Dr. R Krishna Prasad

Head, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Glaucoma, M. M. Joshi Eye Institute

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Dr. R. Krishnaprasad is the head of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Glaucoma services in M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a premier superspeciality Institute of North Karnataka. He has been in the forefront of Ophthalmic Education and has been spear heading the efforts of Post-Graduation Education and skill enhancement. Being the Best outgoing student of Karnataka University with 8 Gold Medals in MBBS, he completed his M. D. (Ophthalmology) from prestigious R. P. Centre, AIIMS with honours. He is the Director of Post Graduate Training and Fellowship programmes at M. M. Joshi Eye Institute, a niche area very close to his heart. He is the Deputy Director of Community services and has been working tirelessly on pediatric community ophthalmology projects. Dr. Krishnaprasad R. has held many positions of responsibility in local and state Ophthalmic associations. He has been the Chairman, Scientific committee of Karnataka Ophthalmic Society for two years and the Editor of state ophthalmic journal Chakshu for two years. He is the past president of Hubli Dharwad ophthalmic Association and the present secretary of Deccan Ophthalmic Association. Dr. Krishnaprasad has undergonea fellowship training in pediatric ophthalmology at Storm Eye Institute, Medical University of South Carolina USA. He has three International publications and five National publications in peer renewed journals. Post-graduation Education has been the passion of Dr. Krishnaprasad. He has been a Post Graduate Teacher for last 20 years. He regularly conducts an unique 4 dayprogramme for training the exam going post graduates namely Eye to Eye with Examinations which has been running successfully for the last 11 years. He has been a member of AIOS Post Graduate Education Committee in the past and has been a regular Guest Faculty in all the National Level and State level post graduate orientation programmes. He has more than 100 scientific presentations as lectures and panel discussions in various National & State conferences.

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    Refraction Simplified for the Post Graduates

    The optics of the eye normally creates a clear image by refracting rays of light to focus on the retina. Imperfections in this optical system create aberrations and thus blurred images. The goal is to analyze them and devise a means to eliminate them. Lower order aberrations are primarily refractive errors when parallel rays of light after refracting, do not focus on the retina with accommodation at rest. 1. Retinoscopy It is the objective method of detecting refractive errors by a method of neutralization. Point focus formed at a far point of the eye according to its refractive status. For e.g. In a patient with 1 dioptre of myopia, the far point is at 1 meter. For easy mathematical calculations, 1metre is used for retinoscopy. But practically, 66cm is preferred as it is easier to perform retinoscopy at an arm’s length (which is 66cm). The two principal meridia are recognized and power is determined by neutralization. Usually the two meridia are 90 degrees and 180 deg. In cases of obl

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