Rabia Yunus Karani MD MPH

Retinal Disease

Physician

Summary

I am currently a resident physician in ophthalmology at the Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. I completed my preliminary medicine year at Mt. Sinai St. Luke’s-Mt. Sinai West Hospital in New York City as well. I earned my MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and an MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where I was also selected for the NIH Pre-doctoral Clinical Research (TL1) Program.

My research focuses on telemedicine, the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, and ophthalmologic imaging technology.

I am passionate about public health and narrative writing, and have strong experience in both areas.

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Ophthalmology, 2019 - 2022
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Morningside/WestResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Morningside)Internship, Preliminary Year, 2018 - 2019
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2018, MD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Epidemiology/Biostatistics, 2016 - 2017
Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Anthropology/Neuroscience, General Honors, Woodrow Wilson Research Fellowship, 2009 - 2013
University of Oxford, Hertford CollegeBA, Anthropology, 2011 - 2011

Travel Grant Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, 2017
Predoctoral Clinical Research (TL1) Program Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, 2016-2017
MPH Reed-Frost Scholarship Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2016-2017
Harry C Saltzstein Prize for Medical Writing Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2014
Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program Johns Hopkins University, 2009-2013
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PubMed

Retinal and Choroidal Vascular Biomarkers Are Correlated With the Degree of Myopia.
James Park, Zachary Snow, Henry W Zhou, Rabia Karani, Vlad Diaconita
Translational Vision Science & Technology. 2025-08-01
The role of Perifoveal Arteriolar Tortuosity in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography (OCTA) images as an early indicator of hypertensive retinopathy.
James Park, Charu Vyas, Onur İnam, Henry W Zhou, Zachary E Snow
Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology = Albrecht Von Graefes Archiv Fur Klinische Und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie. 2025-01-01
2 citations
Manhattan Vision Screening and Follow-Up Study: (NYC-SIGHT)Tele-Retinal Image Findings and Importance of Photography.
Jason D Horowitz, Jennifer O Adeghate, Rabia Karani, Desiree R Henriquez, Prakash Gorroochurn
Telemedicine Journal and e-Health. 2024-03-01

What's in a Name?October 2023
Balancing Life and MedicineAugust 2023
Day to Day With Hay FeverJune 2023
How to Improve Physician-Patient CommunicationMarch 2023
Lifestyle Changes to Improve Surgical PerformanceMarch 2023
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in the Operating RoomFebruary 2023
There Is No Fountain of Youth—My Patients Have the Next Best ThingJuly 2021
The Dovetailing of EMRs and COVID-19June 2021
Unexpected Byproducts of the PandemicApril 2021
Beyond BlindnessFebruary 2021
Eyes of a Changing WorldDecember 2020
Teleophthalmology During the COVID-19 PandemicSeptember 2020
Review of “Effect of full time vs. volunteer faculty on resident cataract surgery complications”May 2020
What is the best way to care for a dying patient?July 2019
Stop and Smell the PagesJune 2017
Christianity and Modern MedicineMay 2017
Up in the Air: A Medical Student’s Experience with an Inflight EmergencyApril 2017
Improving Wellness for Health Care ProvidersJanuary 2017
Making our Voices Heard in a New AmericaDecember 2016
Reminders in Medicine: Patient Care Impacts Medical TrainingOctober 2016
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