Dr Soundarya B

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Senior Consultant Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery at The Eye Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Areas of interest

• Cataract surgery-Phacoemulsification with IOL implantation.
• Refractive Surgery- SMILE, Femto LASIK, PRK, Microkeratome LASIK
• Cornea-Corneal transplantation, Keratoconus management, ocular injuries, ocular surface reconstruction, keratitis management, pterygium surgery.

Academic qualification

• M.B.B.S- Govt. Kilpauk Medical College, Chennai-2008
• MS (Ophthalmology)-Govt. Stanley Medical College, Chennai-2015
• FICO-Fellow in International Council of Ophthalmology
• Fellowship in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery-The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore-2019-2020

Work experience

• Consultant (Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery)-The Eye Foundation-2020-present.

Conferences

 As Speaker:

• Step Ladder management of Dry Eye at AIOS-ARC-Preferred Practice guidelines-Cornea, AIOC, Mumbai, 2022. 
• Recent advances in Corneal collagen crosslinking, AIOC, Mumbai, 2022. 
• Refractive surgery for Hyperopia, AIOC, Mumbai, 2022.
• Decision making in keratoconus, ARC webinar, 2021 
• Topography guided treatment in irregular corneas, ARC webinar, 2022 
• Choosing between SMILE and LASIK, TNOA update webinar, 2022
• Combining Laser vision correction with crosslinking, ARC webinar,2022 
• Dry eye evaluation and management, AIOS-ARC PG update, Coimbatore, 2022 
• Complications of Laser Vision Correction, AIOS-ARC PG update, Coimbatore, 2022 

Paper presentations:

• Outcome of early enhancement-Small incision lenticule extraction versus laser in situ keratomileusis, TNOA conference, Chennai,2024.
• Risk factors for ectasia post keratorefractive procedures and visual outcomes following treatment, TNOA conference, Salem, 2020
• Comparison of split conjunctival graft with and without limbal orientation in double head pterygia, TNOA conference, Salem, 2020
• Correlation of ocular perfusion pressure and IOP changes during haemodialysis in end stage renal disease, TNOA conference, Erode, 2017.

Poster presentations:

• Comparison of split conjunctival graft with and without limbal orientation in double head pterygia, All India Ophthalmological Conference (AIOC), Gurgaon, 2020 (Podium presentation)
• Study of Visual outcome/IOP changes following Nd:YAG Capsulotomy in patients with PCO, TNOA conference, Vellore, 2016.

Publications

• Soundarya, B; Sachdev, Gitansha Shreyas; Ramamurthy, Shreyas; Kumar, Shreesha K; Dandapani, Ramamurthy. Visual outcomes of early enhancement following small incision lenticule extraction versus laser in situ keratomileusis. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology 71(5):p 1845-1848, May 2023. 
• Soundarya B, Sachdev GS, Ramamurthy S, Dandapani R. Ectasia after keratorefractive surgery: Analysis of risk factors and treatment outcomes in the Indian population. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.2020;68(6):1028. 
• Sachdev GS, Ramamurthy S, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Comparative analysis of outcomes following topography-guided laser in situ keratomileusis using manifest refraction versus a new topographic analysis algorithm. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jun;71(6):2430-2435
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Rare case of late presentation of acute hydrops in a 65 year-old patient with keratoconus. JCRS Online Case Reports.2019;7(3):42-44.
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Visual and Refractive Outcomes Following Simultaneous Phacoemulsification and Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Autograft. International Journal of Ophthalmology & Visual Science.2019;4(4):106-110
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Comparison of vertical split conjunctival autograft with and without limbal orientation in cases of double-head pterygium-A retrospective analysis. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:573-6 
• Ramamurthy S, Soundarya B, Sachdev GS. Topography-guided treatment in regular and irregular corneas. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020; 68:2699-704
• Sachdev GS, Soundarya B, Ramamurthy S, Lakshmi C, Dandapani R.Impact of anterior capsular polishing on capsule opacification rate in eyes undergoing femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery- Indian Journal of Ophthalmol 2020;68:780-5 
• Sachdev GS, Ramamurthy S, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Comparative Analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Topography-Guided Customized Cross-linking and Standard Cross-linking in the Treatment of Progressive Keratoconus. Cornea. 2021 Feb 1;40(2):188-193.
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Comparison of inferior conjunctival autografting and conjunctival tissue grafting from pterygium itself in the cases of filtering blebs and glaucoma suspects-A retrospective analysis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct;68(10):2084-2087. 
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Comparison of horizontal versus vertical split conjunctival autograft in the management of double head pterygium: A retrospective analysis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jan;69(1):66-68. 
• Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor; Bijita Deb; Soundarya Balajee; Ramamurthy Dandapani. Successful Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in Pre-existing Descemet Membrane Perforation – A Case Series. Int. J. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2020, 5(3), 70-74
• Shreesha Kumar Kodavoor; Soundarya Balajee; Ramamurthy Dandapani; Muralidhar Rajamani; Thenarasun Seethalakshmi Asaithambi. A Rare Presentation of Bilateral Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) Disease in a Patient with Unilateral Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency (LSCD) with Corneal Perforation. Int. J. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2021, 6(2), 72-74.
• Kodavoor SK, Soundarya B, Dandapani R. Is it a leech? Is it a slug? It’s a descemet’s membrane tear! TNOA J Ophthalmic Sci Res 2022;60:327‑8 
• Study of Visual Outcome and Intraocular Pressure changes following Nd:YAG Capsulotomy in patients with PCO in E-Journal , Dr. MGR Tamil Nadu Medical University. 

Memberships

• All India Ophthalmological Society
• Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association