Dr. Suma P Shankar M.D., PHD
Ophthalmologist
2165 N Decatur Rd Department Of Human Decatur GA, 30033About
Dr. Suma Shankar is an ophthalmologist practicing in Decatur, GA. Dr. Shankar specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Shankar can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Shankar can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences 1989
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevalence of disease-causing mutations in families with autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa: a screen of known genes in 200 families.
- Contribution of Family History in Co-occurring Down Syndrome and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
- Safety and efficacy results of switch from imiglucerase to velaglucerase alfa treatment in patients with type 1 Gaucher disease.
- Evaluation of disease burden and response to treatment in adults with type 1 Gaucher disease using a validated disease severity scoring system (DS3).
- MULTIMODAL IMAGING OF A FAMILY WITH SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 7 DEMONSTRATING PHENOTYPIC VARIATION AND PROGRESSION OF RETINAL DEGENERATION.
- Enzyme replacement therapy with taliglucerase alfa: 36-month safety and efficacy results in adult patients with Gaucher disease previously treated with imiglucerase.
- An open-label clinical trial of agalsidase alfa enzyme replacement therapy in children with Fabry disease who are naïve to enzyme replacement therapy.
- Treatment of Fabry's Disease with the Pharmacologic Chaperone Migalastat.
- Oral pharmacological chaperone migalastat compared with enzyme replacement therapy in Fabry disease: 18-month results from the randomised phase III ATTRACT study.
- Reported outcomes of 453 pregnancies in patients with Gaucher disease: An analysis from the Gaucher outcome survey.
- Survival and Developmental Milestones Among Pompe Registry Patients with Classic Infantile-Onset Pompe Disease with Different Timing of Initiation of Treatment with Enzyme Replacement Therapy.
- Outcomes after 18 months of eliglustat therapy in treatment-naïve adults with Gaucher disease type 1: The phase 3 ENGAGE trial.
- Retinopathy and optic atrophy: Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of pathogenic variants in the AARS2 gene.
Treatments
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Birth Defects
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