Ophthalmologist

A) Past professional experiences:

Consultant Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon & Uveitis Specialist

Aditya Jyot Foundation for Twinkling Little Eyes
(Not-for- profit under Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital Pvt.Ltd., Mumbai)

Visiting Consultant at Mahatme Health & Happiness Eye Hospital, Mumbai

Bhaktivedanta Hospital, Mira Road

Senior Resident - Vitreo-Retina & Uveitis,

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh

B) Training:

• Masters in Surgery (M.S.) Ophthalmology Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
• Specialisation in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery & Uveitis (Intraocular Inflammation & Infections) Senior Residency program: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
• Update in Screening & Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• Basic Course on Ocular Immunology : Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• Moorfields Uveitis Course : Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
• Course on Research Methodology & Biostatistics Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

A) Vitreo-Retinal Surgery

• Microinicision Vitrectomy Surgery (MIVS) - small gauge vitrectomy surgery involving advanced 23, 25 & 27
• Ga vitrectomy techniques with the latest equipment
• For operating complex retinal detachments, macular surgeries, ocular trauma, diagnostic & therapeutic
• vitrectomy for complex uveitis cases
• Latest techniques of Intra-vitreal injections & laser photocoagulation
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Age-related Macular degeneration & Macular diseases
• Retinal vascular diseases

B) Uveitis (Intraocular Inflammation & infections)

• Systemic diseases with associated ocular inflammation
• Ocular involvement in Ocular Tuberculosis, Sarcoidosis, Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease
• Paediatric arthritis with Uveitis
• Retinopathy of Prematurity

C) Diagnostic & Imaging techniques:

• Wide field Fundus Imaging
• Fluorescein Angiography & ICG Angiography
• High Definition optical coherence tomography (OCT)
• OCT Angiography

Affiliation to Professional Bodies

• All India Ophthalmological Society
• Uveitis Society of India
• Bombay Ophthalmologists Association
• Vitreo-Retinal Society, India (in process)

Publications in peer reviewed journals

• Clinical Characteristics of Primary Vitreoretinal Lymphoma in an Indian Population. Mahajan S, Nijhawan R, Rajwanshi A, Karkhur S, Mulkutkar S, Dogra M, Lal V, Gupta V, Gupta A. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2016 Mar 22:1-6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Safety and Outcome of Microincision Vitreous Surgery in Uveitis Bansal R, Gupta A, Gupta V, Mulkutkar S, Dogra M, Katoch D, Dogra MR, Sharma K, Singh MP, Sharma A, Kamal S, Sharma SP. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2016 May 18:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]
• Role of Ultra-Wide Field Imaging in the Management of Tubercular Posterior Uveitis. Aggarwal K, Mulkutkar S, Mahajan S, Singh R, Sharma A, Bansal R, Gupta V, Gupta A. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2016 Jan 6:1-6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Genome in Vitreous Fluid of Eyes with Multifocal Serpiginoid Choroiditis. Bansal R, Sharma K, Gupta A, Sharma A, Singh MP, Gupta V, Mulkutkar S, Dogra M, Dogra MR, Kamal S, Sharma SP, Fiorella PD. Ophthalmology. 2015 Apr 9; 122(4):840-50. Epub 2015 Jan 9
• Comparison of event-based analysis of glaucoma progression assessed subjectively on visual fields and retinal nerve fiber layer attenuation measured by optical coherence tomography. Kaushik S, Mulkutkar S, Pandav SS, Verma N, Gupta A. International Ophthalmology 2014 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print]
• Retinal Vasculitis in Kawasaki disease. Agarwal S, Mulkutkar S, Suri D, Singh S, Gupta A. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2015 May 21 (Epub ahead of print)

Chapters in Text Books:

Ocular Manifestations of Sub Acute Sclerosing Pan-encephalitis Mulkutkar S, Dogra M, Bansal R, Lal V, Gupta A. Chapter 116 in editors Zierhut M, Pavesio C, Ohno S, Oréfice F, Rao N.A. Intraocular Inflammation. February 2016

Academic Presentations at National & International Conferences

Teaching Experience:

6 years teaching experience at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai

• Diabetic Retinopathy Epidemiology Eye Advance 2016, IJO - CARVES Session. Mumbai
• Cataract Surgery in cases of Uveitis CME, Navi Mumbai Raigad Ophthalmologists Association 2016
• Acute Macular Retinitis on Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD OCT) - A possible clue to diagnosing Sub Acute Sclerosing Panencephalitis (Paper Presentation) INFLAMMATIO - International Colloquium on Intra Ocular Inflammation, Chennai 2016
• Tuberculous Uveitis and associated Retinitis - an unusual presentation (Poster Presentation) INFLAMMATIO - International Colloquium on Intra Ocular Inflammation, Chennai 2016
• Challenging Case: Intra-Ocular Foreign Body - An Unusual Presentation. CREATIVE WORKSHOP - An Interactive on Vitreo-Retinal Diseases Mumbai 2016
• Electro-diagnostic Tests - An Interactive. iFOCUS Mumbai, January 2016
• Endophthalmitis. iFOCUS Mumbai, January 2016
• Retina - Diagnostics & Hands-on Course. iFOCUS Mumbai, January 2016
• Acute Macular Retinitis characterized on Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SDOCT) in Sub Acute Sclerosing Pan Encephalitis (SSPE) (Paper presentation) 30th ASIA PACIFIC OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Guangzhou, China 2015
• Optimal surgery for Myopic traction maculopathy (MTM) encompasses meticulous removal of adherent residual cortical vitreous layer and thorough peeling of the internal limiting membrane (ILM) Video presented at 30th ASIA PACIFIC OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Guangzhou, China 2015
• Revisiting the Scleral Sponge and Scleral Band in Complex Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Video Presented at 30th ASIA PACIFIC OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Guangzhou, China 2015
• Autologous Scleral Tissue Plug to the rescue in Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy. (Poster) 30th ASIA PACIFIC OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Guangzhou, China 2015
• Pars plana vitrectomy with angioma excision for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair in a patient of Von-Hippel- Lindau syndrome. Video presented at 30th ASIA PACIFIC OPHTHALMOLOGY CONGRESS Guangzhou, China 2015
• Poster Presentation. Comparison of Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography findings between eyes undergoing pars plana vitrectomy with gas tamponade versus pars plana- vitrectomy with silicone oil tamponade for management of primary non-complex rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. (Poster)
• Outbreak of Streptococcus oralis endophthalmitis after cataract surgery. Paper presented at VITREO-RETINAL SOCIETY - INDIA XXIII Annual Conference 2014
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) features in the acute phase of Macular Retinitis in Sub Acute Sclerosing Pan Encephalitis (SSPE) Paper presented at VITREO-RETINAL SOCIETY - INDIA XXIII Annual Conference 2014
• Optimal surgery for Myopic traction maculopathy includes meticulous removal of adherent residual cortical vitreous layer and peeling of the internal limiting membrane. Video presented at VITREO-RETINAL SOCIETY - INDIA XXIII Annual Conference 2014
• Streptococcus Oralis cluster endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: Management and outcomes Paper presented at VITREO-RETINAL SOCIETY - INDIA XXIII Annual Conference 2014
• Pars plana vitrectomy and angioma excision for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment in a patient with Von-Hippel- Lindau syndrome. Video presented at VITREO-RETINAL SOCIETY - INDIA XXIII Annual Conference 2014
• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) features in the acute phase of Macular Retinitis in Sub Acute Sclerosing Pan Encephalitis (SSPE). Poster presentation at the 14th Annual Meeting UVEITIS SOCIETY OF INDIA 2014
• Ability of the Optical Coherence Tomography to detect Progression in Glaucoma suspects and Glaucoma patients. Poster presented at 1st ASIA PACIFIC GLAUCOMA CONGRESS 2012 Bali, Indonesia
• Evaluation of the effect of Latanoprost 0.005% on corneal biomechanics measured with the ocular response analyser. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the GLAUCOMA SOCIETY OF INDIA 2012, Coimbatore
• Infantile Myoblastoma: A rare Orbital Tumor. Paper presentation at NZOS & UTTARA EYECON 2010
• Retinoblastoma presenting as Coats' disease. Paper presentation at NZOS & UTTARA EYECON 2010