Profile
Consultant Vitreo Retina at The Eye Foundation, Malappuram, Kerala.
Experience:
- Internship (Aug 2016 to Sept 2019) at Government Medical College Hospital, Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala.
- Ophthalmic Junior Resident (July 2018 to July 2021) at Dr. R.P. Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Fellow -Vitreoretinal Services (Jan 2022 to Jan 2024) at Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
Procedure Skills:
- Competent in performing 23G, 25G and 27 G vitrectomy for various conditions including
- Rhegmatogenous Retinal detachment, tractional and combined retinal detachments.
- Macular pathologies including macular holes, epiretinal proliferations, vitreomacular traction etc.
- Diabetic vitrectomies.
- Vitreous hemorrhage secondary to various pathologies.
- Lensectomy for posteriorly dislocated lens, IOL explantation for posteriorly dislocated IOL.
- Scleral Buckling surgeries and pneumatic retinopexy for Rhegmatogenous RD.
- Competent in retinal lasers including Pan-Retinal photocoagulation, focal laser and Barrage lasers using both LIO or slit lamp delivery system for diabetic retinopathy, vein occlusions, vasculitis and retinal breaks.
- Adept at administering Intravitreal, posterior sub-tenon and peribulbar injections for diabetic macular edema, CNVM, Vein occlusions.
- Phacoemulsification with foldable and non-foldable IOL, extracapsular cataract extraction, Lens aspiration.
- Corneal / Scleral perforation repair, Fibrin glue and cyanoacrylate glue application, Lid laceration repair in trauma.
- Can perform other surgeries including Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft, Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty, Evisceration, Tarsorraphy, Corneal Collagen Crosslinking
- YAG capsulotomy and YAG peripheral iridotomy
- Observed and assisted various surgical procedures including Optical penetrating keratoplasty, lamellar keratoplasty, Refractive corneal and intraocular surgeries, Trabeculectomy, Squint surgeries, Various oculoplasty procedures.
- Adept at performing and interpreting various investigative modalities in retina including OCT, OCTA, FFA, FAF, B -Scan
Community Ophthalmology:
- Attended regular OPDs at Primary Health Centres run by the Department of Community Ophthalmology, Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS.
- Participated in cataract screening reach-in camps organized by the Department of Community Ophthalmology, Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS.
- Participant in examination and treatment on patients with retinal diseases at reach-in camps at Sankara eye hospital Guntur.
Thesis:
- "Femtosecond laser assisted intrastromal lenticule implantation and collagen crosslinking in advanced progressive keratoconus – A pilot prospective interventional study" under chief guidance of Prof. Rajesh Sinha, Professor, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.
Publications:
- Surve A, Pradeep P, Kumar V. Macular Hole-Associated Retinal Detachment in Autosomal Recessive Bestrophinopathy. Ophthalmol Retina. 2021 Mar;5(3):278. doi: 10.1016/ j.oret.2020.12.001. PMID: 33678430.
Academic:
- MBBS (2017) at Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Kannur, Kerala.
- MD Ophthalmology (2021) at Dr. R. P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
- DNB Ophthalmology (2021) at National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
- Fellowship in Vitreo Retinal Surgey (2024) at Sankara Academy of Vision, Bangalore, Karnataka.
Life memberships:
- AIOS - All India Ophthalmological Society.
