Viral V. Juthani, MD

Viral Virendra Juthani, MD, is Director, Hutchinson Campus Ophthalmology and Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Juthani’s clinical focus is on cornea and external diseases, refractive surgery, keratoconus, Fuchs dystrophy, corneal infections, and cataract surgery including advanced premium lens surgery, corneal transplantation, ocular surface disease and ocular surface reconstruction.

In 2003, Dr. Juthani received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. He then attended Yale University School of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2007. He started his postdoctoral training with a yearlong internship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, completing it in 2008. He then pursued a three-year residency in ophthalmology and visual science with New York University Langone School of Medicine, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Institute. After completing this in 2011, he pursued a fellowship in cornea and external diseases at Wills Eye Hospital in 2012, followed by a fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery at Cole Eye Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in 2013.

Dr. Juthani’s research focus is on lamellar corneal transplantation, keratoconus, clinical training and the presurgical and surgical training of resident physicians. He has shared his research through numerous peer-reviewed journals, invited presentations, review articles, book chapters, abstracts and poster presentations. He is a member of the medical advisory board for the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration and is also Associate Editor for BMC Ophthalmology and a reviewer for several journals including Cornea, Eye and Contact Lens and the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology.

Dr. Juthani is a fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons and the Cornea Society.