Shyamanga Borooah MD FRCP FRCSEd FRCOphth PhD
Retinal Disease, Uveitis
Associate Professor
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200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103
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Summary
- Dr. Shyamanga Borooah is an MD PhD and academic ophthalmologist based in La Jolla, CA and is affiliated with UC San Diego Medical Center – La Jolla.
Dr. Borooah received his medical degree from Imperial College London School of Medicine. He undertook a retinal fellowship from Moorfields eye hospital in London. Dr. Borooah specializes in inherited retinal diseases, genetics and retinal disease including clinical trials leading the only dedicated clinic for inherited eye disease in Southern California.
Dr. Borooah has over 100 publications and over 2500 citations. He heads a lab specializing in ocular stem cell, gene editing and gene therapy, as well as an imaging group using retinal imaging to identify clinical disease biomarkers.
He has received many awards for his research, these include a Rowling scholarship, Wellcome trust scholarship and a Fulbright scholarship.
Education & Training
Imperial College London School of MedicineClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsPRPH2-ASSOCIATED RETINAL DISEASES: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF PHENOTYPIC FINDINGS.Shadi M AlAshwal, Shaden H Yassin, Fritz Gerald P Kalaw, Shyamanga Borooah
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2025-03-01 - 1 citationsCharacterising the refractive error in paediatric patients with congenital stationary night blindness: a multicentre study.Austin D Igelman, Elizabeth White, Alaa Tayyib, Lesley Everett, Ajoy Vincent
The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2025-01-28 - Comparison of a Novel Ultra-Widefield Three-Color Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope to Other Retinal Imaging Modalities in Chorioretinal Lesion Imaging.Ines D Nagel, Anna Heinke, Akshay P Agnihotri, Shaden Yassin, Lingyun Cheng
Translational Vision Science & Technology. 2025-01-02
Authored Content
- Identifying Refractive Error in Inherited Retinal Diseases to Improve Patient ManagementDecember 2024
Press Mentions
Major Gift Focuses Efforts on a Rare, but Devastating, Genetic Eye DiseaseDecember 15th, 2021
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