Dr. Rwituja Thomas

Consultant Orbit and Oculoplastic Surgeon, Vision Eye Centres, New Delhi

4 articles

Dr. Rwituja Thomas is an alumnus of St. Johns Medical College and graduated in 2015 after being adjudged the Best Outgoing Student and won the Best MBBS Student award in 2013. She holds a university rank in Physiology, Biochemistry and Ophthalmology. She won the best Post-graduate forum award at the Karanataka Ophthalmic Society conference. She is currently pursuing her post-graduation at Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore. AshwinDr. Ashwin Mohan is a vitreo-retina consultant and is also a PhD Scholar in Maastricht University, Netherlands. He is involved in setting up the CAFX Atlas. He has completed MBBS from Sion Hospital, Mumbai, DNB from Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai and fellowship in Vitreo-retina from Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore and RGUHS. He has received the Gold Medal in Neuro-ophthalmology in 2012 in Sankara Nethralaya. He has published a number of peer reviewed articles in the field of retinal oximetry and presented at various national and international meetings and is also a reviewer for international journals and has authored chapters in post graduate text books. He has a keen interest in retinal imaging and has also worked with institutes like IIT Madras and IISc as a retinal expert Rohit RaoDr Rohit Rao, completed MBBS from JNMC Wardha Maharashtra in the year 2010. Done MS ophthalmology from JSS MEDICAL COLLEGE Mysore Karnataka in 2015. Underwent long-term fellowship in IOL and Anterior segment under the guidance of Dr Kalpana Narendran at Aravind eye hospital Coimbatore in 2017.He underwent short term DCR fellowship from Shankara eye hospital Coimbatore under Dr Shruti Tara. Presently he is working as an Anterior Segment surgeon and oculoplasty consultant At Shri Ganesh Vinayak eye hospital, Raipur Chhattisgarh. He has quite a few National and International papers , videos and e-posters under his name. He has been very much involved in training new surgeons at Shri Ganesh Vinayak eye hospital Raipur Chhattisgarh.

  1. Articles 5 Jul 2022 9 min read

    Ten Pearls to Improve Your Surgical Skills in Oculoplasty

    Oculoplastic surgery, despite being a niche surgical branch, encompasses a variety of procedures involving the nasolacrimal apparatus, orbit and eyelids. Having evolved into a speciality only in the last 6-7 decades, it also includes fields such as trauma, oncology and oculofacial aesthetics, which make it fascinating as well as challenging1. Just as in most ophthalmic sub-specialities, Oculoplastics has a steep learning curve for most of the surgical interventions and each case is vastly different from the next. Here are our Ten Pearls that should help the beginner Oculoplastics consultant, fellow or fellowship aspirant to hone their skills in a more systematic manner: 1. Documentation and history taking: One of the most essential skills in an oculoplastic practice is uniform and accurate pre- and post-operative documentation. It is important from a legal as well as an academic standpoint, to take patient photographs as well as measurements of the specimen that have been obtained intr

    Dr. Ashok Grover · Dr. Rwituja Thomas
  2. Articles 22 Jul 2021 12 min read

    i-File: Thyroid Eye Disease

    Case presentation: A 65-year-old man presented to our clinic with gradually progressive protrusion and swelling of both eyes and double vision for 1 year associated with progressive drooping of the right upper eyelid. There is acute onset of pain in the left eye for 10 days. A smoker for 25 years. Past ocular history No h/o previous ocular surgery or trauma Past medical history The patient is a diagnosed case of hyperthyroidism, Graves’ disease for 2 years. On treatment with Tablet Neomercazole 5mg per day. No history of radio-iodine therapy. The patient has no history of diabetes, hypertension, or cardiac disease. Family history No significant history Ocular Examination: Right Eye Left Eye IOP 18 mmHg 21 mmHg VISUAL ACUITY (UCVA) 6/60 3/60 BCVA 6/24 6/60 COLOUR VISION NORMAL 8/21 OCULAR MOTILITY -1 RESTRICTION IN ALL DIRECTIONS -3 RESTRICTION IN ELEVATION -2 RESTRICTION IN ALL DIRECTION PALPATION NO PALPABLE MASS NO PALPABLE MASS LIDS AND LASHES NEAR-COMPLETE PTOSIS NO LAGOPHTHALMOS L

    Dr. Rwituja Thomas · Dr. Garvita Singh
  3. Articles 1 Apr 2021 13 min read

    Entropion And Ectropion

    Entropion is the turning inward of the eyelid margin. Unlike ectropion, it is symptomatic and injures the ocular surface. The patient seeks medical care early. Ectropion is an eyelid malposition in which the eyelid margin does not oppose the globe. We shall discuss the relevant anatomy and clinical examination for the two entities together. Relevant Anatomy The eyelid can be grossly divided into Anterior lamella composed of skin and orbicularis Posterior lamella composed of tarsus and conjunctiva Factors contributing to the stability of the lower eyelid Appropriate horizontal tension of the lower lid so that the eyelid is apposed to the eyeball. This is supplied by the medial and lateral canthal tendons. Lower lid retractors applying appropriate tension to the inferior margin of the tarsus, pulling the lower edge of the tarsus inferiorly, and thus preventing the lid margin from turning inward as in entropion, or outward as in ectropion. Synchronous movement of the inferior rectus and l

    Dr. Roshmi Gupta · Dr. Rwituja Thomas · +1 other
  4. Blog 18 May 2020 8 min read

    Smart Apps for the Smart Ophthalmologists

    Since the dawn of the smart-phone era, medicos of all specialties have had various apps at their disposal; either for educational purposes or simply as a clinical tool to be used in their outpatient departments. In the field of ophthalmology, we have a wide variety of apps designed for functions ranging from auto-refractometry to learning how to create a continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. There are multiple apps that many of may still not have heard of or got around to using, so we have highlighted them for easy reference. Eye-Tube Eye-tube provides free digital access to the world’s largest online surgical video archive dedicated to ophthalmologists. It delivers more than 3,000 videos and is the only online archive of fully narrated ophthalmology videos. Eyetube offers eye care professionals an expansive range of multimedia content covering seven ophthalmic subspecialties as well as symposia, roundtable discussions, product descriptions and interactive discussion boards. Dedicated

    Dr. Rwituja Thomas · Dr. Rohit Rao · +1 other