Roma Pegany, MD
Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology
School of Medicine

Roma Pegany, MD is an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at UCSF. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where she double majored in Public Health and South & Southeast Asian Studies. She earned her medical degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

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She then completed Ophthalmology residency training at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill followed by a Cornea, External disease and Refractive surgery fellowship at the Casey Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon, where she received their Fellow of the Year award. Dr. Pegany’s interests include infectious diseases of the cornea and resident education.

Education & Training

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• Cornea Fellowship Casey Eye Institute 2023
• Ophthalmology Residency University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2022
• MD Georgetown University 2018
• BA University of California, Berkeley 2008

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
KeratoconjunctivitisMacular DegenerationEyelid DiseasesConjunctivitis, ViralConjunctival DiseasesLipid MetabolismLung TransplantationImmunosuppressive AgentsTacrolimusVision DisordersRetinal Pigment EpitheliumPosterior Leukoencephalopathy SyndromeDelayed DiagnosisOxidative StressVisual Acuity

• Conjunctival Lesions Secondary to Systemic Varicella Zoster Virus Infection.
  Cornea open 2023 Grassmeyer JJ, Bellsmith KN, Bradee AR, Pegany RB, Redd TK
• Human MPox (Monkeypox) Virus Membranous Keratoconjunctivitis With Transient Corneal Hypoesthesia and Late Symblepharon Formation: A Novel Case and Clinical Implications.
  Cornea 2023 Uner OE, Hubbard DC, Torres-Quinones C, Pegany R, Huang L, Ponsetto MK, Fletcher M, Sikka MK, Nanji A, Redd TK, Stutzman RD, Chamberlain W, Kim DH
• Delayed Diagnosis of Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: A Case Report.
  Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2021 Pegany R, Olson DJ, Aldaas KM, Sitko KR
• Bordetella Holmesii: An Unusual Cause of Endogenous Endophthalmitis in a Patient With Sickle Cell Disease.
  Journal of vitreoretinal diseases 2020 Pegany RB, George RT, Zhang AY
• The impact of lipids, lipid oxidation, and inflammation on AMD, and the potential role of miRNAs on lipid metabolism in the RPE.
  Experimental eye research 2018 Jun S, Datta S, Wang L, Pegany R, Cano M, Handa JT