Dr. Umesh Krishna

Profile

Consultant Cataract and Glaucoma at The Eye Foundation, Kochi, Kerala.

Professional experience:

• Consultant in Glaucoma and Cataract (March 2020 – April 2022) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. 
• Completed the Alcon Advanced Phaco Development Program (2021) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.
• Consultant in Glaucoma and Cataract (Aug 2019 to Feb 2020) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.

Teaching Experience:

• Regularly involved in taking lectures for undergraduates, postgraduates, colleagues and 
  mentored surgical trainees.

Surgical Experience:-

Refractive Surgeries

• FEMTOLASIK 
• PRK 
• TOPOGUIDED PRK WITH CXL 
• ICRS – INTACS 
• ICRS WITH C3R 
• CORNEAL COLLAGEN CROSS LINKING 
• CONTOURA VISION 
• PHAKIC IOL (ICL/Toric ICL, IPCL/Toric IPCL)

Cataract Surgeries

• Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery with Foldable IOL implantation 
• Micro Incision Cataract Surgery (MICS) with Foldable IOL Implantation 
• Phacoemulsification with Foldable IOL implantation 
• Small Incision Sutureless Cataract Surgery (SICS) with IOL implantation 
• Premium IOLs &Toric Premium IOL Implantation 
• Multifocal IOLs and Toric Multifocal IOL Implantation 

Glaucoma Surgeries

• Trabeculectomy with MMC with Releasable Sutures  
• Femtosecond Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery with Trabeculectomy with MMC with Foldable IOL Implantation with Releasable Sutures
• MICS with Trabeculectomy with foldable IOL with Releasable Sutures
• Phaco with Trabeculectomy with MMC with Foldable IOL with Releasable Sutures
• BANG (Bent Ab interno Needle Goniotomy)
• KDB Goniotomy
• GATT (Gonioscopy Assisted Transluminal Trabeculotomy)
• Glaucoma Tube surgery

Miscellaneous Surgeries

• Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft using Tisseel
• Chalazion Incision & Curettage 

Laser Procedures

• YAG Laser- Peripheral Iridotomy 
• YAG Laser- Capsulotomy 
• Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation

Conference and Talks: 

• Paper presentation - Reliability and usability of I Care Home (TA022) SelfTonometer in comparison to Goldmann Applanation Tonometer in Glaucoma patients - GSI conference 2021 
• Video presentation – Artificial Intelligence in Glaucoma - GSI conference 2021 
• Paper presentation – Prevalence of refractive errors in school children of 7-15 years in the field practice area of a Medical College – DRISHTI 2016(43rd Annual Conference of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons 
• Poster Presentation – WEMINO(Wall eyed mono ocular internuclear ophthalmoplegia) a case report – DOSCON 2016 
• Quiz winner – 1st prize in KOSCON 2016 (Karnataka State Conference)

Publications: 

• Journal of Glaucoma - Letter to the Editor: Glaucoma Surgery During the COVID – 19 Pandemic in Italy: How Novel Coronavirus Has Changed the Surgical Management of Glaucoma Patients 
• American Academy of Ophthalmology - Ophthalmic pearls - Management of Bitot’s spots 

Academic:

• Fellowship in Glaucoma and Cataract (July 2017 to July 2019) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. 
• MS in Ophthalmology (2017) at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Mangalore, Karnataka.
• MBBS (2012) at A J Institute of Medical Sciences (Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences), Mangalore, Karnataka.

Membership and Association:

• All India Ophthalmology Society 
• Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons 
• Karnataka Ophthalmic Society 
• Glaucoma Society of India