Neel Pasricha, MD
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

In his research, Pasricha seeks to discover new drugs to prevent eye toxicity from antibody-drug conjugates (compounds used to treat cancer). He serves as the ophthalmology principal investigator for I-SPY 2, a clinical trial platform of more than 30 sites across the country that partner to evaluate new oncology drugs for patients with high-risk breast cancer in early stages. Additionally, Pasricha seeks to discover new drugs for increasing tear production to treat disorders such as dry eye disease. He uses ocular surface electrophysiology (measuring electrical changes in the tear film on the eye's surface) to study ion transport (movement of sodium, chloride and potassium across a membrane).

After earning a bachelor's degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, Pasricha earned his medical degree at the Duke University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in ophthalmology at UCSF, where he received the Hogan/Garcia Award for best research by a resident as well as an award recognizing excellence and innovation in graduate medical education for his work on virtual microsurgery training. He completed a fellowship in cornea, external disease and refractive surgery at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. While at Bascom Palmer, he received the fellow of the year award and was awarded a merit fellowship from the Heed Ophthalmic Foundation.

Pasricha belongs to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Cornea Society, and Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer.

In his free time, Pasricha loves being with his wife (also an ophthalmologist) and daughter. He also enjoys running Bay Area trails, exploring new restaurants, telling dad jokes, eating cookies, wearing silly socks, and traveling with friends and family.

• Corneal Epithelium: Transport and Permeability.
  Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology 2024 Neel D. Pasricha, Ethan S. Lindgren, Rongshan Yan, Alan S. Verkman
• Keratoconus Diagnosis and Treatment: Recent Advances and Future Directions.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2023 Bui AD, Truong A, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Anterior Segment: Cornea, Anterior Chamber, and Lens.
  Ophthalmology Clerkship 2023 Anh D. Bui, Tessnim R. Ahmad, Stephanie P. Chen, Neel D. Pasricha
• Reply.
  Cornea 2023 Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Ocular Surface Ion Transport and Dry Eye Disease.
  Current ophthalmology reports 2022 Lindgren ES, Cil O, Verkman AS, Pasricha ND
• Parental Keratoconus Literacy: A Socioeconomic Perspective.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Ahmad TR, Turner ML, Hoppe C, Kong AW, Barnett JS, Kaur G, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Trends in Corneal Topography and Tomography Imaging for Keratoconus Management.
  Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) 2022 Kong AW, Ahmad TR, Turner ML, Barnett J, Kaur G, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Socioeconomic Correlates of Keratoconus Severity and Progression.
  Cornea 2022 Ahmad TR, Kong AW, Turner ML, Barnett J, Kaur G, O'Brien KS, Pasricha ND, Indaram M
• Accuracy of a universal theoretical formula for lens power calculation in pediatric intraocular lens implantation.
  Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 2021 Sarah E. Eppley, Dina Tadros, Neel Pasricha, Alejandra de Alba Campomanes
• Prevalence of COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients at a refractive surgery center.
  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery 2021 Pasricha ND, Leviste KD, Volante V, Chang L, Yoo SH
• Resident-performed immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Indian journal of ophthalmology 2021 Chen TA, Chen SP, Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Parikh N, Ramanathan S
• Accuracy of a universal theoretical formula for power calculation in pediatric intraocular lens implantation.
  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery 2021 Eppley SE, Arnold BF, Tadros D, Pasricha N, de Alba Campomanes AG
• Reply: Remote corneal suturing wet lab: microsurgical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery 2021 Pasricha ND, Haq Z, Ahmad TR, Chan L, Redd TK, Seitzman GD, Parikh N, Kim TN, Schallhorn JM, Ramanathan S
• Microbiological alterations in the conjunctiva of hot tub-soaking ophthalmologists (MACHO): a randomized double-blind clinical trial.
  Medical Hypothesis, Discovery & Innovation in Ophthalmology 2021 Michele D Lee, Neel Pasricha, Todd H Driver, Sarah E Lopez, Gerami D Seitzman
• Remote corneal suturing wet lab: microsurgical education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Journal of cataract and refractive surgery 2020 Pasricha ND, Haq Z, Ahmad TR, Chan L, Redd TK, Seitzman GD, Parikh N, Kim TN, Schallhorn JM, Ramanathan S
• Ocular Surface Potential Difference Measured in Human Subjects to Study Ocular Surface Ion Transport.
  Translational vision science & technology 2020 Pasricha ND, Smith AJ, Levin MH, Schallhorn JM, Verkman AS
• Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy Associated With an Oral FLT3 Inhibitor.
  JAMA ophthalmology 2020 Liu Y, Haq Z, Pasricha ND, Bever GJ
• Delayed Acute Granulomatous Anterior Uveitis after Inadvertent Intraocular Injection of Tattoo Ink from a Scleral Tattoo Procedure.
  Ocular immunology and inflammation 2020 Haq Z, Pasricha N, Bever G, Seitzman G, Stewart JM
• Multimodal imaging in paraproteinemic keratopathy.
  Indian journal of ophthalmology 2020 Pasricha ND, Lee MD, Seitzman GD
• Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking Under General Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients With Keratoconus and Developmental Delay.
  Cornea 2020 Ahmad TR, Pasricha ND, Rose-Nussbaumer J, T Oatts J, M Schallhorn J, Indaram M
• Nanomolar Potency Aminophenyltriazine CFTR Activator Reverses Corneal Epithelial Injury in a Mouse Model of Dry Eye.
  Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2020 Chen X, Lee S, Zhang T, Duan T, Pasricha ND, Schallhorn JM, Levin MH, Koprivica V, Verkman AS
• Foreign Body Cyst Reaction to Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix (ENDURAGen).
  Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery 2019 Pasricha ND, Copperman TS, Crawford JB, Kersten RC
• Foreign Body Cyst Reaction to Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix (ENDURAGen).
  Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2019 Neel D. Pasricha, Thomas S. Copperman, Joseph B. Crawford, Robert C. Kersten
• Influence of corneal diameter on surgically induced astigmatism in small-incision cataract surgery.
  Canadian journal of ophthalmology. Journal canadien d'ophtalmologie 2019 Zhang W, Pasricha ND, Kuo AN, Vann RR
• Hyphema from Iris Melanocytoma.
  Ocular oncology and pathology 2018 Pasricha ND, Seider MI
• Intraocular Pressure and Big Bubble Diameter in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: An Ex-Vivo Microscope-Integrated OCT With Heads-Up Display Study.
  Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017 Bhullar PK, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Dandridge A, Pasricha ND, Keller B, Shen L, Izatt JA, Toth CA, Kuo AN
• Intraoperative 4-Dimensional Microscope-Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography-Guided 27-Gauge Transvitreal Choroidal Biopsy for Choroidal Melanoma.
  Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2017 Grewal DS, Bhullar PK, Pasricha ND, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Viehland C, Keller B, Shen L, Izatt JA, Kuo AN, Toth CA, Mruthyunjaya P
• Four-dimensional Microscope-Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography to Visualize Suture Depth in Strabismus Surgery.
  Journal of pediatric ophthalmology and strabismus 2017 Pasricha ND, Bhullar PK, Shieh C, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Keller B, Izatt JA, Toth CA, Freedman SF, Kuo AN
• Four-dimensional microscope- integrated optical coherence tomography to enhance visualization in glaucoma surgeries.
  Indian journal of ophthalmology 2017 Pasricha ND, Bhullar PK, Shieh C, Viehland C, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Keller B, Izatt JA, Toth CA, Challa P, Kuo AN
• Needle Depth and Big-Bubble Success in Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: An Ex Vivo Microscope-Integrated OCT Study.
  Cornea 2016 Pasricha ND, Shieh C, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Keller B, Cunefare D, Mehta JS, Farsiu S, Izatt JA, Toth CA, Kuo AN
• Real-Time Microscope-Integrated OCT to Improve Visualization in DSAEK for Advanced Bullous Keratopathy.
  Cornea 2015 Pasricha ND, Shieh C, Carrasco-Zevallos OM, Keller B, Izatt JA, Toth CA, Kuo AN
• Dissociating the roles of the cerebellum and motor cortex during adaptive learning: the motor cortex retains what the cerebellum learns.
  Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 2010 Galea JM, Vazquez A, Pasricha N, de Xivry JJ, Celnik P