Profile
Senior Consultant - Cataract and General Ophthalmology at the Retina Institute of Karnataka, a unit of The Eye Foundation, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Clinical Experience:
- Registrar / Tutor (Sept 2003 – Dec 2003), Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Junior Consultant (Feb 2006 to Jun 2010) at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Netralaya, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Consultant (Jan 2007 to Jun 2009) at Apollo Clinics, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
- Consultant (July 2010 to Aug 2022) at Lotus Eye Hospital and Institute, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
Medical Experience:
- Management of Medical Glaucoma.
- Well versed with YAG Laser Capsulotomy, YAG Laser PI for Angle Closure Glaucoma
- Training of Nursing Staff in Out Patient Department.
- Teaching optometrists, training them in refraction and patient examination.
- Teaching Post Graduate Students about history taking and patient examination in OPD.
Surgical Exposure:
- Performed Cataract Surgeries – Phacoemulification and SICS
- Well-experienced in performing Phacoemulsification for all grades of cataracts, including small pupils, high myopes, PXF, hypermetropes, glaucoma patients, post-trabeculectomy, post-vitrectomy, post-LASIK, and post-keratoplasty cases.
- Training Post Graduates in Cataract surgeries.
- Performed Pterygium Surgeries with Conjuctival graft.
- Performed Lasik (Flap based) and Epilasik Surgeries.
Conference and CME:
- Attended various conferences and CME to update current treatment modalities.
- Participated in a cataract skill transfer program as both participant and instructor.
- Attended lasik workshop.
