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Rajesh Sasikumar, MD

  • Co-Director of Clinical Trials
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

Rajesh Sasikumar, MD, brings expertise centered on clinical and surgical management and imaging in angle-closure disease. He has led and collaborated on numerous international studies spanning anterior-segment imaging, OCT/OCTA technologies, and glaucoma diagnostics. Dr. Sasikumar’s international career—spanning Singapore, India, the UAE, and the United States—has equipped him with deep clinical insight across a wide range of racial and ethnic populations, enriching both his diagnostic acumen and surgical decision-making.

Division

    Education & Training

  • Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Center, Clinical Research Fellowship
  • Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Clinical Fellowship in Glaucoma
  • LV Prasad Eye Institute, Clinical Research Fellowship
  • Joseph Eye Institute, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India, Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology
  • Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra Medical College in Davangere, Karnataka India, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Representative Publications

Alcibahy Y, Sasikumar R, Agarwal A. Depigmented Fundus and Fovea Plana in Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome. Ophthalmol Retina. 2024 Oct;8(10):e32. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2024.03.002. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38573305.

Mahendradas P, Parab S, Sasikumar R, Kawali A, Shetty BK. Topiramate-induced acute angle closure with severe panuveitis: A challenging case report. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;66(9):1342-1344. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1192_17. PMID: 30127167; PMCID: PMC6113830.

Blumenthal EZ, Horani A, Sasikumar R, Garudadri C, Udaykumar A, Thomas R. Correlating structure with function in end-stage glaucoma. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2006 May-Jun;37(3):218-23. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20060501-06. PMID: 16749258.

Full list of publications