Department Of OPHTHALMOLOGY

MISSION

• To provide tertiary eye care services to the poor and needy.
• To provide such knowledge and skills to the students that shall enable them to practice as a clinician as a primary eye care physician and surgeon.
• To train the students to  function effectively as community health leader.
• To assist in the implementation of National Programme for the prevention of blindness & rehabilitation of the visually impaired.

BRIEF HISTORY

The department of Ophthalmology, S.V.Medical College, Tirupati was established in 1961 with a single unit with a bed strength of 10. The efforts made by the previous professors added the second unit in 1986. The bed strength was increased from 10 to 40 in the year 1986. At present, the department has two units with full-fledged staff and equipment with  bed strength of 60.  The government has recognized SVRRGGH as an EYE DONATION CENTRE  in the year 2002.

COURSES OFFERED:

1.   Postgraduate degree

 In 1970 1 DO and 1 MS were started and the no of seats were enhanced to   8 MS  in 2018 . at present all 8 seats are recognised by Medical council of India

HOSPITAL SERVICES:

1. OPD : Daily 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, 6 days a week
2. IPD : Number of Units: 2, Total Bed Strength: 60
3. Emergency: Daily , round the clock.
4. Cataract surgery - Latest cataract operation with latest phacoemulsification technique (No stitch) with Lens implantation free of cost.
5. Paediatric cataract surgeries done free of cost under NTR vaidya seva padakam.
6. Lid , Squint and Sac surgeries, conjunctival limbal autografting and other major and minor surgical procedures
7. Lasers available for the treatment of  diabetic eye diseases.

Running specialty clinics in RETINA, GLAUCOMA, SQUINT, CORNEA, CONTACT LENS  & OCULOPLASTY

ADVANCEMENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT :

Speciality clinics are being conducted .

Research activity being undertaken

Publications: 15 in various journals (National  level and State level

Camps and Outreach programmes:

Department conducts regular camps and outreach progarmmes.

 Conferences :

State conferences: 1996, 2017

South regional conference: 2007, 2015
Departmental Library

Total no. of books – 254

Digital library

1. UG lecture CD’s -20
2. Seminar CD’s by PG’s - 31
3. CD’s of live surgeries - 11
4. CD’s of conferences - 5
5. Patient educational CD’s – 10

    JOURNALS

1. British Journal of Ophthalmology
2. American Journal of Ophthalmology
3. Archives of Ophthalmology
4. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
5. Ophthalmology Today   

Publications last 3 years 
 

1. DR. P.A.S. Chalapathy Reddy, Dr. S. Anuradha, Dr. U. Yuganda Niharika, Dr. Sai Chandana, Dr. R. Sree Swetha , Iris Claw Lens – Our Experience In Regional Eye Hospital, Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh; JCDR. 2023; Volume 14 , Issue 12: 2182-2190, doi: 10.48047/jcdr.2023.14.12.250
2. Sree swetha R, Chalapathi reddy PAS, Anuradha S, Saleem Basha PSV. A constellation of ocular manifestations in  a case of Kallmann syndrome – An interesting case report on isolated gonadotropin – releasing hormone deficiency. IJO 2023
3. Sree swetha R, Chalapathi reddy PAS, Saleem Basha PSV, Anuradha S,Johnson Rajkumar. A study on clinico-microbiological profile of conjunctival flora in congenital dacryocystitis.Indian journal of applied research.2023;13(01).
4.  Adala S, Damdamraju MK, Devi NGP, Cheekatla YD. Conjunctival Swab for Microbiological Organisms in Patients On Ventilator in ICU. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine . 2023 Jun 30 ;13:1930–3.
5.  K Sindhura, Adala S, Damdamraju MK, Potty R, S Susmitha. Anterior Segment Parameters in Pseudoexfoliation Syndrome – A Cross Sectional Observation Study. European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine . 2023 ;13:2337–45
6.     Pallamreddy, SreeLakshmi; Nookala, Gnana Prasoona Devi; Damdamraju, Murali Krishna; Sandhya, C S; Umakanth, K. Posterior segment evaluation by ultrasound B-scan in dense cataract patients – A cross-sectional study in a tertiary hospital. Journal of Dr. YSR University of Health Sciences 12(2):p 166-170, Apr–Jun 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/jdrntruhs.jdrntruhs_1_23 .
7. Sreelakshmi P, Devi NGP, Deepthi S, Damdamraju MK, Sandhya C.  Efficacy of Single-site versus Two-site Phacotrabeculectomy in Primary Open-angle Glaucoma: A Prospective Cohort Study J Clin of Diagn Res.2023; 17(12): p6-10. DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2023/66014.18861