Dr. Ankush Kawali

Consultant, Uveitis and Ocular Immunology Department, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore

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Dr. Ankush Kawali completed his post-graduation & long-term (18 months) fellowship in Uveitis at Aravind eye hospital, Madurai under guidance of Dr. Rathinam. Post fellowship he worked as a uvea consultant at Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore for 1 year and then in Aravind Eye Hospital, Tirunelveli for 7 months. At present, he is working as a consultant in uveitis and ocular immunology department at Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore since 2013. He was awarded International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) fellowship to work with Dr. Foster,at Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution (MERSI), Boston. He has received YKC Pandit award at Maharashtra Ophthalmology Society conference, Pune (MOSCON) in 2011. He won the award in scientific photo-competition at uveitis society of India (USI) conference in 2019. He is also a member of International Uveitis Study Group and also serves as a south India zonal representative in USI. He has 45 publications in peer reviewed journal, of which he authored first in 22. He has also contributed 2 book chapters in uveitis textbooks as well as contributed articles for newsletters of uveitis society of India. He is also serves as a reviewer for national and international journals.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 25 min read

    An Approach to a Case of Retinitis

    Inflammation of retinal tissue causes characteristic fundus findings depending on whether it is full-thickness or partial-thickness or outer or inner retinal involvement. Figure 1A: A case of epidemic retinitis: Bright yellow superficial fluffy lesion superiorly to the disc obscuring retinal vessels passing through it is typical of inner or full-thickness retinitis. 1B: A case of progressive outer retinal necrosis: Yellowish lesions with clear retinal overlying vasculature suggests outer retinitis. Full-thickness or inner retinal involvement produces bright yellow fluffy lesions with indistinct borders. (Figure 1A) Retinal vasculature passing through these lesions appears obscured. At times, such lesions can mimic cotton-wool spots and may produce moderate to severe vitritis. Outer retinal inflammatory lesions appear dull orange or yellow with indistinct borders, retinal vessels may remain clear over the lesions (Figure 1B) and vitritis could be mild-moderate. Differentiating retinitis

    Dr. Ankush Kawali · Dr. Sanjay Srinivasan · +1 other