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CURRICULUM VITAE FOR ACADEMIC PROMOTION
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
April 9th, 2014
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, M.D., M.H.S., Ph.D.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University
PERSONAL DATA
Address:
Clinic Phone:
Office Phone
Cell Phone
Fax:
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Maumenee B110
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
(410) 955-6051
(410) 614-1994
(630) 209-1391
(410) 955-1985
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1990-1994
Stanford University,
B.S. in Chemistry with University and Departmental High Honors.
1994-2002
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Genetics
2002-2003
Mercy Hospital of Maryland
Internship, Internal Medicine.
2003-2006
Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Residency, Ophthalmology.
2006-2007
Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami
Fellowship, Glaucoma
2007-2009
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD
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MHS, Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
July 2007-2013 Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
July 2013 - Now Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS: PEER-REVIEWED ORIGINAL SCIENCE RESEARCH
1.
Ramulu P, Kennedy M, Xiong WH, Williams J, Cowan M, Blesh D, Yau KW, Hurley
JB, Nathans J. Normal light response, photoreceptor integrity, and rhodopsin
dephosphorylation in mice lacking protein phosphatases with EF hands (PPEF-1 and
PPEF-2). Mol Cell Biol. 2001;21(24):8605-14.
2.
Ramulu P, Nathans J. Cellular and subcellular localization, N-terminal acylation, and
calcium binding of Caenorhabditis protein phosphatase with EF-hands. J Biol Chem.
2001;276(27):25127-35.
3.
Ramulu P, Corcoran KJ, Corcoran SL, Robin AL. Utilization of various glaucoma
surgeries and procedures in Medicare Benefiaries from 1995 to 2004. Ophthalmology.
2007;114(12):2265-70.
4.
Ramulu PY, West SK, Munoz B, Jampel HD, Friedman DS. Glaucoma and Reading Ability:
The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. Archives Ophthalmol. 2009;127(1):82-7.
5.
Quigley HA, Silver DM, Friedman DS, He M, Jasti S, Plyler RJ, Jampel HD, Ramulu PY. Iris
Cross-Sectional Area Decreases With Pupil Dilation and Its Dynamic Behavior Is a Risk Factor
in Angle Closure. J Glaucoma. 2009;18(2):173-9.
6.
Ramulu PY, West SK, Munoz B, Jampel HD, Friedman DS. Driving Cessation and
Driving Limitation in Glaucoma: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project. Ophthalmology.
2009;116(10):1846-53.
7.
Ramulu PY, Do DV, Corcoran KJ, Corcoran SL, Robin AL. Utilization of Retinal
Procedures in Medicare Beneficiaries from 1997 to 2007. Arch Ophthal.
2010;128(10):1335-40.
8.
Maul EA, Friedman DS, Chang DS, Boland MV, Ramulu PY, Jampel HD, Quigley HA.
Macular and Peripapillary Choroidal Thickness Measurements with Spectral Domain
Optical Coherence Tomography: Methods and Factors Affectic Thickness in Glaucoma
Patients. Ophthalmology. 2011;118(8):1571-9.
9.
Boland MV, McCoy AN, Quigley HA, Miller NR, Subramanian PS, Ramulu PY,
Murakami P, Danesh-Meyer H. Evaluation of an Algorithm for Detecting Visual Field
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Defects Due to Chiasmal and Post-Chiasmal Lesions: the Neurological Hemifield Test.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2011;52(11):7959-65.
10.
Ramulu PY, Chan ES, Loyd TL, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS. Comparison of home and
away-from-home physical activity using accelerometers and cellular network based
tracking devices. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2012;9(6):809-17.
11.
Willis JR, Jefferys JL, Vitale S, Ramulu PY. Visual Impairment, Uncorrected Refractive
Error, and Accelerometer-Defined Physical Activity in the United States. Archives of
Ophthalmol. 2012;130(3):329-35.
12.
Ramulu PY, Maul E, Hochberg C, Chan ES, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS. Real-World
Assessment of Walking and Physical Activity in Glaucoma Using an Accelerometer.
Ophthalmology. 2012;119(6):1159-66.
13.
Cassard SD, Quigley HA, Gower EW, Friedman DS, Ramulu PY, Jampel HD. Regional
Variation in the Prevalence of Diagnosed Glaucoma in the Medicare Population.
Ophthalmology. 2012;119(7):1342-51.
14.
Ramulu PY, van Landingham SW, Massof RW, Chan ES, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS.
Fear of Falling in Glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2012;119(7):1352-8.
15.
Dokey A, Ramulu PY, Utine CA, Tzu J, Eberhart C, Shan S, Gehlbach PL, Akpek EK.
Chronic Hypotony Associated with Boston Type I Keratoprosthesis. American Journal of
Ophthalmology. 2012;154(2):266-71.
16.
Hochberg C, Maul E, Chan ES, van Landingham SV, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS, Ramulu
PY. Association of Vision Loss in Glaucoma and Age-related Macular Degeneration with
IADL Disability. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2012;53(6):3201-6.
17.
van Landingham SW, Willis JR, Vitale S, Ramulu PY. Visual Field Loss and
Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity in the United States. Ophthalmology.
2012;119(12):2486-92.
18.
Ramulu PY, Swenor BK, Jefferys JL, Friedman DS, Rubin GS. Difficulty with Out-loud
and Silent Reading in Glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
2013;54(1):666-72.
19.
Ramulu PY, Swenor BK, Jefferys JL, Friedman DS. Description and Validation of a
Test to Evaluate Sustained Silent Reading. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual
Science. 2013;54(1):673-80.
20.
Swenor BK, Ramulu PY, Willis JR, Friedman DS, Lin FR. The prevalence of concurrent
hearing and vision impairment in the United States. JAMA Internal Medicine.
2013;173(4):312-3.
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21.
van Landingham SW, Hochberg C, Massof RW, Chan E, Friedman DS, Ramulu PY.
Driving patterns in older adults with glaucoma. BMC Ophthalmology. 2013;13:4.
22.
Gardiner SK, Demirel S, De Moraes CG, Liebmann JM, Cioffi GA, Ritch R, Gordon
MO, Kass MA, Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study Group. Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2013; 54(2):1252-9.
23.
Loprinzi PD, Smit E, Lin FR, Gilham B, Ramulu PY. Accelerometer-assessed physical
activity and objectively-determined dual-sensory impairment among U.S. adults. Mayo
Clinic Proceedings. 2013; 88(7):690-6.
24.
Willis JR, Vitale SE, Agarwal Y, Ramulu PY. Vision Impairment, Uncorrected
Refractive Error, and Objectively-Measured Balance in the United States. JAMA
Ophthalmology. 2013;131(8):1049-56.
25.
Devesh R, Verma A, Venkatesh R, Srinivasan K, Ramulu PY, Wojciechowski R,
Periasamy S. Association study in a South Indian population supports rs1015213 as a risk
factor for primary angle closure. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science.
2013;54(8):5624-8.
26.
Loprinzi PD, Ramulu PY. Objectively measured physical activity and inflammatory
markers among US adults with diabetes: Implications for attenuating disease progression.
Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2013;88(9):942-51.
27.
Mathews PM, Ramulu PY, Friedman DS, Utine CA, Akpek EK. Evaluation of Ocular
Surface Disease in Patients with Glaucoma. Ophthalmology. 2013;120(11):2241-8.
28
Quigley HA, Cassard SD, Gower EW, Ramulu PY, Jampel HD, Friedman DS. The cost
of glaucoma care provided to a sample of Medicare beneficiaries from 2002-2009.
Ophthalmology. 2013;120(11):2249-57.
29.
Arora KS, Boland MV, Friedman DS, Jefferys JL, West SK, Ramulu PY. The
relationship between better-eye and integrated visual field mean deviation and visual
disability. Ophthalmology. 2013;120(12):2476-84.
30.
Curriero FC, Pinchoff J, van Landingham SW, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS, Ramulu PY.
Alteration of travel patterns with vision loss from glaucoma and macular degeneration.
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2013;131(11):1420-6.
31.
Loprinzi PD, Hager KK, Ramulu PY. Physical activity, glycemic control, and diabetic
peripheral neuropathy: A national sample. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications.
2014; 28(1):17-21.
31.
van Landingham SW, Massof RW, Chan E, Friedman DS, Ramulu PY. Fear of falling in
age-related macular degeneration. BMC Ophthalmology. 2014;14(1):10.
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32.
Ramulu PY, Hochberg C, Maul EA, Chan ES, Ferrucci L, Friedman DS. Glaucomatous
visual field loss associated with less travel from home. Optometry and Visual Sciences.
2014;91(2):187-93.
33.
McCoy AN, Quigley HA, Wang J, Miller NR, Subramanian PS, Ramulu PY, Boland
MV. Development and validation of an improved neurological hemifield test to identify
chiasmal and post-chiasmal lesions by automated perimetry. Investigative
Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2014;55(2):1017-23.
34.
Sengupta S, van Landingham SW, Solomon SD, Do DV, Friedman DS, Ramulu PY.
Driving habits in older patients with central vision loss. Ophthalmology.
2014;121(3):727-32.
35.
van Landingham SW, West SK, Akpek EK, Munoz B, Ramulu PY. Impact of dry eye on
reading in a population based sample of the elderly: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation. British
Journal of Ophthalmology. 2014;98(5):639-44.
36.
Loprinzi PD, Pariser G, Ramulu PY. Accelerometer-assessed sedentary and physical
activity behavior and its association with vision among U.S. adults with diabetes. Journal
of Physical Activity and Health. Epub ahead of print.
37.
Loprinzi PD, Zebardast N, Ramulu PY. Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Vision Loss
Among Yound and Middle-Age U.S. Adults. American Journal of Health Promotion.
Epub ahead of print.
38.
Mwanza JC, Warren JL, Hochberg JT, Budenz DL, Chang RT, Ramulu PY. Combining
frequency doubling technology and scanning laser polarimetry for glaucoma detection.
Journal of Glaucoma. Epub ahead of print.
39.
Brown JC, Goldstein JE, Chan TL, Massof R, Ramulu P, and the Low Vision Research
Network Study Group. Description of Functional Complaints in Patients Seeking
Outpatient Low Vision Services in the United States. Ophthalmology. Accepted for
publication February 2014.
40.
Kavitha S, Zebardast N, Palaniswamy K, Wojciechowski R, Chan ES, Friedman DS,
Venkatesh R, Ramulu PY. Family history is a strong risk factor for prevalent angle
closure in a South Indian population. Ophthalmology. Epub ahead of print.
41.
Henrich CF, Ramulu PY, Akpek EK. Association of dry eye and inflammatory systemic
diseases in a tertiary care-based sample. Cornea. Epub ahead of print.
42.
Loprinzi PD, Brodowicz GR, Sengupta S, Solomon SD, Ramulu PY. Accelerometerassessed physical activity and diabetic retinopathy in the United States. JAMA
Ophthalmology. Accepted for Publication January 2014.
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43.
Sherrod CE, Vitale SE, Frick KD, Ramulu PY. The association of vision loss with work
status in the United States. JAMA Ophthalmology. Accepted for publication February
2014.
44.
Nguyen AM, van Landingham SW, Massof RW, Rubin GS, Ramulu PY. Reading ability
and reading engagement in older adults with glaucoma. Investigative Ophthalmology and
Visual Science. Accepted for publication July 2014.
INVENTIONS, PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS
November 2010
Copyright. “A test to measure sustained reading – text and questions.”
Ramulu PY.
EXTRAMURAL FUNDING
April 2013 – March 2018
Longitudinal Assessment of Mobility Outcomes in Glaucoma
R01 EY022976-01
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu MD MHS PhD
Total Direct Costs – $1,689,698
50% effort
July 2011 – Dec 2014
Robert and Helen Schaub Special Scholar Award
Research to Prevent Blindness
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu MD MHS PhD
Total Direct Costs : $65,000
Sept 2009 – August 2013
Direct Evaluation of Functional Impairment in Glaucoma
K23 EY018595 NEI
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu MD MHS PhD
Total Direct Costs: $816,496
25% Effort
July 2009 – June 2012
Real-world mobility in glaucoma and macular degeneration
American Geriatrics Society / Dennis W. Jahnigen Award
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD MHS PhD
Total direct costs: $150,000 (+ $50,000 institutional match)
5% Effort
July 2007 – August 2009
Blindness from glaucoma in the twenty-first century - Why is it
still happening?
K12 EY015025 NEI
PI – Harry A. Quigley, M.D.
Support at 90% Effort
Role: Mentored Clinician Scientist
June 2008 – June 2009
Reading Impairment in Subjects with Bilateral Glaucoma
The Glaucoma Research Foundation
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD PhD
Total direct costs: $40,000
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD
July 2008 – June 2009
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American Glaucoma Society MAPS Award
PI – Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD PhD
Total Direct Costs: $5,000
INTRAMURAL FUNDING
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Risk Factors for Angle Closure Glaucoma
Wilmer Grant supported by Morton F. Goldberg Discovery Fund
and Research to Prevent Blindness Challenge Grant
PI – Pradeep Y Ramulu MD MHS PhD
Total Direct Costs: $50,000
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EDUCTIONAL PUBLICATIONS – INVITED REVIEW ARTICLES
2008
Ramulu PY, Parrish RK. III. Asking the right question in laser
trabeculoplasty: “Which patient?” not “Which laser?”. Surveys of
Ophthalmology. 2008;53(6):652-4.
2009
Ramulu, PY. Glaucoma and Disability: Which tasks are affected, and at what
stage of disease? Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2009;20(2):92-8.
2009
Ramulu PY. Glaucoma’s Impact: Risk Versus Benefit. Reviews in
Ophthalmology. 2009;16(10).
EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS – CASE REPORTS
2002
Ramulu P, Moghekar A, Chaudry V, Zee D, and Reich S. Wernicke’s
Encephalopathy. Neurology. 2002;59(6):846.
2004
Ramulu P, Jun A. Cyclodialysis Cleft After Trauma. EyeNet. 2004.
2007
Ramulu P, Green WR, Iliff NT, Kuo IC. Asymptomatic Conjunctival
Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue-Type Lymphoma with Presumed
Intraocular Involvement. Cornea. 2007;26(4):484-6.
EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS – BOOK CHAPTERS
2007
Ramulu P, Friedman DF. Laser Iridotomy. In: Angle Closure Glaucoma, ed.
Hung C, and Yamamoto T. Kugler Publications, p. 201-216, 2007.
2008
Ramulu P, Friedman DF. Epidemiology of Glaucoma. In: Ophthalmology, 3rd
edition, ed. Yanoff M, and Duker JS. Mosby Publications, p. 1095-1101,
2008.
2009
Ramulu PY, Gedde SJ. Aqueous Misdirection. In Glaucoma, Vol. 2 Surgical
Management, 1st edition, ed. Shaarawy T, Sherwood MB, Hitchings R, and
Crowston JG. Elsevier Health Sciences, p. 211-221, 2009.
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2009
Ramulu PY. Trabeculotomy. In: Basic Techniques of Ophthalmic Surgery,
ed. Dunn JP, and Langer PD. American Academy of Ophthalmology, p. 173177, 2009.
2013
Ramulu PY. When and how does glaucoma produce visual disability. In:
Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma. 2013.
2013
van Landingham SW, Ramulu PY. Glaucoma and Quality of Life. In:
Ophthalmology and the Ageing Society, ed. Scholl H, Massof RW, and West
SK.
In Press
Ramulu PY, and Gedde SJ. Aqueous Misdirection. In Glaucoma, Vol. 2
Surgical Management, 2nd edition, ed. Shaarawy T, Sherwood MB, Hitchings
R, and Crowston JG. Elsevier Health Sciences.
In Press
Ramulu PY. Curbside Consultation in Glaucoma. Ed. Gedde SJ. Slack
Incorporated.
EDUCATIONAL PUBLICATIONS – OTHER
2011-Now Ramulu PY. Standard Automated Perimetry. Wrote and maintain content
accessible at: http://eyewiki.aao.org/Standard_Automated_Perimetry
2011-Now Ramulu PY. Pigmentary glaucoma and Pigment Dispersion Syndrome. Wrote
and maintain content. Accessible at:
http://eyewiki.aao.org/Pigmentary_glaucoma_and_Pigment_Dispersion_Syndrome
2011-Now Boonyaleephan, S. Glaucoma management in pregnancy and post-portum. Edited
and maintain content. Accessible at:
http://eyewiki.aao.org/Glaucoma_management_in_pregnancy_and_post-partum
2012-Now Wong MM, Chaku M, Desai M. Aqueous Misdirection. Edited and maintain
content. Accessible at: http://eyewiki.aao.org/Aqueous_misdirection
TEACHING – CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
1998
Instructor
Served as section leader for 6 weeks of daily small-group discussion of 12
first year medical students taking the Molecules and Cells course.
1997, 1998
Teaching Assistant
Served as teaching assistant for daily small group discussions for first year
medical students taking the 4 week Developmental Biology course.
2008-11
Resident Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. “Glaucoma
Drainage Implants and Cyclodestructive Procedures.” Lecture delivered each
year.
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2008-11
Resident Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. “Pediatric
Glaucoma.” Lecture delivered each year.
2008-9
Medical Student Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD.
Glaucoma Lecture for Ophthalmology Clerkship.
2008-11
Resident Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. “Secondary Open
Angle Glaucoma.” Lecture delivered each year.
2008-11
Resident Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. “Secondary
Angle Closure Glaucoma.” Lecture delivered each year.
2009
Case Development, Angle Closure Glaucoma Case, Team Based Learning
Exercise, Year 1 Anatomy Course.
2009-11
Preceptor, Ophthalmology Team Based Learning Exercise, Year 1
Anatomy Course. Have precepted group of 60 medical students through
exercise each year.
2010-11
Medical Student Lecture, Neuroscience and Special Senses Course, Johns
Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD. “Ocular Hydrodynamics and
Glaucoma.” Lecture delivered to full medical school class each year. Average
student rating in 2011 was 4.1, as compared to 3.68 for whole course.
2010
Medical Student Team-Based Learning Session, Neuroscience and
Special Senses Course, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore
MD. “Glaucoma and Pupil Pharmacology”.
2010-12
Case grader, Comprehensive Clinical Skills Examination Queestions,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore MD.
2012
Resident Lecture, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD. “How to write a
clinical research paper.”
2011-12
Small group discussion leader, Wilmer Resident Glaucoma Didactic
Sessions. Led 90 of small group case discussions 6 times a year. Additionally,
created case content. Staring July 2012, also created and administered 3 sets
quiz materials to ensure knowledge of materials presented online and created
and administered 3 Jeopardy game show format teaching sessions. See more
detail under “Educational Program Building and Leadership”
2012
Lecturer and Surgical Preceptor, October Resident Cataract Tutorial,
Held for Baltimore program Ophthalmology residents. “Cataract Surgery in
Glaucoma Patients”
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2012-13
Lecturer, Epidemiology of Eye Disease Course, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health. “Low Vision and How to Measure it’s
Impact”
2013
Lecturer, Epidemiology of Aging, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health. “Vision Loss and Aging”
TEACHING – CME INSTRUCTION
Feb 2009
Invited Lecturer, CPE Event in Fort Worth TX, Review of
Ophthalmology. “New Surgical Options in Glaucoma.”
2007-2012
Talk, Current Concepts Meeting, Baltimore MD. “Glaucoma
Smackdown”. Participated in session each year.
May 2011
Invited Speaker, Johns Hopkins CME Workship
Ocular Surface Disease & Dry Eye: Methods for Improving Clinical
Recognition and Patient Satisfaction.
Sept 2012
CME Webinar Speaker
Sterile Corneal Patch Grafts in Glaucoma Surgery: Pearls and Pitfalls.
Nov 2012
CME Event Speaker, Chicago IL
Expanding Options for Patch Grafts: What Cornea and Glaucoma Surgeons
Should Know
MENTORING
9/2013 – now
Advisor for Shreya Shrestha
MPH Capstone Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
8/2013 – now
Mentor for Angeline Nguyen
Medical student receiving Dean’s award funding for research
11/2012–10/2013 Postdoctoral advisor, Dr. Sabyasachi Sengupta MD
9/2012 – 6/2013 Mentor for Karun Arora
Medical student receiving Dean’s award funding for research
9/2012 – 5/2013 Advisor for Priya Mathews
MPH Capstone Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
9/2012 – 5/2013 Advisor for Cheryl Sherrod, M.D.
MPH Capstone Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
7/2012 – 6/2013 Mentor for Jamie Brown
Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship
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11/2012
Oral Exam Committee Member, Bonnie Swenor MPH (PhD
Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health
11/2012
Oral Exam Committee Member, Vidya Venugopal MPH (PhD
Candidate, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public
Health
7/2011 – 6/2012 Mentor for Suzanne van Landingham
Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship
Current position: Medical Student, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
6/2010 – 8/2011 Mentor for Emilie Chan M.S.
Fight for Sight Student Grant
“Risk Factors for Angle Closure Glaucoma”
Current position: Medical Student, Columbia University
8/2010 – 5/2011 Advisor for Eugenio Maul MD, MPH
MPH Capstone Project, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
“Objective Measurement of Real-world Physical Activity in Glaucoma
Using an Accelerometer Device”
Current position: Faculty, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, CHILE
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM BUILDING AND LEADERSHIP
April 2010
Co-director and meeting organizer, “Pathways to Leadership in
Ophthalmology Advanced Preceptorship Program”, Wilmer Eye Institute,
Johns Hopkins, in collaboration with Korean Ophthalmological Society
May 2010
Co-director of Neuroscience and Special Senses Ophthalmology Block,
Served on committee to reorganize and integrate Ophthalmology teaching into
the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 1st year Medical Student Neuroscience
and Special Senses Course.
May 2010
Team leader and content creater, “Glaucoma and Pupil Pharmacology
Workshop” for 1st year Medical Students, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore MD.
Sept 2010-Now
Developer, Glaucoma Mock Orals Module. Created a mock oral
examination and have administered exam to all 2nd year residents at the end of
their glaucoma rotation (9 residents to date). Examination assesses learning
and introduces residents to the oral boards format.
March 2011-Now Developer, New Didactic Format for Glaucoma Teaching to Residents.
Developed materials for, organized, and implemented a new format for
teaching visual field analysis, optic nerve assessment, and management of
glaucoma care to ophthalmology residents in training. Lectures previously
given in person have been placed on-line, and time previously allocated for
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lectures has been replaced with interactive case-based discussion in which 5-7
faculty review case findings and management strategies with an attending
physician. The Wilmer Residency Education Task Force recommended that
many of the principles of this program be incorporated department-wide, and
now all Wilmer teaching is done in 3-hours sessions as opposed to daily 1
hour morning lectures.
June 2012 – Now Glaucoma Division Residency Education Champion. Am responsible for
teaching and education of glaucoma for Wilmer Eye Institute residents.
Responsibilities include organizing and leading 5 three-hour didactic sessions
a year. For each session, I arrange for 3 faculty (myself and 2 others) to hold
structured case discussions with the residents. The remaining 90 minutes
contain a quiz, quiz review, and a jeopardy-style game show to teach/review
factual information. I am responsible for creating all materials for these
sessions including the case materials with imbedded questions, an “answer
sheet” for case questions, quizzes, and game show questions.
March 2013
Program Chair for CME Event, “Tube Tribulations and Tactics for
Tackling Them” Chaired a 1 hour CME event held during the American
Glaucoma Society annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.
November 2013
Program Chair for CME Event, “Expanding Options for Patch Grafts: What
Glaucoma Surgeons Should Know.” Chaired a 1 hour CME event held during
the American Academy of Ophthalmology annual meeting in New Orleans,
LA.
CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
CERTIFICATION
March 2007
Maryland Medical Licensure
License Number D0065761
July 2008
Certification, American Board of Ophthalmology
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES
July 2007-Now Clinical and surgical faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Glaucoma
Division. Responsibilities have included 1.5 days of weekly clinic and 0.5
days of weekly surgical time (roughly 150 surgical cases per year).
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
August 2010 – Present
Serving on Wilmer Research Advisory Committee chaired by
Sheila West, PhD
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Dec 2010 – 2012
Served on Neuro-Ophthalmology Search Committee chaired by
Prem Subramanian MD
August 2012
Program committee member, Wilmer Research Meeting.
August 2013 – Now
Chaira, Wilmer Research Meeting. Responsibilities include
organizing and hosting a spring meeting attended by over 100
vision scientists.
ADVISORY COMMITEES
September 2008 – 2012
American National Standards Insitute (ANSI) Z80 Committee
for Implantable Glaucoma Devices.
American Academy of Ophthalmology Representative
October 2010 – Present
American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee on
Rersearch and Regulatory Affairs. Active Member.
November 2012 – Present
Scientific Advisory Committee, Tissue Banks International.
May 2013 – Present
World Glaucoma Association Associate Advisory Board
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
1996-2002
Editorial Assistant
MEDICINE, Victor A. McKusick editor in chief
2006-Present
Reviewer
OPHTHALMOLGY
2007-2009
Reviewer
OPHTHALMIC SURGERY, LASERS, AND IMAGING
2008 – Present
Reviewer
ARCHIVES OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, Daniel M. Albert editor in chief
2009
Reviewer
DRUGS AND AGING
2009 - Present
Reviewer
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
2009 - Present
Reviewer
OPTHALMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
2010
Reviewer
VISION RESEARCH
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD
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2011 - Present
Reviewer
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH
2012
Reviewer
INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE
2012
Reviewer
OPTOMETRY AND VISUAL SCIENCE
2013 - Present
Associate Editor
BMC OPHTHALMOLOGY
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2002-Present
Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO)
2003-Present
American Academy of Ophthalmology
2007-Present
American Glaucoma Society
2008-Present
American Geriatrics Society
2009-Present
Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
CONFERENCE SESSION CHAIR
May 2009
ARVO Meeting, Session Chair, Epidemiology of Vision
March 2013
American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, Poster Session Moderator
May 2013
ARVO Meeting, Poster Session Chair, “Vision Function and Quality of Life”
May 2013
ARVO Meeting, Paper Session Chair, “Eye Care: Who’s Not Getting it and
Why It Matters?”
November 2013
American Academy of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Subspecialty Day. Served
as part of the organizational committee, and served as Moderator for the
section on “Challenging Glaucomas Old and New”.
March 2014
American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, Poster Session Moderator
October 2014
American Academy of Ophthalmology Glaucoma Subspecialty Day. Served
as part of the organizational committee, and served as Moderator for the
section on “Challenging Surgical Glaucomas”.
CONSULTANTSHIPS
Pradeep Y. Ramulu, MD, MHS, PhD
Oct 2012- Now
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Vision Consultant, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Assigned task of setting vision standards (and protocol for
evaluating vision) for FBI Special Agents.
RECOGNITION
AWARDS & HONORS
1990
Salutatorian, Highland Park High School, Highland Park, IL
1991
President’s Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University
1993
Analytical Chemist of the Year, Stanford University
1994
Outstanding Senior of the Year, Department of Chemistry, Stanford
University
1997
Visual Neurosciences Training Program Fellowship, Johns Hopkins
School of Medicine
2005
Harry A. Quigley Research Grant, Wilmer Eye Institute
2006
Outstanding Senior Resident, Wilmer Eye Institute / Greater Baltimore
Medical Center
2006
Heed Fellowship in Ophthalmology
2008
Secretariat Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
2012
Most Promising Assistant Professor, Wilmer Eye Institute
2013
Achievement Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology
INVITED TALKS
May 2008
Lecture, Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore,
MD. “When and How Glaucoma Produces Disability.”
October 2008
Visiting Professor, Moorfield’s Eye Hospital. London, England. “When
and How Glaucoma Produces Disability.”
December 2008
Invited Lecturer, Bausch & Laumb. “Managing Steroid-associated
Glaucoma.”
July 2009
Invited talk, World Glaucoma Congress, Boston MA
The impact of glaucoma on quality of life: driving, reading, and mobility.
November 2009
Visiting Professor, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India. “When and
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How Glaucoma Produces Disability.”
November 2009
Invited speaker. Glaucoma Society of India, Bangalore INDIA. (1)
Glaucoma and Quality of Life; (2) Baerveldt Glaucoma Implants; (3)
Trabectome Surgery.
March 2010
Invited speaker, Lions Club International Board Meeting, Baltimore
Maryland. Reducing Handicap from Eye Disease: Building a Bridge from
Doctors to Patients.
March 2010
Invited speaker, Walter Reed Postgraduate Course, Bethesda Maryland.
How Glaucoma Affects the Patient.
April 2010
Invited speaker, Korean Ophthalmological Society Preceptorship
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. Evaluating How Vision Loss Affects the
Patient.
May 2010
Invited speaker, Maryland Society of Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland. New Surgeries in Glaucoma – When are
they useful?
May 2010
Invited speaker, Irv Pollack Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland.
Functional Loss in Glaucoma.
June 2010
Invited Lecture, World Ophthalmology Congress, Berlin, Germany. The
impact of glaucoma on real life functional impairment.
July 2010
Invited Grand rounds lecturer, Aravind Eye Institute, Pondicherry
India. Glaucoma Drainage Devices.
July 2010.
Invited Grand rounds lecturer, Aravind Eye Institute, Madurai India.
Pediatric Glaucoma Quiz Show.
July 2010
Invited Guest Lectureship, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India.
Measurement of real-world functional impairment in glaucoma, dry eye, and
macular degeneration.
October 2010
Invited Speaker, Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Ground Rounds
Measuring vision-related disbility in the elderly.
October 2010
Invited Lecturer, DC Low Vision/Vision Rehab Symposium.
What is low vision in glaucoma?
October 2010
Invited Speaker, Heed Foundation Foundation Residents Retreat
Panel discussant and faculty mentor reviewing pathways to an academic
career with promising Ophthalmology residents.
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January 2011
Visiting Professor, Flaum Eye Institute, Rochester NY
April 2011
Invited Speaker, Baltimore Washington Glaucoma Meeting
Family History as a Risk Factor in Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma: The
Indian Family Angle Closure Evaluation (IFACE).
May 2011
Invited Lecturer, American Geriatrics Society Annual Meeting,
Washington D.C.
Objective Measurement of Travel Outside the Home and Physical Activity in
Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration Using Cellular Tracking Devices and
Accelerometers.
May 2011
Invited Speaker, Lions Maryland-22 Convention
Handicap from Vision Loss: Measurement, Patient Identification and
Rehabilitation.
May 2011
Invited Panel Member, World Glaucoma Consensus Meeting on
Glaucoma Progression. Wrote the section on objective measurement of
glaucoma-related disability for the consensus document.
July 2011
Invited Lecture, World Glaucoma Congress, Paris FRANCE
1) When does Glaucoma Impact Quality of Life?
Talk chosen by Pfizer/Japan as one of 7 to be translated and promoted as
education material for Japanese Ophthalmologists
2) Quality of Life for Glaucoma Patients
July 2011
Invited Speaker, Pondicherry Ophthalmic Society, Tamil Nadu India
Quality of Life in Glaucoma Patients
July 2011
Keynote speaker, Aravind Eye Instite Colloquim on Paper Writing
Delivered 3 hour talk on “Writing a Clinical Research Paper” and led 2 hours
of small-group sessions with faculty and trainees.
September 2011
Invited Research Talk, The Eye and the Auto, Detroit, MI
Driving cessation, restriction, and preference in older adults with glaucoma
& AMD
September 2011
Envision 2011 Conference, St. Louis, MO
Teaching session: Measuring and Evaluating Reading Disability in Glaucoma
& Dry Eye
Invited talks: (1) Objective Measurement of Real-­‐world Physical Activity in
Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration Using Accelerometer Devices
(2) Restriction of travel outside the home in Glaucoma and AMD: Direct
measurement using a cellular network-­‐based tracking device
October 2011
Invited Speaker, Heed Foundation Foundation Residents Retreat
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Panel discussant and faculty mentor reviewing pathways to an academic
career with promising
Ophthalmology residents.
October 2011
Invited Speaker, Glaucoma Center of Excellence Inauguration
October 2011
Invited Talk, American Academy of Ophthlamology Annual Meeting,
Orlando, FL, Visual Rehabilitation Education Day session.
Assessing Quality of Life in Glaucoma Patients using common-sense
measures of disability
November 2011
Invited Speaker, Wilmer Advisory Council Meeting
Living with Glaucoma: What is it like? How are we making it better?
February 2012
Invited Speaker, Bascom Palmer 50th Anniversary Meeting
Panelist: Diagnostic Imaging and Functional Testing: Which Tests and
When? Or How to Judge Progression?
March 2012
Invited Speaker. DC/Maryland AER Annual Conference, Ocean City
Maryland
1) Medical Update on Glaucoma: New Treatments and Trends
2) The Impact of Vision on Mobility
May 2012
Invited Lecturer, Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health
Real-world characterization of disability in older adults with vision loss.
June 2012
Invited Lecturer, 29th Annual Wilmer Nursing Conference
Newer Methods for Measuring Intraocular Pressure
July 2012
Invited Speaker, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad India
“The impact of vision loss on the person: Why what we do is important.”
Also held 2 hours of game-show format teaching sessions focusing on
secondary glaucoma and pediatric glaucoma.
July 2012
Teaching sessions, Aravind Eye Institute, Madurai India
Held 1 hour of game-show format teaching focusing on secondary glaucoma.
October 2012
Invited Speaker, Heed Foundation Foundation Residents Retreat
Panel discussant and faculty mentor reviewing pathways to an academic
career with promising Ophthalmology residents.
November 2012
Invited Speaker & Glaucoma Conference of Honor Lecturer, Chilean
Conference of Ophthalmology. Delivered 7 lectures:
(1) “The impact of vision loss on the individual (Glaucoma conference of
Honor); (2) “Detection of angle closure glaucoma – Is there an effective
method?”; (3) “Malignant Glaucoma – Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, and
Treatment”; (4) “Ophthalmology Instruction during residency and after”; (5)
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“Treatment of Glaucoma in the Pregnant Patient”; (6) “Treatment of
Glaucoma in Eyes with Prosthetic Corneas”; (7) “8 Tips for Glaucoma Tube
Shunt Surgery”
January 2013
Invited Speaker, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.
(1) Tubes or trabs, by the way, which tube; (2) Shouldn’t we be looking at
more than discs and fields? (3) Visual disability in glaucoma.
June 2013
Invited Grand Rounds Lecturer, Aravind Eye Care System, Tamil
Nadu, INDIA.
The impact of vision loss on the person: why what we do is important.
July 2013
Invited Member, World Glaucoma Congress Consensus Meeting on
Childhood Glaucoma
Participated in meeting, and authored document on ectropion uvea.
July 2013
Invited Speaker, World Glaucoma Congress, Vancouver, CANADA
(1) How do contrast sensitivity declines, paracentral loss, and peripheral loss
affect patient-important vision outcomes? (2) Do glaucoma patients have
greater fear of falling? What can be done about it?
September 2013
Invited Speaker, European Association for Vision and Eye Research
(EVER) Meeting, Nice, FRANCE.
What research tells us about the impact of glaucoma on the patient.
October 2013
Invited Speaker, Heed Foundation Foundation Residents Retreat
Panel discussant and faculty mentor reviewing pathways to an academic
career with promising ophthalmology residents. Delivered talk on “How to
choose the right fellowship for you.”
November 2013
Invited Speaker, American Academy of Ophthalmology symposium on
“Evidence Base for Vision Rehabilitation”.
Rehabilitation visual field loss: What should we be addressing and how
should we measure success?
November 2013
Invited Speaker, Carl Zeiss Meditec Symposium on “Integration of
Structural and Functional Glaucoma Diagnostics”, New Orleans, LA.
Understanding visual field reliability in the clinical setting.
November 2013
Invited Speaker, American Academy of Ophthalmology Glaucoma
Subspecialty Day, New Orleans, LA.
Presented cases and moderated discussions on: (1) Glaucoma in Pregnancy,
(2) LASIK in Glaucoma, and (3) Keratoprosthesis Glaucoma.
November 2013
Invited Speaker, Harbor Hospital Medical Grand Rounds.
Causes and implications of vision loss in the elderly.
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April 2014
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Invited Lecture, 11th International Conference on Low Vision,
Melbourne Australia
1) Implications of falls in the visually impaired
2) Patterns of out loud reading in glaucoma
3) The association of vision loss with work status in the United States
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
OTHER MEETING TALKS
May 2004
Talk, Wilmer Residency Association Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
“Biochemistry and Genetic analysis of the rod photoreceptor phosphatases
PPEF-1 and PPEF-2.”
April 2005
Talk, Wilmer Residency Association Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
“Laser Trabeculoplasty vs. IOP Lowering Drops: Which is More Costly to
Patients? Which is More Costly to Society?”
May 2006
Talk, Wilmer Residency Association Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
“A Therapeutic Intervention to Increase Compliance with Follow-up Visits in
a Residents’ Clinic.”
March 2008
Paper, American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
“How Glaucoma Affects Reading Speed: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation.”
July 2008
Paper, 10th Annual International Low Vision Conference, Montreal,
Canada. “How glaucoma affects reading speed – The Salisbury Eye
Evaluation (SEE).”
March 2009
Paper, American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting, San Diego CA
“Driving cessation and driving limitation in glaucoma: The Salisbury eye
evaluation Project.”
April 2009
Talk, Annual Wilmer Research Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
“Driving Cessation and Driving Limitation in Glaucoma: The Salisbury Eye
Evaluation Project.”
May 2009
Paper, ARVO, Fort Lauderdale FL
Increased Driving Cessation in Elderly Subjects With Glaucoma: The
Salisbury Eye Evaluation Project.
March 2010
Paper (oral presentation), American Glaucoma Society Annual Meeting,
Naples FL. Restriction of Physical Activity in Glaucoma.
May 2013
Paper (oral presentation), ARVPO Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Determinants of Visual Field Reliability.