About
Background
Training at Johns Hopkins, Columbia and the Wilmer Eye Institute.
Education and training
- Fellowship, Cornea and External Diseases: Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2018–2019)
- Residency, Ophthalmology: Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University Medical Center (2015–2018)
- Internship, Internal Medicine: Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia (2014–2015)
- MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2014)
- MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2013)
- BS, Biological Sciences, and BA, Psychology: University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2009), summa cum laude, class valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa
Certification
- Board certified, American Board of Ophthalmology (since 2019)
Current roles
- Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgeon, Center For Sight / US Eye (since 2022)
- Director of Cornea and Ocular Surface Disease, Center For Sight
- Assistant Medical Director, Center For Sight
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine
- Cofounder and Executive Vice President, Keratoplasty Alliance International
Before Center For Sight, I was a cataract, cornea and refractive surgeon at Florida Eye Specialists and Cataract Institute in Tampa, and from 2020 to 2024 I held a research staff appointment in Cornea and Anterior Segment at the Wilmer Eye Institute.
Leadership and professional service
- Editorial Board, Ophthalmology Management (2026–present)
- Research Committee, Eye Bank Association of America (2026–present)
- Refractive Surgery Clinical Committee, ASCRS (2025–present)
- Medical Editorial Advisory Board, Refractive Surgery Council (2025–present)
- Public Health Committee, American Academy of Ophthalmology (2023–present)
- Editorial Board, Best Cataract Surgeons of America (2022–present)
- Medical Advisory Board, Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research (2021–present)
- Statistical Report Committee, Eye Bank Association of America (2022–2026)
- Young Eye Surgeons Clinical Committee, ASCRS (2022–2025)
- Scientific Programs Committee, Eye Bank Association of America (2020–2022)
- Division Liaison, Clinical Fellows Council, Johns Hopkins Hospital (2018–2019)
- Vice President, Harkness Eye Institute Alumni Society, Columbia University Medical Center (2016–2018)
- Volunteer Director, Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens (MERIT) (2012–2014)
Memberships
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
- Cornea Society (Member with Thesis)
- International Society of Refractive Surgery
- Refractive Surgery Alliance
- Women in Ophthalmology
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
- Pediatric Keratoplasty Association
- CEDARS/ASPENS
- American Public Health Association
- Global Sight Alliance (Global Sight Partner)
Honors
- ASCRS Best Paper of Session Award, Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery (2024)
- Castle Connolly Top Doctor and Rising Star awards (2022–2026)
- Caribbean Eye Meeting Top 10 Presentation (2023)
- Sarasota Magazine "Woman of Influence" (2022)
- Named one of the "Best Cataract Surgeons in America" (2022)
- "Rising Star in Ophthalmology" (2021)
- AAO Hoskins Center IRIS Registry Research Fund award (2021)
- Eye Bank Association of America Physician Leadership Program (2020)
- ASCRS Foundation Young Eye Surgeons International Service Grant (2020)
- AAO Advocacy Ambassador, sponsored by the Cornea Society (2018)
- ASCRS Resident Excellence Award, one of the top ten residents in the country (2017)
- First Place Paper, Residents and Fellows Session, ASCRS (2017)
- B. Dobli Srinivasan Award for best resident clinical research paper, Harkness Eye Institute (2016)
- ARVO Travel Grant, funded by ARVO and the National Eye Institute (2016)
- ARVO Advocacy Day resident representative on Capitol Hill (2016)
- AAO Advocacy Ambassador, sponsored by the New York State Ophthalmological Society (2016)
- Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program Award, funding my Master's in Public Health (2011)
- Top 10% Young Investigator Poster, European Association for the Study of the Liver (2010)
- Valedictorian, Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2009)
- Golden Key International Honor Society (2008)
- University Scholar, full scholarship, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (2005–2009)
- SRQ Magazine Top Doctors (2024, 2025)
Languages
English, Malayalam (fluent) and basic medical Spanish.
See also: Research & Publications