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Genetic Causes of Congenital Blindness DR. ROHIT VARMA IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK ON GENETIC CAUSES OF CONGENITAL BLINDNESS. IN PARTICULAR, HE HAS DISCOVERED SEVERAL GENES ASSOCIATED WITH EYE AND VISION PROBLEMS IN HUMANS AND LED MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS INTO HOW THESE DEFECTS IMPAIR VISION DEVELOPMENT IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN. HE HAS ALSO APPLIED THIS KNOWLEDGE TO ANIMAL MODELS OF BLINDNESS TO IDENTIFY NEW TREATMENTS. Source:- https://rohitvarmamd.wordpress.com/

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Dr. Rohit Varma is best known for his work on congenital blindness genetic causes. He has identified many genes linked to human eye and vision disorders, as well as leading major studies into how these abnormalities affect vision production in infants and children. He's also used this experience to find alternative therapies for blindness in animal models.

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  • Genetic Causes of Congenital Blindness

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  • Best Diagnosis and Treatment of

    glaucoma in Los Angeles (USA)

    Dr. Rohit Varma is a researcher

    who focuses on developing new

    models for the diagnosis and

    treatment of glaucoma, retinal

    disease, and other blinding eye

    diseases.

    Dr. Rohit Varma main areas of

    interest is the proper diagnosis

    of treatment-resistant

    glaucoma.

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  • Professor in Keck School of

    Medicine of USC

    ❖ Dr. Rohit Varma, MD, is Clinical

    Assistant Professor of

    Ophthalmology and the Keck

    Professorship in Glaucoma at

    Keck School of Medicine of

    USC.

    ❖ He completed two glaucoma

    fellowships, one at the Wills Eye

    Hospital in Southern California

    and the other at Keck School of

    Medicine of USC.

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  • View on Symptoms of

    Glaucoma

    Dr. Rohit Varma explained the

    symptoms and signs of glaucoma,

    which involve rainbow colored halos

    around bright lights. A light halo is a

    flashing, shimmering, crescent-

    shaped area that often appears

    around a bright light.

  • Medical and Surgical Glaucoma

    SCEI has the most current medical and surgical

    glaucoma treatment options, including all

    minimally invasive glaucoma surgery

    techniques. Dr. Rohit Varma's unique diagnostic

    skills allow him to diagnose eye disease,

    especially glaucoma, with unrivaled precision

    and discuss treatment options with patients.

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  • Clinician and Researcher of Vision

    ❑ Dr. Rohit Varma is a country clinician and

    researcher who specializes in clinical

    eyesight problems, especially glaucoma.

    Dr. Rohit Varma is an Assistant Clinical

    Professor of Ophthalmology at the Johns

    Hopkins School of Medicine's Wilmer Eye

    Institute.

    ❑ Dr. Rohit Varma is also the Medical

    Director of the CHA Hollywood

    Presbyterian Medical Center's Ophthalmic

    Consultants' Glaucoma Service.

  • Research focuses on epidemiology of eye disease

    Dr. Rohit Varma's research focuses

    on eye disease epidemiology in

    children and old people. The African

    American Eye Disease Study, the Los

    Angeles Latino Eye Study, and the

    Multi-Ethnic Pediatric Eye Diseases

    Study are among the studies

    sponsored by the National Institute of

    Health.

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  • Specializes Treatment of Cataracts

    According to Dr. Rohit Varma,

    cataracts are a severe type of

    blindness. Cataracts are caused by a

    variety of factors, Dr. Rohit Varma a

    person's age That although possibility

    of getting a cataract increase with

    age, you not everyone has to be old to

    get one. Certain diseases, such as

    diabetes, are exacerbated by lifestyle

    choices such as smoking and

    consuming alcoholic drinks, as well as

    environmental factors such as

    temperature.

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  • Eye Safety for kid

    Having allowed young children to enjoy

    fireworks, according to Dr. Rohit Varma, is not

    a positive outlook. Sparklers, which are often

    considered to be a "natural" device for

    children, burn at high temperatures and

    should not be used by children. Children may

    be unaware of the dangers of fireworks and

    may fail to behave appropriately when using

    them or in an emergency.

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