Dr. Priyadarshini K

Profile

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  Consultant Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Surgery at The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Academic:  
 

• MBBS (2015): Govt. Medical College, Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. 
• MD Ophthalmology (2019): All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. 
• DNB Ophthalmology (2020)
• Senior Resident in Cataract, Cornea Refractive Surgery (2020-2023): All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Professional Experience: 
 

• Consultant Cornea, Cataract, Refractive Surgery (6 Months) at AGS Eye Hospital, Jodhpur. 
• Consultant Cornea, Cataract, Refractive Surgery (6 Months) at Trinity Eye Hospital.

Surgical Experience:  
 

• Topical Phacoemulsification Surgeries  
• Pterygium Excision with Conjunctival Graft Repair
• Globe Rupture Repair
• Corneal Transplants (PKP, DALK, EK)
• Ocular Surface Procedures (SLET/ CLET/ MSGT)
• Refractive Surgeries including Phakic IOLs

Conferences & Awards:
 

• Presentations in various national and international conferences such as Delhi Ophthalmology Society, (2020,2021, 2022) , YOSI AIOC 2023 AIOC (2023, 2024), World Ophthalmology Congress (2022), South Asian Academy of Ophthalmology Biennial conference (2022), CXL Experts Meet, Zurich (2022), APAO (2023), ESCRS (2023), APAO (2024) Bali, MEOM (2024)
• Achieved 3rd place in Free Paper presentation at the Delhi Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference 2022.
• Secured 3rd place in Free Paper presentation at the YOSI AIOC 2023 held in New Delhi.
• Received the FIFA Best Video Award in Cornea & Ocular Surface Surgery at AIOC 2023 in Kochi.

Publications:
 

• Sharma N, Priyadarshini K, Agarwal R, Bafna RK, Nagpal R, Sinha R, Agarwal T, Maharana PK, Titiyal JS. Role of Microscope-Intraoperative Optical Coherence Tomography in Pediatric Keratoplasty: AComparative Study. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jan; 221:190-198. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.07.048. Epub 2020 Aug 7. PMID: 32777378.
• Sharma N, Agarwal R, Jhanji V, Bhaskar S, Kamalakkannan P, Nischal KK. Lamellar keratoplasty in children. Surv Ophthalmol. 2020 Nov-Dec;65(6):675-690. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2020.04.002. Epub 2020 Apr 17. PMID: 32305350.
• Nagpal R, Goyal RB, Priyadarshini K, Kashyap S, Sharma M, Sinha R, Sharma N. Mucopolysaccharidosis: A broad review. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul;70(7):2249-2261. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_425_22. PMID: 35791104; PMCID: PMC9426054.
• Nandyala, Sushma; Priyadarshini, K; Sharma, Namrata. Commentary: Fluoroquinolone resistance in bacterial isolates from ocular infections: Trend in antibiotic susceptibility patterns between 2005-2020. Indian Journal of Ophthalmol 70(12): p 4399, December 2022. 
• Sharma N, Sah R, Priyadarshini K, Titiyal JS. Contact lenses for the treatment of ocular surface diseases. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr;71(4):1135-1141. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_17_23
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Kaur M, Titiyal JS. Cataract surgery in ocular surface disease. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr;71(4):1167-1175. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_3395_22. 
• Dutta Majumder P, Agarwal S, Shah M, Srinivasan B, K Priyadarshini, Iyer G, Sharma N, Biswas J, McCluskey P. Necrotizing Scleritis: A Review. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2023 Jun 6:1-15.
• Chauhan P, Kamalakannan P, Upadhyay AD, Sinha R, Titiyal JS, Sharma N. Comparative Evaluation of Topographic Parameters Using Three Different Topographers in Keratoconic and Cross-linked Keratoconic Corneas. J Refract Surg. 2024 Apr;40(4): e260-e269. doi: 10.3928/1081597X-20240311-07. Epub 2024 Apr 1
• Sharma N, Venugopal R, Nagpal R, Priyadarshini K, et al. Evaluation of adjuvant role of topical cyclosporine 1% in acute Stevens-Johnson syndrome: a randomised control trial. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2024 May 27.
• Gupta Y, Devi C, Priyadarshini K, Mandal S, Tandon R, Sharma N. Pediatric keratoconus. Survey of Ophthalmology. 2024 Oct 12.
• Sharma N, Venugopal R, Mohanty S, Priyadarshini K, Nagpal R, Singhal D, Bari A, Dada T, Maharana PK, Agarwal T, Upadhyay AD. Simple limbal epithelial transplantation versus cultivated limbal epithelial transplantation in ocular burns. The Ocular Surface. 2024 Oct 1;34:504-9
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Vajpayee R. Keratoglobus. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 60
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Vajpayee R. Shaped Penetrating Keratoplasty. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 44
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Vajpayee R. Anterior Staphyloma. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 62
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Vajpayee R. Severe corneoiridic scars. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 59
• Priyadarshini K, Sharma N, Vajpayee R. Surgical Instruments for endothelial keratoplasty. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 31
• Sharma N, Priyadarshini K, Sahay P, Bafna R. MIOCT-guided Keratoplasties. In: Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee R editors. Corneal Transplantation: Jaypee publications; 2022. Chapter 80