Rudrani Banik, MD
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ASSOCIATE CLINICAL PROFESSOR | Ophthalmology
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Specialties
Ophthalmology (Eye)

MD, Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University

Internship, Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Residency, Ophthalmology, University of California Irvine

Fellowship, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine-Obstetrics/Gynecology

Certifications

American Board of Ophthalmology
Publications

Selected Publications

A Randomized Sham-Controlled Phase 2/3 Trial of QPI-1007 for Acute Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. Leonard A. Levin, M. Tariq Bhatti, Sharon Klier, Rachelle Morgenstern, David Szanto, Neil R. Miller, Mark J. Kupersmith, Clare Fraser, Celia Chen, Neil Shuey, Stephen Colley, Ningli Wang, Hongliang Dou, Yong Zhong, Luosheng Tang, Quanhong Han, Gamulescu Maria-Andreea, Nicole Eter, Helmut Wilhelm, Lorenz Katrin, Krishna G. Santhosh, Ramesh Kekunnaya, S. Ambika, Kumudini Sharma, Vivekanand Uttamrao Warkad, Rohit Saxena, Kumar S. Mahesh, Das Dipankar Sri Sankara Dev Nethralaya, Atul Hegade, Shahana Mazumdar, Sachin Daighavane, Virender Sachdeva, Hadas Kalish, Ainat Klein, Ruth Huna-Baron, Goldenberg Cohen Nitza, Marina Shneck, Joshua Kruger, Antonio Pasquale Ciardella, Gianni Virgili, Arturo Carta, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Sharon Tow, Chin Chee Fang, Peter MacIntosh, Jeffrey Bennett, Byron Lam, Bradley Katz, Zoe Williams, Michael Lee, Madhura Tamhankar, Rudrani Banik, Michael Rauser, Marc Levy, Yaping Joyce Liao, James Luu, Michael Tibbetts, David Scales, Robert Lesser, Anil Patel, Syndee Givre, Van Stavern Gregory, Steven Hamilton, Vivian Rismondo, Courtney Francis, Dean Cestari, Marc Dinkin, John Pula, Padmaja Sudhakar, Steven Newman, Rosa Tang, Joseph Chacko, Sachin Kedar, Peter Quiros, Larry Frohman, Nicholas Volpe, Patrick Sibony, John Chen, Luis Mejico, Gregory Kosmorsky, Alfaro Daniel Virgil, David Katz, Andrew Lee, Lindsey DeLott, Vivek Patel, Swaraj Bose, Crandall Peeler, Tariq Bhatti, Dirk Sandner, Hana Leiba. Ophthalmology

Rasch analysis of the NEI-VFQ-25: vision-related quality of life in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy after lenadogene nolparvovec gene therapy. Benson S. Chen, Stéphanie Perot, Magali Taiel, Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Mike Horton, Valerio Carelli, Piero Barboni, Michele Carbonelli, Lidia Di Vito, Giulia Amore, Manuela Contin, Susan Mohamed, Chiara La Morgia, Martina Romagnoli, Sara Silvestri, Pietro D'agati, Nancy J. Newman, Valérie Biousse, George Baker Hubbard, Ghazala O'keefe, Andrew M. Hendrick, Michael Dattilo, Jason H. Peragallo, Eman Hawy, Lindreth Dubois, Deborah Gibbs, Alcides Fernandes Filho, Jannah Dobbs, Andre Aung, Patrick Yu-Wai-man, Benson S. Chen, James Acheson, Hayley Boston, Maria Eleftheriadou, Simona Esposti, Maria Gemenetzi, Lauren Leitch-Devlin, William R. Tucker, Neringa Jurkute, Asma Burale, Shweta Anand, Muhammad A. Memon, Rima Hussain, Rasha Jorany, Priyansha Sheel, Sarah Thornton, Mark L. Moster, Robert C. Sergott, Melissa Santamaria, Rudrani Banik. BMJ Open Ophthalmology

Therapeutic benefit of idebenone in patients with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy: The LEROS nonrandomized controlled trial. Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, Valerio Carelli, Nancy J. Newman, Magda Joana Silva, Aki Linden, Gregory Van Stavern, Jacek P. Szaflik, Rudrani Banik, Wojciech Lubiński, Berthold Pemp, Yaping Joyce Liao, Prem S. Subramanian, Marta Misiuk-Hojło, Steven Newman, Lorena Castillo, Jarosław Kocięcki, Marc H. Levin, Francisco Jose Muñoz-Negrete, Ali Yagan, Sylvia Cherninkova, David Katz, Audrey Meunier, Marcela Votruba, Magdalena Korwin, Jacek Dziedziak, Neringa Jurkutė, Joshua P. Harvey, Chiara La Morgia, Claudia Priglinger, Xavier Llòria, Livia Tomasso, Thomas Klopstock. Cell Reports Medicine

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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Banik during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • US Attorney General and Various Law Firms

Editorial Services

  • Bausch And Lomb

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.