Dr. Simranjeet Aulakh

Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Strabismologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist ,Ankur Super-specialty Eye Hospital

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Dr. Simranjeet Aulakh is a Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Strabismologist and Neuro-Ophthalmologist currently working as a consultant at Ankur Super-specialty Eye Hospital, near Kolhapur. She completed her undergraduation from Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai. She then completed her MS Ophthalmology from LTMMC, Sion Hospital Mumbai. Following this she left for Hyderabad to pursue a 2 year clinical fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology Strabismus and Neuro-ophthalmology from the renowned L. V. Prasad Eye Institute. She is an avid researcher and has several articles to her name in peer reviewed journals.

  1. Articles 17 Sep 2021 6 min read

    Visual Fields in Neuro-Ophthalmology : 10 Pearls for the Postgraduates

    1. Is there something we can do before ordering a visual field in neuro-ophthalmology? Confrontation visual field testing is an important clinical examination, especially when it comes to neuro-ophthalmology cases. A simple test can give us clues as to what may be the underlying cause of patients’ symptoms. The test is done presuming the visual field of the examiner is normal. Both the patient and the examiner should be seated at an equal height at a distance of 1 meter. The right eye field is tested by asking the patient to close their left eye and the examiner closes his/her right eye. The first question the examiner must ask the patient, if they are able to see the examiner’s face clearly, without any parts missing. The examiner then moves a pin-point target from out to in all 4 quadrants, while instructing the patient to continuously look into the examiner’s eye. When the patient sees the object, they inform the examiner, who is then able to compare when they themselves saw the obj

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