Dr. Abdul Rasheed

Professional Experience

Associate Consultant, Cataract and Refractive services, ASG eye hospital, Kanpur(July 2017- June 2018)

1. Served as a chief Anterior Segment surgeon since the inception of the branch of Hospital
2. Played a key role in building the practise with Leadership skills along with astute clinical and surgical acumen

Associate Consultant, Cataract and Refractive services, Centre for sight eye hospital, Hyderabad (July 2018- Present)

1. Serving as Phaco and Refractive surgeon at Kukatpally branch, Hyderabad
2. Working with the team to improve patient care and overall performance of the hospital as a unit.

Membership in Scientific Societies

Life Member

1. Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)
2. All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS)

Area of Expertise

Phacoemulsification in complicated cataracts

1. Non-dilating pupil: Well versed in using pupil expander devices ie., Iris hooks, Malyugin ring, B-Hex rings when necessary.
2. Shallow Anterior Chamber and Hypermetropic eyes: With adequate measures have performed phacoemulsification in these cases successfully with excellent results.
3. Brunescent and Hard cataracts: Proper technique of meticulously chopping of hard nucleus and giving the best visual acuity on the first postoperative day with clear cornea has been my strength as a chief Phaco surgeon.
4. Cataract with weak zonules: Experienced in using Capsular Tension Ring, Cionni Capsular Tension Segments for bag fixation when required.
5. Corneal Opacity/Hazy media: Have performed successful phacoemulsification in cases of hazy media due to corneal opacities.
6. Phacomorphic Glaucoma: With adequate preoperative management and also meticulous intraoperative techniques of decompression, I have successfully managed phacomorphic glaucoma.
7. Intumescent Cataract: I have presented my novel technique of capsulorrhexis in intumescent cataract in 33rd congress of ESCRS at barcelona.
8. Cataract in Post Radial keratotomy: With judicious IOL power calculation and proper positioning of Sclero-Corneal incisions I have been able to perform phaco with excellent outcomes.
9. Traumatic cataract: With proper preoperative planning and adequate experience in using anterior vitrectomy, traumatic cataracts have been managed in single or two surgical steps.
10. Femto second assisted laser cataract surgery (FLACS): I have used this technology in multiple number of cataract cases apart from routine like mature cataract (manual module), subluxated cataracts (for centered capsulorrhexis), Fuch’s dystrophy (softening to reduce total amount of energy used in phaco), Arcuate incisions (corneal astigmatism).

Premium IOL surgery

1. Toric IOLs: Adequate expertise in Preoperative calculation, marking and intraoperative alignment of IOL to deliver emmetropia on postoperative day 1.
2. Multifocal / EDOF IOLs: well versed with art of Patient selection, preoperative counselling, addressing concerns and expectations of demanding patients apart from ruling out any contraindication for multifocal IOLs like retinal pathology and high angle kappa. Have confidently performed many phaco surgeries with multifocal/ EDOF IOLs

Refractive Surgeries

1. Thorough and extensive preoperative evaluation with good command on interpretation of various diagnostic modalities like Corneal Tomography, Anterior Segment OCT, etc
2. Choosing and advising the Apt procedure for the patient from the plethora of refractive procedures.
3. Preoperative counselling of patients undergoing Vision correction surgeries.

Expert in performing the following Refractive procedures

4. LASIK (Laser In situ Keratomileusis)
5. PRK (PhotoRefractive keratectomy)
6. SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction)
7. ICL bioptics (Combined procedure of ICL implantation followed by PRK if necessary)
8. CLE bioptics (Combined procedure of Clear lens exchange followed by PRK if necessary)

Unilateral High Myopia with Adult Amblyopia

Have successfully managed 15 such patients with ICL followed by “VISION THERAPY” by Revital Vision. This is one of the first case series in INDIA. We shall publish it once we have 35 cases.

Keratoconus Management

1. Diagnosis with History, Clinical examination and Corneal Tomography
2. Interpretation of Various Keratoconus Indices
3. Appropriate management with various modalities as deemed perfect for the patient to give best vision along with prevention of progression.

Have good expertise in the following modalities of management of keratoconus patients

4. Topoguided prk + CXL
5. CXL
6. INTACS + CXL
7. INTACS + CXL + ICL
8. INTACS+ ICL

Squint Management

1. Have expertise in complete clinical evaluation and diagnosis of all kinds of Strabismus and Nystagmus cases.
2. Performed Horizontal recti Recession and Resection Procedures
3. Limited experience in surgical treatment of vertical and oblique muscles.

Presentations

1. Video presentation in 33rd congress of European Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgeries, Young Ophthalmologists Program. Topic: Novel technique of Capsulorhexis in intumescent cataract. At Barcelona, Spain.
2. Paper Presentation in EURETINA “ Corelation of Multifocal ERG in low MHI Macular Holes” at Copenhagen, Denmark
3. “Social Media based education app for Oncologist” at ASCO 2020 to be presented.

Innovations

1. Novel technique of Capsulorrhexis in “Intumescent Cataracts”
2. Co-founder of ‘Oncotribes’: An App meant for social media based education for Oncologists