Dr. Sathiyan Karunanithi

About Doctor DR. SATHIYAN KARUNANITHI

• He is in charge of all complicated surgical retinal diseases, such as advanced traction
  RDs.
• He pioneered and perfected suture-free Buckling and Vitrectomy surgery — microincisional vitrectomy surgery (MIVS).
• He has extensive expertise with macular holes and associated procedures. He has mastered the technique of doing combination cataract and vitrectomy operations for a variety of eye diseases.
• He has performed over 25000 advanced microincisional cataract operations using refractive IOLs such as Toric, Multifocal Toric, Glued IOL, SFIOL, Cionni rings, and all complicated cataract settings.
• He has extensive experience in Multimodality Retinal Imaging, Laser Photocoagulation, Photodynamic Therapy, and the care of Retinopathy of Prematurity.
• He has served as a consultant Retina and Cataract surgeon for a number of prestigious institutions in India and the United Arab Emirates.
• He joined one of India’s top eye hospital chains as a consultant vitreoretinal surgeon and chief medical officer.
• He was instrumental in establishing Vitreoretina specialties in various regions of south India. In 2012, he relocated to Abu Dhabi, UAE, where he worked as a retina and cataract surgeon at the NMC eye care Center of Excellence for Ophthalmology.
• An active member of the All India Ophthalmological Society, the Vitreo Retina Society of India, the European Retina Society, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, the Independent Ethics Committee in Mumbai, and the Advisory Board Committee for Allergan Surgical.
• He has published about Pseudophakic Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment on a global scale.

● Member of All India Ophthalmological Society,
● Vitreo Retina Society of India,
● European Retina Society,
● Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons,
● Glasgow Principal investigator for Pfizer, Mumbai,
● Member - independent ethics committee, Mumbai
● Advisory Board Committee - Allergan Surgical.