Dr. Tandava Krishnan

Vitreoretinal consultant, Maxivision superspecialty Eye Hospital, Hyderabad.

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Dr. Tandava Krishnan has done his basic medical education at Kasturba medical college, Mangalore (Manipal university) from 1998-2004 followed by post graduate training in ophthalmology at Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Regional institute of ophthalmology (Osmania medical college, Hyderabad) from 2005-2008. He did his Research cum Clinical fellowship in Vitreoretinal services at Sankara Nethralaya from 2008-2011. He had worked at Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital, Vishakhapatnam from May 2011 June 2012 where he had introduced the system of Pre-operative checklists for efficient surgical care. He is currently working as a Vitreoretinal consultant at Maxivision superspecialty Eye Hospital, Hyderabad. Some of the awards received by Dr. Tandava Krishnan include Best post graduate competitive award at the Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological society meet at Tirupati 2007, Archives of Ophthalmology Online Quiz award for November 2008, Swarnalata Punshi Award for the best research fellow for the year 2008-2009 awarded by Vision research foundation (Sankara Nethralaya) and Dr. K. Vengal Rao award for the best competitive paper at the Andhra Pradesh ophthalmological society meet held at Warangal 2013.He has also delivered the "Dr. K. Ravi Kumar Reddy Endowment lecture (2014) at Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital. He has 19 published papers in PUBMED indexed journals. He also has many articles in non PUBMED indexed journals and has co-authored a book titled The Sankara Nethralaya Atlas of Ophthalmic Ultrasound and Ultrasound Biomicroscopy second edition and has written a chapter in the book titled "Prinicples and Practice of Vitreoretinal surgery". His current fields of interest include Diabetic retinopathy and Retinopathy of prematurity. He also has interest in writing articles in Newspapers on topics of current interest. He also writes blogs on www.eophtha.com

  1. Interesting Reads 2 Apr 2021 14 min read

    How to make an effective power point presentation

    There is more to a PowerPoint presentation than to make slides and presenting them. The entire process can be divided into a series of steps each of which is extremely important in order to make an effective presentation which could leave a lasting impression on the audience. The steps are summarized as- Getting started- The groundwork Making the PowerPoint Making it better –Getting rid of the rough edges Practise ( makes you perfect) Prelude to the presentation- Acclimatising Presentation – Last but not least Getting started: Knowledge, it is said is power. Having a better understanding of the various aspects of a presentation helps us make it better. Knowing the topic- This step forms the foundation of any presentation. No presentation is complete without proper knowledge of the topic. While preparing, the presenter must make an effort to read from many sources in order to have a better understanding of the topic. Latest articles regarding the topic can be looked upon ww.pubmed.gov w

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  2. Interesting Reads 2 Apr 2021 21 min read

    Musings from the Wise in the Covid Era

    We all are in the midst of an unprecedented global crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This global pandemic has changed the ophthalmology practice pattern and there is an atmosphere of growing uncertainty among the ophthalmologists. We three spoke to some of the finest and sharpest minds in Indian ophthalmology and teachers of the teachers. Dr. Amod Gupta is a world-renowned ophthalmologist and teacher of teachers. Dr. Gupta retired from the Advanced Eye Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Dr. Amod Gupta has been a teacher and mentor to many for over four decades. Dr. Gullapalli Nageswara Rao founded the L V Prasad Eye institute in 1987. Dr. G N Rao has shaped many minds in his illustrious career in the field of ophthalmology. He has notable contributions to the advancement of ophthalmology in the nation. He currently holds the honorable position as the Chair of the Academia Ophthalmological Internationalis. Dr. Lingam Gopal is a pion

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  3. PowerPoint 10 Aug 2020 1 min read

    Anti VEGF agents

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  4. Blog 21 Feb 2020 7 min read

    Generic drugs: boon or a bane

    I first heard about generic drugs 20 years ago when Cipla an Indian company came up with generic versions of antiretroviral drugs (drugs used to manage cases of HIV/AIDS). Management of HIV/AIDS, hitherto expensive and beyond the reach of many patients finally became affordable. Health organisations like WHO which were grappling with high burden of the disease especially in African and Asian countries finally found an economical way of reducing the disease morbidity. It was a matter of pride for every Indian, especially those in the medical fraternity. Despite such a spectacular impact, why are significant sections of doctors wary about prescribing generic drugs? What does it take to make a drug? A company intending to make a new drug needs to invest in a good research and development (R&D) unit. This includes good manpower (researchers, technicians etc), expensive equipment and facilities like animal laboratories. Even after investing liberally in all the above mentioned areas, there

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  5. Blog 13 Feb 2020 5 min read

    KISS: Keep it simple silly

    One day we saw a patient who was recently given an injection inside the eye for a retinal condition. He had come for a review and examination revealed that he had developed a tear in the retina which resulted in detachment of retina, thereby causing decreased vision. Needless to say, the patient was anxious because his vision had deteriorated further after the injection. While we were struggling to explain (and failing miserably at that!) to the patient about how the two entities were different, a senior consultant reviewed his file and spoke to him thus, “Imagine you had a leaking tap in your house. The plumber has just come in to repair the problem when the power goes off in the house. Your eye condition is something similar, before the injection could rectify the problem inside your eyes; a newer more serious issue has cropped up.” Surprisingly, the patient who till then seemed to be unsure about what was happening, understood the seriousness of the situation and urged us to do what

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  6. Blog 13 Feb 2020 7 min read

    Dear doctor, look before you leap!

    Couple of years ago, I sat through a presentation by a doctor. His topic was, “Importance of sterilisation process in an operation theatre”. He started his presentation by putting up a picture of road traffic accident and said,” We all are good at driving vehicles but it just takes one accident for people to lose their lives. Sterilisation is also similar! A small slip here, a little laxity there and we all end up with a big catastrophe of post-operative infection.” As doctors, we strive to keep our patients happy. We read newer books and journals, attend conferences and participate in hands on refresher courses to familiarise ourselves with the latest developments in the medical field so that we may do what is best for our patients. Sometimes we go beyond the call of our duty to ensure that the patient is not inconvenienced. This could be in the form of working extra hours or on holidays or working without charging the patient. These measures might sometimes be at the cost of sacrific

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  7. Blog 13 Feb 2020 6 min read

    Doctor heal thyself!

    One day, after a check-up I declared a baby to be out of danger. The baby had recently undergone LASER treatment for a vision threatening condition known as Retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) The parents who had been stoic and composed till then suddenly broke down. It was as if a burden had been lifted of their back. I knew exactly what they were going through. For we had been through a similar experience in the past... One month before our son was due for delivery, we visited our obstetrician. An abdominal ultrasound scan was suggested by the doctor. When we were ushered into the scanning room, the first question asked by the Sonologist (London trained) was, “Are you a diabetic or a hypertensive?” A negative answer was met with a bizarre retort from the sonologist. “How can that be possible? Usually you people tend to develop something by this stage of pregnancy!” She managed to sound both incredulous and disappointed in the same tone. With that introduction, she went about the motions

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  8. Blog 13 Feb 2020 10 min read

    What I learnt as a doctor

    “Get into the medical course and your life is made”, was the advice often given by elders during our school days. I am currently 36. I got admitted into a medical college 18 years ago on my birthday. To put it simply, half of my life has gone into training and then applying what I have learnt in this field. Throughout my life I had adjectives like hardworking, brilliant, intelligent so on and so forth thrown at me. However, a cursory look at my bank balance makes me wonder if there is any justification for such adjectives! Of course, a lot of people would surmise that bank balance is hardly the correct yardstick to judge a doctor’s life. If clinical excellence and financial success are the parameters to grade a doctor’s success, a 2x2 table can be designed to fit doctors into one of the four groups depending on the presence or absence of the two attributes.(I am not sure if my community medicine teachers in Mangaluru would approve of my application of a 2x2 table!). Dichotomy in the me

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  9. Blog 13 Feb 2020 4 min read

    Medical Omerta: The doctors’ oath of silence and how far would you go to keep it that way?

    The Supreme Court of India on 1st July 2015 awarded a compensation of 1.8 crore rupees as damages to a girl who was rendered blind due to lack of timely referral by paediatricians for Retinopathy of prematurity(ROP) check up. It reminded me of a similar incident during my fellowship. A child with both eyes stage 5 ROP with closed funnel retinal detachment was referred to the hospital. After the consultant broke the sad news to the parents, a flurry of questions followed which was patiently answered to. Finally, the visibly shaken mother asked,” Doctor, had the paediatrician referred the child on time to an ophthalmologist, could the vision have been saved.” It was a very tricky question, considering the hospital’s policy of not passing adverse comments on the work done by other Doctors. The answer by the consultant was,” I do not know if the vision could have been saved but I am pretty sure that the child is alive only because of the good work done by the paediatrician.” As a student,

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  10. Blog 13 Feb 2020 4 min read

    First among equals

    “What makes a doctor successful?” This was the question that always figured in my mind ever since I decided to be a doctor. And by successful, I did not mean prosperous (financially) but an ability to gain the trust of his/her patients. Logically, every doctor reads the same set of books does the same battery of investigations and prescribes the same set of medicines. So the fact that patients seem to flock to some doctors more than the others intrigued me. The candid reply I got when I posed this question to a surgery professor was, “You need to be a back bencher in a class to become a successful doctor!” He further elaborated, “Back benchers are good to converse with, take life as it comes and do not take things too seriously. These are attributes which patients appreciate. They warm up to people who are easy going and talk freely.” “You need to speak to the patient in the vernacular language”, chipped in my grandmother from Udupi, who sensed a slight hesitation on my part to learn K

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