Venkateswara Vinod Mootha, MD

Education and Training

Medical School

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1993)

Internship

Christus St Joseph Hospital (1994), Transitional Year

Residency

University Wscnsin Hosp Clnics (1997), Ophthalmology

Fellowship

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr GME (1999), Ophthalmology

Departments & Programs

Research & Publications

Research Interests

• Cataract surgery
• Endothelial keratoplasty
• Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
• Genetics of corneal disorders

Selected Publications

• Trans-ethnic Replication of Association of CTG18.1 Repeat Expansion of TCF4 Gene with Fuchs Corneal Dystrophy in Chinese Implies Common Causal Variant., Xing C, Gong X, Hussain I, Khor CC, Tan DT, Aung T, Mehta JS, Vithana EN, Mootha VV Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014 Oct
• A novel de novo KIF21A mutation in a patient with congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles and Möbius syndrome., Ali Z, Xing C, Anwar D, Itani K, Weakley D, Gong X, Pascual JM, Mootha VV Mol. Vis. 2014 20 368-75
• Blunt scissors stromal dissection technique for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty., Anwar DS, Kruger MM, Mootha VV Clin Ophthalmol 2014 8 1849-54
• Association and Familial Segregation of CTG18.1 Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion of TCF4 Gene in Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy., Mootha VV, Gong X, Ku HC, Xing C Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013 Nov
• Association of Smoking and Other Risk Factors with Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy Severity and Corneal Thickness., Zhang X, Igo RP, Fondran JR, Mootha VV, Oliva M, Hammersmith K, Sugar A, Lass JH, Iyengar SK Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013 Jul

Professional Activities

Professional Associations and Affiliations

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Awards & Honors

• D Magazine - Best Doctors in Dallas (2013)
• Cornea Society - Member with thesis (2010)
• North & Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative - Pilot Grant Award Recipient (2010)

Appointments & Locations

Primary Location