TuDiabetes Talks Episode 2 – Arshad Khanani, Retinopathy Specialist

The guest on the TuDiabetes Talks Episode this week is Dr. Arshad Khanani.

Arshad Khanani, M.D. is a fellowship trained vitreoretinal specialist and is certified by The American Board of Ophthalmology. He graduated magna cum laude in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. While at Washington University, Dr. Khanani was honored with The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Award.

Dr. Khanani then returned home to Texas and obtained his medical degree at Texas Tech School of Medicine where he received several prestigious research awards. After finishing his internship at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Khanani completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Texas Tech School of Medicine. During his residency, he was unanimously elected as Chief Resident.

Dr. Khanani attended The University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas for a two-year fellowship in the medical and surgical treatment of vitreoretinal diseases.

Due to his strong interest in clinical research, Dr. Khanani has served as a principal investigator for several clinical trials. His articles have been published in numerous ophthalmology journals. Dr. Khanani has also presented his work at major ophthalmology meetings worldwide and has been invited multiple times as a guest speaker nationally and internationally.


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Arshad Khanani, M.D. Sierra Eye Associates

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine

Arshad Khanani, M.D. is a fellowship trained vitreoretinal specialist and is certified by The American Board of Ophthalmology. He graduated magna cum laude in chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. While at Washington University, Dr. Khanani was honored with The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Award.

Dr. Khanani then returned home to Texas and obtained his medical degree at Texas Tech School of Medicine where he received several prestigious research awards. After finishing his internship at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Khanani completed his residency in Ophthalmology at Texas Tech School of Medicine. During his residency, he was unanimously elected as Chief Resident.

Dr. Khanani attended The University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas for a two-year fellowship in the medical and surgical treatment of vitreoretinal diseases.

Due to his strong interest in clinical research, Dr. Khanani has served as a principal investigator for several clinical trials. His articles have been published in numerous ophthalmology journals. Dr. Khanani has also presented his work at major ophthalmology meetings worldwide and has been invited multiple times as a guest speaker nationally and internationally.

Dr. Khanani has received numerous awards of distinction including The Patients’ Choice Award and The Compassionate Doctor Recognition Award. He has also been consistently named one of America’s Top Ophthalmologists and has also been included in an edition of The Leading Physicians of the World publication


Live Interview: Diabetic Eye Disease, with Dr. Sunil Patel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK6hX_1hWqs

Sunil S. Patel, MD PhD is a board certified vitreoretinal surgeon at the West Texas Retina Consultants in Abilene. Dr. Patel attended the University of California, Los Angeles for his undergraduate education, where he studied biochemistry, and received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. Upon completing an internship in internal medicine at the Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, Dr. Patel completed his residency in ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute-Los Angeles County Hospital at the University of Southern California. He remained at the Doheny Eye Institute for two additional years to complete a surgical and medical vitreoretinal fellowship as well as a Uveitis fellowship. Dr. Patel was a Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Texas Retina Associates until 2000, when he joined West Texas Retina Consultants as a Staff Vitreoretinal Surgeon. He also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the Texas Tech University School of Medicine.

Dr. Patel received his PhD in Immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences as part of the Medical Scientist Training Program. He is the President of Integrated Clinical Research, a center which conducts medical device and pharmaceutical research focused on retina and vitreous conditions.

Dr. Patel’s clinical practice focuses on the medical and surgical treatment of diseases involving vision, specifically the retina and vitreous. He is actively involved in the development of new therapeutic modalities for vitreoretinal diseases including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema. Dr. Patel is a frequent lecturer and presenter at scientific conferences and meetings and has conducted over 50 clinical research studies and authored more than 30 manuscripts.

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TuDiabetes Master Chat Series: Eyes & Diabetes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCQIsxLqns

Eyes & Diabetes, presented by John McDonald

In 2011 Teachers College Columbia University launched its solely online Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management program. This 36-credit inter-professional master’s program is offered to clinicians who are currently in or interested in the diabetes field. As part of a course requirement, students will present ‘Master Chats’ on a variety of topics they have chosen based on discussions taking place in the tudiabetes community. Master Chats will include a 10-15 presentation followed by a Q and A.

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