Dr. Linya M. Thomas

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• Consultant Cataract, Orbit & Oculoplastic Surgeon at The Eye Foundation, Kochi, Kerala. 

Oculoplastic surgeries: 

• Ptosis correction surgeries 
• Entropion correction surgeries 
• Ectropion correction surgeries 
• Electroepilation procedures 
• Mass Excision 
• Excisional biopsy 
• Xanthelasma Excision 
• Injection Botox 
• Tarsorrhaphy and tarsorrhaphy release 
• Incision and Currettage 
• Lid tear Repair 
• Lid tear Repair with lacrimal stenting  

Lacrimal Surgeries: 

• External Dacryocystorhinostomy +/- stenting/MMC 
• Dacryocystectomy 
• Fistulectomy 
• Probing and Syringing 
• Incision and Drainage 
• 3 Snip Procedure 
• Punctal cautery

Orbital surgeries: 

• Evisceration with implant 
• Fornix Deepening sutures 
   

Cataract surgeries: 

• Phacoemulsification with foldable IOL implantation 
• Small Incision Sutureless Cataract Surgery(SICS) with IOL implantation 
   

Presentations at Conferences: 

• ∙Free paper presentation on: Factors affecting the optic disc size obtained using Optical 
  coherence Tomography; in Interdisciplinary conference on health and technical research 
  (ICHTR) conducted on 31/10/2020. 
• Free paper presentation on "Comparison of magnification corrected values of optic disc size 
  in Slitlamp and Fundus Photography" in KOSCON conducted on 17/12/2020. 
• Free paper presentation on "An ocular palindrome" in KOSCON conducted on 17/12/2020. 
• Clinical photograph-“Cicatricial Ectropion can detailed history make a difference?” in OPAI 
  2022 
• Physical Poster Presentation on“Castlemans disease with anorbital presentation” in AIOC2023 .

Publications: 

• "Dirofilariasis presenting as scleritis: Areport of two cases; quot; published in the ophthalmic 
  image section of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology in 2020, issue 9. 
• “Lagophthalmos: Anetiological lookout of rame the decision for management”- in the Letter 
  to Editor section of IJO Journal in June 2023. 
• “Warthin cyst of lacrimal sac: A rare presentation of a common tumor!”:Case Report in IJO 
  August 2023. 
• “Comparison of magnification corrected optic disc size by slit-lamp biomicroscopy, fundus 
  photography, and optical coherence tomography “ study published in Taiwan Journal of 
  Ophthalmology ():November 2024 issue. 

Awards: 

• First prize in YEN-OPH –intercollege ophthalmic quiz conducted on 30/1/2021. 
• Final list in Koscon intercollege quiz conducted on 17/12/2020. 

Academic Qualifications: 

• Fellowship in Orbit and Oculoplasty (January 2022 to August 2023) at Aravind Eye Hospital, 
  Pondicherry. 
• MS Ophthalmology(2021) at Kasturba Medical College (Manipal University), Manipal, 
  Karnataka. 
• MBBS (2016) at Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka. 

Memberships: 

• OPAI (Oculoplastic Association of India) 
• AIOS (All India Ophthalmic Society) 
• KOS (Karnataka Ophthalmological Society)