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RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. 950 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10075 Telephone: (646) 820-2074 Fax: (877) 900-4708 E-mail: [email protected] www.rudranibanikmd.com EDUCATION: Brown University, Providence, RI Program in Liberal Medical Education 9/89-5/97 B.A. with Honors South Asian Studies 5/1993 B.A. Biology 5/1993 M.D. 5/1997 POST-GRADUATE TRAINING: Johns Hopkins/The Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, M.D. 7/01-9/02 Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship under Director: Neil R. Miller, M.D. University of California, Irvine, Irvine, C.A. 7/98- 6/01 Ophthalmology Residency Program Mount Sinai Medical Center/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, F.L. 6/97-6/98 Internal Medicine Preliminary Year PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT/HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. 6/10 to present • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai 9/12 to present • Assistant Director of the Neuro-Ophthalmology Service • Associate Adjunct Surgeon Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 5/11 to 12/16 • Assistant Site Director, Ophthalmology Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, N.Y. 3/09 to 4/11 • Residency Program Director, Department of Ophthalmology • Full-time Faculty Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India 3/07 to 3/08 • Consultant Neuro-Ophthalmologist and Lecturer Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y. 1/03 to 7/06 • Assistant Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Neurological Surgery • Director of Neuro-Ophthalmology Service • Full-Time Faculty 1 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. Osler Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana 10/03 to 05/11 • Faculty, Ophthalmology Board Review Course • Lecturer and Mock Oral Examiner Aravind Eye Institute, Madurai, India 10/02, 10/04 • Visiting Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, M.D. 7/01-9/02 • Part-Time Faculty/Active Staff Dankner-Fiergang Eye Associates, Baltimore, M.D. 8/01-9/02 • Comprehensive/Pediatric Ophthalmologist PROFESSIONAL LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: • American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) Certification 6/03, Re-certification 12/13 (exp. 12/31/23) • New York State License #225415 (exp. 11/30/22) • DEA Number FB1231086 (exp. 7/31/23) PUBLICATIONS: 1. Catarino CB, von Livonius B, Priglinger C, Banik R, Matloob S, Tamhankar MA, Castillo L, Friedburg C, Halfpenny CA, Lincoln JA, Traber GL, Acaroglu G, Black GCM, Doncel C, Fraser CL, Jakubaszko J, Landau K, Langenegger SJ, Muñoz-Negrete FJ, Newman NJ, Poulton J, Scoppettuolo E, Subramanian P, Toosy AT, Vidal M, Vincent AL, Votruba M, Zarowski M, Zermansky A, Lob F, Rudolph G, Mikazans O, Silva M, Llòria X, Metz G, Klopstock T. Real- World Clinical Experience With Idebenone in the Treatment of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. J Neuroophthalmol. 2020 Dec;40(4):558-565. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001023. PMID: 32991388; PMCID: PMC7657145. 2. Feng R, Schwartz J, Loewenstern J, Kohli K, Lenina S, Ultakan S, Iloreta AM, Govindaraj S, Bederson J, Banik R, Shrivastava R. The Predictive Role of Intraoperative Visual Evoked Potentials in Visual Improvement After Endoscopic Pituitary Tumor Resection in Large and Complex Tumors: Description and Validation of a Method. World Neurosurg. 2019 Feb 19. pii: S1878-8750(19)30397-3. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.278. 3. Banik R, Kupersmith MJ, Wang JK, Garvin MK; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. The Effect of Acetazolamide and Weight Loss on Intraocular Pressure in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Patients. J Glaucoma. 2019 Apr;28(4):352-356. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001189. PMID: 30624392 4. Ozgur OK1, Emborgo TS, Vieyra MB, Huselid RF, Banik R. Validity and Acceptance of Color Vision Testing on Smartphones. J Neuroophthalmol. 2018 Mar;38(1):13-16. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000637. PMID: 29438263 2 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. 5. Loewenstern J, Hernandez CM, Chadwick C, Doshi A, Banik R, Sarkiss CA, Bederson J, Shrivastava RK. Optical Coherence Tomography in the Management of Skull Base Fibrous Dysplasia with Optic Nerve Involvement. World Neurosurg. 2018 Jan;109:e546-e553. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.10.018. Epub 2017 Oct 13. 6. Skaat A, Muylaert S, Mogil RS, Furlanetto RL, Netto CF, Banik R, Liebmann JM, Ritch R, Park SC. Relationship Between Optic Nerve Head Drusen Volume and Structural and Functional Optic Nerve Damage. J Glaucoma. 2017 Dec;26(12):1095-1100. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000783. 7. Ragam A, Agemy SA, Dave SB, Khorsandi AS, Banik R. Ipsilateral Ophthalmic and Cerebral Infarctions After Cosmetic Polylactic Acid Injection Into the Forehead. J Neuroophthalmol. 2017 Mar;37(1):77-80. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000459. 8. Wall M, Thurtell MJ; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Optic disc haemorrhages at baseline as a risk factor for poor outcome in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. Br J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan 27. pii: bjophthalmol-2016-309852. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309852. 9. Wall M, Kupersmith MJ, Thurtell MJ, Moss HE, Moss EA, Auinger P; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. The Longitudinal Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Trial: Outcomes from Months 6 - 12. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017 Jan 16. pii: S0002-9394(17)30010- 7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2017.01.004. PMID: 28104417. 10. Libien J, Kupersmith MJ, Blaner W, McDermott MP, Gao S, Liu Y, Corbett J, Wall M; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Role of vitamin A metabolism in IIH: Results from the idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial. J Neurol Sci. 2017 Jan 15;372:78-84. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.11.014. PMID: 28017254. 11. Kupersmith MJ, Sibony PA, Feldon SE, Wang JK, Garvin M, Kardon R; OCT Substudy Group for the NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. The Effect of Treatment of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension on Prevalence of Retinal and Choroidal Folds. Am J Ophthalmol. 2016 Dec 28. pii: S0002-9394(16)30615-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.12.017. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28040526 12. Bruce BB, Digre KB, McDermott MP, Schron EB, Wall M; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Quality of life at 6 months in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. Neurology. 2016 Nov 1;87(18):1871-1877. PMID: 27694262. 13. Sibony PA, Kupersmith MJ; OCT Substudy Group of the NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. "Paton's Folds" Revisited: Peripapillary Wrinkles, Folds, and Creases in Papilledema. Ophthalmology. 2016 Jun;123(6):1397-9. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.12.017. Epub 2016 Jan 14. No abstract available. PMID: 26778344 14. Wall M, Johnson CA, Cello KE, Zamba KD, McDermott MP, Keltner JL; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Visual Field Outcomes for the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 Mar 1;57(3):805-12. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-18626. Pubmed PMID: 26934136. 15. Cello KE, Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Wall M; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Factors Affecting Visual Field Outcomes in the Idiopathic Intracranial 3 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. Hypertension Treatment Trial. J Neuroophthalmol. 2016 Mar;36(1):6-12. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000327. 16. Ten Hove MW, Friedman DI, Patel AD, Irrcher I, Wall M, McDermott MP; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Safety and Tolerability of Acetazolamide in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. J Neuroophthalmol. 2015 Nov 18. PubMed PMID: 26587993. 17. Sibony PA, Kupersmith MJ, Feldon SE, Wang JK, Garvin M; OCT Substudy Group for the NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. Retinal and Choroidal Folds in Papilledema. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 Sep;56(10):5670-80. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-17459. PMID: 26335066 18. Optical Coherence Tomography Substudy Committee and the NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Papilledema Outcomes from the Optical Coherence Tomography Substudy of the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. Ophthalmology. 2015 Sep;122(9):1939-1945.e2. doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2015.06.003. Epub 2015 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 26198807; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4549202. 19. Wall M, Falardeau J, Fletcher WA, Granadier RJ, Lam BL, Longmuir RA, Patel AD, Bruce BB, He H, McDermott MP; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Risk factors for poor visual outcome in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Neurology. 2015 Sep 1;85(9):799-805. Epub 2015 Aug 5. PubMed PMID: 26245929. 20. Sarkiss CA, Lee J, Papin JA, Geer EB, Banik R, Rucker JC, Oudheusden B, Govindaraj S, Shrivastava RK. Pilot Study on Early Postoperative Discharge in Pituitary Adenoma Patients: Effect of Socioeconomic Factors and Benefit of Specialized Pituitary Centers. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2015 Aug;76(4):323-30. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1549004. Epub 2015 Apr 27. PubMed PMID: 26225324; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4516748. 21. Kattah JC, Pula JH, Mejico LJ, McDermott MP, Kupersmith MJ, Wall M. CSF pressure, papilledema grade, and response to acetazolamide in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial. J Neurol. 2015 Jul 10. PubMed PMID: 26159101. 22. Fischer WS, Wall M, McDermott MP, Kupersmith MJ, Feldon SE; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Photographic Reading Center of the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT): Methods and Baseline Results. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2015 May;56(5):3292-303. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-16465. PubMed PMID: 26024112; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4453296. 23. OCT Sub-Study Committee for NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group, Auinger P, Durbin M, Feldon S, Garvin M, Kardon R, Keltner J, Kupersmith M, Sibony P, Plumb K, Wang JK, Werner JS. Baseline OCT measurements in the idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial, part I: quality control, comparisons, and variability. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Nov 4;55(12):8180-8. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-14960. PubMed PMID: 25370510; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4266084. 24. OCT Sub-Study Committee for NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group, Auinger P, Durbin M, Feldon S, Garvin M, Kardon R, Keltner J, Kupersmith MJ, Sibony P, Plumb K, Wang JK, Werner JS. Baseline OCT measurements in the idiopathic intracranial 4 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. hypertension treatment trial, part II: correlations and relationship to clinical features. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Nov 4;55(12):8173-9. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14-14961. PubMed PMID: 25370513; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4266073. 25. Wall M, Kupersmith MJ, Kieburtz KD, Corbett JJ, Feldon SE, Friedman DI, Katz DM, Keltner JL, Schron EB, McDermott MP; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. The idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial: clinical profile at baseline. JAMA Neurol. 2014 Jun;71(6):693-701. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.133. PubMed PMID: 24756302. 26. Friedman DI, McDermott MP, Kieburtz K, Kupersmith M, Stoutenburg A, Keltner JL, Feldon SE, Schron E, Corbett JJ, Wall M; NORDIC IIHTT Study Group. The idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial: design considerations and methods. J Neuroophthalmol. 2014 Jun;34(2):107-17. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000114. PubMed PMID: 24739993. 27. Keltner JL, Johnson CA, Cello KE, Wall M; NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group. Baseline visual field findings in the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT). Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2014 Apr 29;55(5):3200-7. doi: 10.1167/iovs.14- 14243. PubMed PMID: 24781936; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4031894. 28. NORDIC Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Study Group Writing Committee, Wall M, McDermott MP, Kieburtz KD, Corbett JJ, Feldon SE, Friedman DI, Katz DM, Keltner JL, Schron EB, Kupersmith MJ. Effect of acetazolamide on visual function in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension and mild visual loss: the idiopathic intracranial hypertension treatment trial. JAMA. 2014 Apr 23-30;311(16):1641-51. doi: 10.1001/jama.2014.3312. PubMed PMID: 24756514. 29. Banik R. Obesity and the role of nonsurgical and surgical weight reduction in idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Int Ophthalmol Clin. 2014 Winter;54(1):27-41. doi: 10.1097/IIO.0b013e3182aabf2e. PubMed PMID: 24296369. 30. Rosenberg KI, Banik R. Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome associated with giant arachnoid granulation. J Neuroophthalmol. 2013 Dec;33(4):418-20. doi:10.1097/WNO.0b013e3182a5943b. PubMed PMID: 24051425. 31. Merchant KY, Su D, Park SC, Qayum S, Banik R, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography of optic nerve head drusen. Ophthalmology. 2013 Jul;120(7):1409-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.12.035. Epub 2013 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 23531353. 32. Qayum S, Sullivan T, Park SC, Merchant K, Banik R, Liebmann JM, Ritch R. Structure and clinical significance of central optic disc pits. Ophthalmology 2013 Jul;120(7):1415-22. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.12.034. Epub 2013 Mar 24. PubMed PMID: 23531350. 33. Banik R, Lin D, Miller NR. Prevalence of Chiari I malformation and cerebellar ectopia in patients with pseudotumor cerebri. J Neurol Sci. 2006 Aug 15;247(1):71-5. Epub 2006 May 6. PubMed PMID: 16682058. 34. Banik R. Neuro-ophthalmic emergencies: three diagnoses not to be missed in primary care. Resident and Staff Physician. 2005;51(8):39-44. 5 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. 35. Machleder DJ, Banik R, Rosenberg RB, Parikh SR. An unusual case of rhabdomyosarcoma presenting as orbital apex syndrome. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Feb;69(2):249-54. Review. PubMed PMID: 15656960. 36. Banik R, Miller NR. Chronic myokymia limited to the eyelid is a benign condition. J Neuroophthalmol. 2004 Dec;24(4):290-2. PubMed PMID: 15662242. 37. Monsul NT, Geisendorfer AR, Han PJ, Banik R, Pease ME, Skolasky RL Jr, Hoffman PN. Intraocular injection of dibutyryl cyclic AMP promotes axon regeneration in rat optic nerve. Exp Neurol. 2004 Apr;186(2):124-33. PubMed PMID: 15026251. 38. Banik R, Novick LH, Smith RE, Chuck RS. Retrocorneal membrane with Descemet's detachment. Cornea. 2001 Oct;20(7):763-4. PubMed PMID: 11588433. ON-LINE PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Jeanie Paik, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Optochiasmal-Tuberculoma. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2017. Available at: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1209850. June 19, 2017. 2. Timothy Sullivan, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Neurosyphilis. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2358. September 20, 2016. 3. Julia Mathew Padiyedathu, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Bitemporal Hemianopia. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL- NOVEL/id/2364. September 7, 2016. 4. Helen Jiang, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Thyroid Eye Disease. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2357. July 21, 2016. 5. Adam Botwinick, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Carotid Cavernous Fistula. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2359. June 23, 2016. 6. Natasha Nayak, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL- NOVEL/id/2360. June 21, 2016. 7. Natasha Nayak, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy (OPMD). PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL- NOVEL/id/2282. February 1, 2016 8. Omar Ozgur, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Neuromyelitis Optica. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2283. February 1, 2016 9. Omar Ozgur, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Non-Organic Visual Loss. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2016. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2340. February 1, 2016. 10. Omar Ozgur, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Retinal Causes of a Neurologic-Type Visual Field Defect. PDF. [NOVEL]. 201. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL- NOVEL/id/2284. December 3, 2015. 6 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. 11. Nicole K. Scripsema, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Pseudotumor Cerebri and Chiari Malformation. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2015. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2278. August 13, 2015. 12. Helen H. Yeung, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Pituitary Apoplexy and Hemifield Slide Phenomenon. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2015. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2276. July 28, 2015 13. Timothy Sullivan, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Prolactinoma in Pregnancy. PDF. [NOVEL]. 2015. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL-NOVEL/id/2277. July 28, 2015 14. Lauren Schneider, MD and Rudrani Banik, MD. Wallenberg Syndrome and Skew Deviation. PDF. [NOVEL]. 201. Available at: http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSL- NOVEL/id/2275. July 27, 2015 15. Banik R (2013) Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy: An Update on Demographics, Clinical Presentation, Pathophysiology, Animal Models, Prognosis, and Treatment. J Clin Exp Ophthalmol S3: 004. doi:10.4172/2155-9570.S3-004. REGIONAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS • Nassau County Pediatrics Society Meeting, New York 2/2021 - Presenter, “Pediatric Migraine- A Diagnosis Not To Be Missed” • Grand Rounds, Dept of Ophthalmology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 2/2020 -Presenter, “To See Or Not To See? Papilledema versus Pseudopapilledema- Separating Complex Disorders” • Presenter, Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy 2020 Annual Meeting , Washington DC 6/2019 -An Integrative Approach to LHON” • Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine 4/2019 -Presenter, “The Cutting Edge in Neuro-Ophthalmic Clinical Trials- Nanotechnology, Gene Therapy, SIGHT, and…Gum” • Presenter, Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America 2019 Annual Conference 4/2019 -Plenary Session Presenter, “Myasthenia Gravis and Overall Health” -Presenter, “Ocular Myasthenia” • Arthur H. Wolintz Memorial Lecture, Dept. of Ophthalmology SUNY Downstate 10/2018 -Guest Speaker, “The Cutting Edge in Neuro-Ophthalmic Clinical Trials- Nanotechnology, Gene Therapy, SIGHT, and…Gum” • AAO Neuro-Ophthalmology Sub-Specialty Day 2017, New Orleans, LA 10/2017 -Moderator, Session II: Could Systemic Disease Cause this Problem? • Optometric Society of New York, New York, NY 2/2017 -Presenter, “Update on Optic Neuropathies and Clinical Trials: A Paradigm Shift in Neuro- Ophthalmology” 7 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. • Manhattan Eye Review Course Faculty, New York, NY 2/2017 -Neuro-Ophthalmology Section • SUNY College of Optometry Grand Rounds, New York, NY 12/2016 -Presenter, “Update on Optic Neuropathies and Clinical Trials: A Paradigm Shift in Neuro- Ophthalmology” • Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai 11/2016 -Presenter, “Update on Optic Neuropathies and Clinical Trials: A Paradigm Shift in Neuro- Ophthalmology” • AAO Annual Meeting 2016, Chicago, IL 10/2016 -Co-Author of Neuro-Ophthalmology Original Paper: “Optic Disc and Peripapillary Retinal Perfusion in Papilledema vs. Controls: A Study Using OCT Angiography” • 6th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD Symposium, NY, NY 6/2016 -Presenter, Is It Glaucoma or Not? When to Suspect a Non-Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy • NANOS 2016 Annual Meeting, Tucson, AZ 2/2016 -Moderator for Scientific Platform Presentations Session I -Platform Presentation Co-Author, A Novel Approach to Measuring Peripapillary Retinal Perfusion in Papilledema: A Pilot Study Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography • Manhattan Eye Review Course Faculty, New York, NY 2/2016 -Neuro-Ophthalmology Section • Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of Endocrinology Grand Rounds, New York, NY 12/2015 -Presenter, Neuro-Ophthalmic Manifestations of Parasellar Masses • AAO Neuro-Ophthalmology Sub-Specialty Day 2015, Las Vegas, NV 11/2015 -Moderator, Session IV, Test Interpretation Made Ridiculously Simple • Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, New York, NY 10/2015 - Presenter, Optic Neuritis: MS, NMO and Beyond • Winthrop University Hospital Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, Mineola, NY 10/2015 -Presenter, Update on Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and the Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial • NANOS 2015 Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 2/2015 -Moderator for Journal Club -Moderator for Scientific Platform Presentation Session II • 4th Annual Steven M. Podos, MD Symposium: Innovations in Ophthalmology, NY, NY 5/2014 -Presenter, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial- NEI Study Results • Mount Sinai Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, New York, NY 5/2014 -Presenter, Cranial Nerve Palsies and Neuro-Imaging 8 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. • NANOS 2014 Frank B. Walsh Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico 3/2014 -Moderator, Session III • Ophthalmology Grand Rounds, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 12/2013 -Presenter, Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: An Imaging Revolution in Neuro- Ophthalmology • AAO 2013 Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA 11/2013 -Presenter, Bariatric Surgery for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension -Panelist, Best of NANOS Paper Session • AAO Neuro-Ophthalmology Sub-Specialty Day, New Orleans, LA 11/2013 -Moderator, Session III: What to Make of This Neuro-Ophthalmic Sign? • First Annual New York Eye & Ear Infirmary’s Ocular Imaging Symposium, NY, NY 10/2012 -Presenter, Neuroimaging for Ophthalmologists • The Fourth Annual Research Symposium, Department of Ophthalmology Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY 5/2012 -Keynote Speaker, Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography: An Imaging Revolution in Neuro-Ophthalmology • AAO Neuro-Ophthalmology Sub-Specialty Day, Orlando, FL 10/2011 -Presenter, Bilateral Optic Disc Edema from Neuroretinitis • The New York Ocular Trauma Symposium, NY, NY 11/2010 -Presenter, Traumatic Optic Neuropathy • Hospital Day 2009, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, N.Y. 11/2009 -Presenter, Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Subsets of Visual Loss • Asia ARVO 2009 Meeting, Hyderabad, India 1/2009 -Presenter, Recent Developments in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension • Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association Meeting, Mumbai, India 9/2008 -Presenter, Update on Optic Neuritis and Multiple Sclerosis: Results from the Longitudinal Optic Neuritis Study (LONS) • NANOS Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah 2/2003 -Platform Presenter, Intraocular injection of dibutyryl cyclic AMP promotes axon regeneration in rat optic nerve POSTERS: ARVO Annual Meeting 2017, Baltimore, MD 5/2017 • Perfused Large Vessel and Capillary Densities in Various Grades of Papilledema Using OCTA Custom Software • OCT-Angiography Quantification of Peripapillary Retinal Vessel Density In Myopes with and 9 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. Without Tilted Discs and Emmetropes • Fractal Analysis of Peripapillary Vasculature In Eyes With Papilledema Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography NANOS Annual Meeting 2017, Washington DC 4/2017 • Perfused Large Vessel and Capillary Densities in Various Grades of Papilledema Using OCTA Custom Software • Fractal Analysis of Peripapillary Vasculature In Eyes With Papilledema Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography AAO Annual Meeting 2016, Chicago, IL 10/2016 • OCT-Angiography Quantification of Peripapillary Retinal Vessel Density In Emmetropes and Myopes NANOS Annual Meeting 2014, San Juan, Puerto Rico 3/2014 • Using Enhanced-Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography (EDI-OCT) Features to Distinguish Pseudopapilledema and True Papilledema • Validity and Acceptance of Color Vision Testing on Smartphones AAO Annual Meeting 2013, New Orleans, LA 11/2013 • Enhanced Depth Imaging OCT Features Distinguishing Papilledema and Anomalous Optic Nerves • Validity and Acceptance of Color Vision Testing on Smartphones ARVO Annual Meeting 2013, Seattle, WA 5/2013 • Structure-Function Relationship in Optic Nerve Head Drusen NANOS Annual Meeting 2013, Snowbird, UT 2/2013 • Management and Outcomes of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension with Moderate-Severe Visual Field Loss: Pilot Data for the Surgical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (SiihTT) (*Distinguished Poster Prize) • Dimensions of the Optic Nerve Head Neural Canal Using Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography in Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Compared to Normal Subjects (*Distinguished Poster Prize) • Uveitis With Optic Disc Edema Secondary to Concomitant Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension • Müller Cell Function in Neuromyelitis Optica as Measured by Electrophysiologic Testing • Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography of Optic Nerve Head Drusen AAO Annual Meeting 2012, Chicago, IL 11/2012 • Neural Canal Crowding at the Lamina Cribrosa in Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy ARVO Annual Meeting 2012, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 5/2012 • Dimensions of the Neural Canal at the Optic Nerve Head in Non-arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Compared to Normal Subjects • Enhanced Depth Imaging Optical Coherence Tomography of Central Optic Disc Pits • A Retrospective Study Of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome: Do They Co-Exist? • Dynamic Pupillometry in Diabetic Patients with and without Diabetic Retinopathy 10 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. NANOS Annual Meeting 2012, San Antonio, TX 2/2012 • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome: Do They Co-Exist? • Giant Arachnoid Granulation and Pseudotumor Cerebri Syndrome • Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsies: Risk Factor Analysis ARVO Annual Meeting 2006, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5/2006 • Measurement of Visual Memory NANOS Annual Meeting 2006, Tucson, AZ 3/2006 • Scleral Canal Width in Patients with Non-Arteritic Ischemic Anterior Optic Neuropathy ARVO Annual Meeting 2005, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5/2005 • Effect of Thrombocytopenia on the Progression of Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) After Laser Photocoagulation NANOS Annual Meeting 2005, Copper Mt. CO 2/2005 • Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Mild and Moderate Visual Loss • Microvascular Cranial Nerve Palsies: Risk Factor Analysis • Scleral Canal Width in Patients with Elevated Intracranial Pressure without Papilledema NANOS Annual Meeting 2004, Orlando, Florida 3/2004 • An Unusual Case of Rhabdomyosarcoma Presenting as Orbital Apex Syndrome • Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Subsets of Low Vision Patients NANOS Annual Meeting 2003, Snowbird, Utah 2/2003 • Chronic Eyelid Myokymia- Clinical Features and Outcomes • Pseudotumor Cerebri and Chiari I Malformation • Brain Imaging After Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration in Pseudotumor Cerebri ARVO Annual Meeting 2001, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5/2001 • Retrocorneal Membrane with Descemet's Detachment ARVO Annual Meeting 2000, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 5/2000 • Thrombocytopenia is a Risk Factor for Poor Outcome Following Laser Treatment of Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity NIH Summer Research Paper Day 8/1994 • Improved Gold Chloride Procedure for Nerve Staining in Whole Mounts of Rat Corneas -Published in Biotechnology and Histochemistry 1995; 70(6):277-84. CLINICAL TRIALS: • REFLECT- GenSight Gene Therapy for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy 2019 - present -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. • Efficacy & Safety of RPh201 Treatment in Patients With Previous Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) 2018 – 2020 11 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. • Quark QPI 1007 for Non-Arteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION) 2015 - 2020 -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. • LEROS – Raxone for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) 2016 - present -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. • Surgical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (SIGHT) 2017 - 2019 -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. • Safety Study of a Single IVT Injection of QPI-1007 in Chronic Optic Nerve Atrophy and Recent Onset NAION Patients 2010-2013 -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. • Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT) 2010-2014 -Principal Investigator, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, New York, N.Y. AWARDS AND HONORS: Post-Graduate Attending of the Year- Resident Teaching Award 2016-2017 Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Attending of the Year- Resident Teaching Award 2013-2014 Department of Ophthalmology, New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Highest Recruitment Award for Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial (IIHTT) Neuro-Ophthalmology Research Disease Investigator Consortium (NORDIC) and National Eye Institute 2010, 2011, 2012 Attending of the Year- Resident Teaching Award 2009-2010 Department of Ophthalmology, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center Attending of the Year - Resident Teaching Award 2004-2005 Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Young Investigator Research Symposium, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2/2004 Second Prize for “DiButyryl Cyclic AMP and Retinal Ganglion Cell Survival” Long Beach Memorial Hospital Honorarium, Long Beach, C.A. 5/2000 For Dedication and Service to the Children's Eye Clinic University of California Irvine Resident Research Paper Award, Irvine, C.A. 5/1999 “Blue-on-Yellow Visual Fields in Glaucoma Suspect Patients” Medical School NIH Summer Research Fellowship at the National Eye Institute 6-8/1994 Undergraduate Honors Thesis in South Asian Studies 5/1993 The Gender Hierarchy in the Hindu Tradition Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society 4/1993 12 RUDRANI BANIK, M.D. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND COMMITTEES: • American Academy of Ophthalmology, Fellow Status (AAO), 1998-present • North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Fellow Status (NANOS), 2001-present • American Board of Ophthalmology Exam Development Committee, 2015 to 2017 • Fellowship Director for Neuro-Ophthalmology Training Program with AUPO FCC Compliance, The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, 2014-2016 • Neuro-Ophthalmology Research Disease Investigator Consortium (NORDIC), 2010-present -Site Investigator, Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial 2010-2013 -Site Investigator, Longitudinal Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial 2013-2015 -Site Investigator, Surgical Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension Treatment Trial 2012- 2019 • Quark QPI 1007 Study Group, 2010-2020 • Investigator, Idebenone Expanded Access Program for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy, 2013 to present • Investigator, Chugai SA 237 for Neuromyelitis Optica Study Group, 2015 to 2016 • The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary PC Advisory Committee, 2012- 2018 • The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary Ophthalmology Resident Selection Committee, 2011- 2016 • The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary Ophthalmology Residency Curriculum Committee, 2011- 2017 • Chair, NANOS Patient Information Committee, 2014-2017 • NANOS AAO Committee, 2012-2017 • NANOS Abstract Committee, 2012-2017 • NANOS Patient Advocacy Group Liason Committee, 2014-2017 • NANOS Outcome Measures Committee, 2015- 2017 • International Council of Ophthalmology, Host/Mentor for Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowships at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, 2013-present • Institute for Functional Medicine Member, 2016-present • American Academy for Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Member, 2018 • Reviewer, Journal of International Ophthalmology, 2015 • Reviewer, Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2006-2007, 2014 • Reviewer, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2012-2014 • Reviewer, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2010, 2013 • Reviewer, Current Eye Research, 2009 PERSONAL: •Born in Kolkata, India •U.S. Citizen •Languages: Bengali, Hindi, medical Spanish 13