Senior Consultant
Qualification: M.B.B.S, M.D from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre of Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, DNB- NBE (New Delhi), FICO
Experience: Over 18 years
Expertise: Glaucoma, Cataract & Squint.
He completed his post graduation in Ophthalmology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, (AIIMS) New Delhi. He also did further Senior Registrar ship at AIIMS, New Delhi in Glaucoma, Squint and Neuro Ophthalmology, Subspecialties apart from Cataract training. He has presented many papers and scientific publications in various National and International Conferences apart from attending them personally.
He is very keen in clinical research activities and has published articles in various national and international journals. He is also involved in teaching the post graduate interns in the hospital. His hobbies include reading books, listening to music and participating in sports activities.
Won quiz award in “Archives of Ophthalmology”, USA journal. Won the Delhi Ophthalmological Society, “DOS quiz Winner Trophy” for the year 2004. Stood first in the ORA annual quiz for the year 2004 held at RP centre, AIIMS, New Delhi and won Prof L.P. Agarwal Trophy.
Published papers & postal in various national & international conferences like AAO (American academy of ophthalmology), ESCRS (European conference), World Glaucoma congress (WGC) Singapore, All India Ophthalmology Conferences (AIOS) & state conferences.
Educational qualification
2006 | DNB
2006 | MNAMS
2004 | MD (Ophthalmology) | Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences (RPC,AIIMS Delhi)
USMLE | ECFMG Certified
MBBS | J.J.M Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka
Experience
2008 – Present | Senior Consultant (Ophthalmologist) | Shekar Eye Hospital, JP Nagar, Bangalore
2005 – 2008 | Senior Residency | Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi
Worked in various subspecialities in ophthalmology including Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery (LASIK), Contact Lens, Glaucoma, Oculoplasty, Squint, Neuroophthalmology, Pediatirc ophthalmology, Vetreoretina & Uvea.
Short term clinical trainee in Vitreo-retina & Uvea unit at R.P.Center, AIIMS, New Delhi, specializing in vitreo-retina, posterior segment lasers, RD surgeries, pars plana vitrectomy, Lensectomy & VR surgeries along with post-op care and their follow-up
Teaching Experience:
- Involved in training of junior residents (PGs), which involves supervising the history taking and teaching them the techniques of ophthalmic examination (especially squint, orthoptics, and glaucoma), helping in improving their clinical acumen. Assist them in doing ocular surgery, (including phacoemulsification) and other major & minor procedures
- Involved in medical students teaching which essentially involves supervising the history taking and minor procedures.
- Also involved in training of optometrists, which involves teaching them theoretical and practical aspects of optics and refraction and common ocular conditions.
- Presented seminars on various topics in ophthalmology as part of post graduate teaching curriculum.
- Presently, In-charge of CME activities at Shekar Nethralaya, involved in teaching PGs (DNB) in the hospital.
Positions Held
- Reviewer of the prestigious peer reviewed journal ‘Ophthalmology’ (from American academy of Ophthalmology)
- Co-instructor for the instruction course (IC) on challenges in Squint at the annual All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) conference, Bangalore Feb’2008.
- Co-instructor for the instruction course (IC) on Gonioscopy at the annual All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) conference, Bangalore Feb’2008.
- Involved in academic activities in major conferences; AIOC, KOSCON, BOS Summit, GSI etc in the form of clinical talks, panel discussions and poster/paper presentations.
- Conducted two major conferences BOS Summit 2016 and KOSCON 2017 as Organizing secretary in Bangalore.
- Been Scientific committee chairman of BOS from 2022-24.
- One of the member in the national consensus group on childhood myopia
Publications/ Awards / Research work:
- Done THESIS Work for three years on ‘Comparison of Conventional occlusion Vs. Atropine Penalization in the treatment of Anisometropic Amblyopia’ at R.P.Centre, AIIMS.
- Won the Delhi Ophthalmological Society, ‘DOS QUIZ Winner Trophy” for the year 2004 in the Annual DOS Conference.
- Stood First in the ORA annual Quiz for the year 2004 held at R.P.Center and won Prof.L.P. Agarwal Trophy
- Free Paper presentation on ‘Clinical Trial of Occlusion vs. Atropine Penalization for the Treatment of Amblyopia’ at Delhi Ophthalmological Society annual conference, April’ 2005.
- Author: Shailesh. G.M., Rohit Saxena. Consent forms for Squint and Botox injections. Book on Consent forms in Ophthalmic practice. DOS 2008.
- Author of textbook: Shailesh G.M. Chapter on Ultrasonography. Pradeep Venkatesh, S.P.Garg, Rajvardhan Azad. Textbook of Retinal imaging, Jaypee publications:2008.
Clinical Talks
- Instruction course: Gonioscopy techniques. AIOC 2008, Nov, Bangalore.
- Botox in Neuroophthalmology at AIOC feb 2009, Jaipur.
- Childhood glaucoma at MM joshi eye hospital, Hublic Dec 2009
- Indications for imaging in Neuroophthalmology. Oral presentation in the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) annual meeting March 2009, New Delhi.
- Amblyopia treatment study: what should we do? Oral presentation in the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) annual meeting april 2010, New Delhi.
- Optic neuritis. Recent advances. Oral presentation in the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) annual meeting April 2007, New Delhi.
- Amblyopia treatment: What have we learnt from clinical trials? Oral Presentation in the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) annual meeting 29 March 2008, New Delhi.
- Congenital glaucoma management, Amblyopia recent trends in management. Chief instructor in Squint IC and Chaired sessions on glaucoma.
- Improving outcome of Trabeculectomy and approach to optic disc pallor presentations at the annual DOS conference April 2012, New Delhi.
- Scientific talks in all the KOS conferences since 2012.
Posters
- Clinical Trial of Occlusion Vs. Atropine Penalization for the Treatment of Amblyopia. Poster Presentation at Annual American Academy of Ophthalmology conference, Chicago, USA: October 2005. Shailesh Gadaginamath, Vimla Menon, Pradeep Sharma, Rohit Saxena, Sachin Kedar.
- Histopathological Evaluation of Trabeculectomy Specimens in Eyes with Sturge-Weber Syndrome. Shailesh Gadaginamath, Seema Kashyap, Viney Gupta, Ramanjit Sihota. 2nd World Glaucoma Congress, Singapore July 2007.
- Clinical Profile of Optic Neuritis: Indian Scenario, Rohit Saxena, MD, Vimla Menon MBBS: Swati Phuljhele, MBBS, Shailesh Gadaginamath MD; Pradeep Sharma MD. AAO, San Franscisco, October 2009.
- Familial Exudative Vitreo-Retinopathy (FEVR) at Annual Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) Conference April’ 2003. Pradeep Venkatesh, Roham Chawla, K.Ravi, Muralidhar, G.M., H.K.Tewari.
- Handheld digital camera, a boon for anterior segment and intraoperative documentation in ophthalmology, Anlur Sinha, Rohit Saxena, Sudershan Khokhar, Parul Sinha, Shailesh G.M., XXIV ESCRS Annual Congress, London: September 2006.
Published Papers
- Shailesh G.M. Archives of Ophthalmology web quiz winner in the journal. Arch Ophthalmol.2005; 123:1288
- Parul Sony, Pradeep Venkatesh, Shailesh Gadaginamath and Sat Pal Garg. Optical coherence tomography findings in commotion retina. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2006 Aug;34(6) 621-3.
- Viney Gupta, Geeta Srinivasan, Shailesh Gadaginamath, Ramanjit Sihota, Jeewan Singh Titiyal, Occult Scleral Necrosis with Filtering Bleb as a Presenting Feature of Marfan’s Syndrome. Asian J Ophthalmol. 2007;9:134-5
- Viney Gupta, Shailesh Gadaginamath, Geetha Srinivasan, Seema Sen, Ramanjit Sihota, Silicone Oil Granuloma Masquerading as a Subconjunctival Mass. Asian J Opthalmol. 2007; 9: 219-220
- Clinical trial of patching versus atropine penalization for the treatment of anisometropic amblyopia in older children. Vimla Menon, MS, Gadaginamath Shailesh, MD, Pradeep Sharma, MD and Rohit Saxena, MD: Journal of American Academy of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus (J AAPOS) 2008;12:493-497
- Deependra Vikram Singh, MD, YOG Raj Sharma, MD, Raj Vardhan Azad, MD, FRCS, Nikhil Pal, MD, Shailesh Gadaginamath, MD Familial Ectopia Lentis with Axenfeld- Reiger Anomaly. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 2007;44:59-61
- Sanjeev Nainiwal, Shailesh G.M., Lalit Verma, Hem K.Tewari, Color coding of different retinal lesions. Monthly bulletin of Delhi Ophthalmological Society, DOS Times, February’2003; Vol 8(8):19
- Shailesh G.M., Tanie N., Parul Sony, Harsh Kumar. Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT), Monthly bulletin of Delhi Ophthalmological Society, DOS Times, January 2003; Vol 8(7):4
- Shailesh G.M., S.Titiyal, Vijay B Wagh, Harish P. Marfan Syndrome. Monthly bulletin of Delhi Ophthalmological Society, DOS Times, September 2004; Vol 10 (3): 95-100
- Shailesh G.M., Pradeep Sharma. Current trends in the management of amblyopia. Delhi journal of ophthalmology (DJO). Volume 12(5). April – june 2007
- Shailesh G.M. Jatin Ashar, Rohit Saxena, Vimla Menon, Compressive Optic Neuropathy, monthly bulletin of Delhi Ophthalmological Society, DOS Times, April 2008; Vol 13 (10)
- Management of DVD. Chakshu, KOS Journal, 2009.
- Dissociated vertical deviation. Shailesh .G.M., Rohit Saxena, Ravindranath H.M.Delhi journal of Ophthalmology. Volume 20 (4), April-June 2010
- Duane retraction syndrome. Shailesh G.M., Ravindranath H M, Chakshu Journal; Jan 2012
