A/PROF Sudha Cugati

Dr Sudha Cugati’s PhD involved the 10-year incidence of retinal diseases in the Blue Mountain Eye Study. She has been involved in the design of the Prospective Study of Cataract Surgery and Macular Degeneration Study. She has over 35 publications in peer reviewed journals. She has a keen interest in teaching and is involved in teaching the medical students and registrars.

1. Cugati S, Cikamatana L, Wang JJ, Kifley A, Mitchell P. Five-year incidence and progression of vascular retinopathy in persons without diabetes: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Eye 20(11): 1239-45, 2006
2. Cugati S, Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P. Ten-year incidence of retinal emboli in an older population. Stroke 37(3): 908-10, 2006
3. Cugati S, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Re: Do retinopathy signs in non-diabetic individuals predict the subsequent risk of diabetes? [letter] British Journal of Ophthalmology 90(7): 928-9, 2006
4. Cugati S, Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P. Ten-year incidence of retinal vein occlusion in an older population: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Archives of Ophthalmology 124(5): 726-32, 2006
5. Wang JJ, Cugati S, Knudtson MD, Rochtchina E, Klein R, Klein BEK, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal arteriolar emboli and long-term mortality: Pooled data analysis from two older populations. Stroke 37(7): 1833-6, 2006
6. Cugati S, Kifley A, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Temporal trends in the age-specific prevalence of diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in older persons: population-based surveys findings. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 74(3): 301-8, 2006
7. Cugati S, Mitchell P, Rochtchina E, Tan AG, Smith W, Wang JJ. Cataract surgery and the 10-year incidence of age-related maculopathy: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Ophthalmology 113(11): 2020-5, 2006
8. Cugati S, Wang JJ, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P. Ten-year incidence of diabetes in older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Medical Journal of Australia 186(3): 131-5, 2007
9. Cugati S, Wang JJ, Knudtson M, Rochtchina E, Klein R, Klein BEK, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vein occlusion and vascular mortality: Pooled data analysis of two population-based cohorts. Ophthalmology 114(3): 520-4, 2007
10. Pham TQ, Cugati S, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P, Maloof A, Wang JJ. Age-related maculopathy and cataract surgery outcomes: Visual acuity and health-related quality of life. Eye 21(3): 324-30, 2007
11. Pham TQ, Cugati S, Rochtchina E, Mitchell P, Maloof A, Wang JJ. Early age-related maculopathy in eyes after cataract surgery. Eye 21(4): 512-7, 2007
12. Kifley A, Wang JJ, Cugati S, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vascular caliber, diabetes and retinopathy. American Journal of Ophthalmology 143(6):1024-6, 2007
13. Cugati S, Cumming RG, Smith W, Burlutsky G, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Visual impairment, age-related macular degeneration, cataract and long-term mortality: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Archives of Ophthalmology 125(7):917-24, 2007
14. Cugati S, de Loryn T, Pham T, Arnold J, Mitchell P, Wang JJ. Australian prospective study of cataract surgery and age-related macular degeneration: rationale and methodology. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 14(6):408-14, 2007
15. Kifley A, Wang JJ, Cugati S, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Retinal vascular caliber and the long-term risk of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose: the Blue Mountains Eye Study. Microcirculation. 2008 Jul; 15(5):373-7.
16. Hong T, Mitchell P, de Loryn T, Rochtchina E, Cugati S, Wang JJ. Development and progression of diabetic retinopathy 12 months after phacoemulsification cataract surgery. Ophthalmology. 2009 Aug;116(8):1510-4.
17. Fong CS, Mitchell P, de Loryn T, Rochtchina E, Hong T, Cugati S, Wang JJ.
    • Long-term outcomes of phacoemulsification cataract surgery performed by trainees and consultants in an Australian cohort. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2012 Feb 2.
18. Wang JJ; Rochtchina E; Kaushik S, Kifley A, Cugati S, Wong TY, Mitchell P. Ten-Year Evolution of Retinopathy Lesions in an Older Nondiabetic Population [Research letter]. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012;130(6):796-797.
19. Cugati S, Varma DD, Chen CS, Lee AW. Treatment Options for Central Retinal Artery Occlusion. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2012 Oct 16. [Epub ahead of print].
20. Wang JJ, Fong CS, Rochtchina E, Cugati S, de Loryn T, Kaushik S, Tan JS, Arnold J, Smith W, Mitchell P. Risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration 3 Years after Cataract Surgery: Paired Eye Comparisons. Ophthalmology. 2012
    • Nov;119(11):2298-303.
21. Varma DD, Cugati S, Lee AW, Chen CS. A review of central retinal artery
    • occlusion: clinical presentation and management. Eye (Lond). 2013 Mar 8.
22. Cugati S, Varma DD, Chen CS, Lee AW. Treatment options for central retinal artery occlusion. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2013 Feb;15(1):63-77.
23. Lee AW, Chen CS, Cugati S, Varma D. Reply: ‘Central retinal artery occlusion and cerebral stroke’. Eye (Lond). 2013 Dec;27(12):1422-3.
24. Fong CS, Mitchell P, Rochtchina E, Cugati S, Hong T, Wang JJ.
    • Three-Year Incidence and Factors Associated With Posterior Capsule Opacification after Cataract Surgery: The Australian Prospective Cataract
    • Age-related Macular Degeneration Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan;157(1):171-179.
25. Cugati S, Gilhotra JS, Lake S, Gordon DL. Ocular involvement following Bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunotherapy for bladder carcinoma. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2013 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]
26. Lee, Andrew W., Celia Chen, Sudha Cugati. “Temporal arteritis.” Neurology: Clinical Practice 4.2 (2014): 106-113.
27. Shams, P. N., Cugati, S., Wells, T., Huilgol, S., & Selva, D. (2014). Orbital Varix Thrombosis and Review of Orbital Vascular Anomalies in Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome. Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery
28. Hsu TT, Cugati S, Craig JE, Taranath D, Hodson T. Spontaneously resolved
    • infantile glaucoma. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2014 Nov;42(8):800-2.
29. Cugati S, Lee AW, Lake S, Chen CS,. Fingolimod and Macular edema Pathophysiology, diagnosis and Management. Neurology Clinical Practice 2014 August.
30. Thoo S, Cugati S, Lee A, Chen C. Successful treatment of -associated macular edema with intravitreal triamcinolone with continued fingolimod use. Mult Scler. 2015 Feb;21(2):249-51.
31. Kahawita S, Cugati S, Casson R. Cyclodialysis cleft with late hypotony
    • maculopathy after inadvertent cannula detachment during cataract surgery. J
    • Cataract Refract Surg. 2015 May;41(5):1107-8.
32. Wang JJ, Fong CS, Burlutsky G, Cugati S, Tan AG, Rochtchina E, Arnold J, Smith W, Mitchell P. Risk of Age-related Macular Degeneration 4 to 5 Years after Cataract Surgery. Ophthalmology. 2016 Aug;123(8):1829-1830.
33. Aghamirsalim M, Sorbi R, Naderian M, Cugati S, Shahsuvaryan ML, Ghazizade Hashemi M. Management of Retinal Vein Occlusion, Who Is Responsible? Acta Med Iran. 2016 Nov;54(11):731-736.
34. Crabb MG, Liu E, Freeman A, Hsu T, Supramaniam D, Kaidonis G,
    • Glading J, Keane MC, Cugati S, Lake SR, Saha N, Landers J,
    • Craig JE. The intravitreal injection pain study: a randomized control study comparing subjective pain with injection technique. Acta Ophthalmol. 2019 Dec;97(8)
35. Qin Q, Casson RJ, Myers D, Cugati S. Intra-articular spine injections of steroid as a contributing factor to glaucoma. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul;48(5):703-705.
36. Qin Q, Chen C, Cugati S. Ophthalmic associations in pregnancy. Aust J Gen Pract. 2020 Oct;49(10):673-680.
37. Madike, R., Cugati, S., & Chen, C. (2022). A review of the management of central retinal artery occlusion. Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology, 12(3), 273.