Arjun Dirghangi

Arjun Dirghangi

Internship in Internal Medicine

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Founder, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Scanoptix, University of Virginia

  • Education

    • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

      2004 - 2006
      Master of Health Science - MHS International Health, Social & Behavioral Interventions
    • University of Tennessee-Health Science Center College of Medicine

      2006 - 2010
      Doctor of Medicine - MD
    • Columbia University in the City of New York

      1996 - 2001
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Neuroscience & Behavior
  • Experience

    • University of Tennessee-Health Science Center College of Medicine

      Jul 2010 - Jun 2011
      Internship in Internal Medicine
    • Drexel University College of Medicine

      Jul 2011 - Jun 2014
      Residency in Ophthalmology
    • University of Nebraska Medical Center

      Jul 2014 - Jun 2015
      Fellowship in Global Blindness Prevention and International Ophthalmology

      Selected as fellow at the only ACGME-accredited international ophthalmology surgical fellowship eligible to graduating resident physicians in the US. Spent seven months of fellowship year working abroad with partnered ophthalmic hospitals and in rural outreach (medical and surgical camp) settings in five countries: Haiti (Clinique Vision Plus/ L'Hôpital Universitaire Justinien, Cap-Haïtien); Peru (Instituto Regional Oftalmológico, Trujillo); Nepal (Tilganga Eye Institute, Kathmandu); India (Aravind Eye Hospital – Madurai and Pondicherry, and Sankara Nethralaya – Chennai); and Ethiopia (Gondar University Hospital, Gondar and Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch). Five months spent as an independent practitioner in private practice comprehensive ophthalmology in Fairbanks, Alaska. Show less

    • University of Virginia School of Medicine

      Jul 2015 - Jun 2016
      Fellowship in Glaucoma
    • Scanoptix, University of Virginia

      Jan 2017 - now
      Founder, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Diplomate

      American Board of Ophthalmology