Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

• MBBS 
• M.S. (OPHTHALMOLOGY) St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore (2003)
• Fellowship in Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Bangalore West Lions Eye Hospital (2004-05)
• Fellowship in Orbit and Oculoplasty, LVPEI, Hyderabad (2019)
• Training in Advanced Phacoemulsification techniques: Laxmi eye institute, Mumbai (2019), MM Joshi eye institute, Hubli (2023)

Experience

Working as a faculty in the department of Ophthalmology from February 2005 

1. Professor & Head - from December 2024 to till date
2. Professor - from February 2023 till date 
3. Associate Professor - from May 2014 to January 2023 
4. Assistant Professor - from February 2008 to May 2014 
5. Lecturer - from February 2005 to January 2008 

Areas of interest

• Cataract and external eye diseases
• Orbit
• Oculoplasty
•  Dacryology
•  Ocular Surface
•  Ocular Oncology

Field of Expertise

• Cataract Surgeries using advanced Phacoemulsification techniques with premium IOLs
• Complex clinical conditions of the eye 
• Orbit / Oculoplasty / Dacryology / Ocular Oncology
• Management of Glaucoma
• Postgraduate<

Fellowship & Membership

Fellowship: 

1. Fellowship in Comprehensive Ophthalmology, Bangalore West Lions Eye Hospital (2004-05)
2. Fellowship in Orbit and Oculoplasty, LVPEI, Hyderabad (2019)
3. Training in Advanced Phacoemulsification techniques, 

• Laxmi eye institute, Mumbai (2019)
• MM Joshi eye institute, Hubli (2023)

Memberships in Professional Associations

1. All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
2. Karnataka Ophthalmological Society (KOS)
3. Bangalore Ophthalmological Society (BOS)
4. Oculoplasty Association of India (OPAI)

Extramural portfolios/ Committees

1. Teaching Faculty for Wetlab Surgical training at All India Ophthalmological Society Conferences
2. Expert Faculty: As a judge for free papers finals orbit , Co-convenor for faculty talks
3. Guest speaker at AIOS national conferences
4. Guest speaker at KOS state annual conferences
5. Guest speaker at KOS PG refresher course
6. Co-instructor in instruction course on Orbit at state conferences
7. Reviewer of free papers and instruction courses for All India Ophthalmological Society
8. Reviewer for Indian Journal Of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Other formal training/certification

1. Trained in Advanced Phacoemulsification Techniques at Laxmi Eye Institute, Mumbai  and MM Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli
2. Basic course in Research methodology 
3. Advanced course in Research methodology
4. Basic Course in Biomedical Research (BCBR) Online certification course (NPTEL, Swayam portal 2021-22)
5. Medical Education Technology (MCI certified course) Medical Education Cell, SJMCH, 2016

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

1. PG guide
2. MCI co-ordinator for Dept. of Ophthalmology
3. PBL facilitator
4. Resource faculty for distance learning program conducted by Family Medicine

Membership of professional associations/bodies

Memberships in Professional Associations

1. All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
2. Karnataka Ophthalmological Society (KOS)
3. Bangalore Ophthalmological Society (BOS)
4. Oculoplasty Association of India (OPAI)