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Board Certification
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American Board of Ophthalmology
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Patient Rating
Patients consistently describe Dr. Vegunta as kind, compassionate, and particularly skilled with children, making families feel comfortable during visits. Reviewers emphasize her strong communication and bedside manner — she listens carefully, explains diagnoses and treatment options clearly, and takes time to answer questions. Many also note her thorough, thoughtful approach, clinical knowledge, and responsiveness, including timely follow-up when needed.
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Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments |
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
-Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
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| Board Certification |
American Board of Ophthalmology
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Education history
| Fellowship | Pediatric Ophthalmology - Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children | Fellow |
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| Fellowship | Neuro-ophthalmology - University of Utah School of Medicine | Fellow |
| Residency | Ophthalmology - University of Utah School of Medicine | Chief Resident |
| Residency | Ophthalmology - University of Utah School of Medicine | Resident |
| Residency | Internal Medicine - University of Utah School of Medicine | Resident |
| Professional Medical | Medicine - University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix | M.D. |
| Undergraduate | Biology - Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University | B.S. |
| Undergraduate | Biological Sciences - Pennoni Honors College - Drexel University | B.S., M.D. |
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Packard BV, Sharma M, Renschler A, Johnson CJ, Paulson CE, Ofori-Atta BS, Chortkoff S, Vegunta S, Wirostko BM, Warner JEA (2026). iCare HOME2 Monitoring of Diurnal Ocular Perfusion Pressure in Patients With Nonarteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. J Neuroophthalmol.
- Thareja SK, Kennedy B, Simpson R, Hu K, Patel R, Jardine G, Larochelle M, Levin A, Hahn T, Codden RR, Pettey J, Vegunta S (2025). The Flipped Classroom Effect: Improving Faculty and Resident Engagement and Satisfaction in Ophthalmology Residency. J Surg Educ, 83(1), 103745.
- Pietraszkiewicz A, Baugh B, Ayesha A, Digre KB, Patel BCK, Warner JEA, Seay MD, Crum AV, Vegunta S, Marx DP, Codden R, Brintz BJ, Katz BJ (2025). Medial upper eyelid crease incision approach to optic nerve sheath fenestration as part of a multidisciplinary treatment protocol for patients with vision-threatening papilledema. Neurosurg Focus, 60(1), E17.
- Banwell E, York D, Vegunta S, Torr C, Yoder BA (2025). Can We Optimize Retinopathy of Prematurity Screening by Combined Risk Score Analysis? J Pediatr, 282, 114544.
- Hoshina Y, Seay M, Vegunta S, Stulberg EL, Wright MA, Wong KH, Smith TL, Shimura D, Clardy SL (2024). Isolated Optic Neuritis: Etiology, Characteristics, and Outcomes in a US Mountain West Cohort. J Neuroophthalmol, 45(1), 36-43.
- Baugh BT, Digre KB, Seay MD, Warner JEA, Vegunta S (2024). A Case of Irreversible Optic Neuropathy Associated With Encorafenib/Binimetinib Therapy in a Patient With Metastatic Melanoma. J Neuroophthalmol.
- Vegunta S, Jensen MS (2023). Workup and Management of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. J Womens Health (Larchmt), 33(1), 10-13.
- Peralta EA, Swiston CJ, Wiggins RH, Warner JEA, Vegunta S (2022). Temporal Lobe Encephalocele in a Patient With Suspected IIH: A Case Report. J Neuroophthalmol, 43(4), e173-e174.
- Modersitzki NK, Randall DJ, Vegunta S, Seay MD (2022). Novel Report of Ophthalmoparesis Associated With CMT Type 2P Secondary to LRSAM1 Mutation. J Neuroophthalmol, 43(4), e296-e297.
- Brady T, Vegunta S, Crum AV, Marx D, Patel BCK, Seay MD, Schmidt RH, Warner JEA, Digre KB, Katz BJ (2022). Interdisciplinary Protocol for the Management of Vision-Threatening Papilledema. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(4), 495-501.
- Wilkinson SW, Etheridge T, Swiston CJ, Vegunta S, Wiggins RH, Warner JEA (2021). Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke from COVID-Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a Child. J Neuroophthalmol, 42(3), e548-e550.
- Randall DJ, Modersitzki NK, Vegunta S, Seay MD (2022). Optic Disc Edema Associated With Ustekinumab Therapy. J Neuroophthalmol, 44(1), e32-e33.
- Brady ST, Vegunta S, Olson LM, Brintz BJ, Pettey JH, Jardine GJ (2022). A Double-Flipped Virtual Classroom Format for Medical Students Learning Ophthalmology: An Approach to Clinical Rotations in the Context of COVID-19. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017), 14(1), e18-e22.
- Vegunta S, Bohnsack J, Crum A, Digre K, Katz B, Seay M, Quigley E, Kennedy S, Mamalis N, Warner J (2021). Multiple Cranial Neuropathies and Pachymeningitis in a Patient With a Pathogenic Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain 2 Polymorphism. J Neuroophthalmol, 41(4), 547-552.
- Jebaraj A, Warner J, Pettey J, Jardine G, Vegunta S (2021). Ophthalmology Residency Virtual Interviews in the Setting of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Applicants, Selection Committee Members, and Current Residents. J Acad Ophthalmol (2017), 13(2), e170-e174.
- Stiefel HC, Kopplin LJ, Albini T, Chang M, Vegunta S, Suhler EB (2019). Treatment of Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema with Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2A: A Retrospective Chart Review. Ocul Immunol Inflamm, 29(3), 566-571.
- Orme DR, Vegunta S, Miller MA, Warner JEA, Bair C, McFadden M, Crum AV, Digre KB, Katz BJ (2020). A Comparison Between the Clinical Features of Pseudotumor Cerebri Secondary to Tetracyclines and Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. Am J Ophthalmol, 220, 177-182.
- Ronquillo CC, Vegunta S, Ellis N, Mamalis N, Patel BCK (2020). Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Eyelid Can Locally Recur and Mimic Basal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 36(5), e112-e116.
- Xue W, Vegunta S, Zwart CM, Aguilar MI, Patel AC, Hoxworth JM, Demaerschalk BM, Mitchell JR (2017). Retrospective Validation of a Computer-Assisted Quantification Model of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Volume on Accuracy, Precision, and Acquisition Time, Compared with Standard ABC/2 Manual Volume Calculation. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol, 38(8), 1536-1542.
- Enslow R, Bhuvanagiri S, Vegunta S, Cutler B, Neff M, Stagg B (2016). Association of Anti-VEGF Injections with Progression of Geographic Atrophy. Ophthalmol Eye Dis, 8, 31-2.
- Vegunta S, Patel D, Shen JF (2016). Combination Therapy of Intense Pulsed Light Therapy and Meibomian Gland Expression (IPL/MGX) Can Improve Dry Eye Symptoms and Meibomian Gland Function in Patients With Refractory Dry Eye: A Retrospective Analysis. Cornea, 35(3), 318-22.
- Vegunta S, Cotugno R, Williamson A, Grebe TA (2015). Chronic pain in Noonan Syndrome: A previously unreported but common symptom. Am J Med Genet A, 167A(12), 2998-3005.
Review
- Vegunta S, Patel BC (2020). Optic Nerve Coloboma. [Review].
- Vegunta S, Patel BC (2020). Optic Nerve Cysts. [Review].