By Dr Rohit Chandramohan Khanna

Journal articles

Marmamula S; Keeffe J; Challa R; Mohd J; Khanna RC, 2021, 'Near-vision impairment and effective near-vision spectacle coverage in two districts in Telangana, India: A population-based cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-047131

Burton MJ; Ramke J; Marques AP; Bourne RRA; Congdon N; Jones I; Ah Tong BAM; Arunga S; Bachani D; Bascaran C; Bastawrous A; Blanchet K; Braithwaite T; Buchan JC; Cairns J; Cama A; Chagunda M; Chuluunkhuu C; Cooper A; Crofts-Lawrence J; Dean WH; Denniston AK; Ehrlich JR; Emerson PM; Evans JR; Frick KD; Friedman DS; Furtado JM; Gichangi MM; Gichuhi S; Gilbert SS; Gurung R; Habtamu E; Holland P; Jonas JB; Keane PA; Keay L; Khanna RC; Khaw PT; Kuper H; Kyari F; Lansingh VC; Mactaggart I; Mafwiri MM; Mathenge W; McCormick I; Morjaria P; Mowatt L; Muirhead D; Murthy GVS; Mwangi N; Patel DB; Peto T; Qureshi BM; Salomão SR; Sarah V; Shilio BR; Solomon AW; Swenor BK; Taylor HR; Wang N; Webson A; West SK; Wong TY; Wormald R; Yasmin S; Yusufu M; Silva JC; Resnikoff S; Ravilla T; Gilbert CE; Foster A; Faal HB, 2021, 'The Lancet Global Health Commission on Global Eye Health: vision beyond 2020', The Lancet Global Health, 9, pp. e489 - e551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30488-5

Khanna RC; Marmamula S; Pendri P; Mettla AL; Giridhar P; Banerjee S; Shekhar K; Chakrabarti S; Murthy GVS; Gilbert C; Rao GN, 2021, 'Incidence, Incident Causes, and Risk Factors of Visual Impairment and Blindness in a Rural Population in India: 15-Year Follow-up of the Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 223, pp. 322 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2020.09.035

Rathi VM; Reddy RP; Fernandes M; Rath S; Nayak S; Vemuri JPS; Yanamala NK; Varda R; Marmamula S; Das AV; Khanna RC, 2021, 'The impact of COVID-19 'Unlock-I' on L v Prasad Eye Institute Network in Southern India', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 69, pp. 695 - 700, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_3143_20

Bourne RRA; Steinmetz JD; Saylan M; Mersha AM; Weldemariam AH; Wondmeneh TG; Sreeramareddy CT; Pinheiro M; Yaseri M; Yu C; Zastrozhin MS; Zastrozhina A; Zhang ZJ; Zimsen SRM; Yonemoto N; Tsegaye GW; Vu GT; Vongpradith A; Renzaho AMN; Sorrie MB; Shaheen AA; Shiferaw WS; Skryabin VY; Skryabina AA; Saya GK; Rahimi-Movaghar V; Shigematsu M; Sahraian MA; Naderifar H; Sabour S; Rathi P; Sathian B; Miller TR; Rezapour A; Rawal L; Pham HQ; Parekh U; Podder V; Onwujekwe OE; Pasovic M; Otstavnov N; Negash H; Pawar S; Naimzada MD; Al Montasir A; Ogbo FA; Owolabi MO; Pakshir K; Mohammad Y; Moni MA; Nunez-Samudio V; Mulaw GF; Naveed M; Maleki S; Michalek IM; Misra S; Swamy SN; Mohammed JA; Flaxman S; Park EC; Briant PS; Meles GG; Hayat K; Landires I; Kim GR; Liu X; LeGrand KE; Taylor HR; Kunjathur SM; Khoja TAM; Bicer BK; Khalilov R; Hashi A; Kayode GA; Carneiro VLA; Kavetskyy T; Kosen S; Kulkarni V; Holla R; Kalhor R; Jayaram S; Islam SMS; Gilani SA; Eskandarieh S; Molla MD; Itumalla R; Farzadfar F; Congdon NG; Elhabashy HR; Elayedath R; Couto RAS; Dervenis N; Cromwell EA; Dahlawi SMA; Resnikoff S; Casson RJ; Abdoli A; Choi JYJ; Dos Santos FLC; Abrha WA, 2021, 'Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study', The Lancet Global Health, 9, pp. e144 - e160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30489-7

Choudhari NS; Mokkarala AJR; Tone B; Khanna R; Garudadri CS, 2021, 'Modifications to Combined Trabeculectomy and Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery: Outcomes and Adaptability in Resource-constrained Areas.', J Glaucoma, 30, pp. 148 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IJG.0000000000001733

Bourne RRA; Steinmetz JD; Flaxman S; Briant PS; Taylor HR; Resnikoff S; Casson RJ; Abdoli A; Abu-Gharbieh E; Afshin A; Ahmadieh H; Akalu Y; Alamneh AA; Alemayehu W; Alfaar AS; Alipour V; Anbesu EW; Androudi S; Arabloo J; Arditi A; Asaad M; Bagli E; Baig AA; Bärnighausen TW; Parodi MB; Bhagavathula AS; Bhardwaj N; Bhardwaj P; Bhattacharyya K; Bijani A; Bikbov M; Bottone M; Braithwaite T; Bron AM; Butt ZA; Cheng CY; Chu DT; Cicinelli MV; Coelho JM; Dagnew B; Dai X; Dana R; Dandona L; Dandona R; Del Monte MA; Deva JP; Diaz D; Djalalinia S; Dreer LE; Ehrlich JR; Ellwein LB; Emamian MH; Fernandes AG; Fischer F; Friedman DS; Furtado JM; Gaidhane AM; Gaidhane S; Gazzard G; Gebremichael B; George R; Ghashghaee A; Golechha M; Hamidi S; Hammond BR; Hartnett MER; Hartono RK; Hay SI; Heidari G; Ho HC; Hoang CL; Househ M; Ibitoye SE; Ilic IM; Ilic MD; Ingram AD; Irvani SSN; Jha RP; Kahloun R; Kandel H; Kasa AS; Kempen JH; Keramati M; Khairallah M; Khan EA; Khanna RC; Khatib MN; Kim JE; Kim YJ; Kisa A; Kisa S; Koyanagi A; Kurmi OP; Lansingh VC; Leasher JL; Leveziel N; Limburg H; Majdan M; Manafi N; Mansouri K, 2021, 'Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study', The Lancet Global Health, 9, pp. e130 - e143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3

Khanna RC; Garg P; Vaddavalli PK; Fernandes M; Rath S; Nayak S; Narayanan R; Pappuru RR; Kaliki S; Das AV; Sharma S; Jalali S, 2021, 'Response of L V Prasad Eye Institute to COVID-19 outbreak in India: Experience at its tertiary eye care centre and adoption to its Eye Health Pyramid', International Journal of Ophthalmology, 14, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2021.01.01

Misra N; Khanna RC; Mettla AL; Marmamula S; Keeffe JE, 2021, 'Agreement and diagnostic accuracy of vision screening in preschool children between vision technicians and spot vision screener', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 69, pp. 117 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1740_19

Marmamula S; Challa R; Khanna RC; Kunkunu E; Rao GN, 2021, 'Population-based Assessment of Vision Impairment in the Elderly Population in Telangana State in India–Policy Implications for Eye Health Programmes', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 28, pp. 144 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1797122

Marmamula S; Barrenakala NR; Challa R; Kumbham TR; Modepalli SB; Yellapragada R; Bhakki M; Khanna RC; Friedman DS, 2021, 'Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment among elderly residents in 'homes for the aged' in India: The Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 105, pp. 32 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2019-315678

Prakash WD; Khanna RC, 2021, 'COVID-19 safety guidelines for school eye health screening programs.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 69, pp. 2511 - 2515, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1282_21

Sahoo NK; Mehta MC; Rani PK; Khanna RC; Raman R; Bhattacharya J; Das AV; Murthy GVS; Narayanan R, 2021, 'Impact of age-related macular degeneration on diabetic retinopathy: An electronic health record based big data analysis from a tertiary eye centre in South India.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 69, pp. 3184 - 3188, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1175_21

Kyari F; Khanna RC, 2021, 'Minimum requirements for a glaucoma programme.', Community Eye Health, 34, pp. 57 - 58, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35210708

Khanna RC; Thulasiraj RD, 2021, 'Obituary - Dr Ramachandra Pararajasegaram.', Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 28, pp. 183 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1839915

Tripathy D; Roy AK; Khanna RC; Jalali S; Panigrahy B; Parija DC; Rath S, 2021, 'Point-of-care rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 at a tertiary eye care facility: Role in commencement of elective surgeries, contact tracing and implementation of back-to-work policy.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 69, pp. 964 - 970, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_3119_20

Marmamula S; Barrenkala NR; Challa R; Kumbham TR; Modepalli SB; Yellapragada R; Bhakki M; Friedman DS; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Falls and visual impairment among elderly residents in ‘homes for the aged’ in India', Scientific Reports, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70066-2

Pallerla SR; Khanna RC; Sannapaneni K; Keeffe J, 2020, 'Public knowledge, attitudes and practices related to eye diseases in Southern Indian population', International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7, pp. 4993 - 4993, http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20205175

Marmamula S; Yanamala NK; Khanna RC, 2020, ''Eyecare on call'-Extending the frontiers of care through home-based eye care-Concept and the protocol', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 2625 - 2627, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2352_20

Rathi V; Das A; Khanna R, 2020, 'Impact of COVID-19-related lockdown-I on a network of rural eye centres in Southern India', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 2396 - 2398, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2303_20

Marmamula S; Challa R; Yellapragada S; Mohd J; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Temporal trends in the prevalence of spectacle use and spectacle coverage in India', Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 103, pp. 693 - 698, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cxo.13025

Marmamula S; Yellapragada S; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Population Based Assessment of Prevalence and Causes of Vision Impairment in the North-eastern State of Tripura, India–The Tripura Eye Survey', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 27, pp. 283 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1731833

Khanna R, 2020, 'Biomass fuel and cataract: An unrecognized epidemic', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 1500 - 1501, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_159_20

Marmamula S; Niranjan Kumar Y; Rajashekar V; Mettla A; Vemuri J; Rathi V; Khanna R, 2020, 'Commentary: Preferred practice pattern for primary eye care in the context of COVID-19 in L v Prasad Eye Institute network in India', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 1311 - 1315, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1417_20

Khanna RC; Honavar SG; Metla AL; Bhattacharya A; Maulik PK, 2020, 'Psychological impact of COVID-19 on ophthalmologists-in-training and practising ophthalmologists in India', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 994 - 998, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1458_20

Labelle-Dumais C; Pyatla G; Paylakhi S; Tolman NG; Hameed S; Seymens Y; Dang E; Mandal AK; Senthil S; Khanna RC; Kabra M; Kaur I; John SWM; Chakrabarti S; Nair KS, 2020, 'Loss of PRSS56 function leads to ocular angle defects and increased susceptibility to high intraocular pressure.', Dis Model Mech, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dmm.042853

Khanna RC, 2020, 'Coronavirus and ophthalmology: What do we know and way forward', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 942 - 944, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_834_20

Khanna RC; Cicinelli MV; Gilbert SS; Honavar SG; Murthy GVS, 2020, 'COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned and future directions', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 703 - 710, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_843_20

Khanna RC; Rathi VM; Guizie E; Singh G; Nishant K; Sandhu S; Varda R; Das AV; Rao GN, 2020, 'Factors associated with visual outcomes after cataract surgery: A cross-sectional or retrospective study in Liberia', PLoS ONE, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233118

Marmamula S; Barrenkala NR; Challa R; Kumbam TR; Modepalli SB; Yellapragada R; Bhakki M; Khanna RC; Friedman DS, 2020, 'Uncorrected refractive errors for distance among the residents in 'homes for the aged' in South India–The Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)', Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 40, pp. 343 - 349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opo.12684

Panda L; Khanna R; Metla A; Marmamula S; Pehere N; Keeffe J, 2020, 'Causes of vision impairment and blindness among children in schools for the blind in South Indian States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 345 - 350, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_923_19

Cicinelli M; Marmamula S; Khanna R, 2020, 'Comprehensive eye care-Issues, challenges, and way forward', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 316 - 323, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_17_19

Khanna R; Sabherwal S; Sil A; Gowth M; Dole K; Kuyyadiyil S; Chase H, 2020, 'Primary eye care in India-The vision center model', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 333 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_118_19

Misra N; Khanna R; Mettla A; Marmamula S; Rathi V; Das A, 2020, 'Role of teleophthalmology to manage anterior segment conditions in vision centres of south India: EyeSmart study-I', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 68, pp. 362 - 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_991_19

Marmamula S; Barrenkala NR; Challa R; Reddy K T; Yellapragada S; Brahmanandam M S; Friedman DS; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)–Rationale, Study Design and Methodology', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 27, pp. 83 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2019.1683867

Marmamula S; Mitchell W; Zebardast N; Locascio J; Barrenkala NR; Kumbham TR; Modepalli SB; Khanna RC; Friedman DS, 2020, 'Impact of vision loss on visual function among elderly residents in the “home for the aged” in India: The hyderabad ocular morbidity in elderly study', Translational Vision Science and Technology, 9, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/tvst.9.13.11

Reddy JC; Vaddavalli PK; Sharma N; Sachdev MS; Rajashekar YL; Sinha R; Agarwal A; Porwal A; Chakrabarti A; Nayak BK; Jain BK; Chandrasekhar D; Ramamurthy C; Mehta CK; Bhattacharya D; Luthra G; Aravind H; Bhattacharjee H; Mehta HR; Titiyal JS; Ram J; Bhalla JS; Dasari KK; Mehta KR; Kudlu KP; Prasad RK; Murugesan K; Singh MJ; Rajan M; Rohit OP; Gogate P; Biswas P; Padmanabhan P; Parekh RH; Khanna R; Honavar SG; Murthy SI; Goel S; Ganesh S; Arora VK, 2020, 'A new normal with cataract surgery during COVID-19 pandemic.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 1269 - 1276, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1528_20

Khanna RC; Honavar SG, 2020, 'All eyes on Coronavirus-What do we need to know as ophthalmologists.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 549 - 553, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_516_20

Sengupta S; Honavar SG; Sachdev MS; Sharma N; Kumar A; Ram J; Shetty R; Rao GS; Ramasamy K; Khanna R; Jain E; Bhattacharjee K; Agarwal A; Natarajan S; Lahane TP; Writing Committee on behalf of the All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Expert Group for COVID-19 Practice Guidelines ; Composition of the All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Expert Group for COVID-19 Practice Guidelines includes the Writing Committee (as listed) and the following members (in alphabetical order by the first name): , 2020, 'All India Ophthalmological Society - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology consensus statement on preferred practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 711 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_871_20

Misra N; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Commentary: Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness and diabetic retinopathy in India.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 381 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1133_19

Misra N; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Commentary: Strengthening the health system for providing care for diabetic retinopathy in South Asia.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 846 - 847, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_784_19

Rathi VM; Sharma S; Das T; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Endophthalmitis Prophylaxis Study, Report 2: Intracameral antibiotic prophylaxis with or without postoperative topical antibiotic in cataract surgery.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 2451 - 2455, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1738_19

Rathi VM; Sharma S; Das T; Khanna RC, 2020, 'Endophthalmitis prophylaxis study. Report 1: Intracameral cefuroxime and moxifloxacin prophylaxis for the prevention of postcataract endophthalmitis in rural India.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 819 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_1400_19

Khanna RC; Chakrabarti S, 2020, 'Obituary - Dr. Ronald Klein.', Ophthalmic Epidemiol, 27, pp. 298 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2020.1741011

Rim TH; Kawasaki R; Tham Y-C; Kang SW; Ruamviboonsuk P; Bikbov MM; Miyake M; Hao J; Fletcher A; Sasaki M; Nangia V; Sabanayagam C; Yu M; Fujiwara K; Thapa R; Wong IY; Kayama T; Chen S-J; Kuang T-M; Yamashita H; Sundaresan P; Chan JC; van Rens GHMB; Sonoda K-H; Wang YX; Panda-Jonas S; Harada S; Kim R; Ganesan S; Raman R; Yamashiro K; Gilmanshin TR; Jenchitr W; Park KH; Gemmy Cheung CM; Wong TY; Wang N; Jonas JB; Chakravarthy U; Cheng C-Y; Yanagi Y; Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium , 2020, 'Prevalence and Pattern of Geographic Atrophy in Asia: The Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium.', Ophthalmology, 127, pp. 1371 - 1381, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.04.019

Keel S; Evans JR; Block S; Bourne R; Calonge M; Cheng C-Y; Friedman DS; Furtado JM; Khanna RC; Mathenge W; Mariotti S; Matoto E; Müller A; Rabiu MM; Rasengane T; Zhao J; Wormald R; Cieza A, 2020, 'Strengthening the integration of eye care into the health system: methodology for the development of the WHO package of eye care interventions.', BMJ Open Ophthalmol, 5, pp. e000533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000533

Mehta MC; Narayanan R; Thomas Aretz H; Khanna R; Rao GN, 2020, 'The L V Prasad Eye Institute: A comprehensive case study of excellent and equitable eye care.', Healthc (Amst), 8, pp. 100408, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hjdsi.2019.100408

Panda L; Nayak S; Khanna RC; Das T, 2020, 'Tribal Odisha Eye Disease Study (TOES) # 7. Prevalence of refractive error in children in tribal Odisha (India) school screening.', Indian J Ophthalmol, 68, pp. 1596 - 1599, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2020_19

Leasher JL; Braithwaite T; Furtado JM; Flaxman SR; Lansingh VC; Silva JC; Resnikoff S; Taylor HR; Bourne RRA, 2019, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2015: Magnitude, temporal trends and projections', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 103, pp. 885 - 893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311746

Marmamula S; Khanna RC; Yellapragada S; Challa R; Mohd J; Rao GN, 2019, 'Temporal trends in the prevalence and causes of visual impairment in the South Indian state of Telangana: A population-based cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029114

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