 Rachel
M. Niknam, M.D.
601 Walnut Street, Suite L30
Philadelphia, PA 19106
(215) 925-6402
50 Monument Road, Suite 110
Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
(610) 667-6760
Dr. Rachel M. Niknam is a member of Wills Eye Institute Glaucoma
Service and is a Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology at Jefferson
Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University. She graduated
Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Biology from
Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University. Dr. Niknam obtained
her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson
University. She interned at Albert Einstein Medical Center and
completed her residency in ophthalmology at Drexel University
College of Medicine. Dr. Niknam then went on to complete a glaucoma
fellowship at University of Pennsylvania’s Scheie Eye Institute.
Dr. Niknam is currently in private practice with Kay and Tabas
Ophthalmology Associates. Dr. Niknam has published several papers
in peer reviewed literature such as the British Journal of Ophthalmology,
International Ophthalmology, Neurology, and Journal of Neurology,
Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. She has frequently lectured at Drexel
College of Medicine, Scheie Eye Institute, various professional
societies and public service organizations. Her areas of interest
include medical and surgical management of glaucoma and cataract.
EMPLOYMENT
FACULTY POSITIONS
EDUCATION & POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
LICENSURE
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC
SOCIETIES
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
COMMUNITY SERVICE / EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
INTERESTS
EMPLOYMENT
2007 - Present, Kay & Tabas Ophthalmology Associates, P.C.,
Ophthalmologist.
FACULTY POSITIONS
2007 - Present, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Assistant Attending Surgeon, Glaucoma Service
Instructor at the Anna and William Goldberg Glaucoma Service
and Research Center
2007 - Present, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
Instructor in Ophthalmology
2007 - Present, Thomas Jefferson University, Department of
Family Medicine, Philadelphia, PA Clinical Skills Course Instructor
2006 - Present, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia,
PA
Core Resident Lecture Series
2006 - 2007, University of Pennsylvania - Medicine 200 Clinical
Skills, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - 2007, University of Pennsylvania - Scheie Eye Institute,
Philadelphia, PA
Resident Glaucoma Conference Series
EDUCATION & POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
July 2006 - June 2007 University of Pennsylvania, Scheie Eye
Institute, Glaucoma Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA.
July 2003 - June 2006 Drexel University College of Medicine,
Resident in Ophthalmology,
Philadelphia, PA.
July 2005 - June 2006 Drexel University College of Medicine,
Chief Resident in
Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, PA.
July 2002 - June 2003 Albert Einstein Medical Center, Transitional
Intern, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
August 1997 - May 2002 M.D., Jefferson Medical College, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, (Leave of Absence June
1999 - June 2000).
1999 Jefferson Medical College, Research Award – Certificate
of Merit Award for Poster Presentation - Cluster Headache in
Women: Clinical Characteristics and Comparison to Cluster Headache
in Men.
August 1993 - May 1997 B.A., Biology Yeshiva University, Stern
College for Women, New York, NY, Summa Cum Laude.
August 1993 - May 1997 A.A., Judaic Studies Yeshiva University,
Stern College for Women, New York, NY, Summa Cum Laude.
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION
American Board of Ophthalmology
LICENSURE
- Pennsylvania Unrestricted Medical License
- Drug Enforcement Agency
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
- 2007 - Present, Wills Eye Surgical Center, Philadelphia,
PA
- 2007 - Present, Main Line Surgery Center, Bala Cynwyd, PA
- 2009 - Wills Eyes Surgical Center, Plymouth Meeting, PA
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC
SOCIETIES
- 2007 - Present Wills Eye Hospital Society
- 2003 - 2009 American Academy of Ophthalmology
- 2006 - 2009 American Glaucoma Society
- 2005 - 2009 American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Niknam RM, Schocket LS, Metelitsina TI, DuPont
JC, Grunwald JE. Effect of Hypertension on Foveolar Choroidal
Hemodynamics. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2004; 88(10):
1263-1265.
Schocket LS, Brucker AJ, Niknam RM, Grunwald
JE, DuPont J, Brucker AJ. Foveolar Choroidal Hemodynamics in
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. International Ophthalmology
2004; 25(2): 89-94.
Garcia-Rivera CA, Zhou D, Allahyari P, Niknam R,
Dougherty Morgan J, Flanders A. Miller Fisher Syndrome: MRI
findings. Neurology 2001; 57 (10): 1755.
Rozen TD, Niknam R, Shechter AL, Silberstein
SD. Cluster Headache in Women: Clinical Characteristics and
Comparisons to Cluster Headache in Men. Journal of Neurology,
Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2001; 70 (5): 613-617.
Silberstein SD, Niknam R, Rozen TD, Young
WB. Cluster Headache With Aura. Neurology 2000; 54 (1): 219-221.
PEER-REVIEWED ABSTRACTS
AND PRESENTATIONS
L. Grunwald, G.S. Ying, R.M. Niknam, P. Sankar,
C. Nduaguba, E. Miller. Effect of Corneal Thickness on Intraocular
Pressure Reduction. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual
Science 2007; 219: E-Abstract 1279. Poster Session, ARVO 2007.
Niknam RM, Schocket LS, DuPont JC, Metelitsina
TI, Grunwald JE. Effect of Systemic Hypertension on Foveolar
Hemodynamics. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
2003; 44: E-Abstract 4928. Poster Session, ARVO 2003.
Grunwald JE, Metelitsina T, Niknam RM, Dupont
J. Foveolar Choroidal Blood Flow in Patients With Age-Related
Macular Degeneration (AMD) That Have Choroidal Neovascularization
(CNV) in the Fellow Eye. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual
Science 2002; 43: E-Abstract 4989. Poster Session, ARVO 2003.
Silberstein SD, Niknam R, Rozen TD, Young
WB. Cluster with Aura. Cephalgia 1999; 19:322. Abstract.
Rozen, TD, Niknam R, Shechter AL, Silberstein
SD. Gender Differences in Clinical Characteristics and Treatment
Response in Cluster Headache Patients. Cephalgia 1999; 19:323.
Abstract. Poster Presentation at the American Association for
the Study of Headache, Annual Meeting 1999.
Rozen, TD, Niknam R, Shechter AL, Young WB,
Silberstein SD. Cluster Headache in Women: Clinical Characteristics
and Comparison to Cluster Headache in Men. Neurology 1999; 52:A471.
Poster Presentation at the American Academy of Neurology, Annual
Meeting, 1999.
LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
Risk Factors for Progression--Disc Hemorrhages and CCT, Wills
Eye Institute Glaucoma Update 2009, Philadelphia, PA, October
3, 2009.
Can we Prevent and/or Lower the Incidence of Blindness From
Glaucoma for the Next Generation? Glaucoma Service Foundation
to Prevent Blindness Third Annual Glaucoma Service Foundation
CARES (Committed to Awareness through Research, Education, and
Support) Conference, Philadelphia, PA, September 26, 2009.
Common Eye Emergencies, Guest Speaker, First Annual Primary
Care and Public Health Conference co-sponsored by Thomas Jefferson
University Department of Family Medicine and Philadelphia Department
of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, July 24, 2009.
Diabetic Retinopathy, American Diabetes Association and Temple
University School of Podiatric Medicine, World Diabetes Day,
Philadelphia, PA, November 14, 2008.
When to Operate, Which Operation?, Glaucoma Update 2008, Wills
Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA, October 11, 2008.
Management Trends in Glaucoma Surgery: More Lasers, Fewer Trabeculectomies,
Wills Eye Institute’s Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent
Blindness, Second Annual Glaucoma Service Foundation CARES (Committed
to Awareness through Research, Education, and Support) Conference,
Philadelphia, PA, September 20, 2008.
Diabetic Retinopathy, Thomas Jefferson University, Department
of Family Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, September 19, 2008.
Glaucoma Surgeries and Complications, Philadelphia Regional
Ophthalmic Society, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA, September
16, 2008.
The Bedside Eye Examination and Direct Ophthalmoscopy, Thomas
Jefferson University, Department of Family Medicine, Philadelphia,
PA, September, 2008.
Glaucoma, Review for the OKAPs, Drexel University College of
Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, PA, March
14, 2008.
Visual Field, Guest Speaker, Glaucoma Lecture Series, University
of Pennsylvania – Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia,
PA, November 7, 2007.
Introduction to Understanding Glaucoma and Cataract, Guest
Speaker, Federal Occupational Health – Region III, Philadelphia,
PA, August 15, 2007.
Effect of Corneal Thickness on Intraocular Pressure Following
Glaucoma Treatment, Drexel University College of Medicine Department
of Ophthalmology First Annual Alumni Research Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, May 30, 2008 and at 133rd Anniversary Meeting, University
of Pennsylvania - Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia, PA, June
22, 2007.
Glaucoma Case Presentations, Scheie Eye Institute Annual Glaucoma
Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 12, 2007.
Trabeculectomy and Its’ Complications, Core Resident
Lecture Series, University of Pennsylvania – Scheie Eye
Institute, Philadelphia, PA, April 20, 2007.
Tube Shunt Update, Core Resident Lecture Series, University
of Pennsylvania – Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia,
PA, April 20, 2007.
Congenital Glaucoma, Drexel University College of Medicine,
Department of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, PA, 2007.
Congenital Glaucoma, Core Resident Lecture Series, University
of Pennsylvania – Scheie Eye Institute, Philadelphia,
PA, December 6, 2006.
The Visual Field, Drexel University College of Medicine, Department
of Ophthalmology, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.
COMMUNITY SERVICE / EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
- Active Member of the Student Sight Saver Program 2006 - 2007.
- Glaucoma screening at NAACP Convention in Philadelphia, PA,
2004.
- Active member of Young Israel of Elkins Park Sisterhood,
1996 - Present.
- Student Neurology Club at Thomas Jefferson College of Medicine,
1997 - 2002.
- Participant in the Jeff-Mom Program, 1997 - 1998.
- Participant in the Chamber Ensemble at Yeshiva University,
1994 - 1996.
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Fluent in Spanish
INTERESTS
- Swimming
- Gardening
- Piano
- Baking
- Intercontinental Cooking
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