Phone
Addresses
- Office
- Alkek Building for Biomedical Research Room: R-512 Mail Stop: BCM706 Houston, Texas 77030 United States (713) 798-3242 gacharya@bcm.edu
Websites
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Positions
- Associate Professor of Surgery
- Division of General Surgery
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Associate Professor
- Department of Ophthalmology
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, Texas, United States
Education
- PhD from Indian Institute Of Science
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Birck Nanotechnology Center - Purdue University
- Nanomedicine, Bionanotechnology
- Postdoctoral Fellowship at Frontier Research System - RIKEN
- Topochemical Design and Spatio-Temporal Function Materials
Honors & Awards
- JSPS Post Doctoral Research Fellowship
- Alkek Award for Experimental Therapeutics 2015
- Hamill Innovation Award 2016
Professional Interests
- Translational Nanomedicine
- Nanofabricated Drug Delivery Systems
- Ocular Drug Delivery
- Ocular Nanomedicine
Professional Statement
Dr. Acharya’s research program focuses on the development of translational nanomedicine by integrating nanofabrication, 3D-nanolithography, and controlled drug delivery strategies. He works at the interface of medicine, bioengineering, chemistry and pharmaceutics. He is currently working on developing controlled release nanowafer therapeutics, nanodrug delivery systems for wound healing and pain management, and theranostics for image-guided drug delivery. Dr. Acharya’s research program is funded by NIH, CPRIT, and Alkek award for the Development of Experimental Therapeutics.
Selected Publications
- Marcano DC, Shin CS, Lee B, Isenhart LC, Liu X, Li F, Jester JV, Pflugfelder SC, Simpson J, Acharya G.. "Synergistic Cysteamine Delivery Nanowafer as an Efficacious Treatment Modality for Corneal Cystinosis." Mol Pharmaceutics. 2016 August 29 Pubmed PMID: 27571217
- Yuan X, Marcano DC, Shin CS, Hua X, Isenhart LC, Pflugfelder SC, Acharya G. "Ocular Drug Delivery Nanowafer with Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy." ACS Nano. 2015;9(2):1749-1758. Pubmed PMID: 25585134
- Coursey TG, Henriksson JT, Marcano DC, Shin CS, Isenhart LC, Ahmed F, De Paiva CS, Pflugfelder SC, Acharya G,. "Dexamethasone Nanowafer as an Effective Therapy for Dry Eye Disease." J. Control Release. 2015;213:168-174. Pubmed PMID: 26184051
- Shin CS, Marcano DC, Park K, Acharya G.. "Application of Hydrogel Template Strategy in Ocular Drug Delivery." Methods Mol Biol. 2017;1570:279-285. Pubmed PMID: 28238144
- Bian F, Shin CS, Wang C, Pflugfelder SC, Acharya G, De Paiva CS.. "Dexamethasone Drug Eluting Nanowafers Control Inflammation in Alkali-Burned Corneas Associated With Dry Eye.." Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2016 June;57:3222-3300. Pubmed PMID: 27327581
- Fernandez-Moure JS, Van Eps JL, Rhudy JR, Cabrera FJ, Acharya GS, Tasciotti E, Sakamoto J, Nichols JE. "Porcine acellular lung matrix for wound healing and abdominal wall reconstruction: A pilot study.." J Tissue Eng.. 2016 February:1;7:20417314156. Pubmed PMID: 26977287
- G. Acharya, C.S. Shin, M. McDermott, H. Mishra, H. Park, I.C. Kwon, K. Park.. "The hydrogel template method for fabrication of homogeneous nano/microparticles." J. Control Release. 2010;144(3):314-319. Pubmed PMID: 19822178
- G. Acharya, C.S. Shin, K. Vedantham, M. McDermott, T. Rish, K. Hansen, Y. Fu, K. Park.. "A study of drug release from homogeneous PLGA microstructures." J. Control Release. 2010;146(2):201-206. Pubmed PMID: 20381555
Memberships
- American Chemical Society
- ARVO
Projects
- Development of Ocular Drug Delivery Nanowafer Therapeutics
- Noninvasive Drug Delivery to the Retina
Funding
- Development of Ocular Drug Delivery Nanowafer Therapeutics - #1R01EY026950-01
- Grant funding from NIH
- Noninvasive Microwafer Drug Delivery to Treat Retinoblastoma
- Grant funding from CPRIT
- Nanowafer Drug Delivery for Corneal Wound Healing
- Alkek Foundation-BCM