Profile

Current Position :

• Consultant - Vitreo Retina at The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. 

Career Objective :

• To deliver advanced clinical & surgical care in Retina. To participate actively in research and academics and help further advances in diagnostics and treatment of retinal diseases. 

Special Interest :

• Macular and Vitreo-retinal surgery  
• Pachychoroiddisease spectrum 

Professional distinctions : 

• Recipient of Prof. Krothapalli Ravindranath LVPEI Research international travel grant 
• Paper presentation in JM Pahwa award session in VRSI 2022 
• Free paper presentation in VRSI 2023, AIOC and TNOC 2019 
• Awarded Gold Medal in Physiology, Pharmacology, General Medicine and Surgery during MBBS 
• Awarded Best Outgoing Student of MBBS graduating class 2017 

Publications: 

• Ramamurthy SR, Behera UC, Narula R, Sadda SR, Narayanan R. Intravitreal Brolucizumab for Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy without Choroidal Neovascular Membrane - a Pilot Study. Semin Ophthalmol. 2024 Jan 25:1-8. doi: 10.1080/08820538.2024.2308808. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38270124. 
• Ramamurthy SR, Das AV, Agrawal R, Dave VP. Management of scleral tears with concurrent intraocular foreign bodies and factors affecting outcomes. Eye (Lond). 2023 Aug 2. doi: 10.1038/s41433-023-02679-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37532833. 
• Ramamurthy SR, Dave VP, Chou HD, Ozdek S, Parolini B, Dhawahir-Scala F, Wu WC, Ribot FM, Chang A, Ruamviboonsuk P, Pathengay A, Pappuru RR. Retinotomies and retinectomies: A review of indications, techniques, results, and complications. SurvOphthalmol. 2023 Nov-Dec;68(6):1038-1049. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2023.06.012. Epub 2023 Jul 3. PMID: 37406778. 
• Ramamurthy SR, Joseph J, Dave VP. Clinical settings, management and factors affecting outcomes in multi and extensively-drug resistant Pseudomonas endophthalmitis. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2023 Sep;33(5):1997-2005. doi: 10.1177/11206721231163353. Epub 2023 Mar 12. PMID: 36908204. 
• Ramamurthy S, Raval V, Ali H, Tyagi M, Narayanan R, Reddy R, Das AV. GIANT RETINAL TEAR DETACHMENT: Clinical Presentation and Treatment Outcomes in 396 Patients. Retina. 2023 May 1;43(5):784-792. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003720. PMID: 36728871. 
• Shaikh N, Srishti R, Khanum A, Thirumalesh MB, Dave V, Arora A, Bansal R, Surve A, Azad S, Kumar V. Vitreous hemorrhage - Causes, diagnosis, and management. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jan;71(1):28-38. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_928_22. PMID: 36588205; PMCID: PMC10155538. 
• Ramamurthy S, Joseph J, Dave VP. Candida Albicans Sub-Retinal Abscess following COVID-19. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Oct;70(10):3707-3709. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1363_22. PMID: 36190078. 
• Ramamurthy S, Parameswarappa DC, Padhy SK, Takkar B. Exudative maculopathy in presumed X-linked retinoschisis with the review of the literature. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul;70(7):2706-2708. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_2090_21. PMID: 35791214; PMCID: PMC9426173. 
• Neveu MM, Padhy SK, Ramamurthy S, Takkar B, Jalali S, Cp D, Padhi TR, Robson AG. Ophthalmological Manifestations of Oculocutaneous and Ocular Albinism: Current Perspectives. Clin Ophthalmol. 2022 May 24;16:1569-1587. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S329282. PMID: 35637898; PMCID: PMC9148211 
• Ramamurthy SR, Dave VP. Robotics in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery. Semin Ophthalmol. 2022 May 16:1-6. doi: 10.1080/08820538.2022.2075705. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35576476.
• Dave VP, Ramamurthy S, Das AV, Joseph J, Pathengay A. CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS, MICROBIOLOGY, AND FACTORS AFFECTING MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES IN LENS ABSCESS WITH CONCURRENT ENDOPHTHALMITIS. Retina. 2022 Jun 1;42(6):1137-1143. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003419. PMID: 35067610

Academic: 

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

• MS in Ophthalmology - Aravind Eye Hospital & Post Graduate Institute in Ophthalmology, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. 

• FICO - Fellow of Interthe national Council of Ophthalmology (2022). 

• Fellowship in Surgical Retina and Vitreous at L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana.