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Faculty & Staff
Dr. Suneetha Nithyanandam
MBBS, MS (Ophthal), ACME (Advanced course in medical education)
Book AppointmentProfessor / Ophthalmology
Languages
English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil
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- Ophthalmologist with 28 years of Clinical experience in a Medical College. The department being a tertiary care referral center, I have had the experience of managing complex Ophthalmic conditions. Although I consider myself a general Ophthalmologist with interest in all Ophthalmic subspecialties, my special skill set includes Orbital diseases, Oculoplasty, Medical retina and uveitis, retinopathy of prematurity, Ocular Trauma and Neuro-ophthalmology. Expertise in these areas is evidenced by referrals from other hospitals in the city and outside and multiple peer-reviewed publications in these areas.
Surgical expertise spans All types of Cataract surgery, Orbitotomies, Glaucoma
surgeries, Laser therapy for retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy,
and optic nerve sheath fenestration (a niche procedure).
Qualification/ Education
M.B.B.S, St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore – 1988
M.S. (Ophthalmology), St. John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore – 1994
ACME, Advanced Course in Medical Education, MCI - 2015
Areas of interest
- Clinician, Teacher, Medical Educationist and Researcher, with 30years of experience
- A general Ophthalmologist with keen interest in Optic nerve disorders, their diagnosis, and management including optic nerve sheath fenestration, orbital and oculoplastic disorders, medical retina and uvea, screening and treatment of retinopathy of prematurity.
- Medical educationist with interest in Assessment, Clinical reasoning, and Scholarship in medical education. Was Chairman, Board of Studies, RGUHS, from 2021-2024; during this period, was instrumental in implementing CBME Curriculum in Clinical Subjects in RGUHS
- Researcher, with keen interest in Applied Clinical research and research in Medical Education
Field of Expertise
- Ophthalmologist with 28 years of Clinical experience in a Medical College. The department being a tertiary care referral center, I have had the experience of managing complex Ophthalmic conditions. Although I consider myself a general Ophthalmolog
Fellowship & Membership
Membership:
All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS)
Karnataka Ophthalmic Society (KOS)
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
- Chairman of Board of Studies, UG Clinical, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences.
- Member of the State Health University committee to develop and review the new CBME Curriculum for Postgraduate training in Ophthalmology.
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
- Member Secretary – Research Society, St John’s Medical College
- Member of the Rural Service Committee, St. John’s Medical College
- Member of the Institutional Library Committee - St John’s Medical College
- Mentor of Student Council – St John’s Medical College
- Member, Board of Studies, Ophthalmology, MAHE University
- Member, Board of Studies, Ophthalmology, SDUMC
No groups and associations specified.
No project details available.
Endogenous Endophthalmitis and Subretinal Abscess Following Rituximab Therapy in Myasthenia Gravis: A Report of Two Cases
Sherina Thomas 1, Vaishnavi Prasad Rao 1, Suneetha Nithyanandanam 1, Vybhavi Rao 1, Dimple Shaji 1, Savitha Nagaraj 2, Merin Ann Raju 3. “A Comparison in refractive outcome between pterygium excision with conjunctival auto graft and sub - conjunctival pterygium excision with reposition of conjunctiva using autologous blood
Dr Sangeetha Jeganathan, Dr Shubashree Karat, Dr Suneetha Nithyanandam, Dr Bhargavi Pawar, Dr Yamini Priya Orbit management sans exenteration with retrobulbar injection of amphotericin-B in Rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis: Impact on survival
Shubashree Karat 1, Aaron Charles Lobo 2, Anita Ross 3, Anna Philip 1, Thenmozhi Nagarajan 2, Suneetha Nithyanandam 1 Cerebral venous sinus stenting for fulminant idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Deena Mariam Babu 1, Saikanth Reddy Deepalam 2, Raghunandan Nadig 3, Suneetha Nithyanandam 4 Performance of a New Tabletop Non-mydriatic Fundus Camera for Single-Field Diabetic Retinopathy Detection: A Pilot Study
Winston Padua 1, Shalini Butola 1, Suneetha Nithyanandam 1, Tony Raj 2, Dhinagaran D 2, Lavanya Chidambara 3, Lakshmi Krupa 4, Satish Bhandarkar 5, Aparna Gunda 5 Feasibility and utility of objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) as an end-of-internship assessment of MBBS training in a medical college in Southern India
Jananee Muralidharan 1 2 3, Sanjiv Lewin 4 5 6, Suneetha Nithyanandam 4 5 7, John Stephen 4 5 8, Mary Joseph 4 5 7, Lakshmi Ta 4 5 9, Pretesh Rohan Kiran 4 5 10, Nachiket Shankar 4 5 9, Sumithra Selvam 5 11, Prem Mony 4 5 12 Beyond Survival: Quality of Life at 18-Month Follow-Up among Patients with COVID-19-Associated Rhinoorbitocerebral Mucormycosis
Shubashree Karat, Aaron Charles Lobo, Nivedhitha Nikhil, Anita Ross, Anna Philip, Sanjana Thomas, Suneetha Nithyanandam Role of ultrasonographic optic nerve sheath diameter in the diagnosis and follow-up of papilledema and its correlation with Frisén's severity grading
Nithya Raghunandan 1, Mary Joseph 1, Suneetha Nithyanandam 1, Shubhashree Karat 1 Fish hook injury to the eye and its management
Sangeetha Jeganathan, Suneetha Nithyanandam Reji K. Thomas Shubashree Karat Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma An atypical presentation
Nithyanandam, Suneetha; Bharadwaj, Vandana1; Karat, Shubashree; Janardhanan, Anupama; Punnoliparambil, Linette Antony Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus exacerbated by COVID-19-induced inflammation is the risk factor for COVID-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis: A matched pair case-control study
Shubashree Karat 1, Aaron C Lobo 2, Deepthi Satish 3, Rincy Devaraj 1, Riya R Manjooran 1, Suneetha Nithyanandam 1 Mydriatic efficacy of topical phenylephrine and tropicamide combination vs tropicamide in screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) – An RCT
Andrews, Camina; Karat, Shubashree; Padua, Winston; Nesargi, Saudamini V1; Nithyanandam, Suneetha; Butola, Shalini Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis. A retrospective analysis of clinical features and treatment outcomes
Suneetha Nithyanandam, Moire S Jacob, Ravindra R Battu, Reji K Thomas, Majorie A Correa, Ophelia D'Souza Uveitis following anti-snake venom therapy
S. G. Nayak, R. Satish, Suneetha Nithyanandam, R. K. Thomas No Others Contributions details available.