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Rajesh Rao

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@surgeonretina
@yale|@harvard trained🎓 @nihgov funded science🔬 endowed professor @uofmichigan〽 @aaoeye journals editor 🐣tweet @surgeonretina 👇🏾sharing👁|seeking cures
  • Healthcare
  • Following 16
  • Followers 18K
  • Engagement 2.67%
  • Avg comments 24

About Rajesh Rao

Rajesh Rao (@surgeonretina) is a Surgeon creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. The account has 18,014 followers and 671 published posts. Recent posts average 336 likes and 24 comments, an engagement rate of 2.67%.

With 18K followers, Rajesh Rao is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Rajesh Rao follows just 16 accounts, which leaves well over 1,000 followers for every account followed. Rajesh Rao uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Rajesh Rao under Surgeon, with Healthcare as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Rajesh Rao runs to 17 words across 6 lines. The bio mentions @yale, @harvard, @nihgov and @uofmichigan. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Rajesh Rao dates from April 2026.

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671 Posts

All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Rajesh Rao are single images. Rajesh Rao has built a substantial archive of 671 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 27 followers for each post published. Rajesh Rao also keeps 21 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 94 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include journal, ophthalmology, first, cover and retina. The captions tag #retina, #blindness, #periphery, #madurai and #kelloggeyecenter.

A groundbreaking step forward in treating vision loss. For the first time, a clinical trial is testing adult RPE stem cells as a therapy for dry age‑related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of severe vision loss and blindness in older adults.

Led by Rajesh Rao, M.D., at the University of Michigan Health Kellogg Eye Center, this first‑in‑human study uses an innovative approach: injecting RPE cells grown from adult stem cells directly into the area of the eye most affected by disease.

Early results are offering new hope for patients with dry AMD—and redefining what may be possible in regenerative eye care.

Learn more at the link in bio (or visit:
#KelloggEyeCenter #VisionResearch #StemCellTherapy #AMD #ClinicalResearch
Early results from our #ClinicalTrial sponsored by Luxa Biotechnology, the National Eye Institute and CIRM are out in #CellStemCell. The Phase 1/2a trial uses an adult RPE stem cell-derived cell replacement therapy for dry age-related #MacularDegeneration.

Beautiful original artwork was created for the cover by Dr. Yangzi Isabel Tian.

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#NEIfunded #NIHfunded
Excited to share that our team’s work on how pluripotent stem cells form retinal organoids has been accepted for publication in Stem Cell Reports, the official journal of International Society for Stem Cell Research. Through one of the first NGS-based, mechanistic studies on “RNA Epigenetics,” or “epitranscriptomics”, in the eye, we explore how chemical RNA modifications influence #retina tissue generation from #stemcells.

Using cutting-edge tools like dCas13b-FTO guided RNA engineering, single nucleotide resolution mapping of RNA modifications, and transcriptome-wide RNA-protein binding, targeted protein degradation (degron), we made seminal observations in stem cell and retinal biology. Our research uncovers a novel interaction between METTL3 and RNA target Ythdf1, and shows how chromatin accessibility can be uncoupled from transcriptional dynamics in retinal organoids during acute degradation of METTL3.

Stay tuned for the publication on October 23 in Stem Cell Reports. Meanwhile, you can explore our #preprint on bioRxiv:

Grateful for our awesome team: Jing Xu, Yuanhao Huang, Qiang Li, Ricky Han, Jie Liu, Charukesi from,,
This week, our teams at,, funded by & Luxa Biotechnology LLC published first-in-human results from the first cohort of our Phase 1/2a adult RPE stem cell based trial for dry age related macular degeneration (AMD)

We found that a group with 20/200 to 20/800 vision achieved a 22-letter improvement and with 20/70 to 20/200 - a 4 letter gain. While this trial is ongoing and not powered for efficacy, we are hopeful these results point us in a promising direction.

We thank the patients who participated in this trial and the wonderful clinic and OR teams Michigan Medicine. It has been such a wonderful partnership with the Luxa and NEI and DSMB teams to help lead the way to potential new cell therapies for AMD.

If you are a patient, eye care provider with dry AMD, please reach out to us:

- with Brigitte Arduini, Susan Borden, Dhruv Sareen, Clive Svendsen, Paul Lee, Charles Ryan, Shilpa Kodati, Caroline Nyaiburi, Keith Wolsieffer, Eric Oh, SHUNA PARK, Glenna Ford, Keith Dionne, and Sally Temple.
Cover image of August 2022 issue of journal Ophthalmology Retina. What’s the finding?
A) Retinal neovascularization
B) Congenital retinal venous tortuosity
C) Central retinal vein occlusion
D) Central retinal artery occlusion

📸 Chitaranjan Mishra, DNB, MRCS Ed, Arpit Sharma, MD, Renu Puthenvilayil Rajan, MD, FICO, and Naresh Babu Kannan, MS, FNB (Aravind Eye Care System, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India). Equipment: Clarus™ 500 (Carl Zeiss Meditech Inc., Dublin, USA).

#retina #periphery #vessels #blindness #madurai
Cover of journal Ophthalmology, June 2022 issue. What is the diagnosis?

A) CRAO
B) CRVO
C) Valsalva retinopathy
D) Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
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“Two Goblets of Red Wine: Widefield Fundus Photography showing sub-hyaloid haemorrhages” by Shilpi Narnaware, ICO, FAICO, Prashant Bawankule, FMRF, FAICO, Anju Bansal, MBBS, and Vishakha Chimankar, BSc (Sarakshi Netralaya, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India). A 25-year-old male presented with sudden diminution of vision in left eye following a bout of coughing. Fundus showed left eye sub-hyaloid hemorrhage at macula and nasal to disc. Equipment used: MIRANTE ultra-wide field multimodal imaging platform.

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#retina #periphery #trauma #blindness #nagpur
June 2022 issue of journal #Ophthalmology #Science. What’s the diagnosis?

Katherine Lachut-Yevich (Virginia Commonwealth University Health System, Richmond, VA) was the First Place winner in the Composite category at the Ophthalmic Photographers’ Society 2021 Scientific Exhibition ( Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome. Equipment: Zeiss Visucam NM/FA fundus camera.

#retina
55-year-old woman reported, since infancy, right-sided ptosis (Fig. 1A, 1B), anhidrosis, exertional pallor (Fig. 1B), and lightly pigmented iris with miosis (Fig. 1C vs 1D). There was no history of birth trauma, malignancy, or vascular abnormality. Examination was otherwise normal other than a reversal of anisocoria with apraclonidine.

What’s the diagnosis?

Our recent report published in Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology (August 2022)

#iris #flushed #blush #moles #annarbor
Cover image of journal Ophthalmology, May 2022 issue. Which of the following might be an association with this finding?
A) Aciduria
B) Hypertension
C) Homocystinuria
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Subluxated Lens” by Govindarajan Jayaraman (Senior Ophthalmic Photographer, Seri Research Clinic, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore) was the First Place winner in the Slit Lamp Biomicroscopy category at the Ophthalmic Photog- raphers’ Society 2021 Scientific Exhibition ( Equipment: Topcon SL-D8Z slit lamp.
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#lens #strings #eyes #blindness #singapore
January 2022 cover of journal Ophthalmology. What’s the diagnosis if this were a young boy?
A) Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
B) Juvenile X linked retinoschsis
C) Subretinal worms
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📸 Karthik Kumar Arumugam, MS, Chitaranjan Mishra, DNB, MRCSEd, Naresh Babu Kannan, MS, FNB, Kim Ramasamy, DNB (Aravind Eye Care System, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625020, India). Equipment: Clarus™ 500 ( Dublin, USA)
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#retina #periphery #holes #blindness #madurai

Rajesh Rao's engagement

Rajesh Rao's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.67%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 37 followers. An average post collects 336 likes and 24 comments, close to 14 likes for each comment.

Engagement rate

2.67%

Avg likes
336
Avg comments
24
Interactions : followers
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Who is Rajesh Rao?

Rajesh Rao (@surgeonretina) is a Surgeon creator on Instagram, also filed under Healthcare. Rajesh Rao uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Rajesh Rao runs to 17 words across 6 lines.

How many followers does Rajesh Rao have?

Rajesh Rao has 18,014 followers on Instagram (18K). Rajesh Rao follows just 16 accounts, which leaves well over 1,000 followers for every account followed. Rajesh Rao has built a substantial archive of 671 posts.

What is Rajesh Rao's engagement rate?

Rajesh Rao's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.67%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 37 followers. An average post collects 336 likes and 24 comments, close to 14 likes for each comment.

What does Rajesh Rao post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Rajesh Rao under Surgeon, with Healthcare as a secondary category. All 10 recent posts Flinque holds for Rajesh Rao are single images. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Rajesh Rao repeatedly use the words journal, ophthalmology, first, cover and retina. Rajesh Rao's captions carry hashtags such as #retina, #blindness and #periphery. Rajesh Rao writes those captions mainly in English. Rajesh Rao keeps 21 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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