Prithvi Mruthyunjaya, MD
- Ophthalmology / Retinal Ophthalmology
- Radiation Oncology
Address
DUMC 3802
Durham, NC 27710
Appointment Telephone
919-681-3937
Fax Telephone
919-681-6474
- MD, Albany Medical College (New York), 1996
- Internal Medicine/Primary Care, University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital (New York), 1996-1997
- Ophthalmology, Duke Eye Center, 1997-2000
- Vitreoretinal Surgery Clinical and Research, Duke Eye Center, 2001-2004
- Ocular Oncology (Clinical and Research), Moorfields Eye Hospital and Saint Bartholomew's Trust Hospital, London (United Kingdom), 2004-2005
Clinical Interests
Evaluation, diagnosis, and management of patients with ocular cancers, including anterior segment and vascular tumors, uveal melanoma, retinoblastoma, and ocular metastases; ophthalmic ultrasound; ocular biopsy; multimodality treatments including tumor resection, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy; diagnosis and surgical treatment of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular disease, complex retinal detachments
Research Interests
My research interests are in translational therapies in ocular oncology in particular use of targeted drug therapy in ocular melanomas and retinoblastomas. I am interested in the use of predictive modelling to define survival characteristics in ocular cancers. I have clinical interests in novel diagnostic methods for ocular tumors such as melanoma, lymphoma, and retinoblastoma.
Our group has focused on identifying novel patterns in health care delivery and in new techniques for vitreoretinal surgery. Furthermore, my laboratory interest also includes drug delivery to the retina and choroid with both nanomolecules and sustained drug delivery devices.
This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.
Representative Publications
Lin, P; Mruthyunjaya, P. Retinal manifestations of oncologic and hematologic conditions. International Ophthalmology Clinics. 2012;52:67-91.
(2012)
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Day, S; Acquah, K; Lee, PP; Mruthyunjaya, P; Sloan, FA. Medicare costs for neovascular age-related macular degeneration, 1994-2007. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2011;152:1014-1020.
(2011)
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Day, S; Acquah, K; Mruthyunjaya, P; Grossman, DS; Lee, PP; Sloan, FA. Ocular complications after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy in Medicare patients with age-related macular degeneration. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2011;152:266-272.
(2011)
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DeCroos, FC; Garg, P; Reddy, AK; Sharma, A; Krishnaiah, S; Mungale, M; Mruthyunjaya, P; Hyderabad Endophthalmitis Research Group. Optimizing diagnosis and management of nocardia keratitis, scleritis, and endophthalmitis: 11-year microbial and clinical overview. Ophthalmology. 2011;118:1193-1200.
(2011)
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Handler, MZ; Mruthyunjaya, P; Nelson, K. Melanoma-associated retinopathy: a presenting sign of metastatic disease. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 2011;65:e9-11.
(2011)
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Pepple, K; Mruthyunjaya, P. Retinal pigment epithelial detachments in age-related macular degeneration: classification and therapeutic options. Seminars in Ophthalmology. 2011;26:198-208.
(2011)
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Stewart, JM; Srivastava, SK; Fung, AE; Mahmoud, TH; Telander, DG; Hariprasad, SM; Ober, MD; Mruthyunjaya, P. Bacterial contamination of needles used for intravitreal injections: a prospective, multicenter study. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2011;19:32-38.
(2011)
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Chang, L; Mruthyunjaya, P; Rodriguez-Rosa, RE; Freedman, SF. Postoperative cilioretinal artery occlusion in Sturge Weber-associated glaucoma. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 2010;14:358-360.
(2010)
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Day, S; Grossman, DS; Mruthyunjaya, P; Sloan, FA; Lee, PP. One-year outcomes after retinal detachment surgery among medicare beneficiaries. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2010;150:338-345.
(2010)
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Ehlers, JP; Gupta, PK; Farsiu, S; Maldonado, R; Kim, T; Toth, CA; Mruthyunjaya, P. Evaluation of contrast agents for enhanced visualization in optical coherence tomography. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2010;51:6614-6619.
(2010)
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Mehta, H; Hungerford, JL; Gartry, DS; Herbert, HM; Mruthyunjaya, P. Transpositional Autokeratoplasty in a Patient with Unilateral Choroidal Melanoma and Contralateral Exposure Keratopathy. Ophthalmic Surgery, Lasers and Imaging. 2010;1-3.
(2010)
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Bearelly, S; Mruthyunjaya, P; Tzeng, JP; Suñer, IJ; Shea, AM; Lee, JT; Kowalski, JW; Curtis, LH; Schulman, KA; Lee, PP. Identification of patients with diabetic macular edema from claims data: a validation study. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2008;126:986-989.
(2008)
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Scott, AW; Cummings, TJ; Kirkpatrick, JP; Mruthyunjaya, P. Choroidal metastasis of follicular thyroid adenocarcinoma diagnosed by 25-gauge transretinal biopsy. Annals of Ophthalmology. 2008;40:110-112.
(2008)
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Sagoo, MS; Mruthyunjaya, P; Cree, I; Luthert, PJ; Hungerford, JL. Malignant transformation of iris melanocytoma to iris ring melanoma. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007;91:1571-1572.
(2007)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Khalatbari, D; Yang, P; Stinnett, S; Tano, R; Ashton, P; Guo, H; Nazzaro, M; Jaffe, GJ. Efficacy of low-release-rate fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implants to treat experimental uveitis. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2006;124:1012-1018.
(2006)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Wirostko, WJ; Chandrashekhar, R; Stinnett, S; Lai, JC; Deramo, V; Tang, J; Dev, S; Postel, EA; Connor, TB; Fekrat, S. Central retinal vein occlusion in patients treated with long-term warfarin sodium (Coumadin) for anticoagulation. Retina: the Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases. 2006;26:285-291.
(2006)
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Cahill, MT; Mruthyunjaya, P; Bowes Rickman, C; Toth, CA. Recurrence of retinal pigment epithelial changes after macular translocation with 360 degrees peripheral retinectomy for geographic atrophy. Archives of Ophthalmology. 2005;123:935-938.
(2005)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Stinnett, SS; Toth, CA. Impact of fluorescein angiographic characteristics of macular lesions on outcomes after macular translocation 360 degree surgery in eyes with age-related macular degeneration. Retina: the Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases. 2005;25:597-607.
(2005)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Stinnett, SS; Toth, CA. Change in visual function after macular translocation with 360 degrees retinectomy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmology. 2004;111:1715-1724.
(2004)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Jumper, JM; McCallum, R; Patel, DJ; Cox, TA; Jaffe, GJ. Diagnostic yield of vitrectomy in eyes with suspected posterior segment infection or malignancy. Ophthalmology. 2002;109:1123-1129.
(2002)
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Sridhar, MS; Sharma, S; Reddy, MK; Mruthyunjay, P; Rao, GN. Clinicomicrobiological review of Nocardia keratitis. Cornea. 1998;17:17-22.
(1998)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Meyer, DR. Juvenile xanthogranuloma of the lacrimal sac fossa. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 1997;123:400-402.
(1997)
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Mruthyunjaya, P; Simon, JW; Pickering, JD; Lininger, LL. Subjective and objective outcomes of strabismus surgery in children. Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 1996;33:167-170.
(1996)
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