Department of Ophthalmology

Department of Ophthalmology

Head of Department and Professor- Dr. Shreya Thatte [MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology), Fellow of Eye Foundation of America]

Professor- Dr. Nitin Nema [MBBS, DNB (Ophthalmology), DNB, Fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases (UW, Madison, USA), Fellowship in Vitreoretinal & General Ophthalmology (Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai)]

Associate Professor- Dr. Amisha Jain [MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology)]

Assistant Professor- Dr. Pragya Prakash [MBBS, DNB (Ophthalmology), Fellow phaco (Arvind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore; Susrut Eye Hospital), Observership Retina (Retina Speciality Hospital, Indore), FRCS..], Dr. Sonam Verma [MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology), FMR (Mumbai), Fellow phaco. (SNC, Chitrakoot)]

Senior Resident- Dr. Ashima Monga [MBBS, DNB (Ophthalmology)], Dr. Mamleshwari Patil [MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology)]

FACILITIES AVAILABLE

OPD– Autorefractometer, Lensometer, Non-contact tonometer, Automated keratometer, Manual Bausch & Lomb keratometer, A Scan, Slit lamp examination unit, Direct and Indirect Ophthalmoscopy

Specialty OPD– Cornea Clinic, Glaucoma Clinic, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismology Clinic, Retina Clinic

OT– Cataract surgeries (Phacoemulsification, MSICS), IOL implantation (secondary IOL, Foldable, Non foldable), Keratoplasty, Intravitreal injections and implants, Vitreoretinal surgeries, Paediatric cataract and squint surgeries, Trabeculectomy, Amniotic membrane grafting, Squint correction surgeries, Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft (glueless, sutureless), SLET, Post traumatic corneoscleral tear repairs, Lid surgeries (ectropion, entropion, ptosis corrections), DCR, DCT, Dermoid excisions, evisceration, enucleation, transcutaneous retrobulbar injections, exenteration.

Minor OTs– Eye irrigation, chalazion incision and curettage, syringing and probing, corneal scraping, lid repairs, tarsorrhaphy, epilation

CORNEA CLINIC

  • Specular microscopy
  • AS OCT (Anterior segment OCT)
  • UBM (Ultrabiomicroscopy)
  • Foreign body removal
  • Dry eye (computer vision) work up
  • Impression cytology
  • Gram’s staining, Microscopy and Culture- sensitivity
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