Nisha Acharya, M.D.

Ophthalmologist

Conditions & Treatments

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Education

UCSF School of Medicine 2000

Residencies

Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Ophthalmology 2004

Selected Research and Publications

1. Dalmon C, Porco TC, Lietman TM, Prajna NV, Prajna L, Das MR, Kumar JA, Mascarenhas J, Margolis TP, Whitcher JP, Jeng BH, Keenan JD, Chan MF, McLeod SD, Acharya NR. The clinical differentiation of bacterial and fungal keratitis: a photographic survey. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012; 53(4):1787-91.
2. Lalitha P, Srinivasan M, Manikandan P, Bharathi MJ, Rajaraman R, Ravindran M, Cevallos V, Oldenburg CE, Ray KJ, Toutain-Kidd CM, Glidden DV, Zegans ME, McLeod SD, Acharya NR, Lietman TM. Relationship of in vitro susceptibility to moxifloxacin and in vivo clinical outcome in bacterial keratitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 May; 54(10):1381-7.
3. Lalitha P, Lin CC, Srinivasan M, Mascarenhas J, Prajna NV, Keenan JD, McLeod SD, Acharya NR, Lietman TM, Porco TC. Acanthamoeba keratitis in South India: a longitudinal analysis of epidemics. Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2012 Apr; 19(2):111-5.
4. Martel JN, Esterberg E, Nagpal A, Acharya NR. Infliximab and adalimumab for uveitis. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2012 Feb; 20(1):18-26.
5. Sy A, Srinivasan M, Mascarenhas J, Lalitha P, Rajaraman R, Ravindran M, Oldenburg CE, Ray KJ, Glidden D, Zegans ME, McLeod SD, Lietman TM, Acharya NR. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis: Outcomes and Response to Corticosteroid Treatment. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Jan; 53(1):267-72.
6. Tranos PG, Moore A, Pavesio C, Acharya NR, Johnson MW. Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Retina. 2012 Jan; 32(1):191-6.
7. Oldenburg CE, Acharya NR, Tu EY, Zegans ME, Mannis MJ, Gaynor BD, Whitcher JP, Lietman TM, Keenan JD. Practice patterns and opinions in the treatment of acanthamoeba keratitis. Cornea. 2011 Dec; 30(12):1363-8.
8. Esterberg E, Acharya NR. Corticosteroid-sparing therapy: practice patterns among uveitis specialists. J Ophthalmic Inflamm Infect. 2012 Mar; 2(1):21-8.
9. Srinivasan M, Mascarenhas J, Rajaraman R, Ravindran M, Lalitha P, Glidden DV, Ray KJ, Hong KC, Oldenburg CE, Lee SM, Zegans ME, McLeod SD, Lietman TM, Acharya NR. The steroids for corneal ulcers trial: study design and baseline characteristics. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Feb; 130(2):151-7.
10. Srinivasan M, Mascarenhas J, Rajaraman R, Ravindran M, Lalitha P, Glidden DV, Ray KJ, Hong KC, Oldenburg CE, Lee SM, Zegans ME, McLeod SD, Lietman TM, Acharya NR. Corticosteroids for bacterial keratitis: the Steroids for Corneal Ulcers Trial (SCUT). Arch Ophthalmol. 2012 Feb; 130(2):143-50.
11. Krishnan T, Prajna NV, Gronert K, Oldenburg CE, Ray KJ, Keenan JD, Lietman TM, Acharya NR. Gender differences in re-epithelialisation time in fungal corneal ulcers. Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Jan; 96(1):137-8.
12. Acharya NR, Sittivarakul W, Qian Y, Hong KC, Lee SM. Bilateral effect of unilateral ranibizumab in patients with uveitis-related macular edema. Retina. 2011 Oct; 31(9):1871-6.
13. Qian Y, Glaser T, Esterberg E, Acharya NR. Depression and visual functioning in patients with ocular inflammatory disease. Am J Ophthalmol. 2012 Feb; 153(2):370-378.e2.
14. Sugar EA, Jabs DA, Altaweel MM, Lightman S, Acharya N, Vitale AT, Thorne JE. Identifying a clinically meaningful threshold for change in uveitic macular edema evaluated by optical coherence tomography. Am J Ophthalmol. 2011 Dec; 152(6):1044-1052.e5.
15. Oldenburg CE, Sy A, Srinivasan M, Toutain-Kidd CM, Mascarenhas J, Ravindran M, Rajaraman R, Esterberg EJ, Chidambaram JD, Acharya NR, Lietman TM, Zegans ME. Pre-existing blindness in a cohort of patients with bacterial keratitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 Nov; 95(11):1612-3.
16. Oldenburg CE, Keenan JD, Cevallos V, Chan MF, Acharya NR, Gaynor BD, McLeod SD, Esterberg EJ, Porco TC, Lietman TM. Microbiological cure times in acanthamoeba keratitis. Eye (Lond). 2011 Sep; 25(9):1155-60.
17. Fintelmann RE, Hoskins EN, Lietman TM, Keenan JD, Gaynor BD, Cevallos V, Acharya NR. Topical fluoroquinolone use as a risk factor for in vitro fluoroquinolone resistance in ocular cultures. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Apr; 129(4):399-402.
18. Keenan JD, Lakew T, Alemayehu W, Melese M, House JI, Acharya NR, Porco TC, Gaynor BD, Lietman TM. Slow resolution of clinically active trachoma following successful mass antibiotic treatments. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Apr; 129(4):512-3.
19. Oldenburg CE, Prajna VN, Prajna L, Krishnan T, Mascarenhas J, Vaitilingam CM, Srinivasan M, See CW, Cevallos V, Zegans ME, Acharya NR, Lietman TM. Clinical signs in dematiaceous and hyaline fungal keratitis. Br J Ophthalmol. 2011 May; 95(5):750-1.
20. Qian Y, Acharya NR. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis. Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2010 Nov; 21(6):468-72.

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