv O, Nagarajan P, Ferrarotto R, Kandl TJ, Thakar SD, Glisson BS, Altan M, Esmaeli B. Ocular preservation with neoadjuvant vismodegib in patients with locally advanced periocular basal cell carcinoma. Br J Ophthalmol 103(6):775-780, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30021814.
- Xu S, Sagiv O, Rubin ML, Sa HS, Tetzlaff MT, Nagarajan P, Ning J, Esmaeli B. Validation Study of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition, Staging System for Eyelid and Periocular Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JAMA Ophthalmol 137(5):537-542, 2019. PMID: 30869769.
- Nagarajan P, El-Hadad C, Gruschkus SK, Ning J, Hudgens CW, Sagiv O, Gross N, Tetzlaff MT, Esmaeli B. PD-L1/PD1 Expression, Composition of Tumor-Associated Immune Infiltrate, and HPV Status in Conjunctival Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 60(6):2388-2398, 2019. PMID: 31141610.
- Tetzlaff MT, Curry JL, Ning J, Sagiv O, Kandl TL, Peng B, Bell D, Routbort M, Hudgens CW, Ivan D, Kim TB, Chen K, Eterovic AK, Shaw K, Prieto VG, Yemelyanova A, Esmaeli B. Distinct Biological Types of Ocular Adnexal Sebaceous Carcinoma: HPV-Driven and Virus-Negative Tumors Arise through Nonoverlapping Molecular-Genetic Alterations. Clin Cancer Res 25(4):1280-1290, 2019. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30420449.
- Ding S, Sagiv O, Guo Y, Kandl TJ, Thakar SD, Esmaeli B. Change in Eyelid Carcinoma T Category With Use of the 8th Versus 7th Edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer: Cancer Staging Manual. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 35(1):38-41, 2019. PMID: 29877957.
- Sagiv O, Kandl TJ, Thakar SD, Thuro BA, Busaidy NL, Cabanillas M, Jimenez C, Dadu R, Graham PH, Debnam JM, Esmaeli B. Extraocular Muscle Enlargement and Thyroid Eye Disease-like Orbital Inflammation Associated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy in Cancer Patients. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 35(1):50-52, 2019. PMID: 29927883.
- Sagiv O, Thakar SD, Manning JT, Kandl TJ, Fayad LE, Fowler N, Hagemeister FB, Fanale MA, Pinnix CC, Samaniego F, Esmaeli B. Prevalence of a Histologic Change of Ocular Adnexal Lymphoma in Patients With a History of Lymphoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 35(3):243-246, 2019. PMID: 30124609.
- Sagiv O, Ding S, Ferrarotto R, Glisson B, Altan M, Johnson F, Elamin Y, Thakar SD, Nagarajan P, Esmaeli B. Impact of Food and Drug Administration Approval of Vismodegib on Prevalence of Orbital Exenteration as a Necessary Surgical Treatment for Locally Advanced Periocular Basal Cell Carcinoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 35(4):350-353, 2019. PMID: 30365473.
- Sagiv O, Bell D, Guo Y, Su S, Wester ST, Jiang K, Yin VT, Shinder R, Hayek B, Kim HJ, Tetzlaff MT, Esmaeli B. Pathological Features and Clinical Course in Patients With Recurrent or Malignant Orbital Solitary Fibrous Tumor/Hemangiopericytoma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 35(2):148-154, 2019. PMID: 30371551.
- Esmaeli B, Sagiv O. Targeted Biological Drugs and Immune Check Point Inhibitors for Locally Advanced or Metastatic Cancers of the Conjunctiva, Eyelid, and Orbit. Int Ophthalmol Clin 59(2):13-26, 2019. PMID: 30908276.
- Sagiv O, Rosenfeld E, Kalderon E, Barazani TB, Zloto O, Martinowitz U, Ben Simon GJ, Zilinsky I. Subcutaneous tranexamic acid in upper eyelid blepharoplasty: a prospective randomized pilot study. Can J Ophthalmol 53(6):600-604, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30502984.
- Sagiv O, Thakar SD, Kandl TJ, Ford J, Sniegowski MC, Hwu WJ, Esmaeli B. Immunotherapy With Programmed Cell Death 1 Inhibitors for 5 Patients With Conjunctival Melanoma. JAMA Ophthalmol 136(11):1236-1241, 2018. PMID: 30352118.
- Leshno A, Sachs D, Sagiv O. Unilateral Triangular Cataract in an Adult. JAMA Ophthalmol 136(10):e182822, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30326073.
- Sagiv O, Stewart J, Esmaeli B. Periocular Ecchymoses in Neuroblastoma Metastatic to the Orbit. Ophthalmology 125(7):983, 2018. PMID: 29935671.
- Sagiv O, Thakar SD, Kandl TJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Debnam JM, Esmaeli B. Clinical Course of Preseptal and Orbital Cellulitis in 50 Immunocompromised Patients with Cancer. Ophthalmology 125(2):318-320, 2018. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29128228.
- Thuro BA, Sagiv O, Shinder R, Debnam JM, Ozgur O, Ng JD, Rootman D, Thomas SK, Esmaeli B. Clinical Presentation and Anatomical Location of Orbital Plasmacytomas. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 34(3):258-261, 2018. PMID: 28582371.
- Sagiv O, Thakar SD, Morrell G, Tetzlaff MT, Esmaeli B. Rituximab Monotherapy Is Effective in Treating Orbital Necrobiotic Xanthogranuloma. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 34(1):e24-e27, 2018. PMID: 28863117.
- Thakar S, Kandl T, Sagiv O, Tripathy D, Tetzlaff MT, Kapur S, Myers J, Hwu WJ, Jaber BMY, Esmaeli B. Desmoplastic Melanoma of the Periorbital Region. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 34(2):e48-e52, 2018. PMID: 29194286.
- Woo KI, Sagiv O, Han J, Frank SJ, Kim YD, Esmaeli B. Eye-Preserving Surgery Followed by Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Lacrimal Gland Carcinoma: Outcomes in 37 Patients. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg 34(6):570-574, 2018. PMID: 29634603.
- Kandl TJ, Sagiv O, Curry JL, Ning J, Ma J, Hudgens CW, Van Arnam J, Wargo JA, Esmaeli B, Tetzlaff MT. High expression of PD-1 and PD-L1 in ocular adnexal sebaceous carcinoma. Oncoimmunology 7(9):e1475874, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30228943.
- Andron A, Hostovsky A, Nair AG, Sagiv O, Schiby G, Simon GB. The impact of IgG-4-ROD on the diagnosis of orbital tumors: A retrospective analysis. Orbit 36(6):359-364, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28829660.
- Zloto O, Ben Simon G, Didi Fabian I, Sagiv O, Huna-Baron R, Ben Zion I, Wygnanski-Jaffe T. Association of orbital decompression and the characteristics of subsequent strabismus surgery in thyroid eye disease. Can J Ophthalmol 52(3):264-268, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28576206.
- Sagiv O, Zloto O, Moroz I, Moisseiev J. Different Clinical Courses on Long-Term Follow-Up of Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients Treated with Intravitreal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injections. Ophthalmologica 238(4):217-225, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28926846.
- Thakar SD, Sagiv O, Tetzlaff MT, El-Naggar A, Debnam JM, Kandl TJ, Esmaeli B. A 60-year-old woman with an asymptomatic left lacrimal gland mass found incidentally. Digit J Ophthalmol 23(4):27-29, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 29403339.
- Sagiv O, Satchi K, Kinori M, Fabian ID, Rosen N, Ben Simon GJ, McNab A. Comparison of lateral orbital decompression with and without rim repositioning in thyroid eye disease. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 254(4):791-6, 2016. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26686233.
- Skaat A, Sagiv O, Kinori M, Ben Simon GJ, Goldenfeld M, Melamed S. Gold Micro-Shunt Implants Versus Ahmed Glaucoma Valve: Long-term Outcomes of a Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial. J Glaucoma 25(2):155-61, 2016. PMID: 25318574.
- Zloto O, Alezra D, Sagiv O, Belkin M, Dai VV, Moroz I, Greenberg G, Ben-Artsi E, Fabian ID. A biological tissue adhesive and dissolvent system for intraocular tumor plaque radiotherapy: an in vivo animal model experiment. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 253(11):1923-31, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26112674.
- Zloto O, Alezra D, Sagiv O, Belkin M, Dai VV, Moroz I, Greenberg G, Ben-Artsi E, Fabian ID. Erratum to: A biological tissue adhesive and dissolvent system for intraocular tumor plaque radiotherapy: an in vivo animal model experiment. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 253(11):2059, 2015. PMID: 26319985.
- Sagiv O, Sachs D. Rotation stability of a toric intraocular lens with a second capsular tension ring. J Cataract Refract Surg 41(5):1098-9, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25937341.
- Sagiv O, Rosen N, Priel A, Rosner M, Ben Simon GJ. [Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) under local anesthesia]. Harefuah 154(2):110-3, 136, 135, 2015. PMID: 25856864.
- Sagiv O, Fishelson-Arev T, Buckman G, Mathalone N, Wolfson J, Segev E, Peled R, Lavi I, Geyer O. Retinal nerve fibre layer thickness measurements by optical coherence tomography in patients with sleep apnoea syndrome. Clin Exp Ophthalmol 42(2):132-8, 2014. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23777553.
- Moisseiev E, Sagiv O, Lazar M. Intense exercise causing central retinal vein occlusion in a young patient: case report and review of the literature. Case Rep Ophthalmol 5(1):116-20, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24847256.
- Sagiv O, Piven I, Rosner M. Conjunctival pyogenic granuloma associated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection. Retin Cases Brief Rep 7(3):291-3, 2013. PMID: 25391127.
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