Kimberly Kinga Gokoffski

Title(s)Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Health Sciences Road
Irvine CA 92697-3950
Phone(949) 824-3134
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    Morphologic and Functional Assessment of Field-Potentiated Optic Nerve Regeneration
    NIH R01EY035715Mar 1, 2024 - Feb 29, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Restoration of Optic Nerve Function Driven by In Vivo Multimodal Electrical Stimulation
    NIH R01EY035375Sep 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2028
    Role: Principal Investigator
    In vivo Application of Electrical Fields Directs Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Regeneration
    NIH K08EY031797Sep 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Implantable bioelectronic outlet. Sci Adv. 2026 Jul 10; 12(28):eaee9688. Shim HJ, Ma L, Ferrero Lopez J, Wisniewski DJ, Gokoffski K, Gelinas JN, Khodagholy D. PMID: 42418567; PMCID: PMC13344290.
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    2. Association of papilledema severity with retinal vessel tortuosity in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2026 May 02. Zou Y, Abdolahi F, Felder AE, Huang C, Gokoffski KK, Shahidi M. PMID: 42068341.
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    3. Population-scale analysis of frequency-dependent calcium dynamics in retinal ganglion cells under electric field stimulation. Sci Rep. 2026 Apr 24; 16(1). Sharafi O, Silliman T, Mokhtari Dowlatabad H, Niu G, Walston ST, Bouteiller JC, Gokoffski KK, Lazzi G. PMID: 42031950.
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    4. Population-Scale Analysis of Frequency-Dependent Calcium Dynamics in Retinal Ganglion Cells Under Electric Field Stimulation. bioRxiv. 2026 Jan 25. Sharafi O, Silliman T, Dowlatabad HM, Niu G, Walston ST, Bouteiller JC, Gokoffski KK, Lazzi G. PMID: 41648399; PMCID: PMC12871749.
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    5. A Negative Impedance Converter Design to Enhance Capacitive Conduction Through a Neurostimulator Electrode Interface. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2026 Jan; 73(1):322-332. Iseri E, Machnoor M, Nguyen TD, Sideris C, Gokoffski KK, Lazzi G. PMID: 40536864.
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    6. The INI-32 dataset: An annotated computed tomography atlas of the orbit. Data Brief. 2026 Feb; 64:112338. Patel V, Kotay M, Li J, Li S, Park K, Wen J, Lee J, Rajamohan A, Lerner A, Gokoffski K, Zhang-Nunes S, Chang JR. PMID: 41438645; PMCID: PMC12720090.
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    7. Visual Neurorestoration: An Expert Review of Current Strategies for Restoring Vision in Humans. Brain Sci. 2025 Oct 30; 15(11). Cavaleri J, Lin M, Wu K, Gilbert Z, Huang C, Lo YT, Garimella V, Dallas JC, Briggs RG, Borja AJ, Lee JE, Ng PR, Gokoffski KK, Lee DJ. PMID: 41300177; PMCID: PMC12650385.
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    8. A Method for Peripapillary Retinal Vessel Tortuosity Measurement and Its Clinical Correspondence. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Oct 01; 14(10):34. Zou Y, Abdolahi F, Gluckstein JA, Gokoffski KK, Zinjal R, Felder AE, Shahidi M. PMID: 41143479; PMCID: PMC12574746.
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    9. Electromagnetic stimulation for amblyopia: A systematic review of emerging techniques and their efficacy. Vision Res. 2025 Sep; 234:108639. Householder N, Simonyan A, Park W, Khachikyan N, Lazzi G, Lee DJ, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 40482570.
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    10. Recurrent Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension-Related Papilledema After Abrupt Discontinuation of Semaglutide. J Neuroophthalmol. 2025 12 01; 45(4):e283-e284. Phillips MJ, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 39905586.
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    11. Clinical and Scientific Considerations for Whole Eye Transplantation: An Ophthalmologist's Perspective. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Feb 03; 14(2):13. Gokoffski KK, Washington KM, Chuck RS. PMID: 39918461; PMCID: PMC11809445.
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    12. Electric field stimulation directs target-specific axon regeneration and partial restoration of vision after optic nerve crush injury. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0315562. Kim T, Iseri E, Peng MG, Medvidovic S, Silliman T, Pahlavan P, Niu G, Huang C, Simonyan A, Pahnahad J, Yao P, Lam P, Garimella V, Shahidi M, Bienkowski MS, Lee DJ, Thomas B, Lazzi G, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 39787061; PMCID: PMC11717274.
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    13. Toward Non-Invasive Electrical Stimulation for Guided Optic Nerve Regeneration. IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng. 2025; 33:3616-3625. Pahlavan P, Mayer PS, Simonyan A, Cavaleri J, Huang C, Grady Briggs R, Zada G, Lee DJ, Gokoffski KK, Lazzi G. PMID: 40875415.
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    14. Extraocular Muscle Enlargement in Thyroid Eye Disease Using Volumetric Analysis. Cureus. 2024 Jul; 16(7):e63843. Park K, Li J, Wen J, Li S, Lee J, Danesh K, Malkoff N, Gokoffski K, Lerner A, Patel V, Zhang-Nunes S, Chang J. PMID: 39105029; PMCID: PMC11298761.
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    15. Endoscopic Endonasal Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenomas in Patients Presenting With Monocular Blindness. Oper Neurosurg. 2024 09 01; 27(3):265-278. Gomez D, Cheok S, Feng JJ, Chung R, Pangal DJ, Ruzevick JJ, Gokoffski KK, Shiroishi MS, Wrobel BB, Carmichael JD, Zada G. PMID: 38869495.
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    16. Advances and Challenges in Wearable Glaucoma Diagnostics and Therapeutics. Bioengineering (Basel). 2024 Jan 30; 11(2). Shean R, Yu N, Guntipally S, Nguyen V, He X, Duan S, Gokoffski K, Zhu Y, Xu B. PMID: 38391624; PMCID: PMC10886103.
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    17. Retinal ganglion cell repopulation for vision restoration in optic neuropathy: a roadmap from the RReSTORe Consortium. Mol Neurodegener. 2023 09 21; 18(1):64. Soucy JR, Aguzzi EA, Cho J, Gilhooley MJ, Keuthan C, Luo Z, Monavarfeshani A, Saleem MA, Wang XW, Wohlschlegel J, RReSTORe Consortium, Baranov P, Di Polo A, Fortune B, Gokoffski KK, Goldberg JL, Guido W, Kolodkin AL, Mason CA, Ou Y, Reh TA, Ross AG, Samuels BC, Welsbie D, Zack DJ, Johnson TV. PMID: 37735444; PMCID: PMC10514988.
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    18. The Retinal Ganglion Cell Repopulation, Stem Cell Transplantation, and Optic Nerve Regeneration Consortium. Ophthalmol Sci. 2023 Dec; 3(4):100390. Johnson TV, Baranov P, Di Polo A, Fortune B, Gokoffski KK, Goldberg JL, Guido W, Kolodkin AL, Mason CA, Ou Y, Reh TA, Ross AG, Samuels BC, Zack DJ. PMID: 38025164; PMCID: PMC10630665.
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    19. Asymmetric charge balanced waveforms direct retinal ganglion cell axon growth. Sci Rep. 2023 08 14; 13(1):13233. Peng MG, Iseri E, Simonyan A, Lam P, Kim T, Medvidovic S, Paknahad J, Machnoor M, Lazzi G, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 37580344; PMCID: PMC10425404.
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    20. AxonQuantifier: A semi-automated program for quantifying axonal density from whole-mounted optic nerves. J Neurosci Methods. 2023 07 01; 394:109895. Peng MG, Lee J, Ho W, Kim T, Yao P, Medvidovic S, Alas B, Wu V, Runner MM, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 37315846; PMCID: PMC10330882.
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    21. Re: "Correlation of Automated Computed Tomography Volumetric Analysis Metrics With Motility Disturbances in Thyroid Eye Disease". Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2023 Mar-Apr 01; 39(2):194. Li J, Li S, Park KE, Wen J, Lee J, Ayala FA, Lerner A, Gokoffski KK, Zhang-Nunes S, Patel V, Chang JR. PMID: 36867765.
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    22. The Influence of Electrode Properties on Induced Voltage Gradient Along the Rat Optic Nerve. IEEE J Electromagn RF Microw Med Biol. 2022 Sep; 6(3):321-330. Paknahad J, Machnoor M, Lazzi G, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 36910030; PMCID: PMC10004096.
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    23. Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia Characterizes Multiple Sclerosis Rather Than Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disease. J Neuroophthalmol. 2022 06 01; 42(2):239-245. Hamza MM, Alas BF, Huang C, Quon JC, Amezcua L, Robers MV, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 35427281.
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    24. Sphenoethmoidal air cell sinusitis: A rare cause of recurrent optic neuritis. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Jun; 26:101485. OuYang WL, Long C, Azam S, Jia C, Gokoffski K, Wong B, Patel V. PMID: 35300402; PMCID: PMC8921343.
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    25. Miller Fisher Syndrome With Acetylcholine Receptor Antibody: A Case Series. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 12 01; 43(4):e311-e312. Situ BA, Koulisis N, Gokoffski KK, Greer CE. PMID: 35234686.
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    26. Metastatic neuroendocrine tumors mimicking as primary ocular disease. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2022 Jun; 26:101425. Shen A, Haghighi A, Liang T, Lee OT, Gange W, DeBoer C, Akhter M, Saber MS, Patel VR, Berry JL, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 35243162; PMCID: PMC8858882.
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    27. Surgical Outcomes of Transposition Surgery for the Correction of Large-Angle Strabismus. J Neuroophthalmol. 2021 Dec 01; 41(4):e806-e814. Gokoffski KK, Lifton J, Xu BY, Patel VR. PMID: 34788250.
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    28. Electrical devices for visual restoration. Surv Ophthalmol. 2022 May-Jun; 67(3):793-800. Sharf T, Kalakuntla T, J Lee D, Gokoffski KK. PMID: 34487742; PMCID: PMC9241872.
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    29. Glaucoma Expert-Level Detection of Angle Closure in Goniophotographs With Convolutional Neural Networks: The Chinese American Eye Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 06; 226:100-107. Chiang M, Guth D, Pardeshi AA, Randhawa J, Shen A, Shan M, Dredge J, Nguyen A, Gokoffski K, Wong BJ, Song B, Lin S, Varma R, Xu BY. PMID: 33577791; PMCID: PMC8286291.
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    30. A case of reversible toxic optic neuropathy from tacrolimus (FK506). Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Dec; 20:100932. Gokoffski KK, Patel VR. PMID: 33005819; PMCID: PMC7509794.
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    31. Optic Nerve Regeneration: How Will We Get There? J Neuroophthalmol. 2020 06; 40(2):234-242. Gokoffski KK, Lam P, Alas BF, Peng MG, Ansorge HRR. PMID: 32282513; PMCID: PMC7211134.
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    32. Clinical correlation recommended: accuracy of clinician versus radiologic interpretation of the imaging of orbital lesions. Orbit. 2021 Apr; 40(2):133-137. Bacorn C, Gokoffski KK, Lin LK. PMID: 32279603.
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    33. Neuro-protection and neuro-regeneration of the optic nerve: recent advances and future directions. Curr Opin Neurol. 2020 02; 33(1):93-105. Gokoffski KK, Peng M, Alas B, Lam P. PMID: 31809331; PMCID: PMC8153234.
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    34. Physiologic Electrical Fields Direct Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Growth In Vitro. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 08 01; 60(10):3659-3668. Gokoffski KK, Jia X, Shvarts D, Xia G, Zhao M. PMID: 31469406; PMCID: PMC6716951.
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    35. Seasonal incidence of biopsy-proven giant cell arteritis: a 20-year retrospective study of the University of California Davis Medical System. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 37 Suppl 117(2):90-97. Gokoffski KK, Chatterjee A, Khaderi SK. PMID: 30620274.
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    36. Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion after Cocaine Use. J Emerg Med. 2015 Jul; 49(1):61-2. Gokoffski KK, Thinda S. PMID: 25858339.
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    37. Activin and GDF11 collaborate in feedback control of neuroepithelial stem cell proliferation and fate. Development. 2011 Oct; 138(19):4131-42. Gokoffski KK, Wu HH, Beites CL, Kim J, Kim EJ, Matzuk MM, Johnson JE, Lander AD, Calof AL. PMID: 21852401; PMCID: PMC3171217.
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    38. Spatial dynamics of multistage cell lineages in tissue stratification. Biophys J. 2010 Nov 17; 99(10):3145-54. Chou CS, Lo WC, Gokoffski KK, Zhang YT, Wan FY, Lander AD, Calof AL, Nie Q. PMID: 21081061; PMCID: PMC2980753.
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    39. Cell lineages and the logic of proliferative control. PLoS Biol. 2009 Jan 20; 7(1):e15. Lander AD, Gokoffski KK, Wan FY, Nie Q, Calof AL. PMID: 19166268; PMCID: PMC2628408.
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    40. Feedback regulation in multistage cell lineages. Math Biosci Eng. 2009 Jan; 6(1):59-82. Lo WC, Chou CS, Gokoffski KK, Wan FY, Lander AD, Calof AL, Nie Q. PMID: 19292508; PMCID: PMC2756546.
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