Ophthalmology Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds are held monthly on ( Third) Thursdays from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. virtually via Zoom. The Grand Rounds in Ophthalmology series will feature interesting and thought-provoking topics, presented by accomplished clinicians and scientists, in an hour long format that includes a traditional lecture followed by interactive Q&A. The content will be current and wide ranging with the goal being to promote stimulating dialogue and the exchange of ideas related to vision discovery and patient care.
Dr. Karl G. Csaky
- Thursday, April 16, 2026
Title: Treatment of Patients with Geographic Atrophy due to Age-related Macular Degeneration: Focusing on Cone Function
Dr. Csaky is the T. Boone Pickens Director of the Clinical Center of Innovation for Age- Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Chief Strategy Officer of the Retina Foundation of the Southwest in Dallas, Texas. His main areas of interest are clinical research into AMD and ocular drug delivery. Dr. Csaky has been involved in over 50 phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical trials in retina treatment and is studying vision function assessments including novel approaches to microperimetry and contrast sensitivity in subjects with various stage of AMD. Dr. Csaky has led several meetings with the FDA and NEI on evaluating novel endpoints for retinal diseases. Dr. Csaky is a member of the Macula Society, Retina Society, and American Academy of Ophthalmology, ARVO, AOS and the American Society of Retinal Specialists. He finished a retina fellowship at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Csaky completed an internship in medicine at Duke University, ophthalmology residency at Washington University, and was a Fulbright Scholar at the Essen Eye Clinic, Essen, Germany. He received his combined MD/PhD degree from the University of Louisville. Dr. Csaky has over 150 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Upcoming Grand Rounds
Dr. Kannan Narayana
- 07/16/2026 5:00 -m - 6:00 pm
- Zoom
Profession:
• Practicing Physician, neurologist, neuro-ophthalmolgoist: practicing at Gainesville
GA, May 2020-current
• Assistant Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Emory School of Medicine and Attending
Neuro-ophthalmology, Emory
Clinic. July 2015 – May 2020
Education:
• Fellowship: Neuro-ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, NY
• Residency: Neurology, Rutgers-RWJ Medical School program, NJ,
• Internship: Preliminary Internal Medicine, Brookdale Univ. Hospital, Brooklyn, NY
• Research post-doctoral: UIC, Chicago, IL
• Ophthalmology Residency, Sankara Nethralaya, India
• Medical School: JSS Medical College, Mysore, India
Leadership Roles:
• COO and Director of Research: Narayana Nethralaya Eye Hospital India
o Established research division
• Chief of Clinical Neuro-ophthalmology, Emory Healthcare Midtown 2015-2019
o Established practice at midtown location
• Chief resident, Neurology, RWJMS, NJ
• Secretary Rotaract club, Mysore, India
• Chief resident, Ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India
Publications:
• Peer reviewed Publications> 20
• International meeting posters/abstract presentations > 40
• Books: 1
• Book chapters: 5
Honors/Awards/Community Service
• Travel Scholarship, AAN annual meeting 2014
• Travel Scholarship, the Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers
(FCMSC) Fellow Travel
Scholarship
• Awarded for resident teaching efforts by Emory Neurology division, 2018
• Community Outreach: Invited speaker: Educational seminar on “MS and vision: seeing
the world more clearly”
conducted by MS center of Atlanta and “The Optic neuritis foundation”, 2016, 2017,
2018
• Outstanding achievement award, Narayana Nethralaya India
• Initiated/obtained funding for Pavagada Eye-project
• Initiated/obtained funding for screening HIV patients for eye diseases, Narayana
Nethralaya
Dr Karl Csaky
- 04/16/2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- Zoom
TBA
Dr Oded Sagiv
- 05/21/2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- Zoom
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Head and Neck Surgery- Section of Ophthalmology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Oded Sagiv, M.D., is an assistant professor at the section of Ophthalmology, Department of Head and Neck Surgery, at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Sagiv specializes in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery, and the medical and surgical treatment of cancers of the eyelids, orbit, and tear drainage system. His research efforts focus on innovative, multidisciplinary and eye-saving treatment of patients with periocular cancers.
Webpage: https://faculty.mdanderson.org/profiles/oded_sagiv.html
Contact
For more information on upcoming grand rounds & continuing education events please contact:
Kimberly Garrett
- Administrative Assistant II
- Faculty Support: Manuela Bartoli, PhD
762-375-1160