Description of Research Expertise

Dr. Tamhankar is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania. She is fellowship trained in Neuro-ophthalmology and serves as the primary point of contact for referrals from various specialties, including neurosurgery, neurology, endocrinology, rheumatology, and general medicine. She is also the only adult strabismus surgeon at the institute, with a large referral network for strabismus surgery, attracting patients from Philadelphia and its surrounding suburbs. Additionally, she co-leads the thyroid eye disease clinic in collaboration with the oculoplastic service. This clinic is a key referral center for patients seeking medical and surgical treatments for complex thyroid eye disease and those considering participation in clinical trials.

Dr.Tamhankar has research interests in thyroid eye disease and giant cell arteritis.

She is the principal investigator on several industry-sponsored clinical trials exploring new therapies for thyroid eye disease. She collaborates with an international Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium to study MR imaging in giant cell arteritis and helped develop a standardized imaging protocol and scoring system.

Description of Clinical Expertise

Areas of Expertise: Neuro-ophthalmology, strabismus, orbital disorder, thyroid eye disease

Key Words: Optic nerve diseases, Double vision, Strabismus Surgery, Blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm, Giant Cell Arteritis, Optic Neuritis, Orbital Inflammation, Multiple sclerosis, Myasthenia gravis, Pupillary abnormalities, Thyroid eye disease, Brain tumors that affect vision, eye movement abnormalities, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (AKA pseudotumor cerebri, Stroke affecting vision, Traumatic brain injuries) and strabismus.