Cataract, Cornea, Ophthalmology (Eye), Refractive Surgery / Lasik
Profile
Key skills
Phaco emulsification
Lasik refractive surgery
Corneal diseases, Corneal transplantation, Lamellar corneal surgeries and Pterygium surgeries
Phakic IOLs and Secondary IOLs
Awards
Has received Dr. C P Gupta best paper award, for the paper titled "Stem cell grafting for Recurrent Pterygium" in the year 2004
Received Shiv Prasad Hardia - best paper award in the refractive surgery session at AIOS 2007, Hyderabad.
Received AIOC award for the best paper presented in external diseases session at AIOS 2010, Kolkata.
Received MN award for best paper in cataract session at TNOA 2019
Received many best papers of the session awards at various state level conferences(TNOA 2004 ,2009, 2017, 2019 )
Principle investigator for several drug trials.
Innovations
Can Vac CCC – A Novel Inexpensive Rhexis Technique for Immature and White Intumescent Cataract.
Ref1: JCRS 2019,45:899-902 & 2019 ASCRS-ESCRS
Ref2: IJOVS, Vol5, No.2, 2020, pp.53-56.
Conjunctival Tissue Autografting (CTAg) for patients where conventional conjunctival auto grafting is not possible.
Ref: IJO 2018; 66:506-10.
Vertical split conjunctival auto grafting without limbal orientation for double headed pterygium.
Ref1: IJO 2017; 65:700-4.
Ref2: OJO 2019; 12:166-70.
Ref3: IJO 2020; 68:573-6.
Has chaired sessions, Presented papers, Guest lectures, Instruction courses at
ASCRS (American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery)
APAO (Asia Pacific Association of Ophthalmology)
APSCRS(Asia Pacific Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery)
EGYPTIAN Ophthalmological Society
MEACO (Middle East and African Council of Ophthalmology)
SOE (European Society of Ophthalmology)
SOA-(Saarc ophthalmic association)
AIOS (All India Ophthalmologic Society)
TNOA (Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association)
KOS (Karnataka Ophthalmic Association)
Cornea Society
IIRSI
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
One-Year Clinical Study on Efficacy of Corneal Cross-Linking in Indian Children With Progressive Keratoconus; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, MS, DNB, Altaf Z. Arsiwala, DNB, and Dhandapani Ramamurthy, MD, DNB, Cornea _ Volume 33, Number 9, September 2014;33:919–922.
Double head pterygium excision with modified vertically split conjunctival autograft: Six year long term retrospective analysis; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Dandapani Ramamurthy1, Nitin Narendra Tiwari1, Shreyas Ramamurthy Indian J Ophthalmol 2017;65:700-4.
Concomitant use of conjunctival tissue graft from the pterygium itself without rotation in pterygium surgery: A full circle in conjunctival autografting; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Nitin Narendra Tiwari1, Dandapani Ramamurthy , Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:506-10.
Interface infectious keratitis following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Ramamurthy Dandapani, Ajay Ramesh Kaushik. Indian J Ophthalmol 2016;64:597-600.
Outcome of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty patients with intraoperative Descemet’s membrane perforation: A retrospective cross‑sectional study; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Bijita Deb, Dandapani Ramamurthy. Indian J Ophthalmol 2018;66:1574-9.
Microbial keratitis following accelerated corneal collagen cross linking; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Nikit J. Sarwate, D. Ramamurhy, Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2015.
Outcomes of pterygium surgery‑glue versus autologous blood versus sutures for graft fixation‑an analysis; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Dhandapani Ramamurthy, Raline Solomon, Oman J Ophthalmol 2018;11:227-319.
Peripheral ulcerative keratitis: An extremely rare case presentation after Paederus (beetle) injury; Nitin N Tiwari, Shreesha K Kodavoor, Dandapani Ramamurthy, Shreyas Ramamurthy, Jayamani Ravi1, Mohamed Faizal1. Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:120-1.
Management of Isolated Subconjunctival Hemangioma Masquerading as Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Nikit Sarvate. TNOA J Ophthalmic Sci Res 2017;55:310-2.
Cannula-vacuum continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis: Inexpensive technique for intumescent total cataract; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, MBBS, MS, DNB, MNAMS, Bijita Deb, MBBS, MS, DNB, Dandapani Ramamurthy, MBBS, MD, J Cataract Refract Surg 2019; 45:899–902 Q 2019 ASCRS and ESCRS.
A rare case of late presentation of acute hydrops in a 65 year old patient with keratoconus; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, MBBS, MS, DNB, MNAMS, Soundarya B MBBS, MS, Dandapani Ramamurthy, MBBS, MD JCRS Online Case Reports 2019; 7:42–44 Q 2019 ASCRS and ESCRS Volume 7 Issue 3 July 2019.
Comparative Analysis of Two Low Cost Graft Fixation Procedures in Pterygium Surgery in a Developing Country; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor1, Raline Solomon Amalakaran2, Dandapani Ramamurthy; International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Vol. 4, No. 3, 2019.
Long term analysis of an unconventional way of doing double head pterygium excision; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Nitin Narendra Tiwari1, Dandapani Ramamurthy2; Oman J Ophthalmol 2019;12:166-70.
Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty outcomes in macular and granular corneal dystrophy – A comparative cross sectional study; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Bijita Deb, Dandapani Ramamurthy; Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:1830-3.
Visual and Refractive Outcomes Following Simultaneous Phacoemulsification and Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor1, Soundarya B1, Ramamurthy Dandapani. International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Vol. 4, No. 4, 2019, pp. 106-110. doi: 10.11648/j.ijovs.20190404.19.
Profile of infectious and sterile keratitis after accelerated corneal collagen cross linking for Keratoconus; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Dandapani Ramamurthy1, Nitin Narendra Tiwari1. Oman J Ophthalmol 2020;13:1ISSUE 1, 8-23.
Comparison of vertical split conjunctival autograft with and without limbus to limbus orientation in cases of double‑head pterygium—A retrospective analysis; Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. , Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:573-6.
Analysis of intraocular lens power calculations and postoperative visual outcomes in patients who have undergone radial keratotomy and laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis—case series; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, MBBS, MS, DNB, Sanket R. Kulkarni, MBBS, DNB; Ramamurthy Dandapani, MBBS, MD, MNAMS, Chitra Ramamurthy, MBBS, DO ; Volume 8 Issue 3 July 2020.
A Novel Inexpensive Rhexis Technique-Can Vac for Immature and White Intumescent Cataract - Our Experience; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor1, Bijita Deb1, *, Dandapani Ramamurthy; International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science. Vol. 5, No. 2, 2020, pp. 53-56.
Outcome of a low-cost glaucoma drainage device with posterior chamber/pars plana insertion of the tube; Muralidhar Rajamani1, Chitra Ramamurthy1, Shreyas Ramamurthy1, Craig Chaya2 , George Puthuran3, Shreesh Kumar1 , Ashraya Nayaka1 Eye MAY 2020.
Successful Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty inPre-existing Descemet Membrane Perforation - A Case Series; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Bijita Deb, Soundarya Balajee, Ramamurthy Dandapani. International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science; Vol. 5, No. 3, 2020, pp. 70-74. doi: 10.11648/j.ijovs.20200503.11.
Accepted articles - Yet to be published
Comparison of inferior conjunctival autografting and conjunctival tissue grafting from pterygium itself in cases of filtering blebs and glaucoma suspects-A retrospective analysis - Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, , Soundarya Balajee, Ramamurthy Dandapani IJO.
Management of incision failure due to suction loss in small incision lenticule extraction: a case series - Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Preethi V, Ramamurthy Dandapani JCRS.
Comparison of horizontal versus vertical split conjunctival autografting in the management of double head pterygium-A retrospective analysis; Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Soundarya Balajee, Ramamurthy Dandapani IJO.
Efficacy of second donor conjunctival graft from the same site for Pterygium- A Retrospective Analysis - Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor, Preethi V,Ramamurthy Dandapani in IJO.
Randomized trial comparing visual outcomes of Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation using manual and Digital marker – IJO.
Reviewer for International Journals
IJO
EJO
Clinical ophthalmology
DOVE Press
Therapeutic Ophthalmology
Ophthalmology and Ophthalmic Surgery
Experience
21Years
Teaching Experience
PG teacher for DNB students, since 2005.
University examiner for fellowship in Cornea/Refractive surgery.
Workshops and Conferences Attended
Has over 350 Scientific presentations at national and international levels.
Has 31 publications in peer reviewed Journals and 26 publications in non peer reviewed journals.
Has 3 text book chapters.
Has performed live surgeries of Phaco emulsification, Lasik, M SICS, Pterygium surgeries at various clinical meetings.
Academic
MBBS at Mysore Medical College, Mysore
MS in Ophthalmology at KMC, Hubli
Diplomate of National Board (Delhi) in Ophthalmology
Fellowship at West Lions Eye Hospital cornea grafting centre, Bangalore
Membership of the academic Societies
Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association
All India Ophthalmological Society
Karnataka Ophthalmic Association
Coimbatore Ophthalmic Association
Indian Medical Association
Cornea Society of India
American society of cataract and refractive surgery(ASCRS)