FIPS, Trained at University of Toronto, North America
Dr. A. S. Guruprasad
Chief. Dept. of Vitreo Retinal Services
Dr. K. V. Satyamurthy
Senior Consultant, Cornea & Refractive Surgery Services
Dr. Deepti Joshi
Pediatric Ophthalmology & Squint Specialist
Dr Aniket N Shastri
Cornea, Phaco & Refractive Surgery
Dr Shilpa Maled
Cornea Specialist
Dr. Sanjay Pachapure
Glaucoma Consultant
Dr Vinay S Sultanpur
Anterior segment
Dr Priyanka Rane
Glaucoma and Anterior Segment
Dr. Anjana Kuri
Anterior Segment
Dr Suresh Babu N
FVRS Consultant Vitreo-Retina Specialist
Dr. Sanjeev Kulkarni
Anterior Segment Surgeon
Mainly Anterior Segment Surgeon, with more than 30 years of experience as Comprehensive Ophthalmologist.
Has been the Medical Director and Senior Consultant at Dharwad branch since its inception in 2012.
Heading the Departments of Special Contact Lenses, Low Vision Aids and ocular Aesthetics.
Dr. K. V. Satyamurthy
HOD Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Qualification:
M.S (OPHTHALMOLOGY) D.O.M.S (OPHTHALMOLOGY)
College:
Minto Ophthalmic Hospital Bangalore And Mysore Medical College, Mysore.
Specialization:
Fellowship in IOL and Anterior Segment from Aravind Eye hospital, Madurai
Experience:
24 years
Designation :
HOD Cornea and Refractive Surgery
Dr. Roopa Hiremath
Pediatric Consultant
Qualification:
MBBS, DNB
College
Alameen Medical College, Bijapur M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, Hubli
Specialization
MS (Opthalmology)
Experience
7 Years
Designation
Pediatric Consultant
Dr. Sanjay Pachapure
Glaucoma Consultant
Qualification:
MS(Opthalmology)
College
J. S. S. Medical College, Mysore
Specialization
MS (Opthalmology)
Experience
6 Years
Designation
Glaucoma Consultant
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
Dr Aniket N Shastri
Cornea, Phaco & Refractive Surgery
Is a Consultant in the Department of Cornea, Phaco & Refractive Surgery, an adept ophthalmologist with solid 8 years of experience.
He is an MBBS graduate from the prestigious Bangalore Medical College and completed his Masters in Ophthalmology from Safdarjung Hospital New Delhi, one of the largest tertiary level multi-disciplinary healthcare institutions.
He has performed more than 7000 Phacoemulsification (Cataract) surgeries under Topical anaesthesia.
He is well trained in the management of multiple corneal disorders and has performed many corneal transplants (penetrating keratoplasty and lamellar keratoplasty) successfully.
He is also an excellent refractive surgeon with interest in Femtolasik and Phakic IOLs.
Dr Aniket Shastri has supervised and mentored many medical students, fellows and residents and has been invited as a faculty at various national and state-level conferences.
She has vast surgical experience in all forms of cataract surgery(FLACS, PHACOEMULSIFICATION, MSICS)
Complicated surgeries being her passion.
She is well versed with LASER VISION CORRECTION procedures (FEMTOLASIK, LASIK, TRANSPRK, ICL, C3R).
She has multiple corneal transplants to her credit(Penetrating and Lamellar).
She also manages ocular surface malignancies.
She was instrumental in setting up the short term surgical skill transfer programme in the institute(till now trained 200 external candidates).
Dr Vinay S Sultanpur
MBBS:
Shri B M Patil Med Col Bijapur
Post Grad:
DNB from M M Joshi Eye Institution
Speciality:
Anterior Segment, Orbit, Oculoplasty 7 years of Experience
KMC Reg No.:
77160 dated 28/05/2007 (Karnataka medical council)
Fellowship :
( FICO )
We provide comprehensive management of orbital disorders with a full spectrum of tumours around the eye, on the eyelid, or in the orbit OF eye. We collaborate with medical and surgical oncologists to bring our patients the best and most comprehensive care. We provide treatment for pediatric and adult patients having disorders of the eyelids, eyelash abnormalities, sockets reconstruction, congenital malformations, trauma etc. We provide comprehensive evaluation and management of watering of eyes in pediatric and adult patients. We also offer service to Facial rejuvenation procedures for brow lifts, blepharospasms, hemifacial spasms with botox injections.
Dr Priyanka Rane
Glaucoma and Anterior Segment Surgeon
Is glaucoma and anterior segment surgeon.She has joined the institute in April 2019.
She has done her M.B.B.S from the prestigious Seth. G.S. Medical college and K.E.M Hospital, Mumbai. Thereafter she pursued her M.S ophthalmology from Shri M.P.Shah Medical college and Guru Gobind Singh hospital standing first in the Saurashtra University and securing a gold medal. She has done her glaucoma fellowship from H.V.Desai eye hospital, Pune.
She has worked as an assistant professor in Rajiv Gandhi medical college, Thane. She has been associated as a consultant with multiple private setups in Mumbai and Pune.
She has performed many cataracts and common anterior segment surgeries but her keen interest is in glaucoma. She is passionate about teaching and research. She has many publications and presentations to her credit. She has received many academic awards like JRD TATA scholarship, ICMR research scholarship etc to name a few.
Dr Anjana Kuri
Anterior Segment Surgeon and Pediatric Ophthalmologist
Is an anterior segment surgeon and pediatric ophthalmologist. she completed her pediatric ophthalmology training in M M Joshi Eye institute in 2013 and has continued serving in the parent institute since then.
she has good surgical experience in adult and paediatric cataract surgeries with a special interest in squint surgeries.
Dr Suresh Babu N
Dr Suresh Babu N is currently working at MMJEI, Hubli. He is trained as a VR surgeon is an amalgamation of work experience across various places in India such as Bangalore & Shimoga(Karnataka), Anand (Gujarat) and Kanpur(UP). He is known for his hard-working, disciplined, committed and efficient at his work. I take a keen interest in ocular oncology, ROP and staying updated about the trends in surgical and medical aspects of ophthalmology.
MBBS:
M.S.Ramaiah Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of health sciences, 2000-06
DOMS:
Bangalore Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of health sciences, 2008-10
MS (Ophthalmology):
Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University, 2012-2014
DNB (Ophthalmology):
National Board of Examinations, 2015
FELLOW VITREO-RETINA:
Sankara Academy of Vision, 2015-16
Professional Affiliations:
2013 Member – All India Ophthalmic Society (B15803)
2013 Member – Delhi ophthalmic society (N-5532)
2018 Member – Karnataka Ophthalmic Society (2527)
2018 Member – VRSI (S-920)
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