New faculty spotlight: Pukhraj Rishi, MBBS

Pukhraj Rishi, MBBS, is a new faculty member at UNMC.

• Name: Pukhraj Rishi, MBBS
• Hometown: Karnal, India
• Title and department at UNMC: Associate professor, UNMC Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Research/professional interests:

• Retinal surgery
• Eye tumors
• Pediatric retinal disease
• Ocular imaging

How I fell in love with ophthalmology: In medical school, I was fascinated to see how ophthalmology combines fine microsurgical skills with the ability to think like a physician. I saw my mentor perform a complex retinal surgery that made me choose my career as a retina specialist.

Education:

• MBBS, B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India, 1996
• Residency, ophthalmology, B.J. Medical College, 1998
• Fellowship, retina, Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad, India, 2002
• Fellowship, retina, Sankara Nethralya, Chennai, India, 2003
• Fellowship, ocular oncology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadephia, 2012
• Fellowship, retina, UNMC, 2021

Memberships:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• International Society of Ocular Oncology
• American Society of Retina Specialists
• Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Three things people may not know about me:

• I won a slow-cycling event in college.
• I know six languages and have travelled five continents.
• My birthday falls on the same day as French National Day.

Clinic locations:

• Truhlsen Eye Institute, UNMC
• VA Medical Center, Omaha

For appointments and referrals:

• 402-559-2020