Venkateswara Vinod Mootha, MD
Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English,
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), Cornea
- Board Certification
- American Board of Ophthalmology
Departments and Programs
Ophthalmology (Eye)
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Research Interests
- Cataract surgery
- Endothelial keratoplasty
- Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy
- Genetics of corneal disorders
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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
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
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Awards and 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)