Deepak Sambhara, MD, FASRS

Posted by ecwadmin on April 22, 2019

Dr. Sambhara received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Basis of Behavior at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, PA in 2008.  He then earned his M.D from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2014. Dr. Sambhara subsequently completed an internship at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ the following year.  He finished his Ophthalmology residency at the Penn State Eye Center in Hershey, PA in 2018.

After residency, Dr. Sambhara spent an additional year of training at Duke Eye Center in Durham, NC, where he completed a fellowship in medical retina and diseases of the vitreous cavity.  There, he was trained in cutting edge angiographic techniques for diagnosing and managing retinal vascular diseases, and was exposed to novel drug design research for Age Related Macular Degeneration.  In 2019, he joined the Eye Clinic of Wisconsin as a retina specialist.

In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Sambhara is the founder and Medical Director of Research for the Eye Clinic’s clinical trial program, where he is the active principal investigator for several global trials for new treatments and technologies for retinal diseases.  The retina research department is the first of its kind in the state of Wisconsin.

Dr. Sambhara has received prestigious grants from AAO, research funding, and travel grants to present at many national meetings, including AAO, ASRS, and ARVO.  He has over a dozen publications in peer-reviewed journals, sits on the board of directors for the Wisconsin Academy of Ophthalmology, and is an active member of AAO, VBS, and ARVO, and is a fellow of ASRS.  In addition, he serves as an oral-board examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology where he helps ensure the highest standards for the next generation of graduating ophthalmologists.