Meet Our Doctors

Retina Partners Midwest, P.C. physicians are dedicated to providing each patient with compassionate, state-of-the-art care in a patient-centric environment.

Dr. Raj K. Maturi, Dr. Ankur M. Shah, and Dr. Stephen J. Saxe are among our board-certified physicians. Our clinical research coordinators are friendly, knowledgeable, and certified professionals who look forward to assisting you and your family in receiving the most up-to-date treatments for retinal diseases.

Raj Maturi, M.D., F.A.S.R.S.

Raj K. Maturi, M.D., F.A.S.R.S. is a nationally recognized clinician and surgeon. He founded Retina Partners Midwest, P.C. in 1999. Dr. Maturi completed New York University School of Medicine with honors in 1993, followed by residency in ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicine in 1997. He completed another two-year fellowship in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery at the University of Iowa in 1999, where he received the prestigious Heed Fellowship. He is one of fewer than ten surgeons worldwide who have performed suprachoroidal to subretinal delivery in the FOCUS study for macular degeneration. He has most recently been the chairman for two large international diabetic retinopathy studies. Additionally, he has been the principal investigator in over 100 research studies and has authored over 75 academic publications.

Services, Procedures, and Patient-Care Specialties

Patient Care Specialties: Comprehensive management and treatment of Diseases and Surgery of the Macula, Retina, and Vitreous, including Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinal Vascular Occlusions and Disorders, Macular Edema (Vascular, Inflammatory, Idiopathic), Ocular Genetic Conditions, Retinal and Choroidal Dystrophies, and Disorders, Choroidal Neovascularization, Retinal Degenerative Diseases, Macular Holes, Macular Puckers, Retinal Tears and Holes, Lattice Degeneration, Retinal Detachment (All Forms), Ocular Infectious and Inflammatory Disease, Vitreous Diseases and Disorders including Vitreous Opacities and Floaters, Vitreous Hemorrhage, Posterior Vitreous Detachment, Vitreomacular Traction.

Diagnostic Services: Optical Coherence Tomography and Angiography (OCT. OCT-A), Digital Fundus Photography, Autofluorescence Photography, OPTOS Ultra-Widefield Fundus Photography and Fluorescein Angiography (UWF), Fluorescein and ICG Angiography, B-scan Ultrasonography, Multifocal Electroretinography (mfERG), Ganzfeld Electroretinography (ERG), Goldmann Visual Field (GVF), Color Vision Deficiency.

Procedures: Comprehensive Vitreous, Macular, and Retinal Surgery, including Submacular Surgery, Scleral Buckle, Retinal Laser Photocoagulation, Cryoretinopexy, Pneumatic Retinopexy, Extensive use and expertise in the use of Interventional Pharmacologic Therapies and Intravitreal Injections including Anti-Angiogenic and Anti-Inflammatory therapies, Photodynamic Therapy.

Eligible Patient Participation in Clinical Research and Clinical Trials: Extensive array of active clinical trials available to eligible patients in Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, and various other retinal disorders.

CURRENT POSITIONS

Vitreo-retinal diseases, surgery and Uveitis, Raj K. Maturi, MD PC, Indianapolis, 1999-present Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Chairman, Safety Committee, Aiviva Pharamceuticals, 2019 – present

Tele diagnosis consultant for Cyber-sight (ORBIS Telemedicine): Global Eye Health Consultations via the Internet 2005- present

Executive Committee Member, Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research Network, 2008-2011, 2013-present

Committee Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology, patient education committee, 2010-present

Editor, Retina Image Bank, 2012-present

EDUCATION

Fellow in Vitreo-retinal Diseases and Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 7/97 – 6/99

Resident in Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 7/94 – 6/97

Intern, Transitional program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 7/93-6/94

M.D. (with Honors), New York University School of Medicine, NY, NY June 1993

Research Scholar, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 6/92 – 9/92

B.S. (Summa cum laude), Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Ed., NY, NY 1991

HONORS & AWARDS

American Society of Retina Specialists, Senior Honor Award, 2016
American Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award , September 2014
American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Board of Trustees & Committee of Secretaries Secretariat Award, September 2014
Lion’s Club award for work at eye hospital, Hydrabad India 2002
The Vitreous Society Annual Meeting, best video “Multifocal Electroretinography” 2001
Heed Ophthalmic Fellowship 1997
Magna Cum Laude Citation for excellence of scientific exhibit, ASNR, Seattle 1996
Successfully defended thesis in Medical and Molecular Parasitology 1993
First Place Award, Student Research Presentations 1992
Summer Research Fellowship of N.Y.U. Medical School 1991
Appalachian Fellowship 1991
Mack Lipkin Fellowship 1990-91

BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Diabetic Retinopathy for the Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, Second Edition, Unabridged, 2016 by Jonathan Walker, Robert B. Chambers Raj K. Maturi (Author)

Multifocal Electroretinography in the evaluation of macular disease, Raj K. Maturi, M.D., Yu, Minzhong, Ph.D. Editors: Ciulla, Thomas A. , Regillo, Carl D., Ocular Posterior Segment Imaging, 2003.

Non-exudative Age Related Macular Degeneration, Raj K. Maturi, M.D. R. Hampton Roy, Editor. Emedicine.com 2009

Autoimmune retinal diseases, Raj K. Maturi, M.D. and Valerie A. Purvin, M.D. R. Hampton Roy, Editor. Emedicine.com, 2009.

Stephen J. Saxe, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Stephen J. Saxe, M.D., F.A.C.S. served for twelve years as Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, training residents and fellows in all aspects of medical and surgical diseases of the retina and vitreous. Dr. Saxe completed his ophthalmology residency in 1996 at the Kresge Eye Institute, Wayne State University in Detroit, where he served as Chief Resident. This was followed by a two-year fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina at the Baylor College of Medicine and Retina Vitreous of Texas in Houston under the tutelage of world-renowned vitreoretinal surgeon Dr. H. Michael Lambert. Dr. Saxe joined Retina Partners Midwest, P.C. in 2017 and is involved in the comprehensive medical and surgical management of all vitreoretinal diseases. He has authored and contributed to a number of academic papers and actively participates in multiple ongoing clinical research studies.

Services, Procedures, and Patient-Care Specialties

Education

B.A., cum laude, Greenville College, Greenville, IL 1979-1983

M.D. Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 1985-1991

Honors/Awards

National Eye Institute, ARVO Travel Fellowship Award
Honors, Year III Ophthalmology Clerkship
Honors, Year III Otolaryngology Clerkship
Honors, Year IV Ophthalmology Clerkship
Honors, Year IV Ophthalmology, Hadassah Medical Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Honors, Year IV Ophthalmic Research
Honors, Consultive Cardiology Clerkship
Honors, Pediatric Ophthalmology rotation
Honors, Resident Clinic rotation
Honors, Vitreoretinal Service rotation
Honors, Veterans Administration Hospital rotation
Honors, general ophthalmology/cornea rotation
The Barsky Prize, 1st Place, best research presentation 40th Annual Kresge Eye Institute Clinical Conference
Kellogg Eye Center, Employee of the Month
2008 -2016: The Best Doctors in America (Ophthalmology)

Internship

Internship in Transitional Medicine, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 1992-1993.

Residency

Residency in Ophthalmology, Kresge Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 1993-1996.

Chief Resident, Kresge Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI 1995-1996.

Fellowship(s)

Fellowship in Ophthalmic Pathology, Emory Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 1991-1992.

Fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous, Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1996-1997.

Fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous, Retina and Vitreous of Texas, PLLC, Houston, TX 1997-1998.

Academic Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, W.K. Kellogg Eye Center, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2000-2012.

Clinical Instructor of Ophthalmology, Cullen Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 1996-1997.

Board/Other Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 1997
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1993
Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 2008
Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2001
Diplomate, American Board of Ophthalmology, 2018

Memberships

American Academy of Ophthalmology, 1993-Present
American College of Surgeons, 1999-Present
American Society of Retinal Specialists, 1999-Present
New Mexico Academy of Ophthalmology, 2012-Present

Ankur M. Shah, M.D., F.A.S.R.S.

Ankur M. Shah, M.D., F.A.S.R.S. graduated with honors from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 2006. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of California in San Diego, serving as chief resident. He then completed a medical retina fellowship (one year) at Northwestern University Medical Center and a surgical retina fellowship at the University of Chicago (two years). Dr. Ankur Shah has been in practice over a decade. He has participated in multiple clinical research studies as a principal investigator and is welcoming our patients in Carmel, Greenwood, and Kokomo.

Services, Procedures, and Patient-Care Specialties

Education

M.D. Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL-2002 – 2006

Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society, 2006

B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI-1998 – 2001

Biological Anthropology with Highest Distinction

Residency

The Ophthalmology University of California – San Diego, Shiley Eye Center, San Diego, CA 2007 – 2010

The Chief Resident University of California – San Diego, Shiley Eye Center, San Diego, CA 2009 – 2010

Fellowship

Surgical Retina
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2014 – 2016

Medical Retina
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
2010 – 2011

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
Club Vit

Research

Publications

Shah AM, Grewal D. Which treatment paradigm – local or systemic therapy – best treats bilateral noninfectious uveitis?

Point/Counter: Ocular Surgery News U.S. Edition, March 10, 2020.

Gupta N, Shah AM, Jampol LM, Gill, MK. Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Choroidal Metastases Secondary to Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.

Clinical Communications – Oncology. 2015:2:2.

Shah AM, Bressler NM, Jampol LM. Does Laser Still Have a Role in the Management of Retinal Vascular and Neovascular Diseases?

American Journal of Ophthalmology 2011;152(3):332-339.

Shah AM, Oster SF, Freeman WR. Viral Retinitis After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injection in Patients with Predisposing Medical Comorbidities.

American Journal of Ophthalmology 2010;149(3):433-440.

Abstracts and Presentations

“YUTIQ CALM: a real-world registry study of the fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant 0.18 mg in chronic noninfectious posterior uveitis.” Shah AM. Presented at the American Society of Retinal Specialists Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX. October 9, 2021.

Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Choroidal Metastases Secondary to Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.” Shah AM, Gill MK, Jampol LM. Presented at the American Society of Retinal Specialists Annual Meeting. Boston, MA. August 22, 2011.

Viral Retinitis After Intravitreal Triamcinolone Injection in Patients with Predisposing Medical Comorbidities.” Shah AM, Oster SF, Freeman WR. Presented at Shiley Eye Center Alumni Research Day, La Jolla, CA. June 19, 2010.

Denis Jusufbegovic, M.D.

Dr. Denis Jusufbegovic is a board-certified ophthalmologist and vitreoretinal surgeon with broad and extensive experience in the medical and surgical management of both common and highly complex retinal diseases. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine and completed his ophthalmology residency, followed by a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at the same institution. He completed an additional fellowship in ocular oncology in San Francisco, California.

Dr. Jusufbegovic served for nearly a decade as Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where he made major contributions to academic medicine, clinical research, and surgical training. During his tenure, he established and directed the Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellowship Program—the only such fellowship in the state of Indiana—training and mentoring medical students, ophthalmology residents, and vitreoretinal fellows.

Dr. Jusufbegovic’s clinical and research interests span a wide spectrum of retinal disorders, including retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, vascular retinal diseases, inherited retinal diseases, macular diseases, uveitis, and ocular trauma. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and has lectured nationally on surgical innovations in retinal disease and surgery. His excellence as both a clinician and educator has been recognized through multiple institutional and professional awards, including the Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award and the Department of Ophthalmology Professor of the Year Award.

After a decade at Indiana University, Dr. Denis Jusefbegovic begins practice (Jan 1, 2026) with Retina Partners Midwest located at Midwest Eye Institute.

Clinical Expertise and Services

Dr. Jusufbegovic provides comprehensive diagnosis, management, and surgical care for the full spectrum of diseases affecting the macula, retina, and vitreous. His expertise encompasses both routine and highly complex retinal disorders, with a focus on restoring and preserving vision through advanced microsurgical and medical therapies.

Areas of Clinical Focus: Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinal Vein and Artery Occlusions, Macular Holes and Epiretinal Membranes, Retinal Tears and Detachments, Retinal Dystrophies and Degenerations, and Inflammatory and Infectious Retinal Diseases.

Diagnostic Capabilities: State-of-the-art retinal imaging and functional testing, including Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT and OCT-A), Widefield Fluorescein and Indocyanine Green Angiography (OPTOS UWF), Fundus Autofluorescence, Digital Fundus Photography, B-scan Ultrasonography, and Multifocal and Full-Field Electroretinography (ERG).

Surgical and Procedural Expertise: Dr. Jusufbegovic performs a broad range of advanced retinal surgeries, including vitrectomy for macular disorders, complex retinal detachment repair, scleral buckle and pneumatic retinopexy, submacular and vitreous procedures, retinal laser photocoagulation, and cryotherapy. He also has extensive experience with intravitreal pharmacologic therapies, including anti-VEGF and corticosteroid injections, and laser-based treatments for diabetic and vascular retinal diseases.

Research and Academic Interests: Diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, vitreoretinal surgical innovation, intraocular inflammation nd medical education.

Education

Fellowship – Vitreoretinal Surgery and Uveitis, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY — 2014–2016

Fellowship – Ocular Oncology, Tumori Foundation / California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA — 2013–2014

Residency – Ophthalmology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY — 2010–2013

Internship – Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY — 2009–2010

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY — 2005–2009

Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (Cytotechnology), Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY — 2001–2003

Honors & Awards

Indiana University Trustee Teaching Award – 2022

Professor of the Year, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University – 2019

Vit-Buckle Society Annual Meeting Travel Award – 2016