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Over 84 publications on Diabetic Retinopathy in National and International Journals including Archieves of Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology, Diabetologia, Diabetes Care, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology etc.
Research Grant from Welcome Trust U.K. for Research Work on “Retinopathy in tropical forms of Diabetes”.
Dr. E. Balakrishnan Memorial Award Awarded by The Indian Association of Biochemical Scientists for the Paper entitled “Does Oxidant stress plays a role in Diabetic Retinopathy”.
Vocational Excellence Award by Rotary Club of Madras Metro, 1998.
Dr.C.N.Shroff Award by All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), 2007.
Best paper award for the paper titled “Glaucoma Association of primary open angle glaucoma – the components of metabolic syndrome - the CURES Eye Study” presented at Sunayana, AIOS, Hyderabad, 2007.
IMA – “Outstanding contribution to Eye Care in Diabetes” Award by Indian Medical Association, Chennai, South, 2008.
“Retinopathy at diagnosis in type 2 diabetic patients"
Chaired the panel session on "Posterior segment complications of anterior segment surgery "
Society of India Chaired the panel session on "Posterior segment complications of anterior segment surgery "
"Prevalence of and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy- the CURES Eye study(1& 4)" Workshop on Diabetic Retinopathy organized by International Centre for Eye Health, UK and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
“Eye disorders in diabetes mellitus – Update” Indian Medical Association, Chennai, South.
71 2009 Puttaparthi “Clinical and Research Perspectives of Diabetic Retinopathy” International Conference on “Current Trends in multidisciplinary approaches to Diabetes Research, Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh.
72 2009 Puttaparthi “Updates on diagnosis and management of diabetic retinopathy” CME Programme on Diabetes and Diabetic Retinopathy, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences Academic Society.
Dr. Rema Mohan is one of the first ophthalmologists in India to get a Ph.D., degree. She has been doing original research on diabetic retinopathy and her work is nationally and internationally recognized. She is one of the first ophthalmologists in the country to work exclusively on diabetic retinopathy and trained in grading of retinal photographs according to the Wisconsin Classification System. She has presented papers and delivered guest lectures at national and international conferences.
Provides free treatment and Laser & cataract Surgeries for those detected to have diabetes in the camp.
Free refraction and laser treatment for diabetic eye Complications and free glaucoma work up & treatment at DMDSC.
Pradeepa R, Anitha B, Mohan V, Ganesan A, Rema M. Risk factors for diabetic retinopathy in a South Indian Type 2 diabetic population--the Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES) Eye Study 4. Diabetes Medicine. 2008 May;25(5):536-42.
Rema M, Pradeepa R. Ocular Complications in Diabetes. In: RSSDI Textbook of Diabetes Mellitus. 2nd edition. Tripathy BB, Chandalia HB, Das AK, Rao PV, Madhu SV, Mohan V, RSSDI, 2008;p.989-1012.
Rema M, Pradeepa RG. Ophthalmology And Research. Tamil Nadu Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007;45(1):61-63 .
Rema M, Radeepa R. Diabetic retinopathy : An Indian perspective. Indian J Med. Res. 2007;125:297-310.
Adalikalakoteswari A, Balasubramanyam M, Rema M, Mohan V. Differential Gene Expression of Nadph Oxidase (P22phox) And Hemoxygenase-1 in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Microangiopathy. Diabetic Medicine, 2006; 23: 666-674.
Sampathkumar R, Balasubamanyam M, Tara C, Rema M, Mohan V . Association of hypoglutathionemia with reduced Na+/K+ ATPase activity in Type 2 diabetes and microangiopathy. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry . 282: 169-176, 2006.(Abstract Available).
Suresh S, Deepa R, Pradeepa R, Rema M, Mohan V. Large scale diabetes awareness and prevention in south India. Diabetes Voice. 2005; 50: 11-14.
Srivastava BK, Rema M. Does hypertension play a role in diabetic retinopathy? The Journal of Association of Physicians of India. 2005; 53:803-808. (Abstract Available).
Sampath Kumar R, Balasubamanyam M, Rema M, Premanand C, Mohan V. A novel advanced glycation inded and its association with diabetes and microangiopathy. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental. 54; 1002-1007, 2005.
Rema M , Sujatha P, Pradeepa R. Visual outcomes of pan retinal photocoagulation in diabetic retinopathy at one year follow-up and associated risk factors. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2005; 53: 93-99.(Download Abstract).
Rema M, Lavanya R. Optical Coherence Tomography in macular disorders. Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association. 2004; 43: 77-81.
Rema M , Mohan V, Deepa R, Ravikumar R. Association of carotid intima-media thickness and arterial stiffness with diabetic retinopathy. The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (CURES-2 ). Diabetes Care, 2004; 27:1962-7 4.
Barman KK, Padmanabhan M, Premalatha G, Deepa R, Rema M, Mohan V. Prevalence of diabetic complications in Fibrocalculous Pancreatic Diabetes and Type 2 diabetic patients – A cross sectional comparative study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 18l 264-270, 2004.
Deepa R, Anjana Mohan, Rema Mohan, Haranath SP, Saravanan G, Mohan V. Lipoprotein (a) in south Indian Type 2 diabetic subjects in relation to diabetic vascular complications. Journal of Association of Physicians of India, 50: 657-661,2002.
Premalatha G, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Diabetes and related complications in urban south Indians. Type 2 diabetes - The Indian Scenario. 185-189: 2002.
Varghese A, Deepa R, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Prevalence of microalbuminuria in Type 2 diabetes mellitus at a diabetes centre in southern India. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 77; 399-402, 2001.
Mohan V, Deepa R, Rema Mohan. Correlation between fasting plasma glucose and two hour plasma glucose during oral glucose tolerance test in south Indians. Metabolism. 49: 455-457, 2000.
Rema Mohan, Deepa R, Mohan V. Prevalence of retinopathy at diagnosis among Type 2 diabetic patients attending a diabetic centre in South India. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 84: 1058-1060, 2000.
Mohan V, Meera R, Premalatha G, Deepa R, Priya M, Rema Mohan. Frequency of proteinuria in Type 2 diabetes mellitus seen at a diabetes centre in Southern India. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 76: 569-573, 2000.
Premalatha G, Shanthi Rani CS, Deepa R, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Prevalence of diabetic complications in south Indians - The Chennai Urban Population Study. Novo Nordisk Diabetes Update Proceedings. Kapur A, Joshi JK (eds.)_ Communication Workshop (P) Ltd., 2000: 59-64.
Parvathi SJ, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Role of ISO Certification in preventing occupational Health Hazard in a health sector. Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 4: 149-150, 2000.
Shanthi Rani CS, Rema Mohan, Deepa R, Deepa R, Premalatha G, Ravikumar R, Anjana Mohan, Sastry NG, Ramu M, Saroja R, Kayalvizhi G, Mohan V. The Chennai Urban Population Study (CUPS) - Methodological details - (CUPS Paper No.1). International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 19: 149-157, 1999.
Parvathi SJ, Mohan V, Rema Mohan. Benefits of ISO 9002 certification in hospitals. Business Mandate. 8-9, 1999.
Poongothai S, Rema Mohan, Mohan V,. A preliminary report on south Indian diabetic patients from the Asian Young Diabetes Research Study (ASDIAB Study) . Novo Nordisk Diabetes Update, Vaz JA, Joshi JK, Moorthy NS (eds), Communication Workshop (P) ltd., Bangalore, 14 (Abs): 1999.
Parvathi SJ, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Why hospitals should go in for ISO 9002 Certification. Hospital Administration. 26: 148-154, 1999.
Premalatha G, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Complications of diabetes Mellitus at Diagnosis in South Indian type 2 diabetic patients. Mysore Medical College, Platinum Jubilee Celebration 1924-1999, Alumni Association ,41-45, 1999.
Mohan V, Premalatha G, Rema Mohan. Macrovascular disease in Indians - an overview. Proceedings of the Eighth Novo Nordisk - Diabetes Update. Anil Kapur, Joshi JK, (eds), Communication Workshop (P) Ltd., Bangalore 39-43, 1999.
Premalatha G, Mohan V, De-epa R and Rema Mohan. Epidemiology of NIDDM in India. Journal of the Asean Federation of Endocrine Societies. 17 (Suppl 2) : 7-11, 1999.
Mohan V, Ravikumar R, Shanthi Rani CS, Rema Mohan, Deepa R. Intimo-medial thickness (IMT) A non invasive measure of atherosclerosis. Novo Nordisk Diabetes Update, Vaz JA, Joshi JK, Moorthy NS (eds), Communication Workshop (P) ltd., Bangalore, 13 (Abs): 1999.
Mohan V, Rema Mohan, Premalatha G. New classification and diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus. Novo Nordisk Diabetes Uddate 1998 proceedings. Anil Kapur, Joshi JK (eds). Communication Workshop (P) ltd., Calcutta, 56-65, 1998.
Mohan V, Premalatha G, Shanthi Rani CS, Deepa R, Rema Mohan. Diabetes, hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease (CHD) - An epidemiological perspective from south India. International Seminar on Emerging Public Health Issues in South Asia. (Abs). 22: 1998.
Deepa R, Mohan V, Rema Mohan. Glycosylated haemoglobin levels and new diagnostic criteria. Diabetes Care. (letter) 21: 2198, 1998.
Deepa R, Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Lack of association between serum sialic acid levels and retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 41: 165-169, 1998.
Mohan V, Deepa R, Haranath SP, Premalatha G, Rema Mohan, Sastry NG, Enas EA. Lipoprotein (a) is an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease in NIDDM patients in South India. Diabetes Care. 21: 1819-1823, 1998.
Mohan V, Premalatha G, Shanthi Rani CS, Deepa R, Rema Mohan Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) - An epidemiological perspective from South India. International Seminar on Emerging Public Health Issues in South Asia. Abstract. 22: 1998.
Mohan V., Vijayaprabha R., Rema Mohan, Premalatha G., Poongothai S., Deepa R., Bhatia E., Mackay I.R., Zimmet P. Clinical Profile of lean NIDDM in South India. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 38: 101-108, 1998.
Deepa R., Rema Mohan, Karkuzhali K., Mohan V. Absence of an association between serum sialic acid and retinopathy in south Indian NIDDM patients. Diabetologia 40:(Suppl 1): I-V, 1997.
Rema Mohan., Ponniah M., Mohan V. Retinopathy at diagnosis in south Indian NIDDM patients: Assessment by Retinal Photography. Diabetologia 40: (Suppl 1): I-V, 1997.
Hawrami K, Hitman GA, Rema Mohan, Snehalatha C, Viswanathan M, Ramachandran A, Mohan V. An association in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus subjects between susceptibility to retinopathy and tumor necrosis factor polymorphism. Human Immunology. 46: 49-54, 1996.
Rema Mohan , Mary Ponnaiya, Mohan V. Prevalence of retinopathy in non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in southern India. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 24: 29-36, 1996.
Mohan V, Vijayaprabha R, Rema Mohan. Vascular complications in long term south Indian NIDDM of over 25 years duration. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 31: 133-140, 1996.
Sundaram RK, Bhaskar A, Vijayalingam S, Viswanathan M, Rema Mohan and Shanmugasundaram KR. Antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in type II diabetes mellitus with and without complications. Clinical Science. 90: 255-260, 1996.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V, Snehalatha C. Acute phase serum proteins in diabetic retinopathy. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 44: 83-85, 1996.
Anusha Parthiban, Rema Mohan, Radha Shanmugasundaram K, Shanmugasundaram ERB. Amrita Bindu therapy in diabetic retinopathy: Effect on antioxidant defenses and the disease process. Perfusion. 9: 280-284, 1996.
Sundaram RK, Bhaskar A, Vijayalingam S, Viswanathan M, Rema Mohan, Shanmugasundaam KR. Antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in type II diabetes mellitus with and without complications. Clinical Science. 90: 255-260, 1996.
Anusha Parthiban, Vijayalingam S, Radha Shanmugasundaram K, Rema Mohan. Oxidative stress and the development of diabetic complications - Antioxidants and lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes and cell membrane. Cell Biology International. 19: 987-993, 1995.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V, Anusha Bhaskar, Radha Shanmugasundaram. Does oxidant stress play a role in diabetic retinopathy. The Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 43: 17-21, 1995.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V, Snehalatha C. Role of co-agulation factors in diabetic retinopathy. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, 15: 14-16, 1995.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V, Ponnaiya M. Natural history of retinopathy in FCPD, MODY and IDDM - A follow up study. International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 5: 45-48, 1995.
Rema Mohan. Diabetic Retinopathy - The Indian Scene. Novo Nordisk Update 1992 Proceedings. Anil Kapur (ed.) Health Care Communications. Bangalore. 87-94, 1992.
Hawrami K, Rema Mohan, Mohan V, Hitman GA. A genetic study of retinopathy in south Indian type 2 (non insulin dependent) diabetic patients. Diabetologia. 31: 441-444, 1991.
Ponniah M., Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Causes of decreased visual acuity in diabetics. All India Ophthalmology Society Proceedings. pp 330-332, 1991.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V. Type of diabetic maculopathy at a diabetic retinopathy unit. All India Ophthalmology Society Proceedings. pp 336-338, 1991.
Viswanathan M, Snehalatha C, Mohan V, Ramachandran A and Rema Mohan. Comparative study of monocomponent insulin and conventional insulins on the course of diabetic nephropathy: a follow-up study. Journal of Association of Physicians of India. 38: 833 - 834, 1990.
Snehalatha C, Appa Rao CH, Mohan V, Rema Mohan, Ramachandran A and Viswanathan M. Anti-insulin antibodies and microvascular complications of diabetes. Journal of Diabetic Association of India. 19: 13-16, 1989.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V. and Kohner E.M., et al. Evaluation of a non-mydriatic retinal camera. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 72; 841-845, 1989.
Rema Mohan and Mohan V. Indications for laser photocoagulation at a diabetes centre. In: Proceedings of the 47th Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society, Ed. V. Kalevar, pp. 285-287, 1989.
Rema Mohan and Mohan V. Retinopathy in Tropical Pancreatic Diabetes. Paper being read at 40th Annual Conference of Ophthalmology Society of India, Madras, Januarry 1989.
Rema Mohan., Mohan V., Ramachandran A., Snehalatha C. and Viswanathan M. Use of monocomponent insulins and course of diabetic retinopathy: a follow-up study. Journal of Diabetes Association of India. 29:55-57, 1989.
Mohan V, Vasudeva Herle P, Chinnikrishnudu M, Rema Mohan, Viswanathan M. Cranial nerve pulses in diabetic patients. The Antiseptic. 124: 127, 1988.
Snehalatha C., Rema Mohan, Ramachandran A. and Viswanathan M. Pancreatic beta cell function in relation to diabetic retinopathy in Asian Indian NIDDM patients. Acta Diabetologica Latina. 25:95-100, 1988.
Mohan V., Rema Mohan., Ramachandran A., Snehalatha C. and Viswanathan M. Retinopathy in tropical pancreatic diabetes. Diabetes Care. 10: 532-33, 1987.
Snehalatha C, Ramachandran A, Mohan V, Rema Mohan, Hashy Timothy and Viswanathan M. Beta cell function in long term NIDDM (type 2) patients and its relation to treatment. Hormone and Metabolic Research. 18: 391-394, 1986.
Rema Mohan, Kohner E.M. Retinal revascularisation in diabetic retinopathy. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 70:114-117, 1986.
Mohan V.,Rema Mohan., Susheela L., Snehalatha C., Bharani G., Mahajan V.K., Ramachandran A., Viswanathan M. and Kohner E.M. Tropical pancreatic diabetes in south India: heterogeneity in clinical and biochemical profile. Diabetologia. 28:229-232, 1985.
Rema Mohan., Babu Rajendran., Ramachandran A., Viswanathan M. and Kohner E.M. Retinopathy in Tropical Pancreatic Diabetes. Archives of Ophthalmology. 103:1487-1489, 1985.
Mohan V., Ramachandran A., Snehalatha C., Rema Mohan, Bharani G. and Viswanathan M. High prevalence of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY) among Indians. Diabetes Care, 8: 371-374, 1985.
Mohan V., Ramachandran A., Snehalatha C., Bharani R., Aruna A.C., Rema Mohan, Viswanathan M., Kirk R.L. and Shipp J.C. High prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes in young (NIDDY) and autosomally inherited diabetes in south India. Diabetes, 33. Abst., 454, p.116A., 1984.
Mohan V., Ramachandran A., Snehalatha C., Bharani G., Aruna A.C., Rema Mohan, Viswanathan M., Kirk R.L. and Shipp J.C. High prevalence of MODY type diabetes in South India. Diabetes. 33:Suppl.1: 454, 1984.
Rema Mohan, Mohan V., Susheela L., Ramachandran A. and Viswanathan M. Increased LDL cholesterol in non-insulin dependent diabetes with maculopathy. Acta Diabetologica Latina. 21:85-89, 1984.

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