Dr. Janani

Profile

Consultant - Cataract & Paediatric Opthalmology at The Eye Foundation, Chennai.
 

Experience
 

•  Medical Consultant – Cataract & Paediatric Services, Vasan Eye Care, Saidapet, Chennai (Sep 2024 – Sep 2025)
• Medical Consultant – Cataract & Paediatric Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Chennai (2022 – 2024)
• Paediatric Ophthalmology Fellow / Consultant, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry (2020 – 2022)
• Medical Consultant, Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry (2017 – 2020)
   

Education
 

• Long-term Fellowship in Paediatric Ophthalmology – Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry (2020–2022)
• DNB Ophthalmology – Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry (2017)
• MBBS – Chettinad Hospital & Research Institute (2012)
   

Surgical Expertise
 

• Performed 8000+ Small Incision Cataract Surgeries (SICS)
• Performed 1000+ Phacoemulsification surgeries
• Experienced in high-volume cataract surgery (up to 50 SICS/day)
• Trained in Paediatric cataract surgery
• Trained in Adult strabismus (squint) surgery
   

Awards
 

• Gold Medalist in Microbiology and Community Medicine (MBBS)
• Runner-Up, Aravind SICS Innovation Challenge (2020)
• Top Ten Finalist, ERUDIO Quiz
• Presented papers and posters at state and national conferences
   

Publications
 

• Muralikrishnan, Janani, Christy, Josephine S, Srinivasan, Kavitha, Subburaman, Ganesh-Babu B, Shukla, Aakriti Garg. et al. (2022). Access to eye care during the COVID-19 pandemic, India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 100(2), 135–143.
• Can preoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography predict posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification in patients with posterior polar cataract? Dr Pavan Kumar, Dr Janani M et al. JCRS 2018 Dec;44(12):1441–1445.
• Settu S, Bisani A, Chandrasekaran A, Muralikrishnan J. Bilateral nevus of Ota with unilateral nevus of Ito in a child – A case report and review of literature. Indian J Ophthalmol 2023.
• Kaur K, Muralikrishnan J, Hussaindeen JR, Deori N, Gurnani B. Impact of Covid-19 on Pediatric Ophthalmology Care: Lessons Learned. Pediatric Health Med Ther. 2023;14:309-321.
• Khadia A, Kannusamy V, Moutappa F, Muralikrishnan J, Lavanya GS, Gowthaman S, Poorani R, Deshpande GN, Venkatesh R. Visual Experience in Strabismus – A Concept-Based Learning for Postgraduates. TNOA J Ophthalmic Sci Res 2024;62:450-453.