Kakarla V Chalam, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FRCS is an expert in Ophthalmology at Loma Linda University (United States). As of October 2026, ScienceLeadR ranks Kakarla V Chalam in the top 1% of experts worldwide for Retinal Diseases. Kakarla V Chalam has authored 304 publications, the most recent in 2026, and is an investigator in 9 clinical trials, 1 of them ongoing. SLR score: 963 (community average: 125). How the SLR is computed.

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Kakarla V Chalam, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, FRCS Loma Linda University United States
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Ophthalmology

Subspecialties: Surgery - Medical Imaging - Cardiology

Full career – Last 3 years

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Publications and Clinical Studies

Publications – Clinical Studies

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Organizations

Career arc: 2002 - 2026

Source: PubMed

Loma Linda University

Publications Synthesis

Sources: PubMed, OpenAlex

Number : 304

Citations

Citations: 10 019 1st author: 90 Last author: 131 Unique author: 0


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Latest Publications

5 most recent indexed articles

Source: Pubmed

Title Journal Year Citations
Successful management of high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy during pregnancy with intravitreal faricimab.
PMID 42893290 — diabetes mellitus, injections, pregnancy, vitreous hemorrhage, hemorrhage, therapeutics, diabetes mellitus, type 1, diabetic retinopathy
Oxf Med Case Reports20260
Successful perfluorocarbon-assisted retrieval of a subretinal dexamethasone implant during retinal detachment repair.
PMID 42436889 — diabetes mellitus, eye, injections, dexamethasone, vitrectomy, fluorocarbons, retinal detachment, retinaldehyde, diabetes mellitus, type 2
J Surg Case Rep20260
Treponemal Endovasculitis leading to branch artery occlusion: a rare manifestation of ocular syphilis.
PMID 42117131 — eye, research design, vasculitis, treponema pallidum, vision, ocular, syphilis, fluorescein angiography, retinal vasculitis, arteries, tomography, optical coherence, therapeutics, retinaldehyde, uveitis
Oxf Med Case Reports20260
Diabetic Retinopathy Severity on Ultra-Widefield Fluorescein Angiography versus Color Photography and Association with Risk of Disease Worsening.
PMID 42111621 — eye, fluorescein, fluorescein angiography, angiography, photography, diabetic retinopathy
Ophthalmol Sci20260
Inexpensive 3D-Printed Adapter for Wide-Angle Viewing Contact Lens System in Vitreoretinal Surgery.
PMID 41971248 — vitreoretinal surgery, contact lenses
J Vitreoretin Dis20260

Clinical Studies 9

Sources: ClinicalTrials, EU CTIS

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Phase 3 7
N/A 1
Phase 2/Phase 3 1

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Completed 8
Recruiting 1

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Interventional 9

By Monocentric/Multicentric:

monocentric 0
multicentric2to4 0
multicentric5to9 0
multicentricup10 9

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Cohort/Consortium Investigators 9

Ongoing Clinical Trials

Ongoing trial started since 2021, where this expert is an investigator

Source: ClinicalTrials

Study Phase Status Start
Randomized Trial Comparing Immediate vs Deferred Surgery for Symptomatic ERM
NCT05145491 — eye, vision, ocular, vitreous hemorrhage, hemorrhage, signs and symptoms, vitrectomy, visual acuity, tomography, optical coherence, retinal detachment, retinaldehyde, random allocation, retinal perforations, membranes, epiretinal membrane
N/ARecruiting2022

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