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Dr.Sirish Nelivigi

Director- Nelivigi Eye Hospital

Speciality :Ophthalmologist / Eye Surgeon

25 Years of Experience

Degrees : MBBS, DOMS, DNB, MNAMS

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Advanced glaucoma management
• Phacoemulsification Cataract Surgery
• Corneal and external diseases of eye
• Refractive surgery

Dr.Sirish Nelivigi has worked in the field of cataract and glaucoma for period of 25 years. In these years he has had extensive experience in both the fields, establishing himself as a leader in the domain of related eye care.

After qualifying as a medical practitioner (1995) form JJM Medical College (Davangere, Karnataka, India), he completed his Postgraduation in Ophthalmology (D.O.) from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. He later completed his Diplomate of National Board (DNB) examinations in year 2000. He subsequently went ahead to do an Advanced fellowship in Anterior Segment (FIAS), Sankara Eye care Institutions at Coimbatore, India. The fellowship gave him experience mainly in Cataract and Glaucoma surgeries in addition to corneal transplantations, Oculoplasty (eye lid surgeries, Lacrimal sac surgeries), etc. Following the fellowship, he joined Sankara Eye Hospital, Coimbatore as a Consultant where in his stint of about 4 years he performed extensive number (more than 20,000) of cataract, glaucoma and other surgeries there. He subsequently went for a short term Glaucoma fellowship at Arvind Eye Hospital at Madurai. In 2003, he joined Nethradhama Super Specilaity Eye Hospital, Bangalore, as head of the Department of Glaucoma where he continued till November 2012.

In these long years of experience, he has gained proficiency in the field of Cataract and glaucoma, gaining national recognition. He has been responsible in training a lot of doctors in Cataract and Glaucoma surgeries.

He is a regular invited guest speaker in state and national conferences of repute in addition to international conferences too. He has several publications as well as chapters in Ophthalmology text books.

She completed her Fellowship in Anterior Segment and surgical training in cataract sugery and phacoemulsification from Nethradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Bangalore. She served as faculty member at St. Johns Medical College for over 10 years. Her areas of expertise include the diagnosis and management of anterior segment disorders, including errors of refraction, ocular allergies, and surface disorders, dry eye, computer vision syndrome, ocular inflammations and cataract.

She is also experienced in the management of medical disorders of the Retina including diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy and neuro ophthalmic conditions.

Speciality :General ophthalmology

20 years of Experience

Areas of Interest :

• General ophthalmology and Paediatric ophthalmology

She had her micro-surgical training in Cataract surgery from Venu Eye Institute New Delhi. She worked as a consultant in Poornima Netralaya, Jamshedpur. Then she went for a short-term Fellowship in Small Incision Cataract Surgery at Globe Eye Foundation, Bangalore. She worked as a senior consultant at Shekar Eye Hospital, Bangalore for 13 years.

She had also done short-term training in squint surgeries from Dr. B.V. Rao, Shreya Eye clinic, Hyderabad and phacoemulsification training from L.V Prasad Eye Hospital, Bhubaneswar. She also was a visiting on consultant Sankalp Nethralaya, HSR Layout. She has a special interest in pediatric ophthalmology and squint surgeries.