Faculty & Staff

Qualification/ Education

M.B.B.S, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore – 1988

M.S. (Ophthalmology), St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore – 1994

ACME, Advanced Course in Medical Education, MCI - 2015

Areas of interest

• Clinician, Teacher, Medical Educationist and Researcher, with 30years of experience
• A general Ophthalmologist with keen interest in Optic nerve disorders, their diagnosis, and management including optic nerve sheath fenestration, orbital and oculoplastic disorders, medical retina and uvea, screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
• Medical educationist with interest in Assessment, Clinical reasoning, and Scholarship  in medical education. Was Chairman, Board of Studies, RGUHS, from 2021-2024; during this period, was instrumental in implementing CBME Curriculum in Clinical Subjects in RGUHS
• Researcher, with keen interest in Applied Clinical research and research in Medical Education 

Field of Expertise

• Ophthalmologist with 28 years of Clinical experience in a Medical College. The department being a tertiary care referral center, I have had the experience of managing complex Ophthalmic conditions. Although I consider myself a general Ophthalmolog

Fellowship & Membership

Membership: 

All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS)

Karnataka Ophthalmic Society (KOS) 

Extramural portfolios/ Committees

• Chairman of Board of Studies, UG Clinical, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. 
• Member of the State Health University committee to develop and review the new CBME Curriculum for Postgraduate training in Ophthalmology.

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

• Member Secretary – Research Society, St John’s Medical College
• Member of the Rural Service Committee, St. John’s Medical College
• Member of the Institutional Library Committee - St John’s Medical College
• Mentor of Student Council – St John’s Medical College
• Member, Board of Studies, Ophthalmology, MAHE University
• Member, Board of Studies, Ophthalmology, SDUMC