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Thanks to all those who reviewed for BMC Ophthalmology in 2016

The editors and staff of BMC Ophthalmology would like to warmly thank the reviewers whose comments helped to shape the journal, for their invaluable assistance with review of manuscripts in Volume 16 (2016).


Nizar Abdelfattah, USA

Rania Abdelsalam, Egypt

Solmaz Abdolrahimzadeh, Italy

Mohammed Abdull, Nigeria

Wendy Adams, UK

Uday Addepalli, India

Rubbia Afridi, USA

Aniruddha Agarwal, USA

Martin-Paul Agbaga, USA

Mohammad Aghazadeh Amiri, Islamic Republic of Iran

Luca Agnifili, Italy

Donnie Akers, USA

Imren Akkoyun, Turkey

Talal Alabduljalil, Kuwait

Ryham Allam, Egypt

Davide Allegrini, Italy

Young Alvinlerrmann, Hong Kong

Rajendra Apte, USA

James Aquavella, USA

Ilir Arapi, Italy

Samuel Arba-Mosquera, Spain

Ceyhun Arici, Turkey

Petros Aristodemou, UK

Joseba Artaraz, UK

Jane Ashworth, UK

Rashima Asokan, India

Ahmed Awadein, Egypt

Marcelo Ayala, Sweden

Abdulkabir Ayanniyi, Nigeria

A Bagnis, Italy

Helen Baker, UK

Konstantinos Balaskas, UK

Mayank Bansal, India

William R Barlow, USA

Neal P Barney, USA

Robert Barry, UK

Daniel Barthelmes, Switzerland

Ozlem Barut Selver, Turkey

Sayan Basu, India

Soumyava Basu, USA

Irmgard Behlau, USA

Shraddha Vikas Bhadada, India

G Bilgin, Turkey

Amir Bin Samsudin, Malaysia

Damien Biotti, France

Catherine Birt, Canada

Paulo Bispo, USA

Christian Boeni, Switzerland

Fion Bremner, UK

Dominique Bremond-Gignac, France

Christian Brettschneider, Germany

Scott Brodie, USA

Kimberly Brothers, USA

Emmanuel Bui Quoc, France

Jacqueline  Busingye, USA

Nurullah Cagil, Turkey

Sophie Cai, USA

Pilar Calvo, Spain

Ezio Cappello, Italy

Nicole Carnt, Australia

Delesha Carpenter, USA

Ester Carreño, UK

Daniel Carson, USA

Livia Carvalho, USA

Nathalie Cassoux, France

Heidi Cate, UK

Fehmi Cem Küçükerdönmez, Turkey

Nisha Chadha, USA

Spyridon Chalkiadakis, UK

Anjali Chandrasekharan, India

Shu-Hong Chang, USA

Jonathan Chang, USA

Minwook Chang, Republic of Korea

Prabjot Channa, USA

Neil Charman, UK

Varun Chaudhary, Canada

Omar Chaudhary, USA

Li Jia Chen, Hong Kong

Xiangjun Chen, Norway

Rui Chen, USA

Yihe Chen, USA

Haoyu Chen, China

Philip Chen, USA

Shih-Jen Chen, Taiwan

Jian Huan Chen, China

Philip Chen, USA

Tai-Ichiro Chikama, Japan

Kin Chiu, Hong Kong

Sohini Roy Chowdhury, USA

Bonnie Nga Kwan Choy, Hong Kong

David Chuang, USA

Salvatore Cillino, Italy

Gerry Clare, UK

Daniel Colombero, USA

Leonardo Colombo, Italy

Jeffrey Cooper, USA

Timothy W Corson, USA

Ciro Costagliola, Italy

David Crabb, UK

Jennifer Craig, New Zealand

Ian Cree, UK

Alja Crnej, Slovenia

Vinette Cross, UK

Andrea Cruzat, USA

Robert Cubbidge, UK

Tommy CY Chan, China

Erika Damato, UK

Karim Damji, Canada

Jennifer Davidson, USA

Helen Davis, UK

Stefano De Cilla', Italy

Laura De Polo, Italy

Cirous Deghani, Australia

Suleyman Demircan, Turkey

Manishi Desai, USA

Maurizio Digiuni, Italy

Helen Dimaras, Canada

Xiaoyan Ding, China

Angelica Dipinto, Italy

Martin Dirisamer, Germany

Ali Djalilian, USA

Laura Downie, Australia

Marlene Leslie Durand, USA

C Eandi, Italy

Andreas Ebneter, Switzerland

Sherif Ahmed Eissa, Egypt

Amal Elbendary, Egypt

Dina El-Fayoumi, Egypt

Gehad Elnahri, Egypt

Christoph Engler, Germany

Youngsub Eom, Republic of Korea

Ann-Margret Ervin, USA

Medi Eslani, USA

Ladan Espandar, USA

Gerard Espinosa, USA

Baojian Fan, USA

Wei Fang, China

Lana Faraj, UK

Vincenzo Fasanella, Italy

Antonio Fea, Italy

Nicolas Feltgen, Germany

Karen D Fern, USA

Roberto Fernandez Buenaga, Spain

Antonio Ferreras, Spain

Ward Fickweiler, Netherlands

Michele Figus, Italy

John G Flannery, USA

Paolo Fogagnolo, Italy

Alejandro Fonollosa Calduch, Spain

Kelly A Frantz, USA

Frederick Fraunfelder, USA

Thomas Friberg, USA

Ilana B Friedman, USA

Valeria Fu, USA

Maxwell Fung, USA

Nobuo Fuse, Japan

Subhash Gaddipati, USA

Jeremias Galletti, Argentina

Rita Gangwani, China

Ignacio García-Basterra, Spain

Vinod Gauba, United Arab Emirates

Ronald Gentile, USA

Asaad Ghanem, Egypt

Stephen Gichuhi, Kenya

Stephanie Gillespie, USA

Alex Gimenez, USA

Karl C Golnik, USA

Jakob Grauslund, Denmark

Giovanni Gregori, USA

Dilraj Grewal, USA

Namyi Gu, Republic of Korea

Yan Guex-CrosierP, Switzerland

Ayse Guler, USA

Adit Gupta, India

Noopur Gupta, India

Sang Beom Han, Republic of Korea

Jinu Han, Republic of Korea

Kyu Yeon Han, USA

Kyeong Eun Han, Republic of Korea

G Harkin, Australia

L Harsing, Hungary

Ryuya Hashimoto, Japan

Elizabeth Hawkes, UK

Gregory Heath, UK

D Heiden, USA

David Henson, UK

Florian Heussen, UK

Catherine Heyman, USA

Kathleen Hill, Canada

David Hinkle, USA

Nino Hirnschall, Austria

Quan Hoang, USA

Stephan Hoffmann, Germany

Deniz Hos, Germany

Parwez Hossain, UK

Joshua H Hou, USA

Yi-Hsun Huang, Taiwan

Fu-Yung Huang, Taiwan

Shao Min Hung, Singapore

Ho Sik Hwang, Republic of Korea

Young Hoon Hwang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Joon Young Hyon, Republic of Korea

Cristiana Iaculli, Italy

Takeshi Ide, USA

Michele Iester, Italy

Makoto Inoue, Japan

Ugo Introini, Italy

Michaeline Isawumi, Nigeria

Akihiro Ishibazawa, Japan

Shatriah Ismail, Malaysia

Takeshi Iwase, Japan

Robert Jacobs, New Zealand

Polona Jaki, Slovenia

Isabelle Jalbert, Australia

M Janaky, Hungary

Sun Young Jang, Republic of Korea

Kathleen Jee, USA

Shuliang Jiao, USA

María C Jiménez-Martínez, Mexico

K Johkura, Japan

Passara Jongkhajornpong, Thailand

Karen Joos, USA

Viral Juthani, USA

Andreas K Lauer, USA

Saurabh Kamal, India

Koju Kamoi, Japan

Chitra Kannabiran, India

Rustum Karanjia, USA

Justyna Karolak, Poland

Tomoyuki Kashima, Japan

Inderjeet Kaur, India

Tetsuya Kawakita, Japan

Jeremy Keenan, USA

Vladimir Kefalov, USA

Ramesh Kekunnaya, India

Kate Keller, USA

Ozlem Evren Kemer, USA

Hemant Khanna, USA

Ahmad Kheirkhah, USA

martha kim, Republic of Korea

Dong Hyun Kim, Republic of Korea

Ivana Kim, USA

Jonathan Kim, USA

Yong-Kyu Kim, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Kenichi Kimoto, Japan

Hidenaga Kobashi, USA

Norbert Kociok, Germany

Jae Woong Koh, Republic of Korea

Hyoung Jun Koh, Republic of Korea

Gregg Kokame, USA

Georgios Kontadakis, Greece

Karanjit Kooner, USA

 Dara Koozekanani, USA

Mihir Kothari, India

Courtney Kraus, USA

Srikanth Krishnagopal, India

Tiruvengada Krishnan, India

Laura Kühlewein, Germany

Vinod Kumar, India

James Kundart, USA

Ji-won Kwon, Republic of Korea

Neil Lagali, Sweden

Edward Lai, USA

Dawn A Laney, USA

Manuela Lanzini, Italy

Jong Joo Lee, Republic of Korea

Ji-Eun Lee, Republic of Korea

Hyun Soo Lee, Republic of Korea

Shinwook Lee, USA

Ji Eun Lee, Republic of Korea

Nahyoung Grace Lee, USA

Gary Joseph Lelli, USA

Ulf Leser, Germany

Peter Lewis, Sweden

Wei Li, China

Xiajun Li, USA

Linjing Li, USA

Chi-yeon LIm, Republic of Korea

Hui-Ju Lin, Taiwan

Hui Lin, USA

Michael Lipson, USA

Walter Lisch, Germany

Yongqing Liu, USA

Yang Liu, USA

Conceição Lobo, Portugal

Stephanis Loomis, USA

Yi Lu, China

José Luna, Argentina

Lyubomyr Lytvynchuk, Germany

Gail Macconachie, UK

Ian MacDonald, Canada

Simon N Madge, UK

Omar Mahroo, UK

 James C Major Jr, USA

Dimitra Makrynioti, Greece

Bik Ling Man, Hong Kong

Raffaele Mancino, Italy

M Mandal, USA

Indumathi Mariappan, India

Carlos Marques-Neves, UK

Enrico Martini, Italy

Alexander Martin-Odoom, Ghana

Kazuichi Maruyama, Japan

Khathutshelo Percy Mashige, South Africa

Mina Massaro-Giordano, USA

Leonardo Mastropasqua, Italy

Maria Grazia Mazzone, Italy

Julie McClelland, UK

Andrew Mcnaught, UK

Norman Medow, USA

Roly Megaw, UK

Maria Ines Menendez Padron, UK

Victor Menezo, Spain

Balraj Menon, USA

Oussama M'Hamdi, USA

Langis Michaud, Canada

Manuele Michelessi, Italy

Atsuya Miki, Japan

Giovanni Milano, Italy

Dan Milea, France

Amy Millen, USA

Eleanor Min, USA

Mashahiro Miura, Japan

Hamideh Moayedpardazi, USA

Hamidreza Moein, USA

Giovanni Montesano, Italy

Sandra Montezuma, USA

Lieve Moons, Belgium

Bruce Moore, USA

Tara Moore, UK

Gregory Moore, USA

Ignacio Moreno, Spain

Ian Morgan, Australia

Masaki Mori, Japan

Mercè Morral, Spain

Daniel S Morris, UK

Georg Mossböck, Austria

Jasneth Mullings, Jamaica

Inger Munch, Denmark

Tomoaki Murakami, Japan

Krishna R Murthy, India

Jonathan Myers, USA

Georgios Mylonas, Austria

K Naeser, Denmark

Zoltán Nagy, Hungary

Kovin  Naidoo, South Africa

Mayuresh Naik, India

Akshay Nair, India

Shintaro Nakao, Japan

Piergiorgio Neri, Italy

Simona Delia Nicoara, Romania

Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Mexico

Manachai Nonpassopon, Thailand

Lenka Novakova, Sweden

Katarzyna Nowomiejska, Poland

Anna O'Connor, UK

D Odrobina, Poland

Jaeryung Oh, Republic of Korea

Akio Oishi, Japan

Bolutife Olusanya, Nigeria

Zafer Onaran, Turkey

A Ortega, Mexico

Nicola Orzalesi, Italy

Neville Osborne, UK

Keti Pachkoria, Gibraltar

Mahendradas Padmamalini, India

Sotiria Palioura, USA

Howard Palte, USA

Puneet Panda, USA

Eleni Papageorgiou, Greece

Thanos Papakostas, USA

Neeti Parikh, USA

Choul Yong Park, Republic of Korea

Sung Who Park, Republic of Korea

Millan Patel, Canada

Nabin Paudel, New Zealand

Yannis Paulus, USA

Niranjan Pehere, India

Gökhan Pekel, Turkey

John Penn, USA

A Petzold, UK

Alireza Peyman, Islamic Republic of Iran

Rita Popat, USA

Elaine Por, USA

Alejandro Portero, USA

Chiara Posarelli, Italy

Paliwal Preeti, India

Markus Preising, Germany

Christina Prescott, USA

Adam Prickett, USA

Alan Proia, USA

Frank Proudlock, UK

Claudio Punzo, USA

Patrick Quaid, Canada

Thomas Raasch, USA

Lyne Racette, USA

Jaya Rajaiya, USA

Vasant Raman, UK

Aparna Ramasubramanian, USA

Pradeep Ramulu, USA

Padmaja Kumari Rani, India

Kollu Rao, USA

Dejan M Rašić, Serbia

S R Rathinam, India

Michele Reibaldi, Italy

Flavio Rezende, Canada

Martin Rhodes, UK

Lucas Ricci, Brazil

Ivano Riva, Italy

Windell Rivera, Philippines

Syed Rizvi, India

Fiona Roberts, UK

Manuel Rodríguez-Vallejo, Spain

Duangnate Rojanaporn, Thailand

Teresa Rolle, Italy

Eric Romanowski, USA

Shisong Rong, Hong Kong

Jullia Rosdahl, USA

Kathryn Rose, Australia

Luca Rossetti, Italy

Abhijit Roy, India

Frances Rucker, USA

Stephen Russell, USA

Ali Osman Saatci, Turkey

Charumathi Sabanayagam, Singapore

Sergio Saccà, Italy

Virender Sachdeva, India

Mohammad Sadiq, USA

Afsun Sahin, Turkey

Srikant Sahu, India

Masaaki Saito, Japan

Maria Salvetat, Italy

B Sánchez-Dalmau, Spain

Kase Satoru, Japan

Sandeep Saxena, India

Andreas Schatz, USA

Katrina Schmid, Australia

Steffen Schmitz-Valckenberg, Germany

Paulo Schor, Brazil

Sirisha Senthil, India

Kim Seong Jae, Republic of Korea

Ameet Shah, UK

Emily Shao, UK

Sourabh Sharma, Singapore

Heather Sheardown, Canada

Arsham Sheybani, USA

Alan Shiels, USA

Hiroyuki Shimada, Japan

Anurag Shrivastava, USA

Lee Shu Yen, Singapore

Dhananjay Shukla, India

John Siderov, UK

Shameema Sikder, USA

David Silbert, USA

Ronald H Silverman, USA

Giuliana Silvestri, UK

Michael Singer, USA

Eric Singman, USA

Danny Chun Siu Ng, Hong Kong

Dimitra Skondra, USA

Uri Soiberman, USA

Gabor Somfai, Hungary

Jong Suk Song, Republic of Korea

Luigina Sorbara, Canada

Oriel Spierer, Israel

Jayanth Sridhar, USA

Prema Sriram, Australia

Laura Steeples, UK

John Stephenson, UK

Jay Stewart, USA

Veit Sturm, Switzerland

Lakshman Subbaraman, Canada

Prem Subramanian, UK

Visvaraja A/L Subrayan, Malaysia

Alan Sugar, USA

Joel Sugar, USA

Stephen Sugrue, USA

Tharikarn Sujirakul, Thailand

Xinghuai Sun, China

Jinhao Sun, China

Janet Sunness, USA

Yanin Suwan, Thailand

Christopher Ta, USA

Angelo Tanna, USA

Brad Tannen, USA

Hande  Taylan ÅžekeroÄŸlu, Turkey

Stephen Teoh, Singapore

Hiroto Terasaki, Japan

Onsiri Thanathanee, Thailand

Frank Thorn, USA

Mustafa Toker, Turkey

Paul Tomlins, UK

Phillip Turnbull, New Zealand

Sally Twining, USA

Argyrios Tzamalis, Greece

Omur Ucakhan, Turkey

Jandarius Unterlauft, Germany

Ruth M A van Nispen, Netherlands

Jayesh Vazirani, India

Ramesh Ve, India

Federico Velez, USA

Daniele Veritti, Italy

Alberto D Vicent, Sweden

Edoardo Villani, Italy

P Villoslada, Spain

Ajoy Vincent, Canada

Francesco Viola, Italy

Michael Volkert, USA

Stela Vujosevic, Italy

Keith A Walter, USA

Zhongxiao Wang, USA

Mengmeng Wang, China

Yan Wang, China

Xiaofei Wang, Singapore

Vivek Warkad, UK

Yi Wei, USA

Thomas Welton, UK

Christina Weng, USA

Tom White, USA

Joanna Wierzbowska, Poland

Kimberly Winges, USA

Robert Wojciechowski, USA

Meraf Wolle, USA

J Mario Wolosin, USA

Ian Wong, China

Yuan Wu, China

Jason Cheuk-Sing Yam, Hong Kong

Yit Yang, UK

Suk-Woo Yang, Republic of Korea

Chang-Hao Yang, Taiwan

P Yang, China

Güliz Yavaş, Turkey

Yasemin Yavuz, Turkey

Aaron Yeung, UK

Hatice Yildirim, Turkey

Zheng Qin Yin, China

Sam Young Yoon, Republic of Korea

Shigeo Yoshida, Japan

Yosanan Yospaiboon, Thailand

Honghua Yu, China

Hyeong Gon Yu, Republic of Korea

Minbin YU, China

Charles Yu, USA

Hunter Yuen, Hong Kong

Nursen Yüksel, Turkey

Ahmed Zaben, Spain

Nadia Zakaria, Belgium

Masahiro Zako, Japan

Miguel Angel Zapata, Spain

Madeleine Zetterberg, Sweden

Shaoru Zhang, China

Yuhua Zhang, USA

Shaochong zhang, China

Xiao-Qun Zhu, China

Nikolaos Ziakas, Greece

Noel Ziebarth, USA

Marina Zieger, USA

E Zimmermann, Germany


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