Dr. Ramesh Somayajula Ayyala M.D.
Ophthalmologist
1415 Tulane Ave Hc-38 New Orleans LA, 70112About
Dr. Ramesh Ayyala is an ophthalmologist practicing in New Orleans, LA. Dr. Ayyala specializes in eye and vision care. As an ophthalmologist, Dr. Ayyala can practice medicine as well as surgery. Opthalmologists can perform surgeries because they have their medical degrees along with at least eight years of additional training. Dr. Ayyala can diagnose and treat diseases, perform eye operations and prescribe eye glasses and contacts. Ophthalmologists can also specialize even further in a specific area of eye care.
Education and Training
Osmania University
Osmania Medical College 1986
Gandhi Medical College 1984
Board Certification
OphthalmologyAmerican Board of OphthalmologyABO
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hypotony and choroidal effusion induced by topical timolol and dorzolamide in patients with previous glaucoma drainage device implantation.
- Glaucoma drainage devices: a systematic literature review and current controversies.
- Complications following ex-press glaucoma shunt implantation.
- Inhibition of cell proliferation by mitomycin C incorporated into P(HEMA) hydrogels.
- Glaucoma drainage devices: state of the art.
- Surgical outcomes of traditional limbal-based versus fornix-based trabeculectomy with corneal valve.
- Serous retinal detachment following glaucoma surgery.
- Creation of a drug-coated glaucoma drainage device using polymer technology: in vitro and in vivo studies.
- Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis secondary to liver abscess presenting as acute iridocyclitis.
- Surface tension of aqueous humor.
- Variation in Schlemm's canal diameter and location by ultrasound biomicroscopy.
- Comparison of acquisition costs of surgical supplies in different health care systems for cataract and glaucoma procedures.
- Descemet membrane detachment after canaloplasty: incidence and management.
- Surgical management for postkeratoplasty glaucoma: a meta-analysis.
- In vitro degradation and release characteristics of spin coated thin films of PLGA with a "breath figure" morphology.
Awards
- 2011 New Orleans Super Doctors
Treatments
- Glaucoma, Anterior Segment Eye Disorders
- Cataracts
- Diabetes
- Pterygium
- Macular Degeneration
- Glaucoma
- Retinal Detachment
- Uveitis
- Birth Defects
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Corneal Ulcer
- Dry Eye Syndrome
Professional Memberships
- Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology
Fellowships
- OPHTHALMOLOGY, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA 1995
- OPHTHALMOLOGY, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 1994
- Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, Glaucoma 1994
- Boston Univ Med Ctr, Cornea/External Disease 1995
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