Profile

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

Professional experience:

• Consultant in Glaucoma and Cataract (March 2020 to April 2022) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu.
• Alcon Advanced Phaco Development Program (2021) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry, 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,colleaguesand mentored surgical trainees.

Surgical experience:

• Micro Incision Cataract Surgery(MICS) with Foldable IOL implantation
• Phacoemulsification with Foldable IOL implantation
• Small Incision Cataract Surgery(SICS) with IOL implantation
• Trabeculectomy with MMC with Releasable Sutures
• Phaco with Trabeculectomy with MMC with Foldable IOL with Releasable Sutures
• Laser Procedures - Diode Laser Cyclophotocoagulation, YAG Laser Peripheral Iridotomy, YAG Laser Capsulotomy

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(43 rd Annual Conference of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons
• Poster Presentation - WEMINO(Wall eyed mono ocular internuclear ophthalmoplegia) a case report - DOSCON 2016
• Quiz winner - 1 st price 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 Ophthalmology (2017) at Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), 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