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CURRICULUM VITAE

Amrita-Amanda D. Vuppala MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

OFFICE ADDRESS:
Eye Institute
925 N 87 St
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
01/01/2023 - 12/31/2023 Inaugural Educator Leadership Certificate Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Office of Educational Improvement, Milwaukee, WI

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
07/16/2018 - 12/31/2021 Assistant Professor, Neurology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-8440
07/16/2018 - 12/31/2021 Assistant Professor, Neurology, Omaha VA Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Ave, Suite 4199, Omaha, NE 68105
07/16/2018 - 12/31/2021 Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 988440 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-8440
01/17/2022 - Present Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 925 North 87th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53226
01/17/2022 - Present Assistant Professor, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226
01/17/2022 - Present Staff Physician, Ophthalmology, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, 5000 West National Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295
01/17/2022 - Present Staff Physician, Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, 9000 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/2020 - 12/2021 Faculty Council of the College of Medicine, Assistant Professor Representative, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
07/16/2018 - 12/31/2021 Neurology Residency Clinical Competency Committee Member, Neurology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
07/2018 - 12/2021 Course Director, Neurology Resident Discharge Clinic, Neurology, University of Nebraska Medical Center
07/01/2019 - 12/31/2021 Chair, Ophthalmology Residency Program Evaluation Committee, Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
09/19/2022 - Present Neuro-Ophthalmology Fellowship Director, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
07/2023 - Present Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency Program, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 925 N 87th St, 925 N 87th St, WI 53226-0509

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
2019 - 2021 Nebraska Medicine Provider Advisory Group for Patient Experience, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
2019 - 2021 Acute Care Services Committee, Nebraska Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

AWARDS AND HONORS:
06/30/2017 Gregory J. Harrington Award (Humanism Award), Medical College of Wisconsin
06/15/2020 “Teacher of the Year” Award , University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neurology Residency Program
06/2021 “Life Coach” of the Year Teaching Award, Neurology Residency Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center
06/02/2022 "Most Compassionate Faculty", University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Neurology
06/02/2022 "Best Mentor of The Year" Faulty Teaching Award, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dept Of Neurology
01/01/2023 - 12/30/2023 Invited into the Inaugural Educator Leadership Certificate Course , Medical College of Wisconsin
02/01/2023 - Present Fellow Member Induction, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, Honor for which one must be recommended by 2 Fellow members, pass a vetting process, and be approved by the Board of Directors. Fellow status affirms a substantial contribution to Neuro-Ophthalmology

MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
01/01/2013 - Present American Academy of Neurology (AAN) (Member)
2016 - Present North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (fellow Member status since 2/2023) (Fellow Member)
07/01/2020 - 12/31/2021 Interprofessional Academy of Educators (University of Nebraska Medical Center) (Member)
2020 - 2021 Nebraska Neurologic Society
2022 - Present Milwaukee Ophthalmology Society

EDITORSHIPS/EDITORIAL BOARDS/JOURNAL REVIEWS:
Journal Review
2017 - Present Journal of Clinical and Experimental Optometry
2018 - Present Neuro-Ophthalmology

INTERNATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS:
07/01/2018 - Present Member and Section Editor, Curriculum Committee, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Amrita-Amanda D. Vuppala, Recent Updates in Neuro-Ophthalmology through Clinical Cases, Milwaukee Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 02/27/2024
Amrita-Amanda D. Vuppala, IIH: An Overdiagnosed and Underdiagnosed Condition, Department of Neurology Grand Rounds, Milwaukee, WI, 03/01/2024
 
Regional
Amrita Vuppala, MD, Recent Updates in Neuro-Ophthalmology Through Clinical Cases; Grand Rounds, Creighton (Catholic Health Initiatives Hospital_, Omaha, Nebraska, 03/27/2019
 
National
Amrita Vuppala, MD, Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies you can't afford to miss, American Academy of Certified Orthoptist, Virtual, 11/14/2020
 
International
Amrita Vuppala, MD, Optic Neuropathies You Can't Afford to Miss, Indian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society meeting, Virtual, 11/24/2021
 

PEER REVIEWED WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
Local
Lakraj, Amrita, Benjamin S. Avner, Lisa Rich, Henoch- Schoenlein Purpura with Rapid Progression to Renal Failure in an Adult Patient, Wisconsin State American College of Physicians (ACP) Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, 09/2014
 
National
Lakraj A-ADV, Madabusi L, Sorokin A, and Jabbari B, Acute Dyskinesias in Non-Ketotic Hyperglycemia (NKH): A Systematic Review of the Literature and Four New Cases, AAN Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 04/2013
Homafar, Hannah (presenting author) Amanda Lakraj, Richard Nowak, Kimberly Robeson, Jonathan Goldstein, Huned Patwa, Daniel DiCapua, The Relationship Between Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Levels and Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in Guillain-Barré Syndrome, AAN Annual Meeting, 04/2015
Mazen Noufal, Jigar Mankad, Amrita Lakraj, David Shirilla, John-Andrew Cox, Age, stroke severity, use of stent retrievers, general anesthesia, and hemorrhagic conversion may predict outcome in stroke patients who undergo successful intra-arterial therapy, Society of NeuroIntervention Surgery, Meeting, 07/2015
Mazen Noufal, Jigar Mankad, Amrita Amanda Lakraj, John-Andrew Cox, David Shirilla, Ahsan Sattar, Wled Wazni, Yamin Sallowm, John Lynch, Osama Zaidat, Outcome Predictors After Successful Intra-Arterial Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke, American Academy of Neurology, Annual Meeting, 04/2016
K. H. Vincent Lau, MD, Irene Hwa Yang, MD, Amanda Lakraj, MD, Daniel DiCapua, MD, Richard J. Nowak, MD, MS, “Predicting Respiratory Insufficiency in Guillain-Barré Syndrome Using Clinical Presentation: Characteristics and Electrophysiological Findings, American Neurological Association (ANA) Meeting, 10/2016
Lakraj AA., Hong S., Connelly J., Cochran E., Walsh RD, Uncertainty with a twist of Lyme, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting, Walsh Conference, Washington, D.C., 04/02/2017
Vuppala, Aditya, Amrita-Amanda Lakraj, Paul Barkhaus, and Michael P. Collins, Recurrent breast cancer presenting with indolent peripheral nerve metastases mimicking chronic inflammatory neuropathies: two cases, American Academy of Neurology, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 04/27/2017
Lakraj AA, G. Griepentrog, R.D. Walsh, Swallow-Induced Eyelid Myokymia: A Novel Synkinesis Syndrome, American Academy of Neurology, Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 04/27/2017
Lakraj, A-ADV (presenting author), Carey AD, An Unusual Case of Bilateral Anterior Optic Neuritis, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting, Waikoloa Village Big Island of Hawaii, HI, 03/2018
Crespo D., Aladawi M., Xu, R., Vuppala A., Zabad R., Bilateral Longitudinally Extensive Optic Neuritis Post-COVID-19 Presenting as “Idiopathic” Intracranial Hypertension: Case Report, Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis, Annual Conference, West Palm Beach, FL, 02/24/2022
Godiwalla R(presenting author), Vuppala A-ADV, Atypical Painful Horner’s Syndrome Subtypes: A review and suggested management, North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Meeting, Orlando, FL, 02/2023
 
International
Crespo, D., Vuppala, A., Semerad, D., Bertoni, J., Varicella-Zoster Virus-associated Longitudinally Extensive Transverse Myelitis in an immunocompetent adult: An unusual and rare complication of Herpes Zoster, American Academy of Neurology Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, 04/2020
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Medical College of Wisconsin
08/12/2022 - Present Member, Advancement and Remediation Workgroup: MCW Fusion, Medical College of Wisconsin
10/2022 - 01/2023 Member, Neurology Residency Candidate Interviewer, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
04/28/2023 Examiner, Ophthalmology Resident Mock Oral Boards, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin
05/19/2023 Member, Headache Fellowship Interviewer, Headache, Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin
 

MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES:
Medical Student Education
2013 - 2017 "Bench to Bedside" M1 Clinical skills teaching
 
Resident and Fellow Education
10/19/2022 Ophthalmology, Resident Clinical Case Conference, Atypical Horner's secondary to Trigeminal Autonomic Cephalgia
 

EXTRAMURAL TEACHING:
Medical Student Education
04/24/2019 - 05/29/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Pupil Clinical Skills, Simulation and Lecture
05/13/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Cranial Nerves Lecture
05/13/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Sensory Exam Lecture
05/21/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Small Group Discussion- Neurology Case Based Discussion
05/30/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Small Group Session- Neurology Case Based Discussion
05/30/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Dizziness Lecture
05/01/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Approach to Evaluation and Diagnosis of Dizziness; E-learning lecture
05/01/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Cranial Nerves Exam, E-learning lecture
05/01/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Sensory Exam, E-Learning lecture
01/2022 - Present Medical students routinely engaged in one-one teaching in my clinics
 
Resident and Fellow Education
08/24/2018 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neuro-Ophthalmic Emergencies
10/18/2018 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Optic Neuropathies and Retro-Chiasmal Lesions
01/22/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neurology Resident Journal club: GiACTA Trial
01/25/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eye Movement Disorders in Parkinson's Disease
02/02/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Anterior Optic Neuropathy: Infectious, Inflammatory, Neuroretinitis and Sarcoid
02/08/2019 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neurology RITE Exam Review
01/30/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, General Neurology: RITE Review
02/07/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Neuro-Ophthalmology and Neuro-Otology: RITE Review
07/17/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Introduction to Eye movement exam and interpretation of abnormalities
08/20/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eye Movement for Clinical Skills (Emergency Lecture Series)
10/29/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Palliative Care: Case Based Didactics
12/10/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, Palliative Care: Case Based Didactics, Part 2
12/11/2020 University of Nebraska Medical Center, The Role of Visual Pathways and Functions in Neuropsychology
08/12/2022 Medical College of Wisconsin, Ophthalmology, Evaluation and Assessment of Pupil Abnormalities
09/16/2022 Medical College of Wisconsin, Neurology, Academic Half Day: Approach to Neuro-Ophthalmology Boot Camp
10/12/2022 Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciencs, Neuro-Ophthalmology Journal Club
03/31/2023 Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept. Of Neurology, Academic Half Day: Headache Disorders
04/14/2023 Medical College of Wisconsin, Dept of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Combine Neuro and Ophthalmology Academic Half Day: Diplopia Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment
 

EXTRAMURAL STUDENTS, FACULTY, RESIDENTS, AND CLINICAL/RESEARCH FELLOWS MENTORED:
Medical Students
Helen Song, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 07/01/2019 - 07/01/2021 Career (Residency Application), Ophthalmology Residency at UNMC
Emily Boes, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 11/01/2019 - 12/01/2019 Problem Based Learning Project, Project Completion (Myasthenia Gravis)
 

PROGRAMMATIC DEVELOPMENTS:
Educational Programs
Resident
04/14/2023 Co-developer. Joint Neurology/Ophthalmology Resident Conference on "Diplopia"
 
 
 
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Vuppala AD, Hura N, Sahraian S, Beheshtian E, Miller NR, Yousem DM. MRI findings in Parinaud's syndrome: a closer look at pineal masses. Neuroradiology. 2019 May;61(5):507-514.
2. Hura N, Vuppala AD, Sahraian S, Beheshtian E, Miller NR, Yousem DM. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Parinaud's syndrome: comparing pineal mass findings to other etiologies. Clin Imaging. 2019;58:170-176.
3. Vuppala AD, Griepentrog GJ, Walsh RD. Swallow-Induced Eyelid Myokymia: A Novel Synkinesis Syndrome. Neuroophthalmology. 2020 Apr;44(2):108-110. PMCID: PMC7202424
4. Purbaugh MV, Pedavally S, Piccione E, Vuppala AD. Varicella Zoster Meningitis Presenting With Isolated Dysphagia, Dysarthria and Dysphonia. Neurohospitalist. 2022 Jan;12(1):167-170. PMCID: PMC8689532
5. Zhou DJ, Vuppala AD, Pedavally S. Worsening Restless Leg Syndrome Symptoms as a Presentation of Colon Cancer: A Reminder to Work Up the Anemia. Gerontol Geriatr Med. 2021;7:23337214211067875. PMCID: PMC8725034
6. Zaroban NJ, Kedar S, Anderson D, Vuppala AD. Analysis of Retinal Structure and Electrophysiological Function in Visual Snow Syndrome: An Exploratory Case Series. J Neuroophthalmol. 2023 Jun 01;43(2):227-231.
7. Chen JJ, Flanagan EP, Bhatti MT, Tisavipat N, Jamali S, Kunchok A, Eggenberger ER, Nome MD, Sotirchos ES, Vasileiou ES, Henderson AD, Arnold AC, Bonelli L, Seleme N, Mejia-Vergara AJ, Moss HE, Padungkiatsagul T, Stiebel-Kalish H, Lotan I, Wilf-Yarkoni A, Hellmann MA, Vuppala A, Hodge D, Pittock SJ. Details and outcomes of a large cohort of MOG-IgG associated optic neuritis. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Dec;68:104237.
8. DiCapua DB, Lakraj AA, Nowak RJ, Robeson K, Goldstein J, Patwa H. Relationship Between Cerebrospinal Fluid Protein Levels and Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in Guillain-Barré Syndrome. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2015 Dec;17(2):47-51.
9. Lakraj AA, Moghimi N, Jabbari B. Sialorrhea: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatment with emphasis on the role of botulinum toxins. Toxins (Basel). 2013 May 21;5(5):1010-31. PMCID: PMC3709276
10. Lakraj AA, Moghimi N, Jabbari B. Hyperhidrosis: anatomy, pathophysiology and treatment with emphasis on the role of botulinum toxins. Toxins (Basel). 2013 Apr 23;5(4):821-40. PMCID: PMC3705293
11. Lakraj AA, Miller G, Vortmeyer AO, Khokhar B, Nowak RJ, DiCapua DB. Novel mutations in the CLCN1 gene of myotonia congenita: 2 case reports. Yale J Biol Med. 2013 Mar;86(1):101-6. PMCID: PMC3584487
12. Aladawi, M, Crespo, D, Xu, R, Zabad, R, Vuppala, A-A. Bilateral longitudinally extensive optic perineuritis post-COVID-19 presenting as “idiopathic” intracranial hypertension: A case report. Clin Exp Neuroimmunol. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen3.12749
 
Books, Chapters, and Reviews
1. Vuppala AAD, Miller NR. Clinical updates and recent developments in neuro-ophthalmology Current Concepts in Ophthalmology. 31 October 2019:201-249.
2. Lakraj, Amanda-Amrita D., Bahman Jabbari, and Duarte G. Machado. "Neuronal Networks and Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Disorders." In Neuronal networks in brain function, CNS disorders, and therapeutics, pp. 335-348. Academic Press, 2014.
3. Karnam, S.S., Vuppala, AA.D. (2021). Transient Binocular Vision Loss. In: Henderson, A.D., Carey, A.R. (eds) Controversies in Neuro-Ophthalmic Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74103-7_18
4. Crespo D, Vuppala AAD. Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias Controversies in Neuro-Ophthalmic Management: An Evidence and Case-Based Appraisal. 25 June 2021:225-234.
5. Purbaugh MV, Vuppala AAD. Migraine Controversies in Neuro-Ophthalmic Management: An Evidence and Case-Based Appraisal. 25 June 2021:209-223.
6. Woodward, K.M., Vuppala, AA.D. (2021). Visual Aura. In: Henderson, A.D., Carey, A.R. (eds) Controversies in Neuro-Ophthalmic Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74103-7_19
 
Peer Reviewed Educational Products
1. Amrita-Amanda D. Lakraj, MD and Ryan D. Walsh, MD. Palinopsia: Some Visions Never Fade. PDF. [NOVEL]. 201. Available at: https://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/EHSLNOVEL/id/2280. September 3, 2015
2. Vuppala, A-A.D. Panoptic. Video. [NOVEL]. 2018. Available at: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/details?id=1364523. October 3, 2018.