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  Anuja Bhandari, MD
  Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
  Deputy Chief, Harborview Medical Center

  Office phone: (206) 543-3884
  FAX: (206) 543-4414

  To schedule patient appointments:
  University of Washington Eye Center
  (206) 598-4011

  Harborview Medical Center
  (206) 731-3225

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EDUCATION
1986 MBBS (MD equivalent), Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
1987-1988 Observer, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, U.K.
1991-1993 Senior House Officer, Department of Ophthalmology, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, Middlesex, U.K.
1993-1995 Research Registrar, Glaucoma Unit, Moorfields Eye Hospital, and the Department of Visual Sciences, Institute of Ophthalmology, London, U.K.
1995-1996 Research Fellow, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Ore.
1996-1997 Internship in Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
1997-2000 Residency in Ophthalmology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.

FACULTY POSITIONS HELD
2000-date Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle.

HOSPITAL POSITIONS HELD
2000-date Active Medical Staff, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle
2000-date Associate Medical Staff, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
2000-date Active Medical Staff, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
2000-date Consultant, Veterans' Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Wash.
2001-date Deputy Chief of Ophthalmology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.

HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinction in Physics and Chemistry in A Levels (1982)
Certificates of Honour, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India:
  - Biochemistry (1983)
  - Pathology (1985)
  - Otorhinolaryngology (1986)
  - Forensic Medicine (1986)
  - Community Health (1986)
Somervell Gold Medal in Clinical Surgery (Christian Medical College, Vellore, India) (1986)
Best Paper at the 37th Madras State Ophthalmological Association Conference
  (Postgraduate Student) (1989)
Invited Speaker, Royal Society of Medicine, London, U.K. (Ophthalmology Chapter)

CURRENT LICENSURE
Washington (1996-date)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Bhandari practices General Ophthalmology and has a special background in the diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of open-angle and angle-closure Glaucoma.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1. BHANDARI A, Crabb DP, Poinoosawmy D, Fitzke FW, Hitchings RA, Noureddin BN: Effect of surgery on visual field progression in normal-tension glaucoma. Ophthalmology 1997; 104: 1131-7.

2. Fontana L, BHANDARI A, Fitzke FW, Hitchings RA: In vivo morphometry of the lamina cribrosa and its relation to visual field loss in glaucoma. Curr Eye Res 1998; 17: 363-9.

3. Chen PP, Takahashi Y, Leen MM, Li Y, BHANDARI A, Mills RP: The effects of compression sutures on filtering blebs in rabbit eyes. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers 1999; 30: 216-20.

4. BHANDARI A, Chen PP, Mills RP: Effects of contact lenses on scanning laser polarimetry of the peripapillary nerve fiber layer. Am J Ophthalmol 1999; 127: 722-4.

5. Chen PP, BHANDARI A: Fellow eye prognosis in patients with severe visual loss in one eye from chronic open-angle glaucoma. Arch Ophthalmol 2000; 118: 473-8.




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