Penn Medicine Provider
Ophthalmology
Rithambara Ramachandran, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
  • Residency: New York University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Michigan

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ramachandran is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Chen D, Ran Ran A, Fang Tan T, Ramachandran R, Li F, Cheung CY, Yousefi S, Tham CCY, Ting DSW, Zhang X, Al-Aswad LA. Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in Glaucoma , Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila), 12(1): 2023,80-93


Ramachandran R, Joiner DB, Patel V, Popplewell D, Misra P, Kaplan CM, Hood DC, Al-Aswad LA. Comparison between the Recommendations of Glaucoma Specialists and OCT Report Specialists for Further Ophthalmic Evaluation in a Community-Based Screening Study , Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 5(6): 2022,602-613


Lazzaro DR, Ramachandran R, Cohen E, Galetta SL. Covid-19 vaccination and possible link to Herpes zoster , Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep, 25(1): 2022,101359


Al-Aswad LA, Ramachandran R, Schuman JS, Medeiros F, Eydelman MB; Collaborative Community for Ophthalmic Imaging Executive Committee and Glaucoma Workgroup. Artificial Intelligence for Glaucoma: Creating and Implementing Artificial Intelligence for Disease Detection and Progression , Ophthalmol Glaucoma, 5(5): 2022,e16-e25


Ramachandran R, Mendoza-Santiesteban C, Lazzara MD, hedges III TR, Galetta A, Balcer L, Nolan-Kenney R. Optical Coherence Tomography for Neuro-Ophthalmology , Optical Coherence Tomography of Ocular Diseases 4th Ed. Chapter 13, 13(4): 2022,449-530, 569p


Ramachandran, R, Al-Aswad LA Unlocking Primary Angle-Closure Disease , Glaucoma Today: 2021


Iskander M, Ogunsola T, Ramachandran R, McGowan R, Al-Aswad LA. Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality in Ophthalmology: A Contemporary Prospective , Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila), 10(3): 2021,244-252


Duncker T, Lee W, Jiang F, Ramachandran R, Hood DC, Tsang SH, Sparrow JR, Greenstein VC. ACUTE ZONAL OCCULT OUTER RETINOPATHY: Structural and Functional Analysis Across the Transition Zone Between Healthy and Diseased Retina , Retina, 38(1): 2018,118-127


Ramachandran R, X Cai C, Lee D, C Epstein B, Locke KG, G Birch D, C Hood D. Reliability of a Manual Procedure for Marking the EZ Endpoint Location in Patients with Retinitis Pigmentosa , Transl Vis Sci Technol, 5: 2016,6


Grillo LM, Wang DL, Ramachandran R, Ehrlich AC, De Moraes CG, Ritch R, Hood DC. The 24-2 Visual Field Test Misses Central Macular Damage Confirmed by the 10-2 Visual Field Test and Optical Coherence Tomography , Transl Vis Sci Technol, 5: 2016,15