Speciality: Ophthalmology
Consultant Type: Honorary
Gender: Male
Education Qualification: Sr. Consultant – Ophthalmology
Certificates and Achievements:
- Certificate of Merit – International Council of Ophthalmology, 2001
- Mrs. Swarnalatha Punshi Award for Best Research Fellow, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 2003
- Winner of Retina Quiz at Sankara Nethralaya – October 2004
- Best Paper (UVEA) – UBM in Intermediate Uveitis, 61st All India Ophthalmologic Society Meeting, Varanasi – January 2004
- Runners-up – SRMC Southern India Refractive Surgery Quiz, 2002
- Best Student of the Year – Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune, 1998
Affiliation:
- All India Ophthalmological Society
- Maharashtra Ophthalmological Association
- Sankara Nethralaya Alumni
Education Background:
- Post-graduation and super-specialisation in vitreoretinal surgery from Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
- Exclusive fellowship in ophthalmic research
- Worked as a Vitreoretinal Surgeon at various hospitals in Pune
- Associated with multiple research projects including:
- Choroidal melanoma
- PCR for viral retinitis
- Recurrent vitreous haemorrhage after vitrectomy
- Endogenous endophthalmitis
- Presented several papers at national and international conferences
- Published scientific papers on topics such as:
- Scleral rigidity of choroidal coloboma
- UBM in intermediate uveitis
Areas of Expertise:
- Vitreoretinal Surgery
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Neuro-ophthalmology
- Ocular Oncology
Honours and Accolades
- Mrs. Swarnalata Punshi Award for the Best Research Fellow, Medical Research Foundation, Sankra Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA 2003
- Best Student of the year-Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, Pune-1998
- Certificate of Merit – International Council of Ophthalmology-2001
- Young achiever of Pune(Yuva Jeevan Gaaurav Puraskar)2009
- SMRC Southern India Refractive Surgery Quiz – Runners-up – 2002
- Winner of RETINA QUIZ, Sankara Nethralaya, October 2004
- Best Paper – Uvea-UBM in Intermediate Uveitis, 61st All India Ophthamological Society Meeting, Varanasi, January 2004
- Limca Book of Records – 2009 for Squint Surgeries
With Whom We Work
- Sachin Retina Centre, Jay Chambers, Swargate Corner, Pune since 2006
- Head of Department, Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital, Pune
- Jhamwar Eye Hospital, Satara Road, Pune
- Poona Hospital & Research Center
- Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital
- Honorary Vitreoretinal Surgeon
– Tilak Ayurvedic Mahavidyalaya, Pune
– Ayodhya Charitable Trust, Pune - As a faculty in Delhi Ophthalomological Society Meet
- As a faculty in Diabetic Maculopathy Meet in Hyderabad
- As a faculty in Pune National Conference
Conferences
International
- Asia Pacific Vitreous Retinal Society (APVRS) Meeting, Malaysia 2017
- Frankfurt retina meet, Germany 2014
- APAVRS, Sydney, Australia 2015
- International Congress of Ocular Oncology, Hyderabad 2004
- Advanced Course on Vitreoretinal Diseases, Chennai 2004
- Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Chennai 2003
- International Congress of Lasers in Ophthalmology, Chennai 2002
- Glaucoma Update, Chennai 2004
- Uveitis Update, Chennai 2004
- Meet on Ophthalmic Research, Chennai 2004
- ASIA-ARVO, Singapore 2007
National
- Retina summit, Chennai 2016
- Retnet India 2013-2016
- Faculty speaker –Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MEETING – (MOSCON )
- 1) Satara 2012 2) Nagpur 2013 3) Solapur 2014
- Faculty speaker- Recent advances in lasers-Poona ophthalomological society 2014
- Faculty speaker- Poona ophthalomological society 2015
- Faculty speaker-Serous Macular Elevations-Pravara Institute of medical sciences, Loni, Ahmednagar 2015
- Delegate-Eye advance, Ahmedabad 2014 & 2016
- Bombay Ophthalmological society (BOA) annual meetings 2012-2016
- Active member of team of eye surgeon who performed record number of squint surgeries in 2013 & 2015 and registered in Limca book of records and Asia book of records
- Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmic Society, Delhi 2003, Varanasi 2004,
Banglore 2008 - Various regional conferences and CMEs of SORC, POS, MOS, SN alumni meets
