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ICL Vault Accuracy Using deep Learning Technology (VAULT)
Co-Founder 2023-PresentSenior Editor, AI/ML in Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology Business Minute 2024-PresentRSA InSight - Refractive Surgery Alliance Society
Co-Founder 2023-PresentRSA Resident Webinar Committee
Refractive Surgery Alliance Society 2023-2024Bimini AI Co-Founder
AI, Technology, and Innovation in Ophthalmology 2022-PresenteyeSpace/IOL Reference
Co-Founder 2022-PresentEyeLabs AI
Founder 2019-PresentCOVID-19 India Patient Education Initiative
Co-Founder 2020-2022Advocates for Advancement of Diversity in Surgery
Vice President 2020-2022Ophthalmology Interest Group
President 2021-2022Respectacle - Eyeglasses for Underserved Communities
Chair 2020-2022MedZou Saving Sight Program
Chair 2020-2022Pachynski Lab Research Coordinator
Research Coordinator 2016-2018St. Roch School Mentoring and Tutoring Program
Founder 2016-2018HONORS, AWARDS, & GRANTS
Top Five Abstract Award
Young MD Connect Live 2025 2025Top Presenter
American Glaucoma Society 2025 2025Best of Poster Session 2024
ASCRS 2024Greatest Catch Award
University of Missouri Department of Ophthalmology 2023Legacy Teacher Award
University of Missouri School of Medicine 2022John Aure Buesseler Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology
University of Missouri School of Medicine 2022Research Development Grant
University of Missouri 2021Health Sciences Research Day Poster Award
University of Missouri School of Medicine 2019MedZou Distinguished Volunteer Award
University of Missouri School of Medicine 2019Clinton Foundation Recognition
COVID-19 India Patient Education Initiative 2021InspireSTL – Compassionate Tutor Award
2018Excellence in Mathematics and Computer Science Award
Saint Louis University 2016Outstanding Volunteer Service Award
Palo Alto Veterans Hospital 2012Eagle Scout
2012RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
Manuscripts
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Abramson A, Nasser T, Vanrachack A, Parkhurst G. Clinical Outcomes of Implantable Collamer Lenses for the Treatment of Myopia in Eyes with Anterior Chamber Depth (<3.0 mm) at a Single Center in the United States. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 2025
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Nasser T, Abramson A, Parkhurst, G. VAULT-OCT: Vault Accuracy Using Deep Learning Technology for Predicting ICL Postoperative Vault with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. 2025 (Pending Publication)
Nasser T, Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Abramson A, Parkhurst, G. VAULT: Vault Accuracy Using deep Learning Technology – A Novel Image-Based AI Model for Predicting Implantable Collamer Lens Postoperative Vault. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery. April 2024. DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000001386
Virdi G, Nguyen V, Hirabayashi M, An J. Comparison of Outcomes After XEN Ab-Interno Versus XEN Ab-Externo Approaches. World Glaucoma Congress. 2021
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, King J, Lee D, Nguyen V, An J. Effect of Excisional Goniotomy with the Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) on Surgically Induced Astigmatism. Clinical Ophthalmology. 2020. 14:4297-4303. DOI: 10.2147/opth.s279073
Virdi G, Namin A, Gilley D, Dooley L. Utility of Computed Tomography in the Workup of Adult Peritonsillar Abscess in the Emergency Department.
Keith R, Shin W, Krug E, Virdi G, Pachynski R. Reactivation of PTEN and suppression of PD-L1 expression in human tumors via an immune cell chemoattractant-mediated signaling cascade augments T cell cytotoxicity. 2020
Keith R, Shin W, Krug E, Virdi G, Pachynski R. Chemerin reactivates PTEN and suppresses PD-L1 in tumor cells via modulation of a novel CMKLR1-mediated signaling cascade. 2020
Pachynski R, Rennier K, Shin W, Virdi G. Chemerin increases T-cell mediated cytotoxicity of human tumors via modulation of a novel CMKLR1/PTEN/PD-L1 axis. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory/Biorxiv. 2019
Pachynski R, Wang P, Salazar N, Zheng Y, Nease L, Rosalez J, Leong W, Virdi G, Rennier K, Shin W, Nguyen V, Butcher E, Zabel B. Chemerin suppresses breast cancer growth by recruiting immune effector cells into the tumor microenvironment. Frontiers In Immunology. 10. 2019
Grucza RA, Sher KJ, Kerr WC, Krauss MJ, Lui CK, McDowell YE, Hartz S, Virdi G, Bierut LJ. Trends in Adult Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in the Early 21st-Century United States: A Meta-Analysis of 6 National Survey Series. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2018
Singh H, Lober R, Lopez H, Virdi G, Rosen M, Evans J. Endonasal Access to the Upper Cervical Spine: Part 2 Cadaveric Analysis. J Neurol Surg. 2013
Podium Presentations
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Nasser T, Abramson A, Parkhurst, G. VAULT-OCT: Vault Accuracy Using Deep Learning Technology for Predicting ICL Postoperative Vault with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. Presented at Ophthalmology Outliers Meeting. 2025
Virdi G, Hirabayashi M, Nasser T, Parkhurst, G. VAULT-OCT: Deep Learning to Predict ICL Vault from OCT. Presented at YMDC Live. 2025
Virdi G, Hirabayashi M, Nasser T, Parkhurst, G. The Future of AI ICL Sizing is OCT Not UBM. Presented at STAAR Surgeon Summit. 2024
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Nasser T, Abramson A, Parkhurst, G. VAULT-OCT: Vault Accuracy Using Deep Learning Technology for Predicting ICL Postoperative Vault with Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. Presented at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). 2024
Shanklin J, Virdi G, Jella A, Johnson S, Webel A. XEN Gel Stent Outcomes in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients: Comparison of Open Versus Closed Conjunctiva at 18 Months. Presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). 2024
Shanklin J, Virdi G, Jella A, Johnson S, Webel A. XEN Gel Stent Outcomes in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients: Comparison of Open vs Closed Conjunctiva at 18 Months. Presented at American Glaucoma Society (AGS). 2023
Virdi G. Using OpenAI and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Workup and Evaluation of Ophthalmic Diseases. Presented at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) - Digital Day: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. 2023
Virdi G, Nguyen V, Hirabayashi M, An J. Comparison of Outcomes After XEN Ab-Interno Versus XEN Ab-Externo Approaches. Presented at World Glaucoma Congress. 2021
Poster Presentations
Shanklin J, Virdi G, Jella A, Johnson S, Webel A. XEN Gel Stent Outcomes in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients: Comparison of Open Versus Closed Conjunctiva at 18 Months. Poster presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). 2025
Shanklin J, Virdi G, Jella A, Johnson S, Webel A. Comparison of Outcomes Open Versus Closed Conjunctiva at 24 Months XEN Gel Stent in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients. Poster presented at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). 2025
Shanklin J, Virdi G, Jella A, Johnson S, Webel A. XEN Gel Stent Outcomes in Open Angle Glaucoma Patients: Comparison of Open Versus Closed Conjunctiva at 36 Months. Poster presented at World Glaucoma Congress (WGC). 2025
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Johnson S, Davis G. Relationship between Corneal Aberrations and Prediction Error of the Barrett Il IOL Formula. Poster presented at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). March 2024
Virdi G, Warning A. Machine Learning–Driven Facial Morphometric Analysis. Poster presented at American Academy of Ophthalmology. 2023
Virdi G, Nguyen V, Hirabayashi M, An J. XEN Gel Stent Implantation in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Patients: Comparison of Surgical Approaches. Poster presented at World Glaucoma Association. 2021
Virdi G, Hirabayashi M, An J. Outcomes of Open Conjunctival vs. Needling Bleb Revision after XEN Gel Stent Failure at 6 Months. Poster presented at World Glaucoma Association. 2021
Virdi G, Hirabayashi M, King J, An J. Application of Deep Learning For Early Glaucoma Detection. Poster presented at World Glaucoma Association - Artificial Intelligence/Big Data Conference. 2021
Virdi G, Virdi T, Elkeeb A. Optical Coherence Tomography Analysis Using Deep Learning: A Synthetic Data Approach. Poster presented at ARVO Imaging in the Eye Conference. 2021
Virdi G, Zimmer J, An J. Comparison of Outcomes After Xen ab-Interno vs. Xen ab-Externo Approach. Poster presented at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO). April 2020
Virdi G, King J, An J. Effect of Excisional Goniotomy with the Kahook Dual Blade (KDB) on Surgically Induced Astigmatism. Poster presented at University of Missouri Health Sciences Research Day. November 2019
Virdi G, Namin A, Gilley D, Dooley L. Utility of Computed Tomography in the Workup of Adult PTA in the Emergency Department. Poster presented at University of Missouri Health Sciences Research Day. November 2019
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Johnson S, Virdi G, Zelle L. Uncommon Angle Closure: A history of retinopathy of prematurity can present challenges. Glaucoma Today. March/April 2025
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Johnson S. Technological Innovation in Ophthalmology. The Ophthalmology Business Minute. January 2023
Virdi G, Nasser T, Parkhurst G, Hirabayashi M. Enhancing ICL Sizing Accuracy through Image-Based Machine Learning Algorithms. The Ophthalmology Business Minute. October 2023
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Davis G, Heseman N. Seeing is Believing. The Ophthalmologist. January 2023
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Davis G, Heseman N. Toric Tolerance: 1° for 3%? The Ophthalmology Business Minute. December 2022
Hirabayashi M, Virdi G, Johnson S. The Path of Broken Ground: A timeline of technological developments in ophthalmology. The Ophthalmologist. December 2022
Books
McLaughlin D, Gharabagi A, Virdi G, Miller A, Hirabayashi M. The Eye Guide: Matching in Ophthalmology. KDP; 2023. ISBN: 979-8392161324
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