Experienced Doctors

Practice Experience

• Methodist Eye Associates, Houston, Texas
• Medical Center Ophthalmology, L.L.P., Houston, Texas

Current Hospital Privileges

• Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas

Academic Appointments

• Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
• Assistant Member, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX
• Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute for Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
• Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
• Clinical Instructor, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Certification

• American Board of Ophthalmology, 2004
• Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Medical License. DEA Certificate
• Texas Department of Public Safety Controlled Substances Registration

Professional Memberships

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
• The Cornea Society
• Houston Ophthalmological Society Harris County Medical Society Texas Medical Association

Honors & Awards

• Constance M. and Byron F. Dyer Fellowship Grant, Houston Methodist Hospital, 2014. American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, 2012
• PS250, Premier Surgeon Magazine's list of the nation's 250 top innovators in premium IOL implant surgery, 2010 - 2011.
• Best Doctors in America, 2011 - present
• Texas Super Doctor, Texas Monthly magazine, 2010 - present
• Houston's Top Doctors, HTexas Magazine; 2009. Asia Society's Asia21 Young Leader, 2008. Cambridge Who's Who Registry, 2009-10
• America's Top Ophthalmologists, Consumers' Research Council of America, 2008 - present
• Houston's Top Professionals on the Fast Track, HTexas Magazine; 2006-2008. National Institutes of Health Summer Research Fellowship, 1995

Professional Activities

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Subcommittee Member, The Ophthalmic News & Education Network [ONE, formerly Specialty Information Team (SIT)], Refractive Surgery
• Medical Director, Ophthalmology Operating Room, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Phacoemulsification Wet Lab Instructor, AAO Annual Meeting
• Moderator, Panelist. Geriatric Ophthalmology for Non-Geriatricians. Houston Methodist Hospital,Houston, TX
• Guest Lecturer, Texas Women's University Department of Nursing, Houston, TX, 2005 - 2012
• Peer Reviewer - Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery; Journal of Ophthalmology; The Open Ophthalmology Journal, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Panelist, A Competency-based Approach to Geriatric Ophthalmology. Houston Methodist Hospital; Jan 21, 2012, Houston, TX
• Board Member, Houston Ophthalmological Society, 2008 - 2011
• Methodist Hospital, Head/Neck/Integumentary Quality Management Subcommittee, Houston, TX
• Baylor Medical Student Preceptorship Program [LACE], 2008 - 2010
• Harris County Medical Society Delegate to the Texas Medical Association, 2008. American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) Subcommittee Author:
• St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Operating Room Committee, Houston, TX, 2006 - 2007
• Research Forum Panelist, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Wavefront
• Session 2-Y, April 13, 2003; San Francisco, CA

Research

• Comparison of Scheimpflug Image Lens Histogram Analysis with Ultrasound Energy Used During Phacoemulsification. Principle Investigator, Houston Methodist Research Institute. Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, Session 1-D Intraocular Surgery Power Calculations, San Francisco, CA, April 20, 2013
• ZA-203ext: A One year Open Label Study of Androxal in the Treatment of Secondary Hypogonadism in Men Who Have Completed Protocol ZA-203. Sub-Investigator, Houston Methodist Research Institute. Sponsor: Repros Therapeutics, 2012
• Comparison of Anterior Chamber Depth and Keratometry Measurements Using Dual-Scheimpflug Imaging (Ziemer Galilei) and Laser Interferometry (Zeiss IOLMaster) in Cataract Surgery Patients. Principle Investigator, Houston Methodist Research Institute. Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, Session: 4-D, San Diego, CA, March 29, 2011
• Short and Long-Term Results of Paired Limbal Relaxing Incisions for the Treatment of High Astigmatism During Cataract Surgery. Principle Investigator. Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, Session 2-F, Boston, MA, April 11, 2010. Rahul T. Pandit, MD Page 4
• Cilomilast Dry Eye Proof of Concept-A Randomized, Double-Masked Study of FID 1115038 and FID 115037 Versus FID 115039 in the Treatment of Dry Eye. Principle Investigator, Alcon Research Protocol #C-08-077, 2009
• An Evaluation of the Ocular Surface Health in Subjects Using Travatan Z Ophthalmic Solution Versus Xalatan Ophthalmic Solution. Principle Investigator, Alcon Research Protocol #C-08-03. 2008-09
• Rebamipide Ophthalmic Suspension in the Treatment of Dry Eye: A Multicenter, Phase 3, Randomized, Double Masked, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, 26 Week Study. Principle Investigator, Otsuka Maryland Research Institute Protocol # 37E-03-201. 2005-06
• Comparison of Wavefront Analysis Using the Tracey Visual Function Analyzer and VISX Wavescan. Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), Wavefront Session 1-M, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 2003
• Systemic Cyclosporine A and High Risk Corneal Transplantation Results. Presented at University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology Research Day, June 2, 2001
• Refractive and Keratometric Changes After Laser in Situ Keratomileusis Using a Broad-Beam Excimer Laser-a 3-Year Retrospective Analysis. University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. June 2003
• The Role of the Persistent Fetal Vasculature (PFV) in Retinal Detachments from Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) and Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy (FEVR). Presented in part at the ARVO national meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 11-16, 1997

Publications

• Nair M, Pandit RT. Retained Lens Nuclear Fragment May Present Years After Phacoemulsification [Letter to Editor]. Cornea [in press].
• Pandit RT. Use of the Breathe Right External Nasal Dilator Strip as Temporary Eyelid Splint. Cornea 2012 Jun;31(6):720-1.
• Patel RA, Pandit RT. Comparison of Anterior Chamber Depth Measurements from the Galilei Dual Scheimpflug Analyzer with IOLMaster. J Ophthalmol 2012; Article ID 430249. Available at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jop/2012/430249.
• Pandit RT. Brevundimonas diminuta keratitis. Eye Contact Lens 2012 Jan; 38(1):63-5.
• Pandit RT, Coburn AG. Sudden corneal edema due to retained lens nuclear fragment presenting 8.5 years after cataract surgery. J Cat Refract Surg 2011; 37(6):1165-1167.
• Elias JA, Pandit RT. Primary Neisseria Meningitidis Keratitis. Cornea 2009; 28(6):714-715. Rahul T. Pandit, MD Page 5
• Pandit, RT. Dendriform Filamentary Keratopathy. Cornea 2009; 28(1):123-125.
• Pandit, RT. Laser vision correction following radial keratotomy. Current Insight. January 4, 2008. Available at:  http://www.aao.org/current_insight.
• Pandit, RT. Combo-chop nuclear disassembly. J Cat Refract Surg 2007; 33(12):2155.
• Shapiro MJ, Alpert J, Pandit RT. Tent-shaped retinal detachments in Retinopathy of Prematurity. Retina 2006; 26(7) Supplement:S32-S37.
• Pandit RT, Oetting TA. Pop-and-chop nucleofractis [Technique]. J Cat Refract Surg 2003; 29(11):2054-2056.
• Pandit RT, Farjo AA, Sutphin JE. Iatrogenic corneal and conjunctival toxic reaction from hydrogen peroxide disinfection. Arch Ophthalmol 2003; 121(6):904-906.
• Pandit RT, Halgren JT, Sutphin JE, Wagoner MD. Triple anterior stromal ring infiltrate associated with presumed HSV keratitis. Cornea 2001; 20:904-905.
• Pandit RT, Lotery AJ. Annular dystrophy. Middle East Journal of Ophthalmology 2001; 9(2):133-134.
• Pandit RT, Brown CK, Farjo AA. Comments on "Analyzing refractive data" [Letter to editor]. J Cat Refract Surg 2003; 29(10):1852.
• Pandit RT. Antifungal effects of cyclosporine A [Letter to Editor]. Cornea 2003; 22(1):92-93.

Presentations

• Challenges and Solutions in Medicine in the 21st Century Summer Conference, The Health Museum, Houston, TX, July 10, 2014. "Minimally Invasive Surgery Meets the Eye - Ab Interno Trabeculotomy Simplified Through Innovative Technology."
• Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, January 17, 2014. "Corneal Topography, Limbal Relaxing Incisions, and Toric IOLs."
• Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, November 8, 2013. "Interpreting Corneal Topography and Dual Scheimpflug Imaging Data."
• Houston Methodist Hospital Office of CME Regional Conference; Geriatric Ophthalmology for the Non-Geriatrician, Houston, TX, Feb 16, 2013. "Cataract Surgery in the Elderly: Age Doesn't Matter."
• Grand Rounds, Department of Ophthalmology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, January 18, 2013. "Not Your Mother's Blepharitis (Demodex)."
• Grand Rounds, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, May 24, 2012. "General, Emergent, and Urgent Eye Considerations for OMS."
• Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 24, 2012. Session 4-M. "Use of the Breathe Right External Nasal Dilator Strip as Temporary Eyelid Splint."
• Houston Methodist Hospital Office of CME Regional Conference; A Competency-based Approach to Geriatric Ophthalmology, Houston, TX, Jan 21, 2012. "Corneal Disease in the Elderly."Paper presentation, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2009. Session 2-C: Intraocular Surgery Phaco Technique and Technology. "Combo-chop for IFIS and Small Pupil Phaco."
• Pulmonary Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; June 9, 2008. "Intensive Care Ophthalmology."
• Houston Methodist Hospital International Lecture Series, Houston, TX. November 13, 2007. "Laser and Surgical Vision Correction Options for the Performing Artist." [Broadcast live to South America].
• Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists [CLAO] Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. October 6,2007, Symposium IV. "Use of Ancillary Products for Contact Lens Related Dryness and Allergy."
• Grand Rounds, Jackson Ophthalmology Society, Jackson, MS. May 8, 2007. "Dry Eye and Ocular Allergy".
• Texas Women's University Department of Nursing, Houston, TX; July 28, 2010; July 1, 2009; June 11, 2008; March 7, 2007; March 2, 2005. "Ophthalmology for the Non-Ophthalmologist".
• Grand Rounds, Internal Medicine; Broadlawns Hospital, Des Moines, IA. August 2001. "Diabetes and the Eye"

Articles and Non-peer Reviewed Publications

• Tofigh S, Pandit RT. Morning Rounds: The case of a curious scratch. EyeNet 2014 Jan; 43-4.
• Jeang L, Chevez-Barrios P, Pandit RT. Morning Rounds: The case of stubborn conjunctivitis. EyeNet 2013 Nov; 75-6.
• Pandit RT (Reviewer). New phaco chop technique helps eliminate risk of capsular damage. Ocular Surgery News. July 10, 2008.
• Pandit RT. Microburst mode offers advantages in phaco chop technique. Ocular Surgery News. July 1, 2006.
• Pandit RT (Reviewer). Different aberrometry technologies not always comparable: direct comparative study finds values not interchangeable for higher-order aberration measures. Ophthalmology Times Feb 1 2004.
• Pandit RT. Morning Rounds Sidebar: To biopsy or not to biopsy. EyeNet 2002 Oct.; 44