Stephen T Armenti, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology
Medical Director, Scheie Eye Institute
Penn Medicine
Department: Ophthalmology
Contact information
Scheie Eye Institute
Penn Medicine
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Penn Medicine
51 N. 39th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2156629753
Education:
AB (Molecular Biology)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD PhD (Cell Biology)
New York University MD PhD, 2015.
Permanent linkAB (Molecular Biology)
Princeton University, 2007.
MD PhD (Cell Biology)
New York University MD PhD, 2015.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Routine and complex cataract surgerySecondary intraocular lens surgery
Corneal surgery including DMEK, DSAEK, PKP and DALK
Ocular surface disease and surgery
Comprehensive Ophthalmology
Selected Publications
Gannamaneni K, Shapiro JN, Levine H, Reddy K, Armenti ST, Mian SI. : Management of Post-Operative Inflammation After Cataract Surgery with Intracanalicular Dexamethasone Implant and Topical Ketorolac. Clin Ophthalmol 2026.Gannamaneni K, Reddy K, Shapiro JN, Levine H, Verkade AJ, Armenti ST, Hood CT, Mian SI. : Subconjunctival Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection Compared with Dexamethasone Ophthalmic Insert for Inflammation Prophylaxis After Cataract Surgery: A Comparative Clinical Study. Clin Ophthalmol 2026.
Huang AY, Rao N, Sulewski ME, Armenti ST. : Dropless cataract surgery: comparing sub-Tenon's and topical steroids for postoperative inflammation prophylaxis. Eye (London) 2026.
Alan Y Huang, Nitya Rao, and Stephen T Armenti: Dropless Cataract Surgery: A Review of the Literature. Int Ophthalmol Clin Apr 2025.
Vogt EL, Niziol LM, Yang Z, Wang Y, Pawar M, Dmitriev P, Gupta AS, Armenti ST, Hood CT, Shtein RM, Kipley MM, Lee MC, Sumithra SR, Thulukanam M, Kochar P, Selvaraj S, Redd TK, Prajna NV, Farsiu S, Woodward MA. : Association of Deep Learning Imaging Algorithm Measures of Microbial Keratitis With Vision Outcomes. Cornea 2025.
Shapiro JN, Armenti ST, Levine H, Hood CT, Mian SI.: Dexamethasone Intracanalicular Insert versus Standard Topical Steroids for the Prophylaxis of Inflammation after Cataract Surgery. Am J Ophthalmol Dec 2024.
Taylor J Linaburg, Qi N Cui, Stephen Armenti: Evaluation and Management of post-operative complications following cataract extraction and intraocular lens placement. Adv Ophthalmol Optom Aug 2024.
Jennifer M Enright, Boonkit Purt, Brent Bruck, Parth Shah, Emily Eton, Sina Rezaei, Stephen Armenti, Kishan G Patel, James Liu, Angela Verkade, Abdualrahman Hamad, Thomas J Wubben, Arsham Sheybani, David Crandall, Bradford L Tannen, Grant M Comer, Shahzad Mian, and Nambi Nallasamy: Severe Spontaneous Tilt of Scleral-Fixated Intraocular Lenses. Am J Ophthalmology Jun 2024.
Angela S Gupta, Michael E Sulewski, and Stephen T Armenti: Performance of ChatGPT in cataract surgery counseling. J Cataract Refract Surg Apr 2024.
Jasmine Y. Serpen, William Presley, Adelyn Beil, Stephen T. Armenti, Kayla Johnson, Shahzad I. Mian, Jeffrey W. Innis and Lev Prasov: A Novel 13q12 Microdeletion Associated with Familial Syndromic Corneal Opacification. Genes 14(5), May 2023.