Priyatham S Mettu MD

Retinal Disease

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Duke University School of Medicine

2351 Erwin RdDurham, NC 27705
Phone+1 919-684-3090
Fax+1 919-681-6474

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Education & Training

Duke University HospitalResidency, Ophthalmology, 2006 - 2009
Duke University HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2006
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 2005

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Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2005 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2010 - 2022
American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory - Core EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014, 2016-2017

Clinical Trials

Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography for Noninvasive Retinal Vascular Imaging
TERMINATED
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Early-onset hydroxychloroquine maculopathy: on the importance of genetic work-up.
Kelly Donovan, Theodora Christopher, Renn H Lovett, Priyatham S Mettu, Oleg Alekseev
Retinal Cases & Brief Reports. 2026-04-01
Returning Individual-Level Urgent or Emergent Research Results to Participants: The Project Baseline Health Study Experience.
Neha Pagidipati, Brooke Heidenfelder, Lydia Coulter Kwee, Fatima Rodriguez, Ranee Chatterjee
American Journal of Medicine Open. 2025-06-01
16 citations
A Deep-Learning Algorithm to Predict Short-Term Progression to Geographic Atrophy on Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography.
Eliot R Dow, Hyeon Ki Jeong, Ella Arnon Katz, Cynthia A Toth, Dong Wang
JAMA Ophthalmology. 2023-11-01