Department : Cornea,Cataract & Refractive Survices
Designation : Associate Consultant
Qualification : D.O.,
Fellow Cornea and Refractive Surgery (Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai)
Consulting days : Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday : 09:00AM to 06:00PM
Training / Other experience
Sub-specialty: Cornea
Cataract
Refractive surgery
Clinical practice : Cataract, Refractive surgery
His special interests are phaco-emulsification, limbal stem cell transplant, Ocular surface Lamellar corneal surgery.
Dr. Prasanna has done a fellowship in Cornea and refractive surgery from the prestigious Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, where he was trained exhaustively and exclusively in Cornea, refractive and ocular surface surgeries. Prior to that, he was trained in cataract and anterior segment surgeries at Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna. He has done his undergraduation at the Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Medical College, Latur. He did his Post-graduation from Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College and Hospital, Pimpri Pune. He is skilled in phacoemulsification in routine and complex cases. He specialises in advanced management of corneal ectatic disorders like keratoconus with crosslinking and Topo guided PRK. He is trained in LASIK surgery and phakic IOL. His poster on “Unusual corneal infection : Pythium keratitis” has won rich accolades and was selected as best-poster award in the annual conference of Cornea Society of India Keracon-2014 held at Mahabalipuram, Chennai. His special interests are phaco-emulsification, limbal stem cell transplant, ocular surface and lamellar corneal surgeries.