Dr. Krishna Mukkamala, a board certified ophthalmologist, graduated from the Medical College of Virginia/VCU School of Medicine. He completed his ophthalmology residency at The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and retina fellowship at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York.

Dr. Mukkamala has been involved in many clinical trials, published articles in journals including Retina, Survey of Ophthalmology, and Archives of Ophthalmology, and has written a textbook chapter on Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). He has trained with international leaders in both surgical and medical care of retinal diseases.