Rupa Krishnamurthy Wong, M.D.

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Honolulu, HI 96813

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EDUCATION

Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

Doctor of Medicine, May 2002

Duke University, Durham, NC

B.S. in Biology, Minor in Religion, magna cum laude, May 1998

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING

Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

AAPOS Pediatric Ophthalmology Fellow, July 2006-June 2007

New York University-Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, NY, NY

Executive Chief Resident, May 2005-June 2006

Resident, July 2003-June 2006

New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY

Transitional Intern, New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens, July 2002-June 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Ophthalmologist, Honolulu Eye Clinic, private practice, July 2008-Present

Assistant in Ophthalmology, Children s Hospital Boston and Associate in Ophthalmology, Harvard

Medical School, July 2007-June 2008

Director of Ophthalmology Resident Training, Children s Hospital Boston

Clinical Research Assistant, Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya Eye

Institute, Madras, India, Feb-April 2002

Sponsor: Dr. S. Meenakshi. Assessed the efficacy of utilizing Lea Symbol vs. Snellen visual acuity

testing for the measurement of the interocular differences of preliterate amblyopes.

Clinical Research Assistant, Department of Ophthalmology, Cornell Medical College, New York, NY,

June-August 2001

Sponsor: Dr. D. Jackson Coleman. Investigated very high resolution ultrasound biometry of the

anterior segment for design constraints on toric intraocular lens.

Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Cornell Medical College, NY NY, June-August 1999

Sponsor: Dr. Norman Relkin. Assisted in developing a neuroimaging paradigm using functional

MRI and verbal fluency tasks to screen for Alzheimer s Disease.

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Teaching Assistant, Duke University Talent Identification Program, Durham NC, June-August 1998

Taught classes in World Religions and Mathematics Problem Solving to academically gifted teen-

agers in the top % of students in the nation

Science Teacher and Department Chair, Summerbridge, Locust Valley, NY, June-August 1997

Taught sixth grade science and organized department science fair for underprivileged, highly

motivated middle school children

HONORS

Von L. Meyer Award, Children s Hospital Boston (2006)

Farley Fellowship Award, Children s Hospital Boston (2006)

Ophthalmology Times Resident Writer s Award, Second Place (AAO, 2005)

CLAO Young Investigators Award (2005)

Dr. Milton B. Rosenbluth Fellowship (2002)

John Hartford AFAR National Research Fellowship (1999)

Duke University Undergraduate Research Fellowship (1995-96)

B.N. Duke Leadership Scholarship (1994-98)

National Merit Scholarship (1994)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Board of Ophthalmology, Diplomate

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmologists and Strabismus, Candidate-in-Training

American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow

American Medical Association

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

COMMITTEES

Ad-hoc Reviewer, Journal of AAPOS

Residency Selection Committee, NYU-Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital, 2005

LICENSURE

Massachusetts State Medical License, Number 227395

Hawaii State Medical License, MD-14668

POSTERS/ PRESENTATIONS

Prevalence and Etiology of Visually Significant Pediatric Cataracts Krishnamurthy R, VanderVeen DK.

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 2007

Prevalence and Course of Strabismus in Patients After Congenital Cataract Surgery Heidary G,

Krishnamurthy R, VanderVeen D. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale,

FL, May 2007

Presentation and Cause of Congenital Dacryocystocele Krishnamurthy R, Kukuyev A, VanderVeen D.

AAPOS meeting, April 2007.

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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Uveitis: Screening Guidelines and Therapeutic Strategies. Lecture at

Pediatric Rheumatology Grand Rounds, Boston Children's Hospital, Sept, 2006.

Surgical Removal of Intralenticular Ferrous Foreign Body Krishnamurthy R, Dodick J. Presentation at

AMO Resident Writer s Award Program, AAO, Chicago, October 2005.

Initial Hyperopic and Hyperopic Astigmatism LASIK Experience with the WaveLight ALLEGRETTO

WAVE Excimer Laser in 120 Consecutive Eyes . Krishnamurthy R, Papakostas TD, Kanellopoulos AJ,

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft Lauderdale, FL May 2006

Topography Guided LASIK Enhancement, Early Experience in 16 Symptomatic Eyes. Krishnamurthy R.,

Kanellopoulos AJ, Pe L, Jankov M. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale,

FL, May 2005.

What is an Ocular Emergency? Krishnamurthy R, Stein J, Howard D, Stenson S. Contact Lens and

Eyecare Symposium, San Diego, CA, Jan 2005.

Assessment of the Accuracy of Lea Symbols as a Vision Testing Tool in Amblyopes . Krishnamurthy R,

Meenakshi S. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2004.

What is an Eye Emergency? Stein JD, Krishnamurthy R, Howard D, et al., Contact Lens and Eyecare

Symposium, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2004

VHF Wide-angle Ultrasound Biometry of the Anterior Segment for Toric Lens Placement. Rondeau MJ,

Barcsay G, Krishnamurthy R, Du T, Silverman RH, Reinstein DZ, Coleman DJ. The Association for

Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 2002

PUBLICATIONS

Krishnamurthy R, Cunningham ET. Atypical presentation of syphilitic uveitis associated with kyrieleis

plaques. British Journal of Ophthalmology, in press

Krishnamurthy R, Vanderveen DK. Infantile cataracts. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2008 Spring; 48(2): 175-92.

Rondeau MJ, Barcsay G, Silverman RH, Reinstein DZ, Krishnamurthy R, Chabi A, Du T Coleman DJ. Very

high frequency ultrasound biometry of the anterior and posterior chamber diameter. Journal of Refractive

Surgery 2004; 20(5):454-464.

Bentel GC, Marks LB, Krishnamurthy R, Prosnitz LR. Comparison of two repositioning devices used during

radiation therapy for Hodgkin s Disease. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology & Physics

1997; 38(4):791-95.

Bentel GC, Marks LB, Krishnamurthy R. Impact of cradle immobilization on setup reproducibility during

external beam radiation therapy for lung cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology &

Physics 1997; 38(3): 527-31.

LANGUAGES

Conversational in Spanish and Tamil

INTERESTS

Tennis, restoring furniture, Indian dance, salsa dancing

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