Won several awards, including the ‘GSI-Pfizer Best Paper Award’ at the 4th SEAGIG International Glaucoma Conference in 2006.
Specialization
Qualification
- MBBS
- DNB (Ophthalmology)
- Fellowship in Glaucoma (LVPEI)
Experience
- Consultant in Glaucoma, Neuro-ophthalmology and Cataract for nearly 5 years at Sankara Nethralaya (Main), Chennai and at various campuses of L. V. Prasad Eye Institute at Hyderabad, including KAR campus; Banjara Hills and Lahoti Eye Centre; Madhapur for more than 10 years.
- Areas of expertise include management of various disorders of the optic nerve, including complex glaucoma and surgery for glaucoma, like Trabeculectomy; Ahmed Glaucoma Valve; Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery, Combined Glaucoma and Cataract Surgery and Cataract Surgery in patients with Glaucoma.
Research and Designation
- Co-investigator of major population-based glaucoma studies in India like ‘Chennai Glaucoma Study (CGS)’ and ‘Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS).
- Presented scientific work at various national and international conferences, Has nearly 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals to his credit.
- Co-author of Sankara Nethralaya’s ‘Atlas of Neuro-Ophthalmology’.
Awards and Recognition
Travelled extensively in the rural network of L. V. Prasad Eye Institute in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and has established a model, called ‘Diagonal Model of Glaucoma Care’ to implement tertiary level care for complex a...
Core-group member in the development of a toolkit for Glaucoma Management in Sub-Saharan Africa by Light for the World and International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO).
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