Hospital Affiliation

University Hospital, Newark
VA Medical Center, East Orange

INSURANCE PARTICIPATION

Insurance Participation: with Provider Number (where applicable)
The information below is subject to change and should not be relied upon until after it is verified with the insurance company. In addition, psychiatric providers should be contacted directly for information on their participation with managed care and insurance companies.

Aetna, Inc.

AmeriGroup

America's Choice Provider Network (ACPN)

Amerivantage Dual Coordination

Clover Health Plans

Devon Health Services/ULLICO

Horizon BCBS Managed Care

Horizon NJ Health

Horizon NJ Total Care(HNJH)

Horizon PPO Network

Medicaid

Medicare

MultiPlan

Prime Health Services, Inc.

Qual Care HMO

Qual Care PPO

Three Rivers Provider Network

UHC Comm/Oxford

United Healthcare Community Plan (formerly AmeriChoice of NJ, Inc.)

WellCare Health Plans

Overview

Dr. Mohammad Dastjerdi has been an Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School since 2013. After graduating as an MD from Tehran University in 1990 he completed his residency at Kansas University Medical Center. Dr. Dastjerdi also completed a research fellowship at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dastjerdi currently specializes in cornea, external ocular diseases, and corneal transplantation. He teaches refractive surgery to ophthalmology residents at Rutgers NJMS.

Education

M.D., 1990, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Licensure & Certification

Medical Licensure
New Jersey

Certification
American Board of Ophthalmology - Cornea and External Diseases Specialist (Ophthalmology Board)

Relevant Publications

Dastjerdi MH, Eshraghi H, Mahtabfar A . A Case of Peripheral Ulcerative Keratitis Associated with Autoimmune Hepatitis. Case Rep Med. 2017; (2017):3939413.

Dastjerdi MH, Hamrah P, Qazi Y, Shahatit B, Pavan-Langston D, Jacobs DS, Rosenthal P. Corneal Nerve and Epithelial Cell Alterations in Corneal Allodynia: An In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Case Series. Ocul Surf. 2017;(1):139-151.

Dastjerdi MH, Bhagat N, Turbin R, Langer P, Soni NG, Bauza AM, Son JH, Chu D, Zarbin M. Approach to Management of Eyes with no Light Perception after Open Globe Injury. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2016;(3):313-8.

Dastjerdi MH, Hamrah P, Sahin A, et al. In Vivo confocal microscopic changes of the corneal epithelium and stroma in patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus. Am J Ophthalmology. 2015;(159):1036-1044.

Dastjerdi MH, Chauhan SK, Jurkunas U, Funaki T, Dana R. Quantification of allospecific and nonspecific corneal endothelial cell damage after corneal transplantation. Eye (London). 2015;(29):136-44.

Dastjerdi MH, Cheng SF, Ferrari G, et al. Reply: To PMID 22967868. Am J Ophthalmology. 2013;(156):204-5.

Dastjerdi MH, Amparo F, Okanobo A, et al. Topical interleukin-1 receptor antagonist for treatment of dry eye disease; a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Ophthalmology. 2013;(131):715-23.

Dastjerdi MH, Ferrari G, Okanobo A, et al. Topical ranibizumab as a treatment of corneal neovascularization. Cornea. 32:992-7, 2013

Dastjerdi MH, Hamrah P, Cruzat A, et al. Unilateral herpes zoster ophthalmicus results in bilateral corneal nerve alteration: an in vivo confocal microscopy study. Ophthalmology. 120:40-7, 2013

Dastjerdi MH, Saban DR, Dana R. Corneal graft rejection. In: Ocular Disease: Mechanism and Management. Levin and Albert eds. London, UK: Elsevier, 2009.