{"id":707,"date":"2016-03-11T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.epomec.ae\/2016\/.php56-28.phx1-1.websitetestlink.com\/?page_id=707"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:21:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T09:21:54","slug":"dr-prasan-rao-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.epomec.ae\/2016\/dr-prasan-rao-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Prasan Rao"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Prasan Rao<\/h4>\n Chief of Ophthalmology<\/span>\n

Mediclinic Welcare Hospital
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Dr. Prasan Rao<\/h3>

Dr. Prasan Rao has over 20 years of experience in the management of\nophthalmology patients. He is specialised in procedures such as scleral buckling,\npneumatic retinopexy, pars plana vitrectomy (23 & 25 gauge \u2013 MIVS) for complicated\nretinal detachments, intravitreal Lucentis\/Avastin\/Eylea\/Ozurdex injection, retinal\nlaser photocoagulation, management of intraocular tumours, uveitis, and retinopathy\nof prematurity.<\/p>\n

After completing his medical degree at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai,\nwith distinction in Ophthalmology, he pursued his post-graduate training at\nL.T.M.General Hospital and Sir J.J. Group of Hospital, Mumbai. He was among the\nfirst resident ophthalmologists to regularly perform non-phaco small incision cataract\nsurgery and phacoemulsification in 1995-96 in Mumbai. He underwent an extensive\nand rigorous Fellowship in vitreo-retinal diseases and surgery at the esteemed Sankara\nNethralaya & Vision Research Foundation (Chennai, India) and also completed his\nFellowship in Ophthalmology from The Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.\nDr. Rao joined Dubai Hospital in June 2003, and was instrumental in developing the\nvitreo-retinal unit. He was involved not only in clinical and surgical work, but also in\nsurgical training of peers, clinical research, publications in peer-reviewed journals,\nand scientific paper presentations.<\/p>\n

Prior to joining Mediclinic Welcare Hospital, he was the first to introduce scleral\nbuckling for management of retinal detachments in retinopathy of prematurity in\n2003, and intravitreal antiVEGF injections for active ROP in 2008 in the UAE. In\n2006, he was the first to perform combined half-fluence photodynamic therapy and\nintravitreal lucentis injection for wet AMD in the gulf region. In 2009, he setup the\nROP registry in Dubai and Al Wasl Hospitals.<\/p>\n

He joined Mediclinic Welcare Hospital in October 2009. In 2010, he was credited as\nthe first surgeon in UAE to perform lens sparing vitrectomy for Stage IV retinopathy\nof prematurity. He is also one of the first retinal surgeons to perform 25gauge\nvitrectomy for treatment of complex retinal detachments and for treatment of\nvitreoretinal complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy. He has performed\nwell over 2000 cataract surgeries (phacoemulsification) and over 5000 posterior\nsegment surgeries including combined phaco-vitrectomies.<\/p>\n

He is a Fellow in Vitreo-Retinal Diseases and Surgery from Sankara Nethralaya &\nVision Research Foundation, Chennai, India, and Fellow in Ophthalmology from The\nRoyal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is board certified by the National Board\nfor Ophthalmology (India). He is a Member of European Society of Vitreoretinal\nSurgery (EVRS), an International Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology\n(AAO), Member of American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS).<\/p>\n