Profile

Current Position  

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

Career Objective

• To deliver advanced care in cornea, cataract, and refractive surgery and actively participate in the academics and training of future ophthalmologists and cornea specialists 

Special Interest 

• Lamellar corneal surgery – DSEK, DMEK& DALK 

Academic Distinctions 

• Winner of the “Kera Quiz” at the theKeracon annual Cornea Society of India meeting for 3 consecutive years (placed 3rd, 1st, and 2nd in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023 respectively)
• Recipient of the Erudio-Allergan Academic Achievers Award 2019 – placed  3rdin the national-level quiz program for post-graduate ophthalmology students  
• Several presentations at national and international conferences

Publications: 

• Peters Anomaly: Novel Non-Invasive Alternatives to Penetrating Keratoplasty. Semin Ophthalmol. 2023 Apr;38(3):275-282. doi: 10.1080/08820538.2023.2176238. Epub 2023 Feb 14. PMID: 36788651   
• Assessment of genotypes, endosymbionts and clinical characteristics of Acanthamoeba recovered from ocular infection. BMC Infect Dis. 2022 Sep 29;22(1):757. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07741-4. PMID: 36175838; PMCID: PMC9520893 
• Intralenticular foreign body: leave the quiet ones alone. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Sep 3;14(9):e244875. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-244875. PMID: 34479900; PMCID: PMC8420727 

Academic Qualifications:

• MBBS at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. 

• DNB Ophthalmology at Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute of Ophthalmoly, Theni, Tamil Nadu, India.

• FICO - Fellow of the International Council of Ophthalmology (2019) 

• Fellowship in Cornea & Anterior Segment at  L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana.