Meghal Gagrani, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Dr Gagrani is  a pediatric ophthalmologist with a special interest in pediatric glaucoma and pediatric ocular surface diseases. Dr Gagrani completed her medical school and ophthalmology residency training from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India. She is dual fellowship trained, having completed her glaucoma fellowship from University of Nebraska Medical Centre, Omaha, Nebraska and pediatric ophthalmology fellowship from University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  She joined as an assistant professor ophthalmology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 2022.

Representative Publications

  1. Gagrani M, Garg I, Ghate D. Surgical interventions for primary congenital glaucoma. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020;8:CD008213. Published 2020 Aug 25. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD008213.pub3
  2. Gagrani, M., Conner, E.A., Scanga, H. et al. Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis in children. Eye (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41433-023-02533-9
  3. Franco, E., Gagrani, M., Scanga, H. L., Areaux, R. G., Jr, Chu, C. T., & Nischal, K. K. (2023). Variable Phenotype of Congenital Corneal Opacities in Biallelic CYP1B1 Pathogenic Variants. Cornea, 10.1097/ICO.0000000000003395. Advance online publication.
  4. Gagrani M, Ndulue J, Anderson D, et al What do patients with glaucoma see: a novel iPad app to improve glaucoma patient awareness of visual field loss British Journal of Ophthalmology Published Online First: 20 November 2020. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317034
  5. Goergen NS, Gagrani M, Gulati V, Ghate D,. Pragmatic adjunctive usage of netarsudil: A retrospective chart review from a tertiary care center. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology: August 2022 - Volume 70 - Issue 8 - p 2906-2910 doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2947_21
  6. Franco, Elena; Gagrani, Meghal; Lalgudi, Vaitheeswaran G.; Shah, Parth R.; Lenhart, Phoebe; Bhola, Rahul; Nischal, Ken K., FAAP, FRCOphth. Technique for the Management of Extensive Ocular Surface Lipodermoid Involving the Cornea in Children. Cornea ():10.1097/ICO.0000000000003245, February 01, 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000003245

Research Interests

Pediatric glaucoma, pediatric ocular surface disease, pediatric keratoconus