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{{Short description|Indian ocular pathologist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti
| image = A.P.J. Abdul Kalam giving away the National Award to Dr. Virender Singh Sangwan, Associate Director in the L. V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad & Smt. Geeta K Vemuganti, Director, Ophthalmic Pathologic Service and Head.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Geeta Kashyap along with V. S. Sangwan receiving the National Award from Abdul Kalam.
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1960|7|1}}
| birth_place = [[Telangana]], India
| death_date =
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Ophthalmology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[L. V. Prasad Eye Institute]] }}
| alma_mater =
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| known_for = Studies in stem cell therapy
| awards = {{ublist| 2004 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | 2005 Chem Tech Foundation Award }}
}}

'''Geeta Kashyap Vemuganti''' (born 1 July 1960) is an Indian ocular pathologist and the head of the department at the Ophthalmic Pathology Service and Stem Cell Laboratory of the [[L. V. Prasad Eye Institute]] (LVPEI).<ref name="Scientists chosen for awards">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-economy/scientists-chosen-for-awards/article2167889.ece |title=Scientists chosen for awards |date=2005-02-08 |work=The Hindu Business Line |access-date=2017-12-16 |language=en}}</ref> She is also a dean and professor at the school of medical sciences of the [[University of Hyderabad]].<ref name="PLENARY SESSIONS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.caimsnmss.com/plenary-sessions.html |title=PLENARY SESSIONS |website=www.caimsnmss.com |language=en-US |access-date=2017-12-16 |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126203105/http://caimsnmss.com/plenary-sessions.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Vemuganti is reported to have done pioneering work in stem cell therapy{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and was a member of the team led by [[V. S. Sangwan]] that developed a protocol for transplanting cultured stem cells for restoring vision in humans.<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/10/31/stories/0231000q.htm |title=Breakthrough in stem cell transplantation of eye |date=31 October 2001 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2017-12-16}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> She is an elected fellow of the [[National Academy of Medical Sciences]]<ref name="List of Fellows: October 2007">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nams-india.in/docs_pdfs/fellow2007.pdf |title=List of Fellows: October 2007 |date=2007 |website=National Academy of Medical Sciences |access-date=2017-12-16}}</ref> and a recipient of the 2005 Chem Tech Foundation Award.<ref name="The Hindu" /> The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded her the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences in 2004.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last= Purushotham Reddy Koppula, Lakshmi Kiran Chelluri, Naresh Polisetti, Geeta K Vemuganti|title=Histocompatibility testing of cultivated human bone marrow stromal cells- a promising step towards pre-clinical screening for allogenic stem cell therapy |journal= Cellular Immunology |date=2009 |volume=259 |issue=1 |pages=61–5 |pmid=19577229 |doi=10.1016/j.cellimm.2009.05.014 |s2cid=40986392}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Sangwan |first1=Virender S. |last2=Vemuganti |first2=Geeta Kashyap |last3=Singh |first3=Shashi |last4=Balasubramanian |first4=D. |date=2003-08-01 |title=Successful Reconstruction of Damaged Ocular Outer Surface in Humans Using Limbal and Conjuctival Stem Cell Culture Methods |journal=Bioscience Reports |language=en |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=169–174 |doi=10.1023/b:bire.0000007690.43273.73 |issn=0144-8463 |pmid=14748537|s2cid=43227663 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Mittica |first1=Nicholas |last2=Vemuganti |first2=Geeta Kashyap |last3=Duffy |first3=Mark |last4=Torczynski |first4=Elise |last5=Edward |first5=Deepak P |title=Late Orbital Recurrence of a Choroidal Melanoma Following Internal Resection |journal=Survey of Ophthalmology |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=181–190 |doi=10.1016/s0039-6257(02)00458-7|year=2003 |pmid=12686303 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Vemuganti |first1=Geeta Kashyap |last2=Garg |first2=Prashant |last3=Gopinathan |first3=Usha |last4=Naduvilath |first4=Thomas J |last5=John |first5=Rajesh K |last6=Buddi |first6=Rajeev |last7=Rao |first7=Gullapalli N |title=Evaluation of agent and host factors in progression of mycotic keratitis |journal=Ophthalmology |volume=109 |issue=8 |pages=1538–1546 |doi=10.1016/s0161-6420(02)01088-6|year=2002 |pmid=12153808 }}

== See also ==
* [[Keratitis]]
* [[Stem cell therapy]]
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== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=note|2}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/124435 |title=Ex vivo profiferation and characterization of adult limbal stem cells and their applications in treating ocular surface disorders caused by limbal stem cell deficiency |last=Abdul |first=Raheem, Anees Fatima |date=2003-01-07 |journal=University |hdl=10603/124435 |language=English |access-date=2017-12-16}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lvYazFFh_I |title=Geeta K Vemuganti - University of Hyderabad |date=23 February 2012 |publisher=HYBIZTV HD |format=YouTube video |access-date=2017-12-16}}
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XEWB9y1m1s |title=Sandhya Janak with EMMRC presenting Dr. Geetha Kashyap Vemuganti |date=23 December 2014 |publisher=Sandhya Janak |format=YouTube video |access-date=2017-12-16}}

{{N-BIOS Laureates 1999–2009}}

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[[Category:N-BIOS Prize recipients]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian medical academics]]
[[Category:All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Hyderabad]]
[[Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Medical Sciences]]
[[Category:Indian ophthalmologists]]
[[Category:Medical doctors from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Stem cell researchers]]
[[Category:1960 births]]

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