奈尔 D. Pasricha

Dr. 奈尔维. Pasricha is an ophthalmologist who specializes in caring for patients with cataracts and diseases of the cornea. 他做白内障手术, 角膜移植, 眼表手术, 前段重建术, corneal collagen cross-linking and refractive surgery.

The goal of Pasricha's research is to discover and develop new drugs for increasing tear production. 为此目的, he uses ocular surface electrophysiology (measuring electrical changes in the tear film that covers the eye's surface) to study ion transport (movement of sodium, 氯离子和钾离子穿过细胞膜).

After earning a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, Pasricha earned his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at UCSF, where he received the Hogan/Garcia Award for best research by a resident as well as an award for excellence and innovation in graduate medical education for his work on virtual microsurgical training. 他完成了角膜的研究, external disease and refractive surgery at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. 在巴斯科姆，帕尔默, he received their fellow of the year award and was awarded a merit fellowship from the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation.

Pasricha belongs to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, 和角膜协会.

在他空闲的时候, Pasricha loves being with his wife (also an ophthalmologist), 湾区跑步小径, 探索新餐厅, 讲书呆子笑话, 吃饼干, 穿着愚蠢的袜子, 和朋友和家人一起旅行.