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Academics & Education

Education:

Bachelor of Science Optometry 1st Class (Aug 1995 – June 1999)

Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, India

Affiliated to Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India

Graduate Education

Doctor of Philosophy (11/1999- 12/2002) Mentor Professor Daniel O’ Leary

Dissertation: “The influence of corneal dimensions on measurement related to glaucoma and ocular hypertension”

Anglia Polytechnic University (now called Anglia Ruskin University)

Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing

Cambridge, England

 

Post-doctoral fellowship: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Mentor Professor Edward A Essock PhD, Ocular Imaging and Glaucoma

University of Louisville, Kentucky (02/2003/03/2006)

 

Professional education

Doctor of Optometry (2006-2010) Southern College of Optometry

Fellow of American Academy of Optometry (FAAO): Class of 2003 in scientist/research track.

Research Experience:

06/1998 to 06/1999 Histopathology lab in Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, India. Supervisor consultant ophthalmologist: Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas

12/1999 to 01/2003 Data collection for Ph.D. studies; I conducted experiments at Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge England. Supervisors Professor Daniel O’Leary and Dr. Russell Watkins

 

08/2001 to 10/2001 Data collection for Ph.D. studies; I conducted research at Department of Ophthalmology, Norfolk and Norwich NHS Trust Hospital, Norwich, England. Supervisors’ consultant ophthalmologists: Drs. David Broadway and Russell Watkins

11/2001 to 01/2002 Data collection for Ph.D. studies; I conducted research at Department of Glaucoma, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation Chennai, India. Supervisors’ consultant ophthalmologists: Drs. Lingam Vijaya and Mani Baskaran

02/2003 to 03/2006 Data collection for post-doctoral research; I conducted research in the Department of Glaucoma, the Kentucky Lions Eye Care Center Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Supervisor: Dr. Edward Essock, PhD and consultant ophthalmologist: Dr. Joern Soltau

 

Additional training:

07/2007 Selected and attended Summer Institute for Faculty Development workshop conducted by Association of Schools of Colleges of Optometry.

02/2008 Attended three day training and workshop on Institutional Review Board fundamentals for IRB administrators

07/2008 Selected and attended The Summer Clinical Research Institute at The Ohio State University conducted by the American Optometric Association and American Academy of Optometry

07/2018 Attended Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program a three day training and workshop at AAL Training Center Atlanta

 

Professional Experience:

07/1999 to 10/1999: Chennai, India

Sankara Nethralaya Eye Hospital Chennai, India; Optometrist in Department of Optometry

6/2002 to 01/2003: Norwich, England

Practitioner examining patients for refractive surgery and after care with Dr. Pandit (Ophthalmologist) and Mr. Conway (Optometrist)

03/2006-06-2011 Memphis Tennessee, USA

Faculty at the Eye Center at Southern College of Optometry

01-2012- 01-2013 Part time Optometrist Nvision Pasadena

07/2011 to present: Pomona, California USA

Faculty at the Eye Care Center at Western University of Health Sciences

Professional License

NPI number 1659685733

2010 to 2012 Therapeutic Optometrist Tennessee (2948)

2011 to present California Optometrist 14334 TLG

 

Academic Appointments:

12/1999 to 01/2003: Cambridge, England

Part-time lecturer in the Department of Optometry and Ophthalmic Dispensing, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge, England

03/2006 to 06/2011: Memphis, Tennessee

Assistant Professor at Southern College of Optometry

10/2006 to 2013: Louisville, Kentucky USA

Adjunct faculty at University of Louisville, Kentucky USA

07/2009 to 2012: Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Adjunct faculty at the University of Memphis, Tennessee, USA

07/2011 to present: Memphis, Tennessee

Adjunct faculty at Southern College of Optometry

07/2011 to 2014: Pomona, California, USA

Associate Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry

 

07/2015 to 06/2019 Pomona California, USA

Director of Research, Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry

07/2014 to present Pomona, California, USA

Professor at Western University of Health Sciences, College of Optometry

Membership in Professional Organizations:

2002 to present Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

2002 to present American Academy of Optometry; Fellow since 2003

2006 to present Optometric Glaucoma Society (Appointment based on research merit)

2011 to present American Optometric Association

2011 to present California Optometric Association

2011 to present Inland Empire Optometric Society