Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD

Specialty Areas
Ophthalmology, Retina
Retina

Areas of Clinical Interest
Diabetic retinopathy, macular surgery, macular holes, macular pucker, age-related macular degeneration, vitreous substitutes, retinal detachments



Major or Recent Publications/Awards
Awards and Honors
Washington University Nominee for the Ellison Foundation New Scholars Award in Aging, 2005

Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award, 2004

Fellow, American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2003

Peer Reviewed Manuscripts

Yu J, Apte RS. A case of intravitreal silicone oil migration to the central nervous system. Retina, In press

Oshima Y, Oshima S, Nambu H, Kachi S, Takahashi K, Umeda N, Shen J, Apte RS, et al. Different Effects of Angiopoietin-2 in Different Vascular Beds in the Eye; New Vessels are more Sensitive. FASEB Journal, 2005;19:963-5

Hariprasad SM, Blinder KJ, Shah GK, Apte RS, Holekamp NM, Thomas MA, Mieler WF, Chi J, Prince RA. Penetration pharmacokinetics of topically administered 0.5% moxifloxacin ophthalmic solution in human aqueous and vitreous. Arch Ophthalmol, 2005;123:39-44

Apte RS, Al-Abdulla N, Green WR, Schachat AP, DeJong MR, DiBernardo C, Handa JT. Systemic non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma presenting as a vanishing choroidal mass. Arch Ophthalmol, 2005;123:105-109

Apte RS, Schachat AP, DiBernardo C, Handa JT. Retinal vascular occlusion with overlying vitreous hemorrhage masquerading as a tumor. Arch Ophthalmol, 2005;123:272-274

Apte RS, DiBernardo C, Pearlman JR, Patel S, Schachat AP, Green WR, Gehlbach P. Retinal metastasis presenting as a retinal hemorrhage in a patient with adenocarcinoma of the cecum. Arch Ophthalmol, 2005;123:105-109

Apte RS, Barreiro RA, Duh E, Volpert O, Ferguson TA. Stimulation of neovascularization by the anti-angiogenic factor PEDF. Inv Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 2004;45:4491-4497.

Blair MP, Apte RS, Miskala PM, Bressler SB, Goldberg MF, Schachat AP, Bressler NM. A retrospective case series of juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization treated with photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. Retina, 2004;24:501-506.

Hariprasad SM, Mieler WF, Blinder KJ, Shah GK, Apte RS, Holekamp NM, Thomas MA, Chi J, Prince RA. Human aqueous and vitreous penetration pharmacokinetics of moxifloxacin 0.5% ophthalmic solution via topical and collagen shield routes of administration. Tr Am Ophth Soc, 2004;102:149-155

Louie K, Apte RS, Mori K, Gehlbach PL. Severe proliferative retinopathy in a patient with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Br J Ophthalmol, 2004;88:1604-1605

Apte RS, Bressler NM. Foveal congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in the setting of geographic atrophy from age-related macular degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol 2003; 135:120-121

Apte RS, Sung JU, DiBernardo C, Greenberg E. Giant neurosensory detachments in neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol 2003; 87:795-796

Margalit E, Apte RS. Submacular surgery for choroidal neovascularization. Bombay Hosp J 2002; 44(3)

Apte RS, Sadda SR. Diabetes and ocular disease: implications for clinical practice. Contemporary Ophthalmol 2002; 1(21):1-8

Margalit E, Apte RS, Sadda SR. Idiopathic parafoveal telangiectasis associated with a foveal pseudovitelliform lesion: a case report. Br J Ophthalmol 2002; 86:1455-1456

Apte RS, Margalit E. Role of photodynamic therapy in the management of age-related macular degeneration. Bombay Hosp J 2002; 44(3)

Apte RS, Niederkorn JY, Mayhew E, Alizadeh H. Angiostatin produced by certain primary uveal melanoma cell lines impedes the development of liver metastases. Arch Ophthalmol 2001; 119:1805-1809

Apte RS, Scheufele TA, Blomquist PH. Etiology of blindness in an urban community hospital setting. Ophthalmology 2001; 108:693-696


For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Rajendra S. Apte

Rajendra S. Apte, MD, PhD