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

Ramachandran R, Lu MC, Niziol LM, Woodward MA, Elam AR, Johnson L, Kershaw M, Musch DC, Bicket A, John D, Dougherty Wood S, Zhang A, Zhang J, O'Brien J, Newman-Casey PA. Performance of Optic Disc Optical Coherence Tomography Normative Database in a Large, Diverse, Real-World Cohort , J Glaucoma, 34: 2025,404-414


Hicks PM, Ramachandran R, Newman-Casey PA. Plain Language Summaries to Bolster Team-Based Care , JAMA Ophthalmol, 143: 2025,419-420


Newman-Casey PA, Niziol LM, Elam AR, Bicket AK, Ramachandran R, Johnson L, Kershaw M, Winters S, Woodward MA. Michigan Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and Eye Health through Telemedicine Program: Impact on Vision, Follow-up, and Costs , Ophthalmology: 2025


Kanwar K, Ramachandran R, Stein JD, Andrews CA, Chaudhury AS, Ige M, Zhou X, Marwah S, Li Y, Evans CT, Kho AN, Bryar PJ, French DD; Sight Outcomes Research Collaborative (SOURCE) Consortium. The Association of Social Determinants of Health on Monitoring for Disease Progression Among Patients With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma , Transl Vis Sci Technol, 14: 2025,15


Ramachandran R, Hicks PM, Lu MC, Niziol LM, Woodward MA, Elam AR, Johnson L, Kershaw M, Musch DC, Bicket A, John D, Killeen OJ, Newman-Casey PA. Neighborhood Poverty and Clinic Attendance in the Michigan Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and Eye Health Through Telemedicine Program , J Glaucoma, 34: 2025,30-38


Weber MK, Woodward MA, Lu MC, Niziol LM, Livingston J, Zuccaro MS, Winter S, Ramachandran R, Johnson L, Bicket AK, Elam AR, Newman-Casey PA. Time spent on eye disease screening, optical care, and care navigation within a federally qualified health center , AJO Int: 2025


Ramachandran R, Ehrlich JR, Stein JD. How Do We Pay for Glaucoma Screening? , J Glaucoma, 33: 2024,S67-S70


Newman-Casey PA, Ramachandran R. Power of Public Investment in Curated Big Health Data , JAMA Ophthalmol, 141: 2023,964-965


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


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