Dr. Umashankar Ramachandran
Specialist Ophthalmologist
Specialist ophthalmologist, FRCS (UK), with over 20 years' surgical experience and a former medical directorship of an eye hospital.
Experience20-25
LanguagesHindi, English
NationalityIndia
About
Dr. Umashankar corrects vision and treats disease across the front of the eye: cataract surgery by topical phacoemulsification, conventional and femto-assisted, with premium toric and multifocal lens implants, LASIK, PRK, and collagen cross-linking for keratoconus. He also performs glaucoma and tear duct (DCR) surgery, pterygium removal with grafting, and paediatric cataract surgery. Volume matters in eye surgery, and he has performed around 14,000 operations. He trained at Madras Medical College and served as a consultant at Sankara Nethralaya, one of India's premier eye institutes.
Specialty
Sub specialty
Qualifications
DNB
DO
FRCSUK
MBA
MBBSMadras Medical CollegeIndia
Areas of expertise
EyesCorneaRetina
Special interests
Glaucoma procedures e.g. conventional trab, implants etc.Implanting premium iol's like toric/multifocal/bifocalRefractive surgeries e.g.Keratoconus management with collagen cross linking (c3r) accelerated and femto assistedLacrimal sac procedures e.g. laser and external dcr'sLasik with microkeratome (blade) and femtosecond (bladeless)Management of paediatric cataractsMedical management of diabetic retinopathyPrkPhakic iols and clear lens exchangePterygium excision with conjunctival autograftTopical phacoemulsification conventional and femto assistedTransepithelial prk
