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CURRICULUM VITAE

Rupesh Vijay Agrawal; FRCS (Glasgow)

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Rupesh Vijay Agrawal

Date of Birth : 21stNovember1975

Address- Residence : 172, Jagruti,
Lakadganj Layout, Quetta Colony,
Nagpur-440008, Maharastra,
India
Address- Office : Sankara Nethralaya,
18, College Road,
Chennai-600006, Tamil Nadu.
India
Telephone : 91-0712-774593 ( Resi.); 91-044-8271616

E-mail : kajalrupesh@yahoo.com

QUALIFICATIONS

F.R.C.S. Ophthalmogy The Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow; February 2002

F.I.C.O. Ophthalmology International Council of Ophthalmology – Part I, Part II

D.N.B. Ophthalmology( Regd.) National Board of Examinations, Ministry of Health, India.

D.O. Ophthalmology Medical Research Foundation, MGR University, Chennai, April 2001

M.B.B.S. NKP Salve Inst. Of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India. March 1994

SUMMARY OF POSTGRADUATE POSTS

Fellow in Ocular immunology and inflammation : April 2001 – March2003
Department of Uvea and Ocular Pathology
Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India.

Fellow in Ocular Trauma
Department of Ocular Trauma,
Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India : April 2001-March 2003

APPOINTMENT DETAILS

Fellowship in Ocular Trauma 18 months
Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India.
Dr. E. Ravindra Mohan
Head of the Departments of Ocular Trauma

This hospital has an advanced ocular trauma department with state of the art equipment and techniques. The training programme included diagnosing and treating patients presenting to the emergency department and trauma clinic. I performed emergency day call duty to attend each and every patient with history of ocular trauma either blunt or penetrating; either anterior or posterior segment and evaluate the patient and decide the appropriate line of management. Training included assisting and performing corneo-scleral wound repairs; corneal wound repairs; scleral wound repairs; globe exploration; hyphaema evacuation; lens aspiration through limbal and pars plana approach; lid laceration repairs. I also did my formal training in vitreo-retina under the guidance of Dr. Tarun Sharma to perform sclerotomies and to do pars plana lensectomy and anterior vitrectomy.

I have participated in regular academic activities and presented in weekly post graduate teaching classes and other international meetings with visiting scientists.

Fellowship in Ocular immunology and inflammation 6 months
Sankara Nethralaya
Madras, India.
Dr. J. Biswas
Head of the Department of Ocular Pathology and Uveitis

I was a fellow with Dr. Jyotirmoy Biswas and during my training I assisted Dr. J. Biswas in handling the patients attending the Uvea clinic. The OPD included all the variety of patients seen at tertiary referral care centre. I developed interest in HIV patients with ocular lesions and managed those patients under his guidance. I also learnt the rational and safe use of immunosuppressive agents under his able guidance. I performed anterior chamber paracentesis and had given intravitreal and subconjunctival injections. I have participated and presented articles of interest in Uvea Departmental meetings. I have attended all the conferences of ocular immunology and inflammation. I am the member of Uveitis Society of India.

Postgraduate Resident in Ophthalmology 24 months
Sankara Nethralaya,
Chennai, India

Sankara Nethralaya is a tertiary care Hospital with all the sub-specialities department offering tertiary ophthalmic care and rural outreach programs.

I attended general and specialty ophthalmology outpatient departments. As a resident I had the opportunity to perform surgical procedures such as dacryocystectomies, dacryocystorhinostomies, incision and curettage for chalazion, squint surgeries and extra capsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation.

Community Ophthalmology

Posted at Rural Eye Hospital and Community ophthalmic eye care centre ( Annexe Hospital), Handled OPD and theatre work and participated in regular camps conducted by the hospital.

Teaching experience :

¨ Conducted and participated in regular seminars as a part of the academic program during post graduation.
¨ During the fellowship, I took classes for optometrists, postgraduates and junior fellows and found it enjoyable.

Papers Presentations :

1. Purtscher’s like retinopathy following recurrence of carcinoma head of pancreas. SN Alumini meet; September 1999; Chennai.
2. Eales’ disease- Our experience of 50 patients. SN Alumini meet; September 2000; Chennai.
3. Retinoblastoma as a diagnostic challenge. SN Alumini meet; September 2000; Chennai.
4. Eales’ disease- Our experience of 50 patients. Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society conference; October 2000; Nagpur.
5. Retinoblastoma as a diagnostic challenge. Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society conference; October 2000; Nagpur.
6. Interesting case of atypical retinoblastoma in an adult. Symposium of Intraocular inflammation, February 2001, Chennai.
7. Interesting case of Bilateral VKH in a 7 year old child. Retina Congress-2001, August 2001, Hyderabad.
8. Eales’ disease with neurological involvement. Tamil Nadu State Ophthalmic Association conference, Septmeber 2001, Ooty.
9. Indocyanine green angiogram and fundus fluorescein angiogram – correlation in posterior uveitis. Tamil Nadu State Ophthalmic Association conference, Septmeber 2001, Ooty.
10. Mycophenolate mofetil- a new immunosuppressive agent in recalcitrant uveitis. Tamil Nadu State Ophthalmic Association conference, Septmeber 2001, Ooty.
11. Eales’ disease with neurological involvement. All India Ophthalmic Conference. Ahmedabad, Jan 2002.
12. Mutiple evanescent white dot syndrome- fundus fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiogram-correlation. All India Ophthalmic Conference. Ahmedabad, Jan 2002.
13. Ultrasound biomicroscopic evaluation in blunt ocular trauma. All India Ophthalmic Conference. Ahmedabad, Jan 2002.
14. Eales’ disease with neurological involvement. National symposium on Uveitis and intraocular inflammation, February 2002, Hyderabad.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Ophthalmic secondaries in treated patients of acute lymphatic leukemia. All India Ophthalmic conference. Calcutta, Jan 2001.
2. Montage fundus photography- utility in posterior uveitis. Tamil Nadu State Ophthalmic Association conference, Septmeber 2001, Chennai.
3. Crow injury- An interesting case report. All India Ophthalmic Conference. Ahmedabad, Jan 2002.
4. Anterior segment manifestation of ocular lesions with HIV infection. III All INDIA AIDS conference. Chennai, Dec’01.

Video Presentation :

Video on Live Intraocular Parasite at Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society conference; October 2000; Nagpur.

Conferences, Courses & Quiz attended and participated :

¨ Co-ordinator : FRCS Revision course, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, July’99.

¨ SN Alumini Conference, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Sep’99

¨ Co-ordinator : FRCS Exams, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, September’99.

¨ Orbit and Oculoplasty Conference, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Nov’99.

¨ Annual meeting of the All India Ophthalmol Society of India, Madras, India, Jan’00

¨ Computer operative skills and the internet, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Jun’00.

¨ Co-ordinator : FRCS Revision course, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, July’00.

¨ SN Alumini Conference, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Sep’00

¨ Co-ordinator : FRCS Exams, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Setember’00.

¨ Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society Conference, Nagpur, India, October ‘00

¨ Annual meeting - All India Ophthalmological Society of India, Calcutta, January 2001.

¨ Symposium of intraocular inflammation, Hyderabad, February 2001.

¨ Retina Congress-2001, Hyderabad, India, August 2001.

¨ Co-ordinator : DNB Exams, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, August 2001.

¨ 14th World Congress of the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, Chennai, Aug’01

¨ 49th Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association, Ooty, India, Sep’ 01.

¨ SN Alumini Conference, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Sep’01

¨ Co-ordinator : FRCS Exams, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras, India, Setember 2001.

¨ III ALL INDIA AIDS conference, Chennai, December 2001

¨ Annual meeting - All India Ophthalmological Society of India, Ahmedabad, January 2002.

¨ National Symposium on Uveitis and Intraocular inflammation, Hyderabad, February 2002.

Awards / Prizes :

* Gold Medal in Anatomy for securing the highest marks in university.

* Won the Academy of Medical Sciences Inter Collegiate Annual Quiz at Nagpur.

* Stood second in University in First MBBS.

* Prize for securing cent percent marks in Mathematics in HSSC.

Extracurricular activities :

* Sports secretary of the college in year 1995.

* Represented college in Cricket, Volley Ball & Chess.

* Best Actor Award for stage play in year 1995.

* Number of prizes for various religious and cultural activities.