 Nisha Acharya, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Director, Ocular Inflammatory Disease and Uveitis Clinic
Contact information:
95 Kirkham Box 0944
San Francisco, CA 94143-0944
Phone: (415) 476-1442
Education:
M.D. University of California, San Francisco
M.S. Stanford University
Internship: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Residency: Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Fellowships: Cornea, Uveitis and External Disease, F.I. Proctor Foundation, UCSF
Clinical Trials Research Fellowship, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA
Research Interests - CLINICAL RESEARCH
Dr. Nisha Acharya is the incoming Director of the Uveitis Service and the Uveitis Fellowship at the Proctor Foundation. Her clinical expertise is the diagnosis and management of patients with infectious and inflammatory eye diseases. She is experienced with the latest medical and surgical treatments for uveitis including treatment with new immunomodulatory drugs and cataract surgery in uveitis patients. Dr. Acharya’s research focuses on the design and implementation of clinical trials to determine the optimal treatment for these conditions. Her research is supported by a National Eye Institute (NEI) K23 Career Development Award as well as a Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award.
Representative Publications
- Acharya, N, Cunningham, E. Corneal, Anterior Segment, and Adnexal Manifestations of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. International Ophthalmology Clinics, Vol 38(4), 1998, 161-178.
- Acharya, N., Young, L. Sustained Release Drugs for the Treatment of Intraocular Disease. International Ophthalmology Clinics. 2004 Summer; 44(3): 33-9.
- Acharya, N., Pineda, R.,Uy, H., Foster, C.S. Discoid Lupus Erythematosus Masquerading as Chronic Blepharoconjunctivitis. Ophthalmology. 2005 May;112(5):e19-23.
- Acharya, N., Lietman, T., Cevallos, V., Whitcher, J., Saidel, M., Stone, D., Duncan, J., Margolis, T. Correlation Between Clinical Suspicion and Polymerase Chain Reaction Verification of Infectious Vitritis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2006 March: 141(3):584-5.
- Bernal, M, Lietman, T, Acharya, N, Strauss, E, Mcleod, S, Hwang, D. Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis in Soft Contact Lens Wearers in San Francisco. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2006 Jul: 124(7):1051-3.
- Lalitha, P, Shapiro, B, Srinivasan, M, Prajna, NV, Acharya, N, Fothergill, A, Ruiz, J, Chidambaram, J, Maxey, K, Hong, K, Mcleod, S, Lietman, T. Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi Isolated from Keratitis in South India: A Study of Emerging Agents. Archives of Ophthalmology, in press.
- Boyer, D, Antoszyk, A, Awh, C, Bhisitkul, R, Shapiro, H, Acharya, N, for the MARINA Study Group. Subgroups Analysis of the MARINA Study of Ranibizumab in Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology, 2007 Feb;114(2):246-52.
- Kaiser, P, Blodi, B, Shapiro, H, Acharya, N, for the MARINA Study Group. Angiographic and Optical Coherence Tomographic Results of the MARINA Study of Ranibizumab in Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration. Ophthalmology, in press.
- Anderson, S, Chibber, K, Ling, P, Acharya, N, Van Dyke, C, Kaplan, R, Padian, N. Common Pathways toward Women’s Health. Global Public Health, in press.
- Freidlin, J, Wong, I, Acharya, N. Rituximab treatment for Wegener’s granulomatosis associated peripheral ulcerative keratitis. British Journal of Ophthalmology, in press.
- Rutar, T, Chan, M, Acharya NR, Naseri, A. Cicatrizing conjunctivitis due to paraneoplastic pemphigoid. British Journal of Ophthalmology, in press.
- Ou, J, Acharya NR. Fungal corneal ulcers: Epidemiology and Treatment. International Ophthalmology Clinics, in press.
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