Career objective
WORKING AS A PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGIST

I have realized the huge lacunae in the services of child eye care both in urban and rural areas. It is my dearest dream to build a network of referrals in combination with other eye centres such that no child goes blind due to
preventable blindness in West Bengal and eastern region.
ORBIS CERTIFICATION OF PARTICIPATION
In ORBIS flying eye hospital program specializing in Pediatric cataract held in Kolkata September 16-20th 2013.

THE GEORGE INSTITUTE OF GLOBAL HEALTH CERTIFICATE

For attending PRACTICAL RESEARCH “ 2014 from 22-25 th September New Delhi

Previous work experience      : Senior Resident

                                                    Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences

                                                    All India Institute of Medical Sciences

                                                    New Delhi-110029

                                                     14.11.2009- 13.11.2012

Fellowship Examination : Fellow of All India Collegium Of Ophthalmology (FAICO)

                                                    PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS

                                                     Awarded at APAO-AIOS 2013

Post Graduation                      :M.S Ophthalmology (2006-2009) completed on   15^th June               

                                                    2009

                                                     West Bengal University of Health Sciences.

Institute                                   : Regional Institute of Ophthalmology

                                                     Medical College Kolkata.

                                                     Kolkata—700 073

                                                     West Bengal, India

Date of Birth                            : 07/09/1981

Marital Status                         :  Married

Nationality                              :  Indian

Address for Communication:  C-2 602 KENDRIYA VIHAR PHASE 2

                                                    169 BADRA NORTH SHAKTIGARH

                                                   BIRATI KOLKATA 700051

Telephone No. (M)            : 09903997695

 Alternative number          : 9831173299  (c/o Dr. Anjan Mukherjee)    

E mail id                                  : docanu.oph@gmail.com

Medical Registration No.       :  West Bengal Medical Council

                                                      Delhi Medical Council 

Education:

Degree                           Institute/ University                                                          Year

M.S Ophthalmology     Regional Institute of Ophthalmology                              2006- 2009

                                       Kolkata, West Bengal University of Health Sciences

MBBS                            Medical  College,  Kolkata                                              1999-2004

All India Senior School Certificate Examination passed in 1999. All India Secondary School Examination passed in 1997.  

SURGICAL EXPERTISE PRACTISED

1. PEDIATRIC CATARACT SURGERY: lensectomy, phacoaspiration with foldable IOL implantation with posterior capsulorrhexis with anterior vitrectomy
2.  PEDIATRIC GLAUCOMA SURGERY: Trabeculotomy with trabeculectomy, Ahmed valve glaucoma implant surgery
3. STRABISMUS SURGERY:     ALL variations including obliques, restrictive squints and paralytic squints
4. ADULT GLAUCOMA SURGERY: Trabeculectomy with MMC and valve surgery
5. PHACOEMULSIFICATION  

 Surgical expertise during Senior Residency:

1.         Phacoemulsification in difficult cases and under topical anesthesia

2.         Squint surgeries over 164 cases (recession-resections ) and over 20 cases of inferior oblique surgeries and 4 superior oblique surgeries.

3.         Adjustable squint surgeries in 6 cases.

4.         Fornix based Trabeculectomies in adult glaucomas( more than 45).

5.         Trabeculotomy with trabeculectomy in congenital glaucoma patients( 12 cases)

6.         AGV implantation in adult refractory glaucomas (4 cases)

7.         Bleb revision(2 cases)         

Surgical Training During Junior Residency:

1. Performed independently Phacoemulsification in about 50 cases and assisted more than 500 cases.
2. Performed independently Small incision cataract surgery in about 200 cases and assisted in more than 500 cases.
3. Performed independently Extracapsular cataract extraction in about 50 cases and assisted in more than 200 cases.
4. Performed independently Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasty in 20 cases assisted in more than 100 cases.
5. Performed independently Optical penetrating keratoplasty in 5 cases and assisted more than 200 cases.
6. Performed independently  Trabeculectomy in 4 cases and assisted more than 100 cases.
7. Performed independently Dacryocystorhinostomy , Sling operation in Ptosis surgery in 4 cases and assisted in  about 20 cases of different ptosis operations.
8. Performed assisted modified wheeler’s procedure in Entropion cases and assisted in various lid reconstruction surgeries.
9. Performed Scleral buckling under guidance in retinal detachment patients. Assisted in more than 100 vitreoretinal surgeries.
10. Performed suturing of Traumatic Sclerocorneal laceration and open globe injuries.

Diagnostic Training:

1. Performance of applanation tonometry, interpretation of automated perimetry, HRT, OCT, GDxVCC, CCT, UBM in glaucoma patients. Active participation in monitoring and patient counseling in glaucoma patients.
2. Performance of direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy in all patients, identification of breaks, diagnosis and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy patients. Performance of grid and pan retinal photocoagulation (Double frequency Nd-YAG) in DR.
3. Evaluation under anesthesia of congenital glaucoma patients.
4. Monitoring and counseling of patients in Neuroophthalmology clinic, Strabismus clinic and Amblyopia clinic (synaptophore, prism bar tests, binocularity tests, etc)

Conferences attended:

1. ALL OSWB ANNUAL AND MID TERM CONFERENCES AS MEMBER OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE.
2. ACTIVE PARTICIPANT AND ORGANISING COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE AIOS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015 KOLKATA.

3. Poster Presentation in ASIA-ARVO Conference held from January 2011 at Singapore
4. Poster Presentation in ASIA-ARVO Conference held from 15^th-18^th January 2009 at Hyderabad.

5. Active participation in Annual Conferences of Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal (OSWB)  held at Malda (2007) and Purulia (2008) , West Bengal.

6. Participated in the Annual Conference of Glaucoma Society of India 2007 held at ITC Sonar Bangla in December 2007.

7. Regular attendance at the various CME programs organized by OSWB.

Achievements:

1. University topper in M.S Ophthalmology Examination in the year 2009(WBUHS)

• Third prize in PGT ( post graduate trainee) free paper competition organized by OSWB held at RIO Kolkata 16^th July 2008.

• Honours (75% and above) in Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology in 3^rd professional  MBBS examination(Part I).

• Awarded Dr. B.P. Trebedi  Memorial award for highest marks in pathology among students of  Medical College, Kolkata in 2^nd Professional MBBS 2002.

• Awarded senior prosectorship in anatomy( highest marks in anatomy prosectorship exam)

• Had highest marks in eastern region in All India Secondary School Certificate Examination  1999.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Evaluating the long-term efficacy of short-duration 0.1 mg/ml and 0.2 mg/ml MMC in primary trabeculectomy for primary adult glaucoma.

Sihota R, Angmo D, Chandra A, Gupta V, Sharma A, Pandey RM.

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2015 Jul;253(7):1153-9. doi: 10.1007/s00417-015-3028-9.

PMID:25940554

2. A comparative study of two methods of optic disc evaluation in patients of glaucoma.

Chandra A, Bandyopadhyay AK, Bhaduri G.

Oman J Ophthalmol. 2013 May;6(2):103-7. doi: 10.4103/0974-620X.116643.

PMID:24082669

3. Comparative evaluation of RetCam vs. gonioscopy images in congenital glaucoma.

Azad RV, Chandra P, Chandra A, Gupta A, Gupta V, Sihota R.

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 Feb;62(2):163-6. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.116487.

PMID:24008788

4. Long-term success of mitomycin-augmented trabeculectomy for glaucoma after vitreoretinal surgery with silicone oil insertion: a prospective case series.

Singh D, Chandra A, Sihota R, Kumar S, Gupta V.

Retina. 2014 Jan;34(1):123-8. doi: 10.1097/IAE.0b013e31828fcb2e.

PMID:23615348

5. Prevalence and causes of patient dropout after glaucoma surgery.

Gupta V, Chandra A, Yogi R, Sihota R, Singh D.

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2013;20(1):40-4. doi: 10.3109/09286586.2012.741278.

PMID:23350554

6.Simplifying Imaging

Published in DOS Times February 2012

7.Iridotrabecular Dysgenesis Photo Essay

Under Publication for Delhi Journal of  Ophthalmology

8.Book Chapter on “ Assessment of  Visual Fields”

Post Graduate Ophthalmology

9.Contributed in editing of “ Ophthalmology Guide” By Dr K.P.Baidya

Published in 2012

PRESENTATIONS

1. Presented “ Assessment of vision in children” in DOS workshop in strabismus 2010
2. Presented “ Case of malignant Glaucoma” in DOS Midterm Conference April 2011 .
3. Presented “ Interactive case discussion in Lasers in Glaucoma” in DOS glaucoma Workshop 5^th August 2012
4.  “Prevalence of  hypertension and diabetes mellitus in glaucoma patients “ presented at Annual Conference  OSWB 2007 held at Malda, West Bengal.

• Correlation between disc damage likelihood scale(DDLS) with the global indices of the visual field changes in glaucoma patients”in PGT free paper competition organized by OSWB held at RIO Kolkata 16^th July 2008.

• Comparison of Correlation of two methods of Optic Disc Evaluation –Cup/Disc ratio and Disc Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS) with Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Analysis in Optical Coherence Tomography and Visual Field in patients with Glaucoma. It was presented at Asia-ARVO Conference held from 15^th-18^th January 2009 at Hyderabad.

AREA OF EXPERTISE

1. Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Training Under Professor Pradeep Sharma,Professor Vimla Menon and Associate Professor Rohit Saxena.

2. Glaucoma Training Under Professor Ramanjit Sihota and Associate Professor Viney Gupta.

Thesis:

Correlation of optic disc , visual field changes and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in glaucoma patients.

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS

1. All India Ophthalmological Society (Life Member)
2. Delhi Ophthalmological Society (Life Member)
3. Glaucoma Society of India (Life Member)
4. Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal
5. ALL INDIA PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY AND STRABISMUS
6. KOLKATA ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Hobbies and Interests:

Reading fiction, gardening and listening to music , travelling

 Referee:

1.  Professor  Gautam Bhaduri           

  Director,Regional Institute of Ophthalmology,Kolkata.Mobile No.: 09831021798.

2. Professor Pradeep Sharma

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences

Contact number: 01126593181

3. Professor Vimla Menon

Head, Unit VI

Strabismus and Neuroophthalmology

            Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences

Contact number: 01126593185

4. Professor Ramanjit Sihota

Glaucoma Research Facility and Services

Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences,

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar

           New Delhi, India

Contact Number:01126593033