Madhura A. Tamhankar, MD

Ophthalmology
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Sees patients age 18 and up
Scheie Eye Institute Penn Presbyterian
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About me

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

Dr. Madhura Tamhankar is a Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania. Fellowship trained in Neuro-ophthalmology, she serves as a tertiary referral specialist for patients with complex neuro-ophthalmic disorders, receiving referrals from neurosurgery, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, ophthalmology, and general medicine.

In addition to her neuro-ophthalmology practice, Dr. Tamhankar is an adult strabismus surgeon with a large regional referral base. She also co-directs the Thyroid Eye Disease Clinic in collaboration with the oculoplastic service. The multidisciplinary clinic serves as a major referral center for patients with complex thyroid eye disease, offering comprehensive medical and surgical management as well as access to clinical trials evaluating emerging therapies.

Dr. Tamhankar's clinical research focuses on thyroid eye disease, giant cell arteritis, and ischemic optic neuropathy. She has served as principal investigator on multiple multicenter clinical trials evaluating novel treatments for ophthalmic diseases. She is an examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology, serves as Chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology's committee for the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (NANOS), and is a scientific advisor to pharmaceutical companies developing therapies for thyroid eye disease and ischemic optic neuropathy.

My education and training

  • Medical School: Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College
  • Residency: St. Mary's Hospital - Waterbury, CT
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

Spoken languages

English
English
मराठी
Marathi
हिन्दी
Hindi

Reviews

Average Rating

1415 reviews

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Anonymous
June 2026
she focused on my responses and provided suggestions and referral.
Anonymous
June 2026
she is very kind and caring, and expert
Anonymous
June 2026
felt at ease.
Anonymous
June 2026
i really like dr. tamhankar, she is very thorough.

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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. Tamhankar is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Ahmed W, Gandhi OH, Yu N, Brant J, Hwa T, Bagley L, Tamhankar M, Feroze A, Choudhri O. Efficacy of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in idiopathic intracranial hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis. , J. Neurol Sci. , 480: 2026,125711

Levin LA, Bhatti MT, Klier S, Morgenstern R, Szanto D, Miller NR, Kupersmith MJ; Quark NAION Study Group. A Randomized Sham-Controlled Phase 2/3 Trial of QPI-1007 for Acute Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. , Ophthalmology, 133(1): 2026,62-74

Shah SA, Chandraparnik P, Choi S, Amarikwa L, Guniganti R, Walsh HL, Rubio RH, Linaburg T, Meyer E, Reem K, Sears C, Goldin M, Kinde B, Dosiou C, Malik A, Mawn L, Shinder R, Wester S, Rootman D, Cockerham K, Tamhankar M, Couch S, Harrison A, Kossler AL. The Efficacy and Safety of Teprotumumab in Geriatrics Patients: A Multicenter Study. , OPRS , 42(1): 2026,102-109

Yuanyuan Chen, Taylor Linaburg, Sarah Wang, Gibran Merchant, Tejus Pradeep, Patrick Anthony Augello, Gui-shuang Ying, César A. Briceño, Madhura A. Tamhankar Observational Characterization of the Re-treatment Course of Patients with Thyroid Eye Disease , Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology: 2025

Tamhankar MA, Raza S, Brutsaert E, Urdániz E, Vainilovich Y, Heyes A, Gildea L, Sales-Sanz M. The burden of illness in thyroid eye disease: current state of the evidence. , Front Ophthalmol(Lausanne)., 5: 2025

Rennie L. Rhee, Girish Bathla, Ryan Rebello, Robert M. Kurtz, Mats Junek, Kenneth J. Warrington, Nader Khalidi, Peter A. Merkel1, Konstanze V. Guggenberger, Madhura A. Tamhankar, Thorsten A. Bley for the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium Vessel wall MRI in giant cell arteritis: standardized protocol and scoring approach developed by an international working group , Rheumatology, 64(5): 2025,2910-2918

Linaburg TJ, Pradeep T, Rinelli B, Chen Y, Chen Y, Ying GS, Briceño CA, Tamhankar M Comparison of ophthalmic surgery rates in teprotumumab-treated vs. teprotumumab-untreated thyroid eye disease patients. , Arq Bras Oftalmol, 88(5): 2025,2024-0319

Kasi S, Volpe NJ, Pistilli M, Tamhankar MA Effectiveness of Medial Rectus Advancement Alone or in Combination with Resection or Lateral Rectus Recession in the Management of Consecutive Exotropia. , JAAPOS, 17(5): 2013,465-470

Madhura Tamhankar, Brady kwong Maxwell Pistilli Benefits and side effects of prisms in the management of diplopia in adults: a prospective study , Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. , 25(2): 2021,85.e1-85.e6

Kruszewski AM, Tamhankar MA. Ophthalmic Manifestations of Giant Cell Arteritis , Int Ophthalmol Clin, 63(2): 2023,13-23

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