Physician

Ophthalmology

Vinay Aakalu practices Ophthalmology. He researched medicine at University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago has a rank of 49 in research and a 85 in primary care Vinay K. Aakalu, MD is a published physician as well. He has 27 publications published. The latest was: The Significance of Minimal Adjustments in the Muller's Muscle and Conjunctiva Resection Procedure to Achieve the Phenylephrine Result. He is registered with Medicare.

Publications

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• The Significance of Minimal Adjustments in the Muller's Muscle and Conjunctiva Resection Procedure to Achieve the Phenylephrine Result.
• Staphylococcus aureus Infection of the Optic Nerve.
• Epidemiological Trends in Malignant Lacrimal Gland Tumors.
• Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak Presenting as Epiphora.
• Orbital Histiocytic Sarcoma in a 2-Year-Old Child.
• An Abscess Causing a Delayed Optic Neuropathy after Decompression for Thyroid Eye Disease.
• Diffusion-Weighted Imaging of Orbital Masses: Multi-Institutional Data Support a 2-ADC Threshold Model to Categorize Lesions as Benign, Malignant, or Indeterminate.
• Use of a Porous Polyethylene Lid Spacer for Management of Eyelid Retraction in Patients with Boston Type II Keratoprosthesis.
• Relative Incidence of BlepharoPtosis Subtypes in an Oculoplastics Practice at a Tertiary Care Center.
• Treatment of malar festoon using modified subperiosteal midface lift.
• Sixteen-year experience with the putterman-gladstone tube for conjunctival dacryocystorhinostomy.
• Quantitative characterization of growth rate of an incidental deep dermoid cyst in a child using sequential magnetic resonance imaging.
• Silicone Spacer Repair of Medial Rectus After Iatrogenic Orbit Fracture.
• Fat Repositioning in Lower Lid Blepharoplasty: The Role of Titrated Excision.
• Current Ptosis Management: A National Survey of ASOPRS Members.
• Late-onset Orbital hematoma secondary to alloplastic Orbital implant mimicking transient ischemic attacks.
• PeriOrbital physical urticaria in an anophthalmic patient with dermatographism.
• Reply re: "Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as Further Adjunctive Therapy in Group A Streptococcus PeriOrbital Necrotizing Fasciitis"
• Indeterminate Orbital masses: restricted diffusion at MR imaging with echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging predicts malignancy.
• Mucormycosis infection of the lacrimal sac.
• MRI of orbital Cellulitis and orbital abscess: the role of diffusion-weighted imaging.
• Wegener granulomatosis causing compressive Optic neuropathy in a child.
• Group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis of the Eyelids and face managed with debridement and adjunctive intravenous immunoglobulin.
• MR imaging of orbital inflammatory syndrome, orbital Cellulitis, and orbital lymphoid lesions: the role of diffusion-weighted imaging.
• Coupling of mGluR/Homer and PSD-95 complexes by the Shank family of postsynaptic density proteins.
• Diffusion-weighted imaging of Malignant ocular masses: initial results and directions for further study.

Schools

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• MT SINAI SCH OF MED OF NY UNIV

Procedures Preformed

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• Blepharoplasty
• Blepharorrhaphy
• Canthoplasty and Canthopexy
• Conjunctivoplasty
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Conditions Treated

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• Astigmatism
• Bell's Palsy
• Blepharitis
• Blind Hypertensive Eye
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Doctors Specialties

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• Ophthalmology

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
• St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1851598072
NPPES Provider LastName		AAKALU
NPPES Provider FirstName		VINAY
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		606127232
NPPES Provider State		IL
Specialty Description		Ophthalmology
Total Claim Count		26.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1851598072
Last Name Of The Provider	AAKALU
First Name Of The Provider	VINAY
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