Dr. Vijayalakshmi Prabhu
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Prabhu is a seasoned ophthalmologist with more than 10 years of experience in the field of Ophthalmology. She specializes in comprehensive ophthalmology and is currently working as a Consultant at Aster RV Hospital. She completed her MBBS from PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research in 2011 and DNB in Ophthalmology from Sankara Eye Care Institutions, Coimbatore, India in 2016. In past, Dr. Vijayalakshmi has also worked with leading eye-care hospitals such as Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital and Vasan Eye Care.
Dr. Vijayalakshmi Prabhu specialises as Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon.
- Treatment of Refractive errors both in children and adults.
- Diabetic and Hypertensive retinopathy screening.
- Treatment of allergic eye conditions.
TNOA 2014 – Presenting author of paper titled – 'A rare case of rosette cataract caused by a reptile'
AIOC 2015 – Chief & Presenting author of paper titled – 'Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty(DSEK) versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty(DMEK) – A retrospective study'
TNOA 2015 – Chief & Presenting author of paper titled – 'Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty(DMEK) - Our initial experience'
Eyepep 2015 – Won the first prize in the Post Graduate Grand Rounds - PG update, Sankara Eye Hospital, Bangalore – Dec 2015
TNOA 2016 – Co- author of the paper titled – ‘Simplifying Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK)’ which won the Prof.C.P.Gupta Gold Medal
APACRS 2016 - Co-author of paper titled – 'Outcomes of Descemet's Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty(DMEK) with Our Prototype Injector and Marking Technique'
'Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) – A prospective study' – one amongst the Top 12 Theses presented at "Young Researchers' award session AIOC 2018"
Speaker at the Academic & Research Committee/Leadership Development Programme session at AIOC 2018
AIOC 2018 – Chief author of e-poster titled – 'A study of DMEK and DSEK in the treatment of corneal endothelial dysfunction'
Numerous other local and regional CME and PG updates.
Attended a workshop on BLS with hands-on training and implementation of Code-Blue protocols
Publications
Wrote a thesis titled ‘Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK) – A prospective study’ accepted by the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
Published an article titled ‘Descemet’s Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty versus Descemet’s Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty in the Fellow Eye for Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy: A Retrospective Study’ as a co-author. Biomed Res Int. 2015; 2015:750567. DOI: 10.1155/2015/750567. Epub 2015 Nov 9.
