Dr. Ruchika Pattanaik

Profile

• Senior Consultant Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Services at The Eye Foundation, Bellandur, Banglore, Karnataka.

Professional Experience: 

• Consultant Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Surgeon (Dec 2018 to April 2024) at Drishti Eye Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. 
• Consultant Cornea & Cataract Surgeon (Nov 2017 to Nov 2018) at Gomabai Netralaya, Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. 

Professional Experience: 

• Certifications
• June 2020, Certificate of Completion of Intralase Femtosecond Laser.
• Feb 2019, Workshop on DMEK conducted at L J Eye Institute, Ambala.
• Sep 2017, Fellowship in Cornea and External Diseases from Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai.
• May2017, Workshop on Ocular Surface Diseases held at Darshan Eye Care, Chennai.
• Jan 2017, DSEK skills transfer course conducted by Sight Life at SankaraNethralaya, Chennai.
• Nov 2014, Fellow of International Council of Ophthalmology.
• Sep 2014, Advanced Cataract and Community Ophthalmology Fellowship from Shankara Nethralaya, Chennai.

Paper Presentations:

• KERACON 2017: Keratoprosthesis in eyes with retained Silicone Oil
• KERACON 2016: Ocular Chemical Injuries in Children: Out come with and without alloslet.
• BOAFOCUS 2013: Role of UB Min Closed Globe Injuries.
• APAO-AIOS 2013: Comparison of effectively of Inferior Oblique Recession and Total Antero positioning on Torsion Correction in patients with Inferior Oblique Over action with V pattern

Poster Presentations:

•  KERACON 2022: Silent EBMD, ANightmare post Refractive surgery 
•  KERACON 2021: Enigma of the Corneal Epithelium
•  BOA FOCUS 2013: Crystals in the Eye.

Video Presentations:

•   APAO 2023: Crepeonthemenu, rollonthe platter.
•   KERACON 2021: Bursting my bubble more than once.

Instruction Courses: 

•  AIOC 2020: Corneoscleral tear repair: A case-based approach.
•  AIOC2020:RefiningPostKeratoplastyAstigmatismManagement:Thefiner points.
•  TNOA 2019: Save the Surface: Newer therapies in chemical and thermal injuries.

Faculty / Invited Speaker

• UTTARA EYE CON 2023 (Moderator and speaker Cornea session): Inflammatory Diseases of The Peripheral Cornea
• UTTARA EYE CON 2022: Management of Acute Chemical Injuries.
• DEHRADUN OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2022: Role of IRPLin the management of Dry eyes.
• KERACON 2019: (Moderator and speaker): Allosletin Chemical Injuries.

Publications 

• Keratoprostheses in Silicone Oil-filled Eyes: Long-Term Outcomes: Iyer G, Srinivasan B ,Agarwal’s, Pattanaik R, Rishi E, Rishi P, Shanmugasundaram S, Natarajan V. British Journal of MA Ophthalmology.2019Jun;103(6):781-788.
• Sunset Forest Silhouette: Pattanaik, Ruchika1, Luthra, Gaurav1. Journal of Cornea andOcularSurface1(1): p83,January-March2023.|DOI: 10.4103/JCOS.JCOS_7_23.

Academic:

• Fellowship in Cornea & Ocular surface disorders (Sep 2015 to Oct 2017) at Sankara Netralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
• Master of Surgery Ophthalmology (June 2011 to Apr 2014) at M and J Regional Institute of Ophthalmology and BJ Medical College Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
•  MBBS (May 2004 to July 2009) at Government Medical College Miraj (MUHS Nashik), Maharashtra.

Affiliations

• All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) 
• Cornea Society of India (CSI)
• Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)