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Arjun Dirghangi, MD, MHS<\/a>
Associate Professor<\/p><\/div>\n

Associate Professor<\/h2>\n

Clinical Specialty:<\/h4>\n

Glaucoma<\/p>\n

To Make an Appointment: 434-924-5485<\/p>\n

Certifications:<\/h4>\n

Board eligible<\/p>\n

Residency:<\/h4>\n

Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadephia, PA
\nOphthalmology, 2014<\/p>\n

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
\nInternal Medicine Resident, 2011<\/p>\n

Fellowship:<\/h4>\n

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA
\nGlaucoma, 2016<\/p>\n

Truhlsen Eye Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
\nPrevention of Global Blindness & International Ophthalmology, 2015<\/p>\n

NIH Medical Student Research Fellowship, Memphis, TN
\nResearch Fellow, 2007<\/p>\n

Education:<\/h4>\n

University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis TN
\nMD, 2010<\/p>\n

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
\nMHS, 2006<\/p>\n

Columbia University, New York, NY
\nBA – Neuroscience & Behavior, 2001<\/p>\n

Academic Appointments:<\/h4>\n

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA
\nAssistant Professor, 2017 \u2013 present<\/p>\n

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA
\nClinical Assistant Professor, 2016 \u2013 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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