蘇維新醫生是角膜、眼表和屈光疾病醫生,擅長包括:各種角膜移植、人造角膜手術、激光矯視,以及可植入式隱形眼鏡等。蘇醫生在就讀眼科學士和碩士學位期間多次獲得成績,并在2002年眼理學研究生考試中獲得全級名的佳績。
他在獲得眼科碩士學位后,于2004年加入了聞名世界的印度金奈Sankara Nethralaya眼科醫院進行眼角膜和眼表疾病實習,并跟隨部門主管Dr Prema Padmanabhan和Dr G Sitalakshmi學習臨床醫學知識,同時在名師Dr Srinivas K Rao的指導下學習各類眼角膜手術技術。完成實習后,蘇醫生即在該院任職角膜和屈光部門的顧問長達11年之久。
蘇醫生對眼表疾病特別具經驗,包括以各種人工角膜幫助雙邊失明患者視力。同時他也是角膜干細胞治療團隊的重要成員。他在Professor Dr Giancarlo Falcinelli的帶領下專業研究骨齒人工角膜移植手術,幫助嚴重受損眼睛的。在過去10年,他和其團隊已經進行了超過100例此類手術。此外,他在Professor Jose temprano的帶領下對另外一種早期的人工角膜也進行了相關的研究。
蘇醫生在2014年印度角膜大會中發表了關于人工角膜手術的演講
蘇醫生跟隨是Dr Stephen Phlugfelder和Dr James Aquevella擔任干眼和眼球表面疾病以及小兒波士頓人工角膜研究項目的觀察員,多年來積累了很多豐富的經驗和知識,他在這些領域為Sankara Nethralaya醫院做出重大的貢獻。現時,他正與Dr James Chodosh共同合作設計一種低成本高質量的波士頓人工角膜。
蘇醫生在印度和國際眼科雜志發表了多篇關于化學性眼鏡損傷、史蒂文斯﹣約翰遜綜合癥和人工角膜的文章。蘇醫生是2012及2015年眼表及角膜移植大會的組織秘書。他曾多次受邀參加國內外會議,給予科學演講。
2015年眼表和人工晶體研討會
蘇醫生精通于各種角膜移植手術,包括:穿透性角膜移植、前板層角膜移植、前深板層角膜移植、后彈力剝離角膜內皮移植、飛秒激光的穿透性移植和板層角膜移植。他對兒童角膜移植尤其感興趣,也就各類眼表腫瘤疾病治療進行了深入研究和臨床實踐。
蘇醫生是一位充滿激情的導師,深受學生和年輕醫生愛戴。他熱衷于預防由化學傷害引起的眼盲癥。他代表Sankara Nethralaya醫院與國際扶輪社合作,制作了一個關于常見化學性眼睛損傷原因的專輯,教育社會大眾,并為不幸的患者提供治療方案。蘇醫生多次獲邀參與眼科教育電視節目,為大眾提供眼科界新信息和講解各類眼疾的預防和治療,提倡護眼的重要性。
Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan is a specialist in Ophthalmology. He has specialized in the treatment of cornel disease and refractive procedures including LASIK, Femtolasik, Intacs and Phakic iol (ICL). He is an expert in various kinds of corneal transplants and artificial cornea surgeries. He did his graduation from Mumbai University (India) and completed his Masters in ophthalmology (MS ophthalmology) from Pune University (India) in 2002 and graduated as the university topper that year.
He joined Sankara Nethralaya, a reputed and world renowned tertiary ophthalmic care hospital and did his fellowship in cornea and external diseases under the tutelage of the director cornea services Dr Prema Padmanabhan and the head of department Dr G Sitalakshmi and the rest of the faculty including eminent corneal surgeon Dr Srinivas K Rao. For post-fellowship, he joined there as a faculty and is currently employed there as senior consultant in the cornea department of the hospital.
His special interest includes ocular surface diseases and their management including various kinds of keratoprosthesis to help restore vision in bilaterally blind patients. He is part of team, which is involved in corneal stem cell treatment.
He was trained by Professor Dr Giancarlo Falcinelli about the nuances of the specialized Modifed Osteo Odonto Keratoprosthesis surgery (tooth in the eye) to restore vision in severely damaged eyes. He is a part of a team, which has done close to 100 such surgeries over the last decade. He spent time with Professor Jose temprano understanding the nuances of the temprano keratoprosthesis (Osteo keratoprosthesis) another option for an artificial cornea.
He spent some time as an observer with Dr Stephen Phlugfelder and expert on dry eye and ocular surface disease and Dr James Aquevella who specializes in pediatric Boston keratoprosthesis and utilized the knowledge gained to improve patient care back in Sankara Nethralaya.
He is working along Dr James Chodosh in designing a low cost variant of the Boston keratoprosthesis.
He has a large number of publications related to chemical injury, Stevens Johnson syndrome and keratoprosthesis in national and international journals.
He was the organizing secretary of OSKON (ocular surface and keratoprosthesis ) conference conducted in 2012 and 2015 which was a unique conference dedicated specifically to the field of ocular surface which has now become a super specialty by itself.
He is well versed in various kinds of corneal transplants penetrating keratoplasty, anterior lamellar keratoplasty, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, Descemets stripping endothelial keratoplasty, Femtosecond laser assisted penetrating and lamellar keratoplasty. His special interest is in pediatric keratoplasty. He is also well versed in managing all kinds of ocular surface tumors.
He has been invited as a faculty in various national and international meeting. He is a passionate teacher and is actively involved in the cornea fellowship program at his hospital.
He is passionate about preventing avoidable blindness due to chemical injury and in association with Rotary international. Sankara Nethralaya has come out with a public awareness video regarding the common causes of chemical injury, the measures to prevent the same and treatment options available for the unfortunate victims. He has also participated in other television shows to educate the general public about eye diseases and refractive surgery options.