Profile

Current   Position: 

• Consultant Cataract and Glaucoma at The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. 

Clinical   Skills: 

• Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry - August 2022, Conducted diagnostic skill transfer course on OCT in Glaucoma. 
• Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry - November 2023,  Conducted diagnostic skill transfer course on HFA in Glaucoma.
• Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry - November 2022, Speaker at surgical skill transfer course, involved in the wet lab training for trabeculectomy. 

Research   works: 

• Comparison study of VR-based perimetry with standard automated perimetry in patients with Glaucoma, Puducherry. Present- Worked on a comparison study of Virtual Reality-Based Perimetry with Standard automated Perimetry in patients with Glaucoma at Aravind Eye Hospital- Madurai and Pondicherry. 
• Thesis: Prevalence of macular changes in patients with high myopia: a one-year hospital-based prospective study, Belgaum - January 2020 
• Case Report: A rare presentation of congenital aniridia syndrome, Belgaum - December 2018. Worked on a case report titled- “A rare presentation of Congenital aniridia syndrome,  under Dr. Smitha KS, Professor, Dept of Ophthalmology, KLESH, Belagavi. 
• Case Report: A rare case of malignant melanoma, Belgaum - September 2018. A Case The report titled- A Rare Case of Malignant Melanoma under Dr. Arvind Tenagi, Professor and Head, Dept of Ophthalmology, KLESH, Belagavi. 

Publication:  

• Ocular adverse effects of anti-glaucoma medications, Puducherry - June 2023, Published a paper on Ocular adverse effects of anti-anti-glaucomacations in the DELHI JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY June 2023 edition. 
• Cover Image: CYSTIC PEARL, Puducherry, Present - Clinical image has been accepted as the cover image in Ophthalmology Glaucoma for the March  2024 edition. 

Presentations: 

• Presented 1 Paper and 2 E-Posters at “All India Ophthalmology Conference, February 2020” held at Gurugram. 
• Presented 1 Paper and 2 E-Posters at “The Karnataka Ophthalmological Society Conference, November 2019” held at Belagavi. 
• Presented 1 E-Poster at “Karnataka Ophthalmological Society Conference, December 2018” at Mangalore. 
• Instruction Courses: Karnataka Ophthalmological Society Conference 2019 at, Belgaum. November 2019, Hosted instruction courses in Karnataka Ophthalmological Society Conference 2019 at Belagavi, was a student in charge of the scientific committee. 

CME & Conference attended: 

• AIOS ARC PG REFRESHER PROGRAMME held at M.M Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli - Aug 2019. 

• Cornea for all” CME held at Dr. Kodkany eye hospital, Belagavi – Aug 2019. 

• “MIXED BASKET” CME held at KLESH, Belagavi - Mar 2019. 

• COVER by Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore - Aug 2018. 

• GIEP Program on basics and management of Glaucoma, held at Puducherry - Aug 2023.

• All India Ophthalmology Conference 2020 held at Gurugram. 

• Karnataka Ophthalmological Society conference 2019 at JNMC, Kaher, Belagavi. 

• Karnataka Ophthalmological Society conference 2018 at Mangalore. 

Academic: 

• MBBS (January 2014) at Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka. 

• Internship (March 2015) at Wenlock District Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka.

• MS Ophthalmology (July 2020) at Dr. Prabhakar Kore Kle Society Hospital & Research Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum, Karnataka. 

• Fellowship in Glaucoma (November 2023) at Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry.