Email

gacharya@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Trauma, Bariatric and Acute Care Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine

Associate Professor

Department of Ophthalmology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Adjunct Associate Professor

Materials Science and Nanoengineering
Rice University
Houston, Texas United States

Addresses

Alkek Building for Biomedical Research (Office)

Room: R-512
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (713) 798-3242
gacharya@bcm.edu

Education

PhD from Indian Institute Of Science

Bangalore, India

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Birck Nanotechnology Center - Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN, United States

Nanomedicine, Bionanotechnology

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Frontier Research System - RIKEN

Tokyo, Japan

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.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Crystal S. Shin, Fernando J. Cabrera, Richard Lee, John Kim, Remya Ammassam Veettil, Mahira Zaheer, Aparna Adumbumkulath, Kirti Mhatre, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Steven A. Curley, Bradford G. Scott, Ghanashyam Acharya "3D-Bioprinted Inflammation Modulating Polymer Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Repair." Adv Mater. 2021;33:2003778 (1-13). Pubmed PMID: 33325594
• 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 Aug 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

Projects

Development of Ocular Drug Delivery Nanowafer Therapeutics

Noninvasive Drug Delivery to the Retina

Memberships

American Chemical Society

Member

ARVO

Member

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