About Us
- The Department of Ophthalmology was started in the year 2005 The eye is the window to the soul. But people rarely admit to deficiencies in their eyesight until it's too late.
- The Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences at SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre is spearheaded by a team of faculty. We are committed to the protection and preservation of the treasured gift of sight.
- Our full-time faculty, comprising of reputed Ophthalmologists, are skilled in every ophthalmic subspecialty and certified with sub-specialty fellowship training.
- This unique department offers MS ophthalmology, where students are exposed to the clinical acumen to diagnose and the surgical dexterity to treat the eye of its various maladies.
- In addition to providing excellent eye care to patients at our department, our faculty members also conduct innovative biomedical research and present progressive, industry-leading academic programs to ophthalmologists and other physicians in the community and worldwide.
- PG Eligibility : Pass In MBBS or its Equivalent Degree recognized by NMC (Canditates completing the CRRI / CRMI on or before 31st March of the Year) NEET PG score as prescribed by NMC.
Our Vision
- To provide world-class ophthalmic treatment and care to patients
- To train future healthcare professionals in giving skilled care to the people of our community
- The department comprises two functional units offering free ophthalmic consultations, general health check-ups, and free cataract surgeries
Our Mission
- To adopt the latest technologies and skillful advancement in clinical practice in Ophthalmology
- Professional-level curriculum and teaching of Undergraduates
- To be the preferred centers for Post Graduate training
- To provide active community service, regular check-ups, and eye camps to eliminate blindness
Academics
- MBBS-250 students per year
- BDS
- UG curriculum Pre-clinical exposure in their prime age of Undergraduates Simulation-based teaching
- MD/ MS
- DM/ MCh
- MSc
- MD Ophthalmology 5 student per year
Infrastructure
- Lecture halls, Practical Halls, Demo rooms, and Smart rooms with smart TVs available
- Museum facility available
- Live streaming, Wif Fi connection available
- Demonstration on TV, Multi-head microscope available in Operation theatre
- Other department-specific infrastructure, HFA, Gonioscopy, B-scan, Keratometry, Fundus camera, and Tonometry instrumentation are available
- Competency-based Undergraduate curriculum (CBME) is followed for the MBBS students
- Direct observation and hands-on surgical training in ophthalmology
- Teaching evidence-based ophthalmology
- Providing knowledge and clinical skills to become globally relevant professionals
- Developing leadership skills in the Young ophthalmologist in India
- Continuous and frequent formative assessment
- Mini clinical evaluation exercises
- Records of clinical work and exposure such as log books and portfolios
- Hired professors of practices in the field of glaucoma, orbit and oculoplasty , vitreoretina, and ROP to develop the subspecialties.
Research
| S.NO | FACULTY NAME | STUDY TITLE | JOURNAL | YEAR |
| 1 | DR.B.RADHAKRISHNAN | A STUDY ON EFFICACY OF MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY BY TEMPORAL APPROACH | J. Kvid. Based Med. Healthc., pISSN— 2349-2562, elSSN- 2349 2570/ Vol. 5/Issue 5 | 2018 |
| 2 | COMPARISON OF INTRAOCULAP PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITH NON-CONTACT TONOMETRY AND APPLANATION TONOMETRY AMONG VARIOUS CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS GROUPS | J. Evid. Based Med.Healthc., plSSN- 2349-2562, eISSN- 2349-2570/ Vol. 5/Issue 6 | 2018 | |
| 3 | CORRELATION OF OCULAR PERFUSION PRESSURE AND INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE CHANGES DURING HAEMODIALYSIS IN END STAGE RENAL DISEASE- AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY | J. Evid. Based Med. Healthy., pISSN 2349 2562, elS5N- 2349 2570/ Vol. 4/Issue 94 | 2017 | |
| 4 | TEAR FILM ANALYSIS IN PATIENTS ON CHRONIC ANTI- PSYCHOTIC THERAPY | J. Evid. Based Med. Healthc., plSSN- 2349- 2562, eISSN- 2349- 2570/ Vol. 4/Issue 95 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Dr.C.VENKATESAN | RD-OCT net: hybrid learning system for automated diagnosis of macular diseases from OCT retinal images | Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express 10 | 2024 |
| 6 | SURGICALLY INDUCED ASTIGMATISM IN MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN STRAIGHT, FROWN AND INVERTED V SHAPED INCISION | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH | 2022 | |
| 7 | RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PREVALENCE OF ORBITAL MUCORMYCOSIS IN POST COVID PATIENTS IN MELMARUVATHUR | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH | 2022 | |
| 8 | COMPARATIVE STUDY OF AXIAL LENGTH MEASUREMENT USING B SCAN AND A SCAN BIOMETRY IN INTRA OCULAR LENS POWER CALCULATION | MEDPULSE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMMOLOGY | 2019 | |
| 9 | COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INCIDENCE OD POSTERIOR CAPSULAR OPACIFICATION BETWEEN PMMA AND HYDROPHOBIC ACRYLIC INTRAOCULAR LENS IMPLANTATION IN SENILE CATARACTS | JOURNAL OF MEDICINE SCIENCE AND CLINICAL RESEARCH | 2018 | |
| 10 | DR. LILY DANIEL | A cross - sectional study of the visual profile of pituitaiy matroadenomas in a tertiary health care | IP International Journal of Ocular Oncology and Oculoplasty, | 2018 |
| 11 | A satisfactory visual outcome following sequential oculoplastic procedures and small incision cataract surgery in an elderly patient with severe sequelae of ocular leprosy — A case report | Lepr Rev (2023) 94, 238-242 | 2023 | |
| 12 | CLINICAL PROFILE AND TREATMENT OUTCOME OF LOWER MOTOR NE\JRON FACIAL NERVE PALSY IN A UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SOUTH INDIA | J. Evolution Med. Dent. Sci./eiSSN- 2278-4802, plSSN- 2278-4748/ Vol. 7/ Issue 19/ | 2018 | |
| 13 | CO-EXISTENCEOF FUNGAL CONJUNCTIVITIS INORBITAL APEX SYNDROME DUE TO MUCORMYCOSIS | Sri Ramachandra Journal of Medicine, Jul Dec 2012, Vol.5, Issue 2 | 2012 | |
| 14 | DRY EYE DISEASE IN PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL USE DISORDER | TNOA JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMIC SCIENCE AND RESEARCH | 2022 | |
| 15 | EARLY DETECTION OF PITUITARY MACROADENOMAS — THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST’S PERSPECTIVE | GJRA - GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS | 2018 | |
| 16 | Mucoepidermoid carcinoma e›‹ pleomorphic adenoma of the lacrimal gland: A rare presentation | Indian Journal of Ophthalmology | 2014 | |
| 17 | The Clinical and Risk Profile of Presenile Cataract in a Semi-Urban Population of South India | TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research | 2021 | |
| 18 | SUBGALEAL BLEED AND BILATERAL PROPTOSIS AS AN INITIAL MANIFESTATION OF MILD HEMOPHILIA A IN A CHILD. | Sri Ramachandra Journal of Mediclne | 2015 | |
| 19 | DR. KALPANA | Association of peripheral neuropathy with retinopathy in diabetic patients | lndian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | 20J.8 |
| 20 | A study of incidence of dry eye in critically ill patients in intensive care unit | International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research (IJAMSCR) | 2017 | |
| 21 | DR. AISHWARYA | A COMPARATIVE STUDY RELATING WATER DRINKING TEST AND INTRA OCU LAR PRESSURE IN DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS | PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH | 2021 |
| 22 | A STUDY ON TEAR FILM PRODUCTION AND DRAINAGE IN WOMEN WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL UTERINE BLEEDING | PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH | 2021 |
| S.No | Name | Testimonials |
| 1 | Dr.Aadethreya Varman | I'm Dr. Aditreya Varman. I did my MS Ophthalmology at SRM Medical College from the year of 2018 to 2021. My time at SRM University was very good. The surgical and academic training during my tenure there in the three years of the MS Ophthalmology course was very good. The staff was very courteous and helpful to all my needs in ophthalmology and academics. I wish the Department of Ophthalmology and SRM Medical College as a whole, the very best. |
| 2 | Dr.Ranjitha Rajagopalan | I am Doctor Ranjita and I completed my postgraduation in Opthalmology at SRM Medical College from the year 2017 to 2020 during my training period, I was exposed to a variety of OPT cases and I was also given an excellent surgical chance so I would like to especially thank my HOD Professor, Dr. Radhakrishnan, who has always guided me, supported me and encouraged me. I would also like to extend my thanks to everybody in my department, my professors, my associates, and my seniors who have always motivated me and encouraged me to always do better. |
| S.NO | Name of Student | Period | Title | Guide |
| 1 | Dr.J.Praveen | 2022 - 2025 | Dry eye disease & RNFL thickness in smokers Vs healthy individuals. | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 2 | Dr.R.Jaya Priya | 2022 - 2025 | A comparative study on macular thickness before & after SICS in diabetics using OCT | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 3 | Dr.J.Jayasamyuktha | 2022 - 2025 | Fundus changes in PIH & fetal outcome | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 4 | Dr.P.Sanchana | 2022 - 2025 | A study to compare the effiacacy of tear film status in pterygium patients pre & post excision | Prof.Dr. Lily Daniel |
| 5 | Dr.D.Maduraa | 2022 - 2025 | A comparative study of surgical outcome with SICS in senile cataract with & without PXF | Prof.Dr. Lily Daniel |
| 6 | Dr.P.Maria | 2022 - 2025 | Pattern of OCT in DME patients with /without CKD | Prof.Dr. Lily Daniel |
| 7 | Dr.G.Sharon | 2022 - 2025 | An observational study on prevalence of DES among newly diagnosed depressive disorder patients | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 8 | Dr.A.Athira | 2022 - 2025 | An observational study between VF, RNFL thickness & ONH in POAG | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 9 | Dr.G.Lavanya | 2022 - 2025 | Comparative analysis of corneal curvature and axial length in myopic individuals | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 10 | Dr.G.Asritha | 2022 - 2025 | Accuracy of noncycloplegic & cycloplegic objective techniques of retinoscopy and AR in paediatric age | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 11 | Dr.S.Sushritha | 2023 - 2026 | Nepafenac Vs Flurbiprufen - to determine their mydriatic role in cataract surgery | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 12 | Dr.D.Deeksheka | 2023 -2026 | A comparative study of RNFL thickness using OCT in Normal,disc suspects,Ocular HTN & early glaucoma. | Prof Dr.B.Radhakrishnan |
| 13 | Dr.Bhavya Y | 2023 -2026 | Comparative study of DED following SICS & Phacoemulsification | Prof.Dr. Lily Daniel |
| 14 | Dr.S V Arjun | 2023 -2026 | Comparative study between A-scan & optical biometry | Prof.Dr.C.Venkatesan |
| 15 | Dr.Pranotti P K | 2023 -2026 | Comparison between NCT & AT in myopic patients | Prof.Dr.C.Venkatesan |
Scope of Services
- Hand Surgery
- Micro Vascular Surgery
- Burns
- Oncoplastic Surgery [ Cancer Reconstruction ]
- 24x7 Trauma care
- Cleft lip, Cleft palate & craniofacial anomaly Surgery
- Lymphedema care
- Complex wound management
- Aesthetic Surgery
- Smile Train Project
- Facio Maxillary Trauma
Achievements and Awards
| S.No | Post Graduates/Other Students |
| 1 | Dr. Sathish – Gold medal in MS ophthalmology – 2021 |
| 2 | Dr. Asha Priyadharshini – Gold medal in MS ophthalmology – 2022 |
| 3 | Dr. Anupureddy Anusha - Gold medal in MS ophthalmology – 2023 |
| 4 | Dr.Sanjitha Vimla Moses was awarded Gold Medal in MS ophthalmology in 2020. |
| 5 | Dr.Adithya Varman presented a paper in an International Ophthalmology conference. |
Testimonials
Dr.Aadethreya Varman
I'm Dr. Aditreya Varman. I did my MS Ophthalmology at SRM Medical College from the year of 2018 to 2021. My time at SRM University was very good. The surgical and academic training during my tenure there in the three years of the MS Ophthalmology course was very good. The staff was very courteous and helpful to all my needs in ophthalmology and academics. I wish the Department of Ophthalmology and SRM Medical College as a whole, the very best.
Dr.Ranjitha Rajagopalan
I am Doctor Ranjita and I completed my postgraduation in Opthalmology at SRM Medical College from the year 2017 to 2020 during my training period, I was exposed to a variety of OPT cases and I was also given an excellent surgical chance so I would like to especially thank my HOD Professor, Dr. Radhakrishnan, who has always guided me, supported me and encouraged me. I would also like to extend my thanks to everybody in my department, my professors, my associates, and my seniors who have always motivated me and encouraged me to always do better.
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