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Eye and Brain

ISSN: 1179-2744


Dr Rustum Karanjia

Dr Karanjia

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Rustum Karanjia is a Neuro-ophthalmologist at the University of Ottawa Eye Institute. He completed his medical training and PhD in electrophysiology in at Queen's University, and a Neuro-ophthalmology fellowship at UCLA. His research interests include objective outcome measures in ocular disease and he is involved in multiple clinical trials in LHON. He is a board member of LHON Canada and a Scientific and Medical Advisory board member for the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation (UMDF) and the International Foundation of Optic Nerve Diseases (IFOND).

He has served as a section editor for the Canadian journal Of Ophthalmology, Frontiers in Ophthalmology and Advances in Optometry and Ophthalmology. He is currently an Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair (Research) at the University of Ottawa and holds the Les Amie Endowed Chair and the Jr. Clinical Research Fellowship for Ophthalmology.


Editorial Board

Daniel S. Barth, Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA

Valerio Carelli, MD, PhD, Professor in Neurology, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Jerold Chun, Professor and Senior Vice President, Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

Dipankar Das, Senior Consultant & HOD: Uvea-Ocular Pathology, Department of Ocular Pathology, Uveitis & Neuro-Ophthalmology Services, Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati, Assam, India.

C. Edward Dixon, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurological Surgery, Professor of Neurological Surgery, Neurobiology, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh; Health Research Scientist,VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Michael Farkas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA. 

Michael J. Friedlander, PhD, Associate Professor, Vice President for Health Sciences and Technology, Virginia Tech; Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute; Senior Dean for Research, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Virginia, USA

Francisco Gonzalez-Lima, George I. Sanchez Centennial Professor, Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience Area, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA.

Neeru Gupta, Professor and Dorothy Pitts Chair of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Keenan Centre for Biomedical Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Chief of Glaucoma, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Mary Elizabeth Hartnett, Distinguished Professor in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Utah, Calvin S. and JeNeal N. Hatch Presidential Endowed Chair in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Director of Pediatric Retina, Vitreoretinal Medical and Surgical Service, Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Adjunct Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Principal Investigator Retinal Angiogenesis Laboratory, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

William R. Jeffery, Professor, Biology, and Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

Jon H. Kaas, Distinguished, Centennial Professor, Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Boris E. Malyugin, Professor of Ophthalmology, Department of Cataract and Implant Surgery, Chief Deputy Director General, S.Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery State Institution, Moscow, Russia

Dario Marchetti, Director, Biomarker Research Program, Houston Methodist Research Institute; Professor, Institute of Academic Medicine; Visiting Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine; Member, Houston Methodist Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Raffaele Nuzzi, Professor. Dr. Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy.

Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Flora Thornton Chair, Doheny Eye Institute, Professor and Vice-Chair of Ophthalmology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA

Jerome Sherman, Distinguished Teaching Professor in Dept. of Clinical Sciences, State University of New York, USA

Barry E. Stein, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Medical Center Boulevard Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Yeni H. Yücel, Professor and Director, Eye Pathology, Departments of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, and Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science in Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Dr M S Zobaer, PhD, Department of Neurology, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, USA.