BIO-DATA

Dr.S.R.Rathinam FAMS, PhD

Prof. of Ophthalmology and Head of Uveitis Service

Aravind Eye Hospital & PG Institute ophthalmology

1, Anna Nagar, Madurai 625 020

Tamil Nadu, India

Tel: 0452-4356123

Fax: 91-0452-2530984

Email: rathinam@aravind.org

Education and Honors:

MBBS Madurai University April 1983

Diploma in Oph. Aravind Eye Hospital May 1988

MNAMS. (Oph) Aravind Eye Hospital December1990

PhD M.G. R University, Chennai. June 2005

FAMS National Academy of Medical Sciences August 2011

(India), New Delhi

Teaching experience-24 years

Awards:

1. P.Siva Reddy International Award - Research on novel infectious uveitis

etiologies. All India Ophthalmology Society ( AIOS) AWARDS 2014.

2. R.N.Mathur Award – Outstanding service in the field Medical ophthalmology –

work done on Ocular Leptospirosis at “All India Ophthalmological Conference” at

Calcutta on January, 2001

3. Recognised as an International Research Associate by Proctor Foundation,

Sanfrancisco, Jan 2000

4. Recognized as Proctor Associate Fellow by Proctor Foundation, Sanfrancisco. June

1997

5. Bruce Ostler Award - for her work on Ocular leptospirosis from Proctor

Foundation, University of California, Sanfrancisco, USA, June 1997

6. Best scientific poster award - First Indian Report on Epidemic Ocular Leptospirosis

7. University First Rank in Diploma in Ophthalmology 1986-88

8. University First Rank in Surgery (Final MBBS) 1983-84

9. University First Rank in Pathology (III Year MBBS) 1981-82

Membership of Professional Bodies

1. Elected as a member of International Uveitis study group (IUSG)

2. Life member of International Society for Leptospirosis (ILS)

3. Vice president of Uveitis Society of India (USI)

4. Life member of Indian Society for Leptospirosis(ISL)

5. Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS)

6. Life member of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)

7. Life member of Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA)

8. Life member of Indian Medical Association (IMA)

Reviewer for following journals

1. The Cochrane Library

2. American Journal of Ophthalmology

3. Achieves of Ophthalmology

4. JAMA

5. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

6. Ocular infection and immunology

7. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

8. Journal of postgraduate medicine

9. Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

10. Indian journal of Ophthalmology

Academical Career

Lecturer & Reader in Ophthalmology Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai - 1990-1999

Prof.of ophthalmology- Since 2000

Specialty experience - Started Uveitis clinic at Aravind eye hospital under the

guidance of Dr. P Namperumalsamy in January 1993.

Conferences conducted:

Conducted Uveitis update - Pre-conference session - TNOA 1994 - Aravind Eye

Hospital, Madurai.

Conducted Course on Basics on Uveitis & Neuro-Ophthalmology January, 20-21st,

1996 at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai

Conducted III Symposium on Uveitis on I & II February 1998 at Aravind Eye

Hospital, Madurai.

Conducted Symposium on Leptospirosis on 16th November 1998 at Aravind Eye

Hospital, Madurai.

Conducted “All India Uveitis Conference” on 12 & 13th

January 2000 at Aravind

Eye Hospital.

Conducted “Sixth All India Uveitis Conference” 2006 at Aravind Eye Hospital.

Research experience

1. Collaborative research with Proctor Foundation, San Francisco, USA (1997-1998)

PCR assay of aqueous humor in an epidemic outbreak of leptospirosis in India

2. Collaborative research with Indian Council of Medical Research- 1997-2001

Value of culture and serology in ophthalmic complication of leptospirosis

Evaluation of PCR and other parameters in diagnosis of tubercular uveitis

3. Collaborative research with Royal tropical institute Netherland-2001-2002

A pilot study to establish the leptospiral etiology of uveitis.

4. PhD Dissertation by Dr.Rathinam: The TN Dr.MGR University, Chennai

Study on clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of infectious uveitis

with reference of leptospirosis

5. Principal investigator – Basic research project:

Etiology and immunopathogenesis of subconjunctival and anterior chamber

granulomatous uveitis in children of South India – Funded by ICMR (2011-2014).

Co Investigator – Basic research projects

1. Standardization and application of Multiplex PCR in the detection of

infectious agents in the intraocular fluid of patients with retinochoroiditis -

(ICMR) – 2006-2009

2. Molecular insights into the etiology of infectious uveitis (DBT) – 2007-

2010

3. Antigenic mimicry between leptospiral and human lens proteins (ALCON)

2008-2011

4. Cytokine profile in aqueous humor of Trematode Granuloma (ALCON)

2008-2011

International Drug trials 2006-2012 (Principal investigator)

A. Allergan An 8-Week, Multicenter, Masked, Randomized Trial (with an 18-

Week Masked Extension) to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of 700µg and 350 µg

Dexamethasone Posterior Segment Drug Delivery System (DEX PS DDS)

Applicator System Compared with Sham DEX PS DDS Applicator System in the

treatment of Non-Infectious Ocular Inflammation of the Posterior Segment in

Patients with Intermediate or Posterior Uveitis –

B. Lux –Bio 2007-2008.Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled, Multi-Center,

Dose Ranging Study with an optional extension to assess the Efficacy and Safety

of LX211 as Therapy in Subjects with Active Sight threatening, Non-Infectious

Uveitis (01and 03) and Clinically Quiescent Sight Threatening, Non-Infectious

Uveitis (02).

C. Novartis -2010Protocol: CAIN457C2303 : A 24 week multicenter,

randomized, double-masked, placebo controlled study to assess the difference in

the rate of recurrent exacerbations in Behçet’s patients with posterior or

panuveitis treated with AIN457 vs placebo adjunctive to standard-of-care

immunosuppressive therapy .

D. Protocol CAIN457C2301: A 24 week multicenter, randomized, double-

masked, placebo controlled, dose-ranging phase III study of AIN 457 versus

placebo for maintaining uveitis suppression when reducing systemic

immunosuppression in patients with quiescent, non-infectious intermediate,

posterior or panuveitis (ENDURE study)

E. FAST Study NIH funded : First-line Antimetabolites as Steroid-sparing

Treatment (FAST) Uveitis Pilot Trial- Proctor Foundation (from 2009)

F. Sakura Study :A Phase III, Multinational, Multicenter, Randomized,

Double - Masked, Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Intravitreal

Injections of DE-109 (three doses) for the Treatment of Active, Non-Infectious

Uveitis of the Posterior Segment of the eye - Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

(2011-2013)

G. NIH funded Pilot study in preparation for the Ganciclovir-Intravitreous

versus systemic-cytomegalovirus retinitis trial (Pilot GIVCyT)

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Prof. SR Rathinam has made outstanding contributions to ophthalmic literature both in

national and international arena. Total number of publication in high impact and peer

reviewed journals, at present is 64. Total citations of these publications received are

788. h-index-16, i10-index- 26, Twenty papers have received more than 10 citations.

Maximum citation received by the land mark paper on leptospirosis is 91. She has

contributed chapters for books published in India, United Kingdom, Germany and

the United States of America, Co Editor for Wills eye manual uvea atlas, USA and

authored a manual on Ocular Pharmacology.

1. Rathinam SR Narsing A. Rao Anterior segment ischemia in viper bite

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, In Press.

2. Hornbeak DM, Payal A, Pistilli M, Biswas J, Ganesh SK, Gupta V, Rathinam

SR, Davis JL, Kempen JH. Interobserver Agreement in Clinical Grading of

Vitreous Haze Using Alternative Grading Scales. Ophthalmology, in press.

3. Behera, Umesh C.; Rathinam SR.; Prajna, Lalitha; Agrawal, Niraj; Rajan, Renu

Epiretinal Deposits Post Cataract Extraction Retinal cases and Brief Reports 0:1-

3,2013

4. S.R.Rathinam, Lalitha Prajna, Lalan Kumar Arya et al. Molecular diagnosis and

ocular imaging of West Nile Virus retinitis and neuroretinitis. Ophthalmology 2013;120(9):1820-6.

5. Rathinam SR, Manohar Babu Algorithmic approach in the diagnosis of Uveitis,

Indian J Ophthalmol.2013 Jun;61(6):255-62.

6. Rathinam, SR, Lalan Kumar Arya; Usha, Kim R; Lalitha Prajna; Veena Tandon

Novel Etiological Agent: Molecular Evidence for Trematode-Induced Anterior

Uveitis in Children. Arch Ophthalmol . Vol 130 : 2012 p.1481-1484

7. Davis EJ, Rathinam SR, Okada AA, Tow SL, Petrushkin H, Graham EM, Chee

SP, Guex-Crosier Y, Jakob E, Tugal-Tutkun I, Cunningham ET Jr, Leavitt JA,

Mansour AM, Winthrop KL, Hills WL, Smith JR. Clinical spectrum of

tuberculous optic neuropathy J Ophthalmic inflamm infect. May 2012

8. Batmanabane, V; Rathinam, SR Steroids in Leptospiral Uveitis: does the route of

administration matter J pharmacol pharmacother vol: 3 2012;58-60

9. Shukla J, Saxena D, Rathinam S, Lalitha P, Joseph CR, Sharma S, Soni M, Rao

PV, Parida M.Molecular detection and characterization of West Nile virus

associated with multifocal retinitis in patients from southern India. INT J INFECT

DIS. 2011 NOV 16. [Epub]

10. Subha Sivakolundu, Rathinam, SR Gowri Priya Chidambaranathan and Manjula

Sritharan. Serological diagnosis of leptospiral uveitis by HbpA-IgG ELISA

Journal Medical Microbiology . 2012 Sep 6.

11. Arun Kannan; Gowri Priya, C; Lalitha Prajna; Rathinam, SR Efficiency of two

commercial kits in serodiagnosis of leptospiral uveitis Indian J Med Microbiol

vol: 30(4) 2012 p.418-22

12. Vaishnavi, B; Gowri Priya, C; Rathinam, SR Spectrum of Leptospira species

identified in patients with leptospiral uveitis in an ophthalmological institute in

South India Indian J Med Microbiol 2011 :29; 444-445

13. Rathinam SR; Radha Annamalai; Jyotirmay Biswas 'Intraocular Parasitic

Infections' Ocular Immunology & Inflammation: 19: 327336, 2011

14. Wender, Jon D; Rathinam SR; Shaw, Richard E;Cunningham,ET Intraocular

Cysticercosis: Case Series and Comprehensive Review of the Literature

Ocul.immunol. Inflamm: 19; 2011; 240-245

15. Rathinam SR; Krishnadas, R; Ramakrishnan, R; et al Aravind Comprehensive

Eye Survey Research Group "Population-Based Prevalence of Uveitis in Southern

India" Br J Ophthalmol 2011; 463-467

16. Manohar Babu B; Rathinam SR "Intermediate Uveitis" Indian J Ophthalmol: 58:

2010; 21-27

17. London, Nikolas J S; Rathinam SR, Cunningham E T; "The Epidemiology of

Uveitis in Developing Countries" Int Ophthalmol Clin: 50; 2010: 1-17

18. Rathinam SR Leprosy Uveitis in Developing World. Int Ophthalmol Clin: 50 ;

2010: 99-111

19. Shukla,Dhananjay; Rathinam SR and Cunningham ET “Leptospiral Uveitis in the

Developing World" Int Ophthalmol Clin: 50; 2010: 113-124

20. London, Nikolas JS, Shukla, Dhananjay; Heiden, David; Rathinam SR, Arevalo,

J Fernando; Cunningham E T; "HIV, AIDS in the Developing World" Int

Ophthalmol Clin: 50 ;2010: 201-218

21. Rathinam SR "Treating Uveitis in the Developing World Setting" Int

Ophthalmol Clin: 50; 2010: 219-228

22. Cunningham Jr., E T; London, Nikolas J S and Rathinam SR "Uveitis: a global

view" Expert Rev. Ophthalmol: 5; 2010: 113-114

23. Tiercy, Jean-Marie; Rathinam SR; Gex-Fabry, Marianne; Baglivo, Edoardo "A

Shared HLA-DRB1 Epitope in the DR Beta First Domain is Associated with

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome in Indian Patients" MOL. VIS:16; 2010: 353-

358

24. Martin, Taliva D; Rathinam SR and Cunningham Jr.,ET "Prevalence, Clinical

Characteristics, and causes of Vision Loss in Children with Vogt-Koyanagi-

Harada Disease in South India" RETINA : 30; 2010 :1113-1121

25. Rathinam SR; Cunningham Jr., E T “Vitiligo Iridis in Patients with a History of

Smallpox Infection" EYE: 24; 2010: 1621-1631

26. Rathinam SR; Ashok, K A “Ocular Manifestations of Systemic Disease: Ocular

parasitosis" Curr Opin Ophthalmol: 21; 2010: 478-484

27. Rathinam SR; Cunningham Jr.,E T "Spontaneous Hyphaema and Acute Ocular

Hypertension Associated with Severe Lens-Induced Uveitis" EYE: 24; 2010:

1822-4

28. Roe, R H, Rathinam SR; Wong, R W; McDonald, H R; Jumper, J M;

Cunningham J., E T "Delayed Fellow Eye Involvement in Patients with Vogtt-

Koyanagi-Harada Disease" BR J OPHTHALMOL : 93 ;2009 : 701-702

29. Khairallah, M Chee, S P; Rathinam SR; Attia, S; Venu Nadella "Novel Infectious

Agents causing Uveitis" INT OPHTHALMOL : 30; 2010 : 465-83

30. Jayakumar, Duraisamy Kavitha, RathinamSR; Vasanthi, Gnanam "Geomapping

of Trematode-Induced Granulomatous Anterior Uveitis-a Newly Identified cause

of Blindness among Children in the Pudukkottai District of the Tamil Nadu State,

India" GEOSPATIAL HEALTH: 4 ;2009: 55-63

31. Venkataraman, Arvind; Rathinam SR "A Pre- And Post-Treatment Evaluation Of

Vision-Related Quality Of Life In Uveitis " INDIAN J OPHTHALMOL OL: 56;

2008 : 307-312

32. Rathinam SR; Khazaei, Hadi "Histopathological Study of Ocular Erythema

Nodosum Leprosum and Post-Therapeutic Scleral Perforation :a case

Report"INDIAN J OPHTHALMO: 56; 2008: 417-419

33. Verma,Ashutosh ,Rathinam SR Gowri Priya, C; Muthukkaruppan, V R;

Stevenson, Brian; Timoney1, John F. T "LruA and LruB Antibodies in Sera of

Humans with Leptospiral Uveitis" CLIN. VACCINE IMMUNOL:15; 2008:

1017-1023

34. Chidambaranathan, Gowri Priya ; Rathinam SR, and Muthukkaruppan, V

"Evidences for Endotoxin as a Causative Factor for Leptospiral Uveitis in

Humon" INVEST. OPHTHALMOL. VIS. SC : 24 ;2008

35. Kempen, John H Ganesh, Sudha K; Sangwan, Virender S; Rathinam SR

"Interobserver Agreement in Grading Activity and Site of Inflammation in Eyes

of Patients with Uveitis" AM.J. OPHTHALMOL :146;2008 :813-818

36. Rathinam SR, Lalitha P. Paradoxical worsening of ocular tuberculosis in HIV

patients after antiretroviral therapy.

Eye (Lond). 2007 May;21(5):667-8. Epub 2006 Dec 1.

37. Rathinam SR, Prajna, L "Hypopyon in Leprosy Uveitis" J POSTGRAD

MED:53;2007: 46-47

38. Rathinam SR; Namperumalsamy,P"Global Variations and Pattern Changes to

Epidemiology of Uveitis" INDIAN J OPHTHALMOL: 55 ; 2007:173-184

39. Lalitha, P Rathinam SR; Banushree,K; Maheshkumar, S; Vijayakumar, R; Sathe,

P "Ocular Involvement Associated with an Epidemic Outbreak of Chikungunya

Virus Infection" AM. J. OPHTHALMOL :144 ; 2007: 552-556

40. Shukla, D; Rathinam SR and Cunningham, E T "Contribution of HIV/AIDS to

Global Blindness" INT OPHTHALMOL CLIN: 2007; 27-43

41. Carolyn, T Bramante Talbot, Elizabeth A;Rathinam SR; Stevens,Rosaling;

Zegans, Micheal E "Diagnosis of Ocular Tuberculosis:a role for New Testing

Modalites?"INT OPHTHALMOL CLIN : 47;2007: 45-62

42. Lalitha,P Rathinam SR; Banushree, K; Maheshkumar, S; Vijayakumar, R; Sathe,

P "Ocular Involvement Associated with an Epidemic Outbreak of Chikungunya

Virus Infection" AM. J. OPHTHALMOL :144; 2007: 552-556

43. Lalitha, Prajna Rathinam SR; Banushree, Krishnadas; Maheshkumar,

Shanmugam; Vijayakumar, Rajendran; Sathe, Padmakar "Ocular Involvement

Associated with an Epidemic Outbreak of Chikungunya Virus Infection" AM. J.

OPHTHALMOL:144;2007; 552-556

44. Priya, C G Hoogendijk, K T; Berg, M V D; Rathinam SR; Ahmed, A;

Muthukkaruppan, V R; Hartskeeri, RA "Field Rats form a major infection Source

of Leptospirosis in and around Madurai. India" J POSTGRAD MED: 53; 2007:

236-240

45. Rathinam SR, Rao, Narsing A "Sympathetic Ophthalmia following Postoperative

Bacterial Endophthalmitis: a clinicopathologic study" AM. J. OPHTHALMOL:

141; 2006: 498-507

46. Rathinam SR, "Ocular Manifestations of Leptospirosis" J POSTGRAD

MED:51;2005: 189-194

47. Rathinam SR "Customized LogMAR Charts for Mass Vision-Screening" J

POSTGRAD MED: 51;2005:115

48. Rathinam SR; Rao, NA; "Tuberculous Intraocular Infection Presenting with

Pigmented Hypopyon: a clinicopathological case report" BR J OPHTHALMOL :

88 ; 2004:721-722

49. Lalitha, P; Rathinam SR and Srinivasan, M "Ocular Infections Due to Non-

Tuberculous Mycobacteria" INDIAN J MED MICROBIOL: 22; 2004: 231-237

50. Priya,C Gowri Bhavani,K; Rathinam SR; Muthukkaruppan,V R"Identification

and Evaluation of LPS Antigen for Serodiagnosis of Uveitis Associated with

Leptospirosis" J. MED. MICROBIOL: 52 ; 2003: 667-73

51. RathinamSR;Usha,KimRandRao,Narsing A "Presumed Trematode-induced

Granulomatous Anterior Uveitis: a newly recognized cause of intraocular

inflammation in children from South India" AM. J. OPHTHALMOL:133 ; 2002:

773-779

52. RathinamSR;Prajna,Lalitha;Mathen,MinuM;Prajna,NVenkatesh;Srinivasan,M

“Endogenous Nocardial Scleral Abscess: a case report" ASIA PACIFIC

:14;2002:32-34

53. Rathinam SR "Ocular Leptospirosis" CURR OPIN OPHTHALMOL :13;2002:

381-386

54. Cunningham, E T; Rathinam SR '"TB or not TB: the perennial question"BR J

OPHTHALMOL: 85 ;2001: 127-128

55. Rathinam SR, Fritche, Thomas R; Srinivasan, M;Vijayalakshmi,

P;Read,RusselW; Gautom, Romesh;Namperumalsamy,P;Rao,Narsing A"An

Outbreak of Trematode-induced Granulomas of the Conjunctiva"

OPHTHALMOLOGY:108 ; 2001: 223-1229

56. Rathinam SR; Cunningham, E T "Infectious Causes of Uveitis in the Developing

World" INT OPHTHALMOL CLIN : 40; 2000: 137-152

57. RathinamSR;Namperumalsamy,PandCunninghamJr.,E T "SpontaneousCataract

Absorption in Patients with Leptospiral Uveitis" BR J OPHTHALMOL:

84;2000:1135-1141

58. Rathinam SR; Namperumalsamy, P;Nozik, Robert A;Cunningham Jr., ET "Vogt-

Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome after Cutaneous Injury" OPHTHALMOLOGY:

106;1999 : 635-638

59. Rathinam SR; Namperumalsamy,P

"Leptospirosis"OCUL.IMMUNOL.INFLAMM :7 1999 : 109-118

60. Rathinam SR; Vijayalakshmi, P; Namperumalsamy, P; Nozik, Robert A;

Cunningham Jr., E T "Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome in Children" OCUL.

IMMUNOL. INFLAMM :6 1998 : 155-161

61. Chu,Kathryn M, Rathinam SR; Namperumalsamy, P; Dean, Deborah

"Identification of Leptospira Species in the Pathogenesis of Uveitis and

Determination of Clinical Ocular Characteristics in South India" J. INFECT. DIS:

177; 1998: 1314-1321

62. Rathinam SR; Selvaraj, S; Dean, D; Nozik, R A; Namperumalsamy, P "Uveitis

associated with an epidemic outbreak of leptospirosis" AM. J. OPHTHALMOL:

124; 1997: 71-79

63. Rathinam SR; Namperumalsamy, P; Nozik, Robert A; Cunningham Jr., E T

"Angle Closure Glaucoma as a Presenting Sign of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada

Syndrome" BR J OPHTHALMOL: 81;1997: 608-609

64. Rathinam SR; Sureshbabu, L; Natarajaseenivasan, K "Leptospiral Antibodies in

Patients with Recurrent Ophthalmic Involvement" INDIAN J MED RE: 103;1996

: 66-68

Books & Book Chapters

1. Rathinam SR. Uveitic Glaucoma. In Ramakrishnan R editors, Diagnosis and

Management of Glaucoma. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers,2012

2. Namperumalsamy p and Rathinam R Mycobacterial Infection In: Ryan Stephen

Retina Wilkinson, Hinton, Sadda, Wiedemann 2012

3. Vaishnavi B SR Rathinam Leptospiral uveitis Eye in Systemic Disorders

4. Rathinam SR; Co editor for Uveitis , Wills Eye Color Atlas and Synopsis of

Clinic Ophthalmology (Wills Eye Series) Lippincott, USA 2011

5. Rathinam SR; Uveitis made simple :Educational manual : editor, (AIOS) All

IndiaOphthalmological Society , National association of ophthalmologists in

India. 2010

6. Rathinam SR; Leptospiral Uveitis in Intraocular Inflammation a. Zierhut M,

Ohno S, Orefice F, Pavesio C, Rao N Springer Publisher Germany 2008 in press.

7. Rathinam SR; Applied Anatomy of uveitis in Imaging In Eds A. Gupta, V.

Gupta, CP Herbort Uveitis Text and Imaging 2009 Page3-13 JAYPEE Brothers

India

8. Rathinam SR; “Leptospiral Uveitis. In Eds A. Gupta, V. Gupta, CP Herbort

Uveitis Text and Imaging 2009 Page 335-347 JAYPEE Brothers India

9. Rathinam SR; “Anterior granulomatous uveitis, In Eds A. Gupta, V. Gupta, CP

Herbort Uveitis Text and Imaging 2009 Page 605-610 JAYPEE Brothers India

10. Rathinam SR; “Cunningham ET. Leptospirosis. Ed: Cecilia Murphy Current

Ocular therapy Elsevier Ltd, London 2005

11. Rathinam SR; Namperumalswamy.P Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of

Uvea in Clinical practice in Ophthalmology. Eds Sandeep Saxena 2003, Chapter

9, 257-285

12. Rathinam SR; Basic Concepts on immunology and immunological disorders of

the eye. Ed. Gupta, A K; Krishna, V, Current Topics in Ophthalmology - Vol. 6,

New Delhi: B I Churchill Livingstone, 2003

13. Rathinam SR; Authored a manual on "Ocular Pharmacology" published by

Aravind Publication -1991

Invited speaker in International Conferences

1. Invited Speaker Subspecialty day Uveitis AAO Chicago, USA Talks on,

“Methotrexate Vs. Mycophenolate mofetil : Results of a Randomized Clinical

Trial”, and “I hate Those White Dots” - November, 2012

2. Invited speaker - Methotrexate Vs. Mycophenolate mofetil : Results of a

Randomized Clinical Trial – Greece (IUSG), 17th Oct- 22nd Oct, 2012

3. Invited speaker - The 11th IOIS congress and international assembly of ocular

inflammation – Talks on “a) Uveitis Epidemiology of South India and the

Subcontinent - Pearls for Domestic and International Ophthalmologists.

b) Epidemic Ocular trematode diagnosis and Management. c). Panel Discussion:

Intraocular TB (General consideration, Clinical presentation of Intraocular TB –

13-16 November 2011

4. Delivered several lectures on at the Nepal-Orbis Teaching and Training Program,

Nepal, 28th May - 5th June, 2011

5. Upcoming Potential Treatments for Uveitis and Ocular Inflammatory Diseases at

the upcoming Uveitis Subspecialty Day, AAO American Academy of

ophthalmology at Chicago USA(16/10/ 2010)

6. Challenges in the Diagnosis of Intraocular Tuberculosis in Tuberculosis Endemic

Country, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual

Meeting ARVO, USA(Florida), May 2009

7. Invited Speaker Subspecialty day Uveitis AAO Atlanta, USA Talk on, White-Dot

Syndromes (Part II): How to Tell Them Apart? Acute Posterior Multifocal

Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE), Serpiginous Choroiditis Oct, 2008

8. Pediatric VKH - A Retrospective Clinic Based Cohort Study from South India

Invited speaker, Sociedad Panamericana de Enfermedades Inflamatorias Oculares

Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 2008

9. Invited speaker at November 13th Grand Rounds presentation, Scheie Eye

Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania, USA. November 2008

10. Invited speaker at IUSG Symposium Constance Germany, talked on,” Problems of

Uveitis in developing country” September 2008

11. Leptospirosis diagnostic criteria ASIA ARVO Conference at Singapore on

March1st-5th

2007

12. Guest speaker, “World Ophthalmology Conference” at Brazil on 16th to 26

th

February, 2006 presented papers on “Leptospirosis & Ocular complications” and

“Trematode uveitis: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment”

13. Invited Guest speaker to talk on Uveitis in India at" Pan Pacific Uveitis Forum ",

of 58th Congress of Clinical Ophthalmology of Japan, Tokyo on December 11-

14, 2004

14. Delivered a lecture on “Leptospirosis – an emerging infectious uveitis” February

2nd

& 3rd

, 2001 in Annual meeting of IUSG conducted by International uveitis

study group at Chennai.

15. Invited Guest speaker -“Newly recognised presumed trematode induced ocular

inflammation in children”at International Uveitis Society Group at Sydney,

Australia on 25th

April.2002

16. Delivered a lecture on “Newly recognised presumed trematode induced ocular

inflammation in children”at XXIX international congress of ophthalmology at

Sydney, Australia on 21-25th

April.2002

17. Invited Guest speaker “HIV/AIDS – The Indian experience” March 23rd

- 25th

,

2001 in The Third International symposium on ophthalmology in the developing

world at San Francisco, California, USA

18. Invited Guest speaker “Clinical presentation of leptospiral uveitis- Six years

study” and Clinical presentation and laboratory diagnosis of leptospiral uveitis at

12th

Afro-Asian Congress at Guanghou, China on November11-15th

, 2000

19. Presented a Paper on “The First Report on Indian Epidemic Leptospiral Uveitis" -

South Asian Workshop on Diagnostic Methods in Leptospirosis conducted at

Madras. 1998

20. Hypopyon in leptospirosis panuveitis, clinical pattern of uveitis in South India at

First combined International symposium on Inflammatory and Immunology,

Amsterdam, Netherlands. 1998

21. PCR Assay of aqueous humor for leptospirosis at ARVO meet at Florida, USA.

Epidemic outbreak of leptospirosis in Tamilnadu - Presented at Center for disease

Control, Atlanta, USA, May 1997.

22. Delivered lecture on Leptospiral uveitis at University of California San Francisco,

USA and was awarded with "BRUCE OSTLER AWARD" on June 15, 1997.

23. Delivered lectures on leptospirosis and leprosy uveitis at

a. Mass Eye & Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, USA

b. CDC Atlanta, USA 1997

24. Uveitis associated with leptospirosis - Pacific Coast Meet, Sandiago, Los Angeles.

June 1997

25. Presented a paper on "Newer Uveitic Entities" - 3rd Annual Scientific Session of

the College of Ophthalmologists of Sri Lanka conducted at Sri Lanka, 25-27th

August, 1994.

Paper Presentations at National Conferences

1. Presented a paper on “Systematic approach to uveitis patient” and "Epidemic

Panuveitis" - TNOA Conference 1994 - Madurai.

2. Lecture on "Ocular manifestations in Dental diseases" during inauguration of Dental

Academy at Kodaikanal, 6th November 1994.

3. Newer uveitic entities - Second Aravind Alumni meet, 17th December 1994.

4. Presented a video on "Leprosy Uveitis" during AIOS Conference, Bombay, 1995.

5. Posters exhibited during AIOS Conference, Bombay, 1995.

i) Panuveitis and epidemic fever

ii) Ocular tuberculosis

iii) Safety of IOL surgery in uveitic cataract

6. Investigation approach in a case of uveitis - Guidelines for practicing

ophthalmologists - Vitreo-retinal Society of India - Mid-year congress, October 7-8,

1995.

7. Leprosy uveitis – Course on Basics on Uveitis & Neuro-Ophthalmology January,

20-21st, 1996 at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai

8. Guest speaker-Symposium on Uveitis, Hyderabad, 24-25th February 1996

a) Investigations in uveitis b) Leptospirosis c) Systematic approach in uveitis.

9. Systematic approach in uveitis & Investigations in uveitis - Erode Ophthalmological

Society meet, Erode, 20th August 1996.

10. Video presentation on "Ocular leptospirosis”, AIOS, Chandigarh, February 1996.

11. Leptospirosis in Madurai, Southern regional ophthalmic conference, Tirupati, 30th

December 1996.

12. Intermediate uveitis, Investigational approach in uveitis, leprosy uveitis and uveitis

in leptospirosis - Symposium on Uveitis, Hyderabad, 30 - 31st December 1996.

13. Emerging ophthalmic complication of leptospirosis. Presented at The conference on

Infectious diseases – “Challenge of leptospirosis”, Madras, September 1997.

14. VKH syndrome ii) Macular choroiditis - Instruction course at Southern Regional

Ophthalmic Association Conference, Hyderabad, November 1997.

15. Terminology, clinical importance and epidemiology of uveitis - Presented at

Symposium on Uveitis at Hyderabad, January 1998.

16. Leptospira, Syphilis and other spirochetal diseases of eye - Presented at Symposium

on Uveitis, Hyderabad, January 1998.

17. Uveitis in Hansen's disease - Presented at Symposium on Uveitis, Hyderabad,

January 1998.

18. Terminology of Uveitis and White dot syndrome – Presented at Symposium on

Uveitis, Retina institute of Karnataka, Bangalore, July 1998.

19. Guest lecture on Classification and management of uveitis - Symposium on Uveitis,

Kerala State of Ophthalmology, Thirusur, August 1998.

20. Delivered a lecture on Leptospiral Uveitis at Defence Laboratory, Gwalior,

Nov.1998.

21. Delivered lectures on – Terminology and classification of uveitis, Leptospira uveitis,

Syphilitic uveitis at symposium on uveitis, Chandigarh, February 1999.

22. Delivered lectures on “The dilemma of management of Toxoplasmosis,

Tuberculosis and Syphilitis", All India Ophthamological Conference, Cochin,

January 1999.

23. Attended Editors Meeting on “Writing in the Margins” at Hyderabad, conducted

by Indian Journal of Ophthalmology July 24 & 25, 2000

24. Delivered lectures on “Concepts in clinical work up of uveitis case, Dilemmas in

management of uveitis” at Coimbatore, conducted by Tamil Nadu state

ophthalmic conference. August 6, 1999

25. Delivered a lecture on “Clinical evaluation of a patient of posterior uveitis” at

Madras conducted by All Indian Ophthalmological Society. 6th

January 2000,

26. Delivered lectures on “History of uveitis and lab diagnosis on leptospirosis” at “All

India Uveitis Conference” conducted by Aravind Eye Hospital. 12&13th January

2001

27. Delivered a lecture on “Posterior segment involvement in AIDS” at “Tamilnadu

ophthalmic association conference” conducted by Aravind Eye Hospital, August 11th

to 13th

2000

28. Presented a paper in “Update Uveitis” session in All India Ophthalmological

Conference held at Calcutta, on January 4th –7

th 2000

29. Delivered a lecture on “Leptospiral uveitis” in “Symposium on Intraocular

inflammation” at Chennai on conducted by Sankara Nethralaya. February 4th

& 5th

2001

30. Guest lecture: “Leptospiral uveitis” in “Symposium on Uveitis” at Ophthalmology

meet, Govt. Rajaji Hospital on August 17th ,

2001.

31. Guest Lecture: “Leptospirosis awareness Program” Physician’s conference at

Govt.Rajaji Hospital, Madurai on 24th October 2001.

32. Presented a paper on “update uveitis” session in Tamilnadu Ophthlamological

society conference held at Ooty, on November 7th –9

th 2001

33. Presented a paper on Clinical approach and laboratory diagnosis of scleritis “Update

uveitis” session in All India ophthlamological conference held at Ahamedabad, on

January 5th

– 8th 2002

34. Guest Lecture: “Endogenous Endopthalmitis” in “Grand Rounds” at Apollo

Hospital, on 8th February 2002.

35. Delivered a lectures on: “Epidemiology and risk factors in leptospiral uveitis”,

“Diagnostic challenge in infectious uveitis”

“Newly recognized trematode induced granuloma of

conjunctiva and iris”

“Peadiatric uveitis in south India”

at Uveitis & Intraocular inflammation at Hyderabad on 24th & 25

th February 2002.

36. Delivered a lecture on : “Conglumerate tubercule!!!! Is it TB”, TNOA on 2nd

–4th

August, 2002

37. Delivered a lecture on : “ Clinical presentation of leptospiral uveitis – Six years

study”, at Third Annual conference of Indian leptospirosis society on September 21st

and 22nd

, 2002 at Pondicherry

38. Delivered a lecture on : “Investigations in Uveitis and Trematode induced

granulomatous Uveitis” at AIOS conference on January 6-9th

, 2003 at Ahamedabad.

39. Delivered a lecture on “Recent advances in investigations of uveitis’ at Recent

Advances in Retina-Vitreous and Uvea 2nd

February 2003 at Aravind Eye Hospital,

Madurai

40. Guest Lecture: “Terminology and classification of uveitis and Sarcoid uveitis” in

“Symposium on intraocular inflammation” at Retina Institute of Karnataka,

Bangalore on 1st and 2

nd March 2003.

41. Guest lecture: “HIV” in ophthalmology and Diagnostic approach in uveitis at the

symposium on uvea at Sangli District ophthalmic Association at Miraj on 19th July,

2003

42. Guest lecture “Systematic approach in uveitis” in GOA ophthalmic Society at GOA

on 20th July 2003

43. Delivered a Lecture on “Diagnosis challenges in uveitis” in TNOA at Chennai on

15-17th August 2003

44. Key note address on “Spirituality and modern medicine” in Rajasthan

Ophthalmological society at Mt.Abu And also delivered lectures on:“Interesting

cases in Uveitis”,“Parasitology in ophthalmology” and “Anterior uveitis” on 5-7th

September 2003

45. Delivered a lectures on “Leptospiral uveitis” “classification of uveitis” at PGIMER,

Chandigarh at 3rd

Annual conference of The Uveitis Society of India on 6th and 8

th

February 2004

46. Convener a symposium on ‘ Clinical Challenges in Uveitis- Interesting Case Reports

Uveitis update Tamil Nadu Ophthlamological Association meet TNOA 13th-15

th

August 2004 Tirunelveli.

47. Continuing medical education on Uveitis and Intraocular Inflammation on

Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore on 26th

September 2004

a) Terminology and Classification of Uveitis

b) Infectious vs. Non infectious uveitis

c) Leptospirosis

48. Ocular infections in HIV patients “ The Instruction Course on AIDS in

Ophthalmology Southern Reginal Ophthalmic Conference” (SROC), Kakatiya

Medical College, Warangal on October 3, 2004,

49. Guest speaker in Karnataka Ophthalmological Society at Bellary Keynote

address- “Diagnostic Dilemmas in Uveitis practice & Practical approach to a case

of anterior uveitis”, Immuno Suppressive Therapy in Uveitis and When & How.

Symposisum on Uveitis 23rd Annual Conference on 28 November 2004

50. Convener a symposium on “update Tamil Nadu Ophthlamological Association meet

TNOA 12th-13

th August 2005 at Kodaikanal

51. Guest speaker in "Uveitis Society of India" conference at Jalna. Presented papers on

"Sarcoid uveitis", "Peadiatric uveitis", "Intraocular tuberculosis-interesting cases",

"Scleritis" on 7th & 8th October, 2005.

52. Guest speaker in “Clinical diagnostic indicators in Ocular Leptospirosis”

International Conference on Leptospirosis: a diagnostic enigma. & 6th Scientific

Conference of the The Indian Leptospirosis Society June 20-22, 2006

53. Invited talks on Ocular Immune Recovery Inflammatory Syndromes(IRIS),

Epidemiology of uveitis: - AIOS at Hyderabad, February1st-4th

2007

54. OASS Conference at Tirupathi – “What and when”, investigations in uveitis

September 28th-29th

2007

55. Epidemiology of uveitis, Differential diagnosis of Pan uveitis,

Histopathologically/microbiologically proven ocular tuberculosis All India uveitis

society of India November 28th- 2007 December– Guwahati

.

56. COORG uveitis symposium at Karnataka “Intersting cases in Uveitis” in April

26-27, 2008

57. PG update –Regional Institute of Opthalmology, Chennai November 22-23,2008

58. All India Leptospirosis Society meeting -Bombay-Ocular Leptospirosis January

2-4th , 2009

59. ASIA ARVO Hyderabad; [1]. Infectious Uveitis,[ 2]. Etiology of Uveitis,

[3].Tuberculosis and Uveitis January17th-20th 2009

60. All India Ophthalmic Society-Jaipur- Systemic Lupus Erythematoses February

5th -7th 2009

61. PG update -Systemic workup in uveitis patient- Coimbatore February 25th

-2009

62. PG update [1] Systemic workup in uveitis patient, [2] Investigation of uveitis,

[3] Medical Management, [4] Case Presentation, [5] Differential Diagnosis

March 20th -22th -2009 at Tirunelveli

63. Uveitis Society of India (Chennai) December 4th -6th

-2009 [1]. Ideopathic

Uveitis-How long they are Ideopathic. [2].Construction of Differential Diagnosis

in Uveitis.

64. TNOA- Coimbatore - Differential diagnosis in Uveitis August 7th -8th

,2009

65. Invited talk at Moorfields Uveitis Symposium: Ten years out in the new century,

what has changed?, How to approach the diagnosis of progressive cases without a

diagnosis, Conducted at Chandigarh 28 & 29 Oct/2010

66. Invited to talk on, Epidemiology of Uveitis in India, Algorithm for managing a

patient with granulomatous anterior uveitis and Leptospirosis and uveitis at

Uveitis society meet at Chandigarh on 30 & 31st Oct, 2010

67. Clinical work up, investigations and Differential diagnosis in Uveitis

Systematic workup in uveitis- Solapur Ophthalmology meet 21st Jan 2011

68. Uveitis challenging cases – at the Nellai Sandhippu (TNOA), Tirunelveli –

August 2011

69. Investigation In Uveitis All India Ophthalmological Society-Kochin, February

2012

70. When to suspect infective cause for uveitis, - at the (TNOA), Trichy, August 2012

71. Annual conference of Uveitis Society of India, Bhubaneshwar, December 2012

Delivered the following talks :a. Infectious Retinitis, "Journey of translational

research in leptospiral uveitis, bedside to bench, back to bedside" Diagnostic

challenges to rule out infectious uveitis.

72. Parasitic uveitis, Atypical presentations of Posterior Uveitic Entities , Masquarade

syndromes. “Investigations in Uveitis” AIOS Hyderabad, 2013

73. The most feared group ,Posterior and Panuveitis- How do we clinically approach

West Nile virus and what else is coming ? Under the Aegis of Uveitis Society of

India, Aravind Eye Hospital-Salem, & Salem Ophthalmic Association hosted the

CME on 'Intraocular inflammation and Uveitis’ held on 28th of April, 2013.

74. Clinical diagnosis of uveitis" and Investigations in Uveitis Dr Tony's eye hospital

,Aluva,Kochi,Kerala. Annual CME 9th June --KAAZHCHA 2013