John Davis Akkara
Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute Ernakulam, Westend Eye Hospital, JIPMER(Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research), Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, India
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About
MBBS(JIPMER), MS(JIPMER), Fellow in Glaucoma(Aravind Eye Hospital), Sir Ratan Tata Phaco Fellow(Sankara Nethralaya)
Dr John Davis Akkara is a Glaucoma, Cataract and Anterior Segment surgeon trained at JIPMER, Aravind Eye Hospital and Sankara Nethralaya with 8 years of experience.
He has previously worked in Little Flower Hospital-Angamaly and Sri Ramachandra Medical College-Chennai.
He has several publications in indexed national and international journals. He has publications on Cataract, Glaucoma, LASIK, Innovations in Ophthalmology, artificial Intelligence, 3D Printing, Smartphone Slitlamp Photography and other technologies in Ophthalmology.
He has presented papers, poster and videos in state, national and international conferences and won several awards for the same. He has special interest in cutting edge technologies in ophthalmology.
Employment
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Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute Ernakulam Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon2022 - Present
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Westend Eye Hospital Consultant Ophthalmologist
Education
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JIPMER(Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research) MBBS
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Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, India Phacoemulsification training(short term)
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Sankara Nethralaya Ratan Tata Advanced Cataract Fellowship
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JIPMER(Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research) MS Ophthalmology
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Aravind Eye Hospital Pondicherry, India Fellowship in Glaucoma(Long Term)
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (37)
- Commentary: Digital toxicity: Another side effect of COVID-19 pandemic Save
- Commentary: Is it time for teleophthalmology, virtual glaucoma clinics and uberization of eye care? Save
- Commentary: Kitchen ophthalmic surgeon: Recipe for operation success in work-from-home era Save
- Commentary: Smartphone-based, wireless, slit-lamp imaging with small footprint--making photodocumentation easy Save
- Frugal Fundus Cameras for Affordable Retinal Videography Save
- Identification of glaucoma from fundus images using deep learning techniques Save
- Smartphone microscope in eye clinic to visualize fungus and Demodex Save
- The Economics of Big Data Save
- Commentary: An app a day keeps the eye doctor busy Save
- e-Learning resources for ophthalmologists Save