Consultant, MBBS , DNB, Fellowship in Orbit & Oculoplasty
Qualification: MBBS – Raja Rajeshwari Medical college, Bangalore, DOMS – Bangalore Medical College And Hospital, Bangalore, DNB – Nethradhama Super speciality Eye Hospital, Bangalore, Fellowship In Orbit And Oculoplasty – Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore.
Expertise: Oculoplasty
She did her under graduation from Raja Rajeshwari Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore. She passed Diploma in Ophthalmology from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore in 2014. She has done DNB in Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Bangalore. She has done her Fellowship in orbit and oculoplasty.
Academic Qualifications
2019 | Fellowship in orbit and oculoplasty | Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore
2016 | DNB | Nethradhama Superspeciality eye hospital, Bangalore
2014 | DOMS | Bangalore Medical college and hospital, Bangalore
2010 | MBBS | Raja Rajeshwari medical college and hospital, Bangalore
Thesis
Anterior segment optical coherence tomography changes in the cornea following accelerated collagen cross linking in progressive Keratoconus
Professional Experience
Managing an OPD of 50-60 patients per day. Well versed with OPD procedures like:
- Retinoscopy
- Biometry
- B-scan
- Slit lamp bio-microscopy
- Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
- Gonioscopy
- Applanation tonometry
- Pachymetry
- Humphrey visual field analyser.
Surgical skills
- SICS
- Phacoemulsification
- DCR
- Entropion
- Ectropion correction
- Ptosis correction
- Lid reconstruction
- Lid tear repair
- Tarsorrhaphy
- Evisceration
- Enucleation
- Orbitotomy
- Aesthetic procedures such as browpexy, blepharoplasty and Botox
- Spacer and mucous membrane grafts.
- Assisted procedures like hard palate graft, blow out fracture repair, orbitotomies, contracted socket management, sural nerve graft.
- Emergencies managed – trauma (open/closed globe), acute attacks of angle closure glaucoma, CRAO etc.
Conferences attended
- Keratosight-II held by Bangalore West Lions Superspeciality Eye Hospital – Oct 2012
- Karnataka Ophthalmological Society conference, Hassan – Nov 2012.
- Update on orbital diseases and neuro ophthalmology-Prabha Eye Clinic – Sept 2014
- Glaucoma diagnostics – demystified – Prabha Eye Clinic-25 Jan 2015.
- Phaco festival – Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye hospital-Nov 2015.
- Parivarthan – PG teaching program and CME on Orbit Oculoplasty, SEH Coimbatore – March 2017
- Shikshana, orbit oculoplasty conference Bangalore – Jan 2018
- BOS – May 2018
- DOS winter conference, New Delhi -2018
Papers presented
Evaluation of Efficacy Of Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS) With Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation (PCIOL) Without Trabeculectomy In Chronic Angle Closure Glaucoma at KOS conference held at Hubli in 2012.
Publications
Swathi, Shanmugham M., RambhatlaS.Ophthalmic artery occlusion following lateral orbitotomy. Int J OculOncolOculoplasty2018;4(3):146-147.
CMEs attended
- AIOS PG teaching programme-2013
- Kalpavriksha 2013
- ifocus-Hyderabad -Jan 2015
- AIOS-PG teaching programme –Aug 2015
- RIO-Chennai-PG teaching programme-Jan 2016.
