Dr. Vinaya Kumar Konana

Department of Vitreoretina, Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology, Bengaluru, dr.vini69@gmail.com

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Dr Vinaya Kumar Konana is currently working as a consultant, Department of Vitreoretina at Vittala international Institute of ophthalmology, Bengaluru. He has completed his MBBS from Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary in 2011 and post-graduation from Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh in 2016. He completed his fellowship in vitreoretina surgery under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences from Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru in 2018. Post fellowship he did one year of senior residency in Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur in the department of vitreoretina. He has worked as an observer in department of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation at Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre and Vittala international Institute of Ophthalmology. He has won travel grant award at USICON 2019 and Best of IJO Award for the year 2019. He has 28 publications in national and international journals and presentations in state and national conferences. He is very passionate about teaching and research. Apart from vitreoretinal surgeries, he is interested in the fields of ocular inflammation, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal imaging and ocular photography.

  1. Articles 1 Apr 2021 20 min read

    Ocular Sarcoidosis: A Review for the Postgraduates

    Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a chronic multisystemic granulomatous disorder caused by an exaggerated cellular immune response to a variety of self or non-self-antigens in a genetically predisposed individual resulting in non-caseating granulomas. Ocular involvement occurs in 25-60% of systemic sarcoidosis at some point of time1. In this article, we look at the emerging literature on epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical profile, and management in ocular sarcoidosis. Epidemiology: Sarcoidosis has an overall incidence of 6-10 per 100,000. Although sarcoidosis occurs worldwide, it is predominant in certain ethnic and racial groups like the Afro-Caribbean, Scandinavian, and Irish populations2-4. Highest incidence of ocular sarcoidosis is in the 20-40-year age group. Some studies show two peaks of incidence for ocular sarcoidosis the first at ages 20-30 and the second at ages 50-605. There is also a higher incidence of ocular involvement in women4. The reported incidence of ocular sarcoidosi

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