Experience
Clinical Experience:
- Consultant (May 2019 to Aug 2021) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore & Udumalpet, Tamil Nadu.
- Senior Resident (June 2015 to Jan 2016) at Chaithanya Eye Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala.
Conferences, CME, Workshops attended:
- 79th Annual Conference of All India Opthalmological Society held from 24th - 27th June 2021 on virtual platforms.
- CME on uveitis - Common mistakes in diagnosis & management hosted by Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore on March 24th 2019.
- Phaco Refractive Decoded 2017, organised by The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore on September 9th & 10th, 2017.
- 42nd Annual Conference - Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, DRISHTI 2015 held in Trivandrum from 27th to 29th November 2015.
- iFOCUS, National Postgraduate Education Program held in Hyderabad from Jan 14th to 18th, 2015.
- KIDROP, Retinopathy of Prematurity - CME cum Workshop, held on 13th July 2014 at the gateway hotel, Mangalore.
- CME on Cornea & Refractive Surgery, organised by Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore on 22nd June 2014.
- “YOU” CME organised by Narayana Nethralaya , Bangalore on 8th & 9th March 2014.
- 72nd AIOC , IJO Diamond Jubilee Conference 2014, Agra, U.P on 6th to 9th Feb 2014.
- Post Graduate Update Programme “ A Glimpse Into The Diabetic Eye” on 5th Oct 2013 held at A.J Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangalore.
- CME on Ocular Surface Disorders: Video Assisted Skill Transfer held on 22nd Sept 2013 at Yenopoya Medical College, Mangalore.
- CME on Update on Strabismus organised by Kasturba Medical College, Manipal on 15th Sept 2013.
- Ethiskills Suture Practicum Training Programme organised by ETHICON on June 2013.
- EYE- TECH, CME on Investigations in Ophthalmology organised by Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore.
- 31st Annual State Conference of Karnataka Ophthalmological Society held on 2nd to 4th Nov 2012 in Al-Ameen Medical College, Bijapur.
- Workshop on Nano Medicine in association with Karnataka Science and Technology Academy held on 12th &13th October 2012.
- YENOPH 7 - CME on Recent Advances in Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma held on 23rd Sept 2012 in Yenopoya University, Mangalore.
Course Attended:
- EYE Q FORUM - Online Training on Central Sterile Supply Department (CSSD) conducted on 8th August 2021.
- EYE Q FORUM - Online Training on Hospital Infection Control at Eye Hospitals conducted on 26th to 28th May 2021.
- BLS & ACLS course on 1st to 3rd May 2009 at PRS hospital, Karamana, Trivandrum, Kerala.
- Passed Screening Test for Indian Nationals with foreign medical qualification in March 2008
Thesis, Publications, Posters & Presentations:
- Chief & presenting author for E-poster titled “The silent thief with the black diamond (FP615) in 79th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society, June 2021.
- Chief & presenting author for E-poster titled “Approach to a case of bilateral micro cornea, coloboma and cataract (FP 2213) in 79th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society, June 2021.
- Presenting author for Video presentation titled “THE BLACK DIAMOND” (VT104) in 79th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society, June 2021.
- Co-author for Video presentation titled “Don’t be in a hurry, take your own time, No second chance” (VT106) in 79th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society, June 2021.
- Co-author for Video presentation titled, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”- An Optical Illusion (VT366) in 79th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society, June 2021.
- THESIS on “Clinical study on visual outcome and complications of penetrating keratoplasty , published in IOSR journal of Dental and Medical Sciences vol.14, issue 6, June 2015 (International Organisation of Scientific Research.
- Case Report titled “Management of scleral thinning - An alternate approach” published in Nitte University Journal of Health Science, Mangalore.
- Presented free paper titled, “Profile of donor corneal tissue harvested at our eye bank” in 32nd Karnataka state ophthalmic conference, Hassan.
- Presented free paper titled, “Outcome of patients undergoing penetrating keratoplasty at a tertiary care centre” in 32nd Karnataka state ophthalmic conference, Hassan.
- Presented E-poster titled “Use of capsular tension ring to stabilise capsular bag in subluxated cataract while performing manual SICS” in 32nd Karnataka State Ophthalmic Conference, Hassan.
- Presented E-poster titled, “A case of transpositional Autokeratoplasty”, in 32nd Karnataka State Ophthalmic Conference, Hassan..