• 2010-2012 - Emory University; Atlanta, GA: Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship
• 2009-2010 - Emory University; Atlanta, GA: Chief Resident
• 2007-2010 - Emory University; Atlanta, GA: Ophthalmology Residency
• 2006-2007 - Trident Medical Center; Atlanta, GA: Transitional Year Internship

• 2012-Present - Palmetto Retina Center, 124 Sunset Court West Columbia, SC 29169
• 2012-Present - Carolina Centers for Sight, PC, 400 North Cashua Drive Florence, SC 29501
• 2012-Present - Palmetto Health System, 4 Medical Park Road Columbia, SC 29203

Emory University

• 2011 - Best Paper: Serum IGF-I in Diabetic Retinopathy, Emory Eye Center Research Day
• 2010 - Best Paper: Vitamin D Insufficiency in Diabetic Retinopathy, AAO Annual Meeting
• 2010 - Resident Research Award
• 2008 - Heed Fellowship Resident Retreat Participant

Medical University of South Carolina

• 2006 - South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Service Learning Award
• 2005 - Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
• 2005 - College of Medicine Service Award, Fight for SIGHT
• 2004, 2005 - Campus-Wide Service Award, Crisis Ministries Clinic

Clemson University

• 2002 - Faculty Excellence Award, Chemistry
• 2001 - Scholarship-Leadership Award, Kappa Sigma Fraternity
• 2000 - Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Fraternity

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• American Society of Retina Specialists
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
• Georgia Society of Ophthalmology
• South Carolina Medical Association

• 2012–2013 - State of South Carolina: MD28865
• 2011-2021 - Board Certified, American Board of Ophthalmology, 30758
• 2009–2013 - State of Georgia: 62416

Emory University

• 2012 - Biology 475/IBS 548: Biology of the Eye Course Lecturer
• 2010 - 2010 OPHT 130: Introduction to Ocular Disease Lecturer
• 2009-2011 - Neuroscience I: Ocular Examination Skills Preceptor

Georgia Institute of Technology

• 2011 - Health Students Taking Action Together (HealthSTAT)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Furtado JM, Davies MH, Choi D, Lauer AK, Appukuttan B, Bailey ST, Rahman HT, Payne JF, Stempel AJ, Mohs K, Powers MR, Yeh S, Smith JR. Imaging Retinal Vascular Changes in the Mouse Model of Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy. Trans Vis Sci Tech 2012;1:2,5.

Payne JF, Rahman HT, Grossniklaus HE, Bergstrom CS. Retinal Metastasis Simulating Cytomegalovirus Retinitis. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2012;43:e90-93.

Payne JF, Ray R, Watson DG, Rimler E, Delille C, Cleveland J, Lynn MJ, Tangpricha V, Srivastava SK. Vitamin D Insufficiency in Diabetic Retinopathy. Endocr Pract 2012;18(2):185-93.

Payne JF, Bruce BB, Yeh S. Author Response: Retinal Thickness Measurement using OCT. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012;53(2):854-5.

Kim J, Payne JF, Yan J, Barnes CS. Negative Electroretinograms in the Pediatric and Adult Population. Doc Ophthalmol 2012;124(1):41-8.

Jung CS, Payne JF, Bergstrom CS, Cribbs BE, Yan J, Hubbard GB, Olsen TW, Yeh S. Multimodality Diagnostic Imaging in Unilateral Acute Idiopathic Maculopathy. Arch Ophthalmol 2012;130(1):50-6.

Payne JF, Bruce BB, Lee LBK, Yeh S. Logarithmic Transformation of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Data in Uveitis-Associated Macular Edema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2011;52(12):8939-43.

Payne JF, Tangpricha V, Cleveland J, Lynn MJ, Ray R, Srivastava SK. Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Diabetic Retinopathy. Mol Vis 2011;17:2318-24.

Payne JF, Srivastava SK, Wells JR, Grossniklaus HE. Rosai-Dorfman Disease Simulating Nodular Scleritis and Panuveitis. Arch Ophthalmol 2011;129(4):518-20.

Payne JF, Hubbard GB, Aaberg TM Sr, Yan J. Clinical Characteristics of Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy. Br J Ophthalmol 2011;95(2):245-50.

Payne JF, Bergstrom C, Yan J, Aaberg TM Sr, Srivastava SK. Residual Triamcinolone Acetonide Sequestered in the Fovea After Macular Hole Repair. Retina 2011;31(1):148-53.

Payne JF, Keenum DG, Sternberg P Jr., Thliveris A, Kala A, Olsen TW. Concentrated Intravitreal Amphotericin B for Fungal Endophthalmitis. Arch Ophthalmol 2010;128(12):1546-50.

Payne JF, Hutchinson AK, Hubbard GB, Lambert SR. Outcomes of Cataract Surgery Following Radiation Treatment for Retinoblastoma. J AAPOS 2009;13(5):454-458e.

Kelty PJ, Payne JF, Trivedi RH, Kelty J, Bowie EM., Burger BM. Macular Thickness Assessment in Healthy Eyes Based on Ethnicity using the STRATUS OCT Optical Coherence Tomography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2008;49(6):2668-72.

Ledoux DM, Trivedi RH, Wilson ME, Payne JF. Pediatric Cataract Extraction with
Intraocular Lens Implantation: Visual Acuity Outcomes When Measured at Four Years and
Older. J AAPOS 2007;11(3):218-24.

Payne JF, Shields CL, Eagle RC, Shields JA. Orbital Lymphoma Simulating Thyroid
Orbitopathy. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;22(4):302-04.

Squires CE, Escobar GP, Payne JF, Leonardi RA, Goshorn DK, Mingoia JT, Flack EC,
Lindsey ML. Altered Fibroblast Function Following Myocardial Infarction. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2005;39(4):699-707.

Publications Pending

Sawhney GK, Payne JF, Yeh S. Coats’-like Response Associated with Idiopathic Retinal Vasculitis, Aneurysms and Neuroretinitis (IRVAN) Syndrome. (Manuscript submitted, Ophthalmic Lasers Surgery and Imaging).

Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

Payne JF, Tangpricha V. Vitamin D and Diabetic Retinopathy. In: Preedy VR, ed. The Handbook of Nutrition, Diet, the Eye and Vision. London, England: Elsevier, Inc. (In Process).

Payne JF, Hubbard GB, Olsen TW. General Considerations in Ophthalmic Surgery. In: Dodson T, Lubin M, Winawer N, eds. Medical Management of the Surgical Patient: A Textbook of Perioperative Medicine. 5th ed. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press. 2013.

Payne JF, Srivastava SK. Cancer Associated Retinopathy. In: Garg S, Bogdaghi B, Rathinam S, Sen N, Nussenblatt R, eds. Uveitis: Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Ophthalmology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkens. 2011.

Presentations

Davies MH, Furtado JM, Yeh S, Stempel AJ, Mohs K, Payne JF, Rahman HT, Powers MR, Smith JR. Topical Endoscopic Fundus Imaging in Murine Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy. To be presented at the Annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Ft. Lauderdale, April 2012.

Payne JF, Bruce BB, Lee LBK, Yeh S. Logarithmic Transformation of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Data in Uveitis-Associated Macular Edema. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists. Boston, MA; August 2011.

Payne JF, Jung CS, Bergstrom CS, Cribbs BE, Yan J, Hubbard GB, Olsen TW, Yeh S. Multimodality Diagnostic Imaging in Unilateral Acute Idiopathic Maculopathy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists. Boston, MA; August 2011.

Payne JF, Tangpricha V, Cleveland J, Lynn MJ, Ray R, Srivastava SK. Serum Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Diabetic Retinopathy. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Ft, Lauderdale, FL; April 2011.

Payne JF, Ray R, Watson DG, Rimler E, Delille C, Cleveland J, Lynn M, Tangpricha V, Srivastava SK. Vitamin D Insufficiency in Diabetic Retinopathy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Chicago, IL; October 2010.

Payne JF, Barnes C, Yan J. The Clinical Significance of Negative Electroretinograms. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. San Francisco, CA; October 2009.

Payne JF, Bergstrom C, Yan J, Aaberg TM Sr, Srivastava SK. Residual Triamcinolone Acetonide Sequestered in the Fovea After Macular Hole Repair: Outcomes of Surgery. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Ft. Lauderdale, FL; May 2009.

Payne JF, Lo WR, Yan J. Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine Retinal Toxicity: Visual stabilization and recovery following drug cessation. Presented at the annual meeting of Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Ft. Lauderdale, FL; April 2008.

Payne JF, Saunders RA. Modification of a Bishop Tendon Tucker for Quantitative Measurements of Superior Oblique Tendon Laxity. Presented at the pediatric ophthalmology meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. New Orleans, LA; November 2007.

Ledoux DM, Trivedi RH, Wilson ME, Payne JF. Pediatric Cataract Extraction with
Intraocular Lens Implantation: Visual Acuity Outcomes When Measured at Four Years and
Older. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons. San Francisco, CA; March 2006.

Payne JF, Kelty PJ, Saunders RA. The Use of Adjustable Sutures in Adult Strabismus: Is it the standard of care?. Presented at the annual Storm Eye Institute/ASCRS Clinical Update Meeting. Kiawah, SC; June 2005.

Payne JF, Squires CE, Escobar GP, Leonardi RA, Goshorn DK, Mingoia JT, Flack EC, Lindsey ML. Functional Alterations in Myocardial Fibroblasts from Ischemic Myocardium Post-Myocardial Infarction. Presented at the annual Horace G. Smithy Lecture Symposium. Charleston, SC; November 2003.

Clinical Trial Experience

Principal Investigator

2012–Present - VGFTe-RVO-1027: A Double-Masked, Randomized, Active-Controlled Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Intravitreal Administration of VEGF Trap-Eye (Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection [IAI]) in Patients with Macular Edema Secondary to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.

2012–Present - VGFTe-AMD-1124: An Open-Label Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Intravitreal Administration of VEGF Trap-Eye(Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection [IAI]) in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

2013–Present - ALCON C-12-006 (OSPREY): A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Masked, Multicenter, Two-Arm Study Comparing the Safety of ESBA1008 versus Eylea in Subjects with Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

2013–Present - AMPIO AP-05-002: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel, Double-Masked Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Two Doses of Oral Optina in Adult Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema

Investigator

2012–Present - DRCR Protocol T: A Comparative Effectiveness Study of Intravitreal Aflibercept, Bevacizumab and Ranibizumab for Diabetic Macular Edema.

2012–Present - DRCR Protocol M: Effect of Diabetes Education during Retinal Ophthalmology Visits on Diabetes Control.

2012–Present - ALLERGAN 206207-024: A Multicenter, Open-Label, Randomized Study Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of 700 µg Dexamethasone Posterior Segment Drug Delivery System (DEX PS DDS) to Ranibizumab in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema.

2012–Present - LPATH NEXUS: A Phase 2a, Multi-center, Masked, Randomized, Comparator-controlled Study Evaluating iSONEP(Sonepcizumab LT 1009) as Either Monotherapy or Adjunctive Therapy to Lucentis or Avastin Versus Lucentis or Avastin Alone for the Treatment of Subjects with Choroidal Neovascularization Secondary to Age-related Macular Degeneration.

2012–Present - SIROLIMUS: Multi-Center Randomized, Single Masked Phase 2 Study of Intravitreal Injections of Sirolimus in the Treatment of Central Geographic Atrophy associated with Age- Related Macular Degeneration.

2012–Present - NOVARTIS LFG316A: A Multi-Center Randomized, Sham-controlled, Repeat–Dose Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Serum Pharmacokenetics, and Efficacy of Intravitreal LFG 316 in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

2012–Present - VGFTe-RVO-1027: A Double-Masked, Randomized, Active-Controlled Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Intravitreal Administration of VEGF Trap-Eye (Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection [IAI]) in Patients with Macular Edema Secondary to Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion.

2012–Present - VGFTe-AMD-1124: An Open-Label Study of the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Intravitreal Administration of VEGF Trap-Eye(Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection [IAI]) in Patients with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

2012–Present - VGFTe-DME-1009: A Double-Masked, Randomized, Active-Controlled, Phase 3 Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Intravitreal Administration of VEGF Trap-Eye (Intravitreal Aflibercept Injection [IAI]) in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema.

2012–Present - TREX AMD: A Phase IIIb, Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study of the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Intravitreal Injections of 0.5 mg Ranibizumab Given Monthly Compared to a Treat and Extend Protocol in Patients with Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

2012–Present - SANTEN 32-007: A Phase III, Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Masked, Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal Injections of DE-109 (three doses) for the Treatment of active, Non-Infectious Uveitis of the Posterior Segment of the eye.

Grant Support

Research to Prevent Blindness Grant. 2010 – 2011. $3,000. Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphisms in Diabetic Retinopathy. Principal Investigator: John F. Payne, MD

Research to Prevent Blindness Grant. 2009 – 2010. $6,000. Vitamin D Insufficiency in Diabetic Retinopathy. Principal Investigator: John F. Payne, MD

Student Sight Savers Grant. 2006 – 2008. $20,000. The Establishment of a Glaucoma Screening Clinic.
Principal Investigators: John F. Payne, MD and M. Edward Wilson, MD

Editorial Experience

2012 - Manuscript reviewer, Molecular Vision

2012 - Manuscript reviewer, Current Eye Research

2010–2012 - Manuscript reviewer, American Journal of Ophthalmology

Leadership Positions

Palmetto Health System

2013–2015 - Chief of Ophthalmology, Palmetto Health Richland

Emory University

2008 - Heed Fellowship Retreat Participant

2008 - AAO Congressional Advocacy Day Participant

Medical University of South Carolina

Medical Student Ophthalmology Society

2005-2006 - Co-President

2004–2005 - Chief of Clinical Operations, Fight for SIGHT College of Medicine Student Council

2004–2005 - Vice President Phi Chi Medical Fraternity

2003–2004 - President Crisis Ministries Clinic

2004–2005 - Clinic Co-Chair

2003–2004 - Treasurer

Clemson University

2001–2002 - Blue Key International Honor Fraternity, Vice President

2000–2001 - Kappa Sigma Fraternity, President

2000–2001 - Student Senate, Junior Class Student Senator

Teaching Experience

Emory University

2012 - Biology 475/IBS 548: Biology of the Eye Course Lecturer

2010 - OPHT 130: Introduction to Ocular Disease Lecturer

2009–2011 - Neuroscience I: Ocular Examination Skills Preceptor

Georgia Institute of Technology

2011 - BMED 4602: Biomedical Engineering Preceptor

Volunteer Experience

Emory University

2007–2010 - Health Students Taking Action Together (HealthSTAT)

Medical University of South Carolina

2004–2006 - Fight for SIGHT Eye Clinic

2002–2004 - Winwood Farm Home for Children

2002–2005 - Crisis Ministries Medical Clinic