Profile
Senior Consultant Cataract and Glaucoma at The Eye Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Professional Experience:
- Medical Consultant (2014 to 2015) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry.
- Consultant Cataract Surgeon (2015 to 2017) at Drishti Eye Hospitals, Karnataka.
- Consultant Glaucoma & Cataract (March 2019 to June 2022) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry.
- Consultant (July 2022 to July 2023) at Sree Krishna Nethralaya & Centre for Glaucoma Excellence, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Consultant (June 2023 to May 2025) at Vasan Eye Care Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Other activities:
- Trainer of International and National resident and fellows in SICS and Phacoemulsification Surgery.
- Evaluated PAPERS for TNOA – 2015.
- Presented papers and posters in various state, national and international conferences.
Awards:
- Winner – ASCRS Film Festival – 2020.
- Winner – IIRSI Film Festival 2020 – Best New Producer Category.
- Captain Subramanian Best Video Award – TNOA 2021.
- International Ophthalmic Hero of India – 2020 and 2021.
- Most popular video award – APAO Conference 2019, Bangkok.
- Runner Up – Aravind SICS Innovation Challenge 2020.
- Best Paper in Comprehensive Ophthalmology – Salemeycon – TNOA annual conference 2019.
- Runner Up – Best Video in other speciality – IIRSI film festival 2019, Chennai.
- 2nd runner up – best post graduate thesis award, AIOS 2018.
- Co-author for the award winning video – ‘Indirect Ophthalmoscope Designed for Extreme Affordability’- Inaugural Fan Favourites Award at the AAO 2015.
- One of the top ten finalists – ERUDIO quiz - Organized by Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry and Allergan).
- WINNER – under the apple tree – PG Refresher programme - Organized by SUN Pharma and JIPMER – 2014.
Surgical expertise:
- Performed around 18000+ SICS surgeries, 4500+ Phacoemulsification surgeries and 1200+ Glaucoma surgeries.
- Capable of handling high volume surgical load – have performed upto 70 SICS case in a single day. Expert in handling all kinds of complicated cataract cases through SICS and Phacoemulsification.
- Has got expertise in Iris claw enclavation, Sutured iris fixation of IOL and SFIOL (XNIT and Four flange technique).
- Sufficient experience in Trabeculectomy, Trabeculectomy with SICS, Trabeculectomy with phacoemulsification, diode cyclophotocoagulation, Glaucoma drainage device implantation (AADI) and MIGS Procedures – BANG/KDB
Publications-
- Can preoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography predict posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification in patients with posterior polar cataract? Dr Pavan Kumar et al, JCRS 2018 Dec;44(12):1441-1445
- Wu, Annie & Kumar, Pavan & Stein, Joshua & Venkatesh, Rengaraj & Zhou, Yunshu & Robin, Alan. (2020). A Videographic Evaluation of Eyedrop Administration by Ophthalmic Technicians. Ophthalmology. 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.09.029.
- Validation of a Head-mounted Virtual Reality Visual Field Screening Device Mees, Lukas BA; Upadhyaya, Swati MD; Kumar, Pavan MD et al Journal of Glaucoma Feb 2020 – Vol 29 – Issue 2, p86-91
- Kumar GP, Kavitha S, Venkatesh R. Late onset single piece foldable introcular lens induced pigmentary glaucoma: A new management strategy. TNOA J Ophthalmic Sci Res 2020;58:112-4
- Pavithra, Sivalingam MS; Venkatesh, Rengaraj DNB; Kumar, Pavan DO, DNB; Baskaran, Prabu MS, DNB. Correspondence. Retina : Aug 2018 – Vol 38 – Issue 8 – p e63
- Kumar, Gurudatha Pavan & Kavitha, Srinivasan & Venkatesh, Rengaraj. Late-onset single-piece foldable intraocular lens-induced pigmentary glaucoma: A new management strategy. TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research. 58. 112. 10.4103/tjosr.tjosr_119_19.
- Gurudatha Pavan Kumar, Keerthi Gayam, Srinivasan Kavitha, Rengaraj Venkatesh. An innovative approach to create glaucoma awareness and its impact among the general population. TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research. DOI:10.4103/ tjosr.tjosr_26_20
Academic Qualification:
- MBBS (2007) at Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka.
- DOMS (2012) at Mysore medical college, Mysore, Karnataka.
- DNB (Ophthal) 2014 at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry.
- FICO (Fellow International Council of Ophthalmology) - 2017
- Long term Glaucoma Fellowship (2017 to 2019) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Pondicherry.
