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Omesh P. Gupta, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Clinical Ophthalmology

Telephone:  215-707-2727

Email: omesh.gupta@tuhs.temple.edu

Department of Ophthalmology

 

Undergraduate degree, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 1998

 

MD, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, 2003

 

MBA, William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 2003

 

Residency, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA, 2007

 

Fellowship, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2009

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• Diabetic retinopathy
• Age-related macular degeneration
• Retinal detachment repair
• Macular and laser surgery

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American Board of Ophthalmology, 2007

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• American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2004-present
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2004-present
• American Society of Retina Specialists, 2009-present

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• Evaluation of sutureless pars plana vitrectomy versus standard vitrectomy techniques, partially funded by grant from The Eye Research Institute
• Anti-VEGF agents and age-related macular degeneration
• Tele-ophthalmology:  clinical and economic implications
• Value-based medicine and cost-effectiveness in ophthalmology

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Recent Medically Related Publications, Obtained from PubMed (Click on PubMed ID to view abstract)

18947818. Gupta OP, Maguire JI, Eagle RC Jr, Garg SJ, Gonye GE, The competency of pars plana vitrectomy incisions: a comparative histologic and spectrophotometric analysis. Am J Ophthalmol 147:2(243-250.e1)2009 Feb

18698294. Hsu J, Chen E, Gupta O, Fineman MS, Garg SJ, Regillo CD, Hypotony after 25-gauge vitrectomy using oblique versus direct cannula insertions in fluid-filled eyes. Retina 28:7(937-40)2008 Jul-Aug

18547538. Gupta OP, Ho AC, Kaiser PK, Regillo CD, Chen S, Dyer DS, Dugel PU, Gupta S, Pollack JS, Short-term outcomes of 23-gauge pars plana vitrectomy. Am J Ophthalmol 146:2(193-197)2008 Aug

18329000. Gupta OP, Brown GC, Brown MM, A value-based medicine cost-utility analysis of idiopathic epiretinal membrane surgery. Am J Ophthalmol 145:5(923-8)2008 May

17955841. Ehlers JP, Fintak DR, Gupta OP, Regillo CD, Fineman MS, Ho AC, Pegaptanib for choroidal neovascularization in treatment-naïve exudative age-related macular degeneration. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 38:5(371-7)2007 Sep-Oct

17674916. Gupta OP, Weichel ED, Regillo CD, Fineman MS, Kaiser RS, Ho AC, McNamara JA, Vander JE, Postoperative complications associated with 25-gauge pars plana vitrectomy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 38:4(270-5)2007 Jul-Aug

17435426. Gupta OP, Brown GC, Brown MM, Age-related macular degeneration: the costs to society and the patient. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 18:3(201-5)2007 May

17188054. Scartozzi R, Bessa AS, Gupta OP, Regillo CD, Intraoperative sclerotomy-related retinal breaks for macular surgery, 20- vs 25-gauge vitrectomy systems. Am J Ophthalmol 143:1(155-6)2007 Jan

15870575. Gupta OP, Benson WE, The risk of fellow eyes in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Curr Opin Ophthalmol 16:3(175-8)2005 Jun

12578795. Gupta OP, Boynton JR, Sabini P, Markowitch W Jr, Quatela VC, Proptosis after retrobulbar corticosteroid injections. Ophthalmology 110:2(443-7)2003 Feb

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