M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, Dharwad – Doctors Team

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Dr. Arati Jain

Cornea Consultant

Is Cornea phaco-Refractive working in M M Joshi since July 2019? She has completed M. S. Ophthalmology from GMC Surat in June 2017 and fellowship in cornea phacorefractive surgery in 2019 from M.M.Joshi Dharwad. She is proficient in both manual and phacoemulsification technique of cataract surgery. She is also specialized in dispensing contact lens and low vision aid. She is part of the cornea department in `M M Joshi Dharwad.

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Dr. Guruprasad S.Ayachit

Vitreoretinal Services

Is the Director of clinical services and Head of Vitreoretinal services. He is the senior-most member of the Institute working since 1985. He has had a brilliant academic record during MBBS and MS and has had specialized training in the field of Vitreoretinal at Sankara Nethralay Chennai. He started the Vitreoretina department in 1986, the first in north Karnataka. The department serves the vitreoretinal patients of the entire northern districts of the state besides Goa and neighbouring Maharashtra. Dr.Guruprasad has performed over 25,000 Vitreoretinal surgeries besides several thousand cataract and other common anterior eye surgeries. His special areas of interest include Complex Retinal detachment, Diabetic retinopathy, Retinopathy of prematurity, Eye injuries besides other common diseases. Dr.Guruprasad has several research achievements to his credit which he has published and presented at various national and international conferences. His work has been recognized at national and international forums and duly awarded. He is the program director for the DNB post-graduate course under the National board of examinations and the vitreoretinal fellowship course affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences. Besides charitable services within the hospital, Dr.Guruprasad has reached out to the poor in the form of eye camps and has ensured quality service to everyone. He has held several important posts as an office bearer in both the Karnataka Ophthalmic society and the All India ophthalmic society.

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Dr. R. KrishnaPrasad

Pediatric Ophthalmology and Glaucoma services

Dr R. Krishnaprasad is the head of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Glaucoma services in M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a premier super-speciality Institute of Southern India. He has been at the forefront of Ophthalmic Education and has been spearheading the efforts of Post-Graduation Education and skill enhancement. Being the Best outgoing University student with 8 Gold Medals in Medical Graduation, he has completed his M. D. (Ophthalmology) from prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi with honours. He is the Director of Post Graduate Training and Fellowship programmes at M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a niche area very close to his heart. He is the Deputy Director of Community Services and has been working tirelessly on pediatric community ophthalmology projects. Dr Krishnaprasad has undergone a fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology at Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina USA. He has three International publications and Eight National publications in peer renewed journals. Dr Krishnaprasad R. has held many positions of responsibility in local, State and National Ophthalmic Associations. He is the member of South Zone in Academic and Research Committee of All India Ophthalmic Society for South India. Post-graduation Education has been the passion of Dr Krishnaprasad. He has been a Post Graduate Teacher for the last 23 years. His flagship PG program – ‘Eye to Eye with Examinations’ has been highly successful in orienting the exam going postgraduates for the ordeal of PG exams. He has been a member of the National Post Graduate Education Committee in the past and has been a regular Guest Faculty in all the National Level and State level postgraduate orientation programs. He has been awarded “Distinguished NBE Teachers” from ANBAI. He has more than 200 scientific presentations as lectures and panel Discussions in various National & State conferences.

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Dr. Shrinivas Joshi

Ophthalmology Specialist

DR. SHRINIVAS JOSHI completed his M. S. Ophthalmology from 1N medical college, Belgaum. Later he received elective training in Vitreoretinal from Steve Charles Retina Institute, Memphis, USA. He completed his Surgical Fellowship in Vitreoretinal from University of Toronto, North America and was trained in pediatric retinal surgeries at Sick Kids hospital, Toronto. His areas of interest are artificial retina “Argus 2” the first US FDA approved Bionic Eye. He is one of the first Indian to be trained for artificial retinal implantation surgery under Dr Robert Devenyi at Toronto Western Hospital. He is the recipient of Senior Honor Award by American Society of retina specialists, Boston 2017. He has been awarded prestigious Rhett Buckler Oscar award by American Society retina specialists at Boston, Vancouver and Chicago for three consecutive years, which is a record in itself.He has been honoured with International Hero award by All India Ophthalmic Society in 2018 and 2019. He is a Peer reviewer for National and International journals including American Journal of Ophthalmology, Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology and Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. His areas of clinical interests include treating adult anti pediatric retinal pathologies like diabetic retinopathy, macular holes, retinal detachments, RetInopathy of prematurity,

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Dr. Deepti Joshi

Ophthalmology & Squint Specialist

Dr Deepti Joshi received her basic medical training from Bangalore Medical College and specialised in Ophthalmology from St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore. She has been a gold medalist in MS Ophthalmology for prestigious Rajiv Gandhi University Of Health Sciences. She completed her fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology from M M Joshi eye institute followed by an elective fellowship at Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto. She has presented papers in various national and international conferences. She received the best paper award for her research on pediatric rubella cataract in All India Ophthalmology Conference 2018. Her core clinical interests include adult and pediatric strabismus (squint), childhood cataract, childhood glaucoma, refractive errors, vision development in kids with other systemic disorders, lazy eye and neuro-ophthalmology disorders. She heads the CVI (cortical visual impairment) clinic which aims to enhance vision in kids with neurological problems such as cerebral palsy. We are proud to be the only hospital to conduct such clinic in whole North Karnataka. She is also actively involved in teaching and conducting various teaching programs for postgraduate students across the nation.