2026 Narsing A. Rao: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	87	13618	12815	6919	6399	598	28605

Overview

Narsing A. Rao is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly within ophthalmology. Their research primarily focuses on ocular diseases and related conditions.

The main fields of study in Rao's work include:

Medicine

The subfields of study Rao has engaged in span:

Ophthalmology
Physiology
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

Key topics covered by Rao's research include:

Ocular Diseases and Behçet's Syndrome
Retinal and Optic Conditions
Retinal Diseases and Treatments
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research
Vasculitis and related conditions
Ocular Infections and Treatments

Rao's most frequent co-authors include:

Brian C. Toy
Jodi Hwang
Mark S. Humayun
Nisha R. Acharya
Justine R. Smith

Frequent venues where Rao's work has been published are:

Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
Ophthalmology Science
Translational Vision Science & Technology

Notable recent publications by Rao include:

One-Year Follow-Up in a Phase 1/2a Clinical Trial of an Allogeneic RPE Cell Bioengineered Implant for Advanced Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 2021, Translational Vision Science & Technology
Incidence, prevalence, and risk factors of infectious uveitis and scleritis in the United States: A claims-based analysis, 2020, PLoS ONE
Recommendations for the management of ocular sarcoidosis from the International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis, 2020, British Journal of Ophthalmology
Retinal vasculitis: A framework and proposal for a classification system, 2020, Survey of Ophthalmology
Grand Challenges in Ocular Inflammatory Diseases, 2022, Frontiers in Ophthalmology

Best Publications

Revised diagnostic criteria for Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: report of an international committee on nomenclature.

Russell W Read;Gary N Holland;Narsing A Rao;Khalid F Tabbara

1366
Citations
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome

Ramana S. Moorthy;Hajime Inomata;Narsing A. Rao

870
Citations
Intraocular Tuberculosis—An Update

Vishali Gupta;Vishali Gupta;Amod Gupta;Narsing A. Rao

742
Citations
International Criteria for the Diagnosis of Ocular Sarcoidosis: Results of the First International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis (IWOS)

Carl P Herbort;Narsing A Rao;Manabu Mochizuki

614
Citations
Sebaceous carcinomas of the ocular adnexa: A clinicopathologic study of 104 cases, with five-year follow-up data

Narsing A. Rao;Lt Col Ahwed A. Hidayat;Lt Col Ian W. McLean;Lorenz E. Zimmerman

530
Citations
Cytomegalovirus retinitis after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Mark A. Jacobson;Michael Zegans;Michael Zegans;Peter R. Pavan;James J. O'Donnell

521
Citations
Changing Patterns of Uveitis

Dale E. Henderly;Arla J. Genstler;Ronald E. Smith;Narsing A. Rao

471
Citations
Ocular toxoplasmosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Gary N. Holland;Robert E. Engstrom;Ben J. Glasgow;Brian B. Berger

323
Citations
Glaucoma associated with uveitis

Ramana S. Moorthy;André Mermoud;George Baerveldt;Don S. Minckler

309
Citations
Rapidly progressive outer retinal necrosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

David J. Forster;Pravin U. Dugel;George T. Frangieh;Peter E. Liggett

297
Citations
International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG): clinical classification of uveitis.

Jean Deschenes;Philip I Murray;Narsing A Rao;Robert B Nussenblatt

289
Citations
Cytomegalovirus Retinitis and Response to Therapy with Ganciclovir

Dale E. Henderly;William R. Freeman;Dennis M. Causey;Narsing A. Rao

283
Citations
Complications and prognostic factors in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease.

Russell W Read;Aida Rechodouni;Neil Butani;Richard Johnston

280
Citations
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

Russell W. Read;Narsing A. Rao;Emmett T. Cunningham

278
Citations
Revised criteria of International Workshop on Ocular Sarcoidosis (IWOS) for the diagnosis of ocular sarcoidosis.

Manabu Mochizuki;Justine R Smith;Hiroshi Takase;Toshikatsu Kaburaki

265
Citations
Predominant expression of T cell receptor V alpha 7 in tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes of uveal melanoma.

Taizo Nitta;Jorge R. Oksenberg;Narsing A. Rao;Lawrence Steinman

238
Citations
Cataract extraction in uveitis patients.

Philip L. Hooper;Narsing A. Rao;Ronald E. Smith

238
Citations
Ab interno trabeculectomy: development of a novel device (Trabectome) and surgery for open-angle glaucoma.

Brian A Francis;Robert F See;Narsing A Rao;Don S Minckler

226
Citations
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

Ghazala A. Datoo O'Keefe;Narsing A. Rao

220
Citations
Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome.

Narsing A. Rao;Ramana S. Moorthy;Hajime Inomata

27
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Sevanian University of Southern California

Gary N. Holland University of California, Los Angeles

William R. Freeman University of California, San Diego

Jennifer E. Thorne Johns Hopkins University

Manabu Mochizuki Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Srinivas R. Sadda University of California, Los Angeles

Douglas A. Jabs Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark S. Humayun University of Southern California

Petros C. Karakousis Johns Hopkins University

Manfred Zierhut University of Tübingen

External Links

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