Nisha Acharya, MD, MS is the Elizabeth C. Proctor Professor of Ophthalmology and Epidemiology at the University of California San Francisco and Director of the Uveitis Service and Uveitis Fellowship at the F.I. Proctor Foundation. Dr. Acharya’s clinical focus is uveitis and ocular inflammatory diseases. Her research interests include epidemiology of ocular inflammatory conditions and clinical trials comparing efficacy of various treatments. Dr. Acharya is PI of the NIH-funded First-line Antimetabolites for Steroid-Sparing Treatment (FAST) Trial, a multicenter randomized trial comparing antimetabolite therapies for uveitis. She is also protocol co-chair for the Macular Edema Ranibizumab v. Intravitreal anti-inflammatory Therapy (MERIT) Trial through the Multicenter Uveitis Steroid Treatment research group and is part of the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature working group. Dr. Acharya serves on the executive committee of the American Uveitis Society and is also chair of the American Academy of Ophthalmology Knowledge Base Panel for Uveitis.
Financial Disclosure: I have/had an affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization:
- Santen
- Abbvie
Sessions in which Nisha Acharya MD, MS participates
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Top Five in Uveitis Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 803
- 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the end of this session, participants will be able to: Apply ancillary investigation for uveitis...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Top 5 tips for managing ocular hypertension in uveitis patients
- Participant Nisha Acharya MD, MS |
- 2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | 20 minutes Part of: Top Five in Uveitis
3:45 PM
3:45 PM
- What's New in Uveitis Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 803
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- LEARNING OBJECTIVESAt the end of this session, participants will be able to: Assess new treatments for uveitis Des...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Biologics for juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis
- Participant Nisha Acharya MD, MS |
- 4:02 PM - 4:22 PM | 20 minutes Part of: What's New in Uveitis
8:00 AM
8:00 AM
- Current Concepts II Metro Toronto Convention Centre (South Building) - Room 801
- 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | 2 hours
- LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of this session, participants will be able to:Identify clinical applications of structure and...
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
- Management of uveitic macular edema: what have we learned from clinical trials
- Participant Nisha Acharya MD, MS |
- 9:00 AM - 9:12 AM | 12 minutes Part of: Current Concepts II