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Saloni Kapoor, MD

  • Co-Chief Resident
  • Third Year Resident in Ophthalmology

Dr. Saloni Kapoor grew up in Jaipur, India. She graduated from India's premier medical school All India Institute of Medical Sciences at New Delhi. Subsequently she completed an Internal Medicine residency at UPMC Presbyterian in the International Scholars Track. She was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at UPMC Mercy for one year before starting her ophthalmology training.  She is now the co-chief resident at University of Pittsburgh's Ophthalmology Residency Program. Her research interests include uveitis, ocular oncology and exploring ways to expand access to care and improve clinical decision making using existing technology and evolving artificial intelligence techniques (https://eyekapoor.com/).

    Education & Training

  • 2018 - 2021: Residency, Internal Medicine (International Scholar Track) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
  • 2011 - 2017: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
  • 2018 - 2021: Residency, Internal Medicine (International Scholar Track) University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA
  • 2011 - 2017: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Awards
Co-Chief Resident 2024-2025 - Ophthalmology Residency, University of Pittsburgh
Alien of Extraordinary Ability (EB1A) 2022– granted residency by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for scientific advancements in “Ophthalmic Manifestations of Systemic Diseases”
Best Clinical Research Award at Department of Medicine Research Day 2019 - University of Pittsburgh for presentation titled “Outcomes in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting stratified by Surgical Risk”.
Elsevier Hacks, Helsinki 2017– Won a nationwide contest to be selected as India’s medical student representative at an international hackathon to create tech based solutions for medical education. Developed a mobile application to augment textbooks with l
STS Scholarship by Indian Council of Medical Research 2016 for clinical research in untreated epilepsy. This research grant of Rs 60,000 (~1000 USD) is awarded to the top 2% of medical students nationwide.
Silver medalist, 22nd International Biology Olympiad 2011 at Taipei, Taiwan – Selected as one of four representatives of India after multiple rounds of written and practical testing, including a week long practical training camp at Tata Institute of Funda
All India Rank 23, All India Institute of Medical Sciences 2011 Entrance Exam- Competing with around 200,000 applicants for 50 seats, secured 23rd highest test score in the nation to gain admission into the most prestigious medical school in India.
KVPY Scholarship, Government of India 2010: 100 scholarships awarded nationally each year to students with excellent research aptitude and theoretical knowledge
National Talent Search Examination 2009 - Scholarship by Government of India to top 500 students in India
Representative Publications

1. Kapoor A, Kapoor S, Chawla R. Role of Multimodal Ocular Imaging in Alport Syndrome. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Jun;57(3):e77-e78.

 

2. Rossi EA, Norberg N, Eandi C, Chaumette C, Kapoor S, Le L, Snyder VC, Martel JN, Gautier J, Gocho K, Dansingani KK, Chhablani J, Arleo A, Mrejen S, Sahel JA, Grieve K, Paques M. A New Method for Visualizing Drusen and Their Progression inFlood-Illumination Adaptive Optics Ophthalmoscopy. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2021Dec 1;10(14):19.

 

3. Kapoor S, Scanga HL, Reyes-M´ugica M, Nischal KK. Somatic KRAS Mutation affecting codon 146 in Linear Sebaceous Nevus Syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 2021 Jul 13.

 

4. Kapoor S, Eldib A, Hiasat J, Scanga H, Tomasello J, Alabek M, Ament K, Arner D,Benson A, Berret K, Blaha B. Developing a Pediatric Ophthalmology Telemedicine Program in the COVID-19 Crisis. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2020 Sep 2.

 

5. Kapoor S, Liasis A, Nischal KK. Choroidal Deposits in a Patient With Mucopolysaccharidoses

 

Full list: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=z6QNNacAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests
  1. Building an academic career in retina with a uveitis or oncology focus, such that I leverage my training in Internal Medicine
  1. Explore ways to expand access to care and improve clinical decision making using existing technology and evolving artificial intelligence techniques

 

 

 

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