Profile of Dr Dhanashree Ratra

Profile of Dr Dhanashree  Ratra

Dr. Dhanashree Ratra, MS, DNB, FRCS (Edin), is a leading ophthalmologist of the country. She was trained at and later worked for 15 years in the world renowned Sankara Nethralaya. She specializes in the treatment of vitreoretinal diseases and is well versed in the management of retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, and retinopathy of prematurity among others.

Education :	·         MBBS from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram under Nagpur University in Dec. 1990.  ·         Silver medal for scoring highest marks in Anatomy. ·         Silver medal for scoring highest marks in Forensic Medicine. ·         M S Ophthalmology from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram under Nagpur University in Dec. 1993. ·         Diplomate of National Board in Ophthalmology in June 1994. ·         Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in September 1999.
SPECIAL TRAINING :	Fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Diseases at Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai form April 1995 till September 1996. Best Lady Fellow Award for the year ’96–’97
Current Position P0SITIONS HELD	Senior Consultant, Dept of Ophthalmology, Apollo Hospitals, 154/11, Opp IIM, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560076 Senior Consultant, Shri Bhagawan Mahavir Dept of  Vitreoretinal Diseases, Sankara Nethralaya 18, College Road, Chennai 600 006 From July 2005 till March 2012 Senior Consultant, Apollo Hospitals, 578, Elwitigala  Mawatha, Colombo, Sri Lanka From July 2005 to October2006 Head and Consultant, Department of Vitreoretinal Diseases, Rotary Narayana Sankara Nethralaya, CN 5, Sector 5, Salt Lake, Kolkata Feb 2003 till June 2005 Associate Consultant, Dept of Vitreoretinal Diseases, Sankara Nethralaya, 18, College Road, Chennai 600006 From  Dec. 1996 to Oct 2002. Consultant Dept of Vitreoretinal Diseases, Shri Ganapathi Nethralaya, Jalna From December 1996 till February 1998

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD

1.    Faculty,  Revision course in Ophthalmology since 2000.

2.    Post graduate teacher and thesis guide for DNB candidates since 1999. 

3.    Faculty for M Phil Optometry by BITS, Pilani from 2006 to 2010.

4.    Mentor and Instructor for vitreoretinal fellowship program since 1998.

5.    Faculty for Ratan Tata Cataract Surgery Fellowship program since 2007.

MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND POSITIONS HELD

     Undergone special training in hospital management in 2002

     Undergone  Leadership  training for 1 year in 2010-2011

     Member of the Strategic Planning Committee for Sankara Nethralaya,       

     2011

     Member, National Advisory Board for Photodynamic Therapy in India,

     since 2005

     Member, National Advisory Board for Ozurdex in India since 2011

AWARDS

     Best Lady Fellow award in 1997

     Best Associate Consultant award in 2003

Best Scientific Paper J M Pahwa  award in the 17^th  Annual Conference of the Vitreoretinal Society of India, Kolkata,   4^th to 6^th December, 2008

     Co-author for the D B Chandra Award for the Best Scientific paper in   

     The 68^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, 21st to 24th

     January, 2010, Kolkata

Co-author for the Best poster award in the annual meeting of the         American Academy of Ophthalmology, 23-26^th October, 2011 at Orlando, USA.

ACHIEVEMENTS

     Set up and managed Vitreoretinal departments with fully equipped operational facilities to tackle complex vitreoretinal surgeries at Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna in 1996, Rotary Narayana Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata in 2003 and at Apollo Hospitals, Colombo in 2005.

Helped set up and successfully run Rotary  Narayana  Sankara Nethralaya at Kolkata in 2003.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND POSTERS PRESENTED:

1.    Adult Onset  Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy.  Deshpande D, Shetty NS, Bhende MP, Gopal L. 43^rd Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association. Tiruchirapalli, 11^th – 13^th August, 1995

2.    Supernormal Scotopic Response in Cone-Rod Dystrophy.  Deshpande D, Shetty NS. 43^rd Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Tiruchirapalli, 11^th –13^th August, 1995

3.    Treatment for Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity. Deshpande D, Chaturvedi M, Gopal L, Ramchandran S, Sudha R. 44^th Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Salem 2^nd – 4^th August, 1996

4.    Ocular Ischemic Syndrome – A Clinical Challenge. Deshpande D, Shanmugam MP, Bhende P, Shetty NS, Gopal L. 44^th Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Salem 2^nd – 4^th August, 1996

5.    Subretinal fibrosis and non rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC)”:

Sharma T, Badrinath SS, Gopal L, Ravishankar K, Shanmugam MP, Bhende P, Bhende M, Shetty NS, Deshpande DA,  Mukesh BN.

(Scientific Poster) Annual Meeting of American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago, Illinois, 27- 31 October, 1996.

6.    Electroretinographic studies in cone rod dystrophy. Ratra Dhanashree, Bapaye M, Shetty NS, Kiran Kumari. 18^th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Taipei, 10-14^th  March 2001.

7.    TPA assisted pneumatic displacement of thick submacular haemorrhage. .Ratra Dhanashree, Anad R, Gopal L, Sharma T, Bhende M, Chopra S, 18^th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Taipei, 10-14^th  March 2001.

8.    Intraocular Cysticercosis: Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcome after Surgery. Sharma T,  Sinha S, Shah N, Gopal L, Shanmugam MP, Agrawal RN, Deshpande DA, Sukumar B. American Academy of Ophthalmology, New Orleans, USA,11-14^th  November, 2001

9.    Effect of Transpupillary Thermotherapy on Choroidal neovascular membrane due to Age related macular degeneration ,Ratra D.  Continuing Medical Education – Age Related Macular Degeneration and modalities of treatment including Transpupillary Thermotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy , Rotary Narayana Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, 18^th June, 2003

10. Conversion to Classic choroidal neovascularization after treatment with transpupillary thermotherapy for occult choroidal neovascularization. Ratra Dhanashree, 20^th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27^th-31^st March,2005.

11. Autofluorescence findings in Central serous retinopathy, Dhanashree Ratra, Jay Chablani, 17^th Annual Conference of the Vitreo-Retinal Society of India, Kolkata, 4^th- 6^th December, 2008. Adjudged the Best Scientific Paper.

12. Comparative analysis of visual outcomes of combination versus monotherapy for wet AMD, Dhanashree Ratra, Sudhir Sudrik, Tarun Sharma,  17^th Annual Conference of the Vitreo-Retinal Society of India, Kolkata, 4^th- 6^th December, 2008.

13. Combination therapy for wet AMD- standard fluence versus reduced fluence – Indian experience, Dhanashree Ratra, 9^th International AMD Congress, Athens, Greece, 9^th-10^th October, 2009.

14.  Retinopathy of prematurity in term and near term infants, Lala Akhundova, Dhanashree Ratra, World ROP Congress, International conference of Retinopathy of Prematurity, New Delhi, 21^st to 23^rd November, 2009.

15. Fundus evaluation including direct, indirect ophthalmoscopy and slit lamp biomicroscopy, Dhanashree Ratra, Chief Instructor, Basic Instruction course, 68^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Kolkata, 21^st to 24^th January, 2010.

16. High speed angiography and ICG angiography, Dhanashree Ratra, Co-instructor, Advanced Instruction Course on Retinal angiography,, 68^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Kolkata, 21^st to 24^th January, 2010.

17. Retinal arterial occlusions in the young- systemic associations in the Indian population, Dhanashree Ratra, Maneesh Dhupper, 68^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Kolkata, 21^st to 24^th January, 2010.

18. Indirect Ophthalmoscopy, Dhanashree Ratra, Chief Instructor, Basic Instruction course, 69^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Ahmedabad, 3^rd to 6^th February, 2011

19.  Management of proliferative vitreoretinopathy and giant retinal tear, Dhanashree Ratra, Co-instructor, Advanced Instruction Course on Vitreoretinal Surgery, 69^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Ahmedabad, 3^rd to 6^th February, 2011.

20.  Does fluorescein angiography have a role in the management of diabetic retinopathy, Dhanashree Ratra, Co-instructor, Update on recent trends in management of diabetic retinopathy, 70^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Cochin, 2^nd to 5^th February, 2012.

21.  Management of giant retinal tear, Dhanashree Ratra, Chief instructor, Nuances of Vitreoretinal Surgery- a video based instruction course, 70^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Cochin, 2^nd to 5^th February, 2012.

PUBLICATIONS:

1.     Treatment for Threshold Retinopathy of Prematurity .Deshpande D, Chaturvedi M, Gopal L, Ramachandran S, Shanmuga Sundaram R  Indian J Ophthalmol 1998; 46:15 – 19.

2.    Subretinal fibrosis and non rhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with multifocal central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Sharma T, Badrinath SS, Gopal L, Ravishankar K, Shanmugam MP, Bhende P, Bhende M, Shetty NS, Deshpande D,  Mukesh BN. Retina 1998;18: 23-29.

3.    Surgical management of retinal detachments related to coloboma of the choroid. Gopal L, Badrinath SS, Sharma T, Parikh S, Mahesh P Shanmugam, Bhende P, Agrawal R, Deshpande DA. Ophthalmology, 1998;105: 804-9.

4.    Ultrasound Biomicroscopy of sclerotomy sites following Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Diabetic Vitreous Hemorrhage. Bhende M, Agraharam SG, Gopal L, Sumasri K, Sukumar B, George J, Sharma T, Shanmugam MP, Bhende P, Shetty NS,  Agrawal RN , Deshpande DA. Ophthalmology 2000;107(9):1729-36.

5.    Endophthalmitis caused by Acinetobacter calcoaceticus: A profile Gopal L, Anand AR, Madhavan HN, Battu RR, Sharma T, Shanmugam MP, Bhende M, Ratra D, Shetty NS, Rao MK. Ind J Ophthalmol 2003;51: 335-240

6.    Intraocular Cysticercosis- Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcome after Vitreoretinal Surgery. Sharma T, Sinha S,  Shah N, Gopal L, Shanmugam MP,  Bhende P, Bhende M, Shetty NS, Agrawal RN, Deshpande D , Biswas J, Sukumar B. Ophthalmology 2003,110:996-1004

7.    Scleral buckling implant versus explant. Gopal L, D’Souza C, Bhende M, Fogla S, Ratra D, Shetty NS, Sharma T, Shanmugam MP, Bhende P, Battu RR, Badrinath SS. Retina 2003;23: 636-640.

8.    Use of silicone oil in the management of complex retinal detachment- An Indian experience. Silicone Oil Study Group of Sankara Nethralaya. Int Ophthalmol 2004;25(3):129-142.

9.    Off- label use of Bevacizumab in retinopathy of prematurity. Rishi E, Rishi P, Ratra D, Bhende M. (Letter to Editor) Retina 2009;29(2):284-285.

10.  Intravitreal cysticercosis presenting as neovascular glaucoma. Ratra D, Phogat C, Singh M, Choudhari NS. Ind J Ophthalmol 2010;58:70-73.

11.  Postsurgical bacterial endophthalmitis presenting as frosted branch angiitis. A case report. Ratra D, Jafferji S, Biswas J. Retinal Cases and Brief Reports. 2010;4: 20-22.

12.  Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Ratra D, Uparkar M, Bernstein PS, Simaraman K, Tabin G, Mandava N, Lipson BK. Retina  2011; 31(1):184-190

13.  Photodynamic monotherapy or combination treatment with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide, bevacizumab or ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularization associated with pathological myopia. Rishi P, Rishi E, Venkataraman A, Gopal L, Sharma T, Bhende M, Ratra D, Sen PR, Sen P. Ind J Ophthalmol 2011; 59(3):242-246.

14.  Diagnostic and Therapeutic challenges. Unusual retinal vascular lesion. Ratra D, Achar MT, Barbazetto IA, Wong RW. Retina 2011. Nov 10. Epub ahead of print.

15.  Retinal arterial occlusions in the young: Systemic associations in Indian population. Ratra D, Dhupper M. Ind J Ophthalmol 2012;60:95-100.

16. Intravitreous tissue plasminogen activator with pneumatic displacement in submacular hemorrhage. Ratra D, Basia A. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012;130:795-6.

17. Comparison between Humphrey field analyzer and Micro Perimeter 1 in normal and glaucoma subjects. Ratra V, Ratra D, Gupta M, Vaitheeswaran KOman J Ophthalmol.  2012;5:97-102.

PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES AS INVITED FACULTY

1.    Challenges in Endophthalmitis. Dhanashree Ratra, Annual Conference of the Bombay Ophthalmic Association, Mumbai, 12^th August, 2001.

2.    Long term  results of Scleral fixated intraocular lens. Dhanashree Ratra.   6^TH International Advanced Vitreoretinal surgery course , Chennai 24^th to 26^th July, 2003.

3.    Suprachoroidal Haemorrhage, Dhanashree Ratra ,  Indo Israel Ophthalmic Conference, Chennai, India, 12-13^th,November, 2005.

4.    Randomized trial of combination therapy for wet AMD- standard fluence versus reduced fluence, Dhanashree Ratra, Meeting of the National Advisory Board for PDT, Mumbai, 20^th July, 2008. 

5.    Treat and Extend-  Towards an optimized treatment scheme of Ranibizumab in patients with neovascular AMD, Dhanashree Ratra, 4^th Indian AMD Congress, Mumbai, 18^th-19^th April, 2009.

6.    Surgical management of angiomatosis retinae and Coat’s disease, Dhanashree Ratra, 18^th Annual conference of the Vitreo-Retinal society of India, Palampur, 25^th to 28^th November, 2009.

7.    Lasers in the era of Anti VEGF, Dhanashree Ratra, Annual Conference of the Aurangabad Ophthalmological Society and Maharashtra Ophthalmic Society, Aurangabad, 17^th January, 2010.

8.    Posterior segment complications of anterior segment diseases, Dhanashree Ratra, Annual Conference of the Aurangabad Ophthalmological Society and Maharashtra Ophthalmic Society, Aurangabad, 17^th January, 2010.

9.    When should  I refer case to VR surgeon, Dhanashree Ratra, CME on Diabetic Retinopathy, Baroda, 10^th April, 2010.

10. Juvenile diabetic retinopathy,  Dhanashree Ratra, CME on Diabetic Retinopathy, Baroda, 10^th April, 2010.

11. Preferred practice patterns in diabetic retinopathy , Dhanashree Ratra, Diabetic retinopathy – from bench to population, Conference of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 9^th to 11^th September, 2010.

12. Differential diagnosis and contemporary management of AMD, Dhanashree Ratra, CME on Retina, Sri Ramchandra University, Chennai, 11^th February, 2011.

13. Lucentis in AMD, Dhanashree Ratra  Nellai Sandhippu , The 59^th Annual Conference of the Tamil nadu Ophthalmic Association, Thirunelvelli,  5^th to 7^th August, 2011.

14. Current trends in the management of AMD Dhanashree Ratra Island Ophthafest Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar, 9^th to 11^th September, 2011.

15. Do we need Indian guidelines for treatment of RVO with Ozurdex? Dhanashree Ratra Meeting of the National Advisory Board for Ozurdex, New Delhi, 18^th September, 2011.

16.  Management of dislocated IOLs Dhanashree Ratra  The annual conference of the Uttarakhand State Ophthalmologic Society, Dehradun , 7-9^th October, 2011.

17. Recent advances in the management of AMD Dhanashree Ratra  The annual conference of the Uttarakhand State Ophthalmologic Society, Dehradun , 7-9^th October, 2011.

18.  Epidemiology of diabetic macular edema. 2nd  Allergan National  Advisory board meeting,  Mumbai 21^st January, 2012.

19.  Retinal imaging. All India Postgraduate refresher course, Chennai, 7^th, January, 2012.

20.  Update on retinal surgery. All India Postgraduate refresher course, Pune, 22^nd, January, 2012.

21.  Update on lasers for diabetic retinopathy. All India Postgraduate refresher course, Pune, 22^nd, January, 2012.

22. Management of dislocated IOLs- The Lasso technique. Bangalore medical college and Research Institute, Bangalore, 15^th June, 2012.

23.  AMD- Current concepts, where do we stand? Bangalore medical college and Research Institute, Bangalore, 15^th June, 2012.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

1.    Approach to a patient with night blindness, DOS times, Delhi Ophthalmic Society Publications, New Delhi, April 2001. Dr. Dhanashree Ratra

2.    Dr. Dhanashree Ratra, Dr. Rajat Agrawal, Dr. Tarun Sharma, Macular Hole Surgery, Recent advances in ophthalmology, 6,2002, Chapter 8, page 78-94.

3.    Dr. Dhanashree Ratra:  Posteriorly dislocated nucleus and intraocular lens management. Modern Ophthalmology, Edited by Dr. L C Dutta 2002.

4.    Co-authored Sankara Nethralaya Atlas on Retinal Diseases. Jaypee Brothers, 2008

5.    Co-authored Sankara Nethralaya Atlas on Fluorescein angiography, Jaypee Brothers, second edition 2011

6.    Co-authored Sankara Nethralaya Atlas on Ultrasound, Jaypee Brothers , second edition 2011

7.    Padmaja Kumari Rani, Tarun Sharma, Pradeep Susvar, Ashok Rangarajan, Vikas Khetan, Lingam Gopal, Lekha Gopal, Muna Bhende, Dhanashree Ratra.  Case studies, chapter in Age-related macular degeneration, Edited by Sandeep Saxena, Jaypee brothers medical publishers ltd, New Delhi, 2011, 76-97.

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETY:

Tamil Nadu Ophthalmological Association

All India Ophthalmological Society

Vitreoretinal Society of India

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

1.    Second Scientific Meeting of Sankara Nethralaya Alumni, Chennai, 23^rd October 1994.

2.    175^th Anniversary of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, GOH, Chennai, 29^th October 1994.

3.    International symposium on “Vitreoretinal Surgery”, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 7^th and 9^th February 1995.

4.    International Workshop on Phacoemulsification, Chennai, 11^th – 13^th February, 1996

5.    44^th Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Salem 2^nd – 4^th August, 1996

6.    Global Meet on Vitreoretinal Surgery, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 5^th to 7^th September 1997

7.    International Retinal Meet : Mumbai, 21 – 23^rd November, 1997.

8.    CME program on Medical Retina, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai October 31, 1998.

9.    International Symposium on Ocular tumors, Chennai 7^th – 8^th February 1998.

10. International Symposium of Intraocular Inflammation, Chennai 4^th-5^th February, 2001

11. 18^th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Taipei, Taiwan (ROC) March 10-14 , 2001.

12. 21^st Annual Conference of the Bombay Ophthalmic association, Mumbai, August,12th, 2001

13. 14^th World Congress of the International Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine, Chennai ,28^th – 30^th August 2001.

14. Continuing Medical Education – Age Related Macular Degeneration and modalities of treatment including Transpupillary Thermotherapy and Photodynamic Therapy , Rotary Narayana Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, 18^th June, 2003

15. 6^th International Advanced Vitreoretinal Surgery Course, Chennai, 24^th-26^th  July, 2003

16. National Advisory Board for PDT Meeting , Dubai , UAE, 25^th-, 26^th September, 2004

17.  25^th Annual Bombay Ophthalmic Association Meeting, Mumbai, 5^th-6^th December, 2004

18. 20^th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27^th-31^st March,2005

19. 7^th International AMD Congress, Marbella, Spain, 18^th-20^th October, 2007.

20. 17^th Annual Conference of the Vitreo-Retinal Society of India, Kolkata, 4^th- 6^th December, 2008.

21. 4^th Indian AMD Congress, Mumbai, 18^th-19^th April, 2009

22. 9^th International AMD Congress, Athens, Greece, 9^th-10^th October, 2009.

23. 18^th Annual conference of the Vitreo-Retinal society of India, Palampur, 25^th to 28^th November, 2009.

24.  68^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Kolkata, 21^st to 24^th January, 2010.

25. Diabetic retinopathy – from bench to population, Conference of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology and Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, 9^th to 11^th September, 2010.

26.  69^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Ahmedabad, 3^rd to 6^th February, 2011

27. The annual conference of the Uttarakhand State Ophthalmologic Society, Dehradun , 7-9^th October, 2011

28.  70^th Annual All India Ophthalmological Conference, Cochin, 2^nd to 5^th February, 2012

29. 6^th Indian AMD Congress, Dubai, 14^th July, 2012.