Dr Mukkatira Soumya Ganesh Nanaiah

Dr Mukkatira Soumya Ganesh Nanaiah is Consultant & MD Lopamudra Drishti Eye Hospital, Kodagu. She is an eye specialist with special interest in Cataract and Refractive surgery (LASIK & ICL) and handles a wide variety of complicated & referred cases. She is the first doctor in Kodagu to perform ICL implantation and SFIOL Surgeries. She has received various national and international awards for her academic work and has contributed to text books on Ophthalmology. She has also been invited to speak at various  national and international platforms. She has in the course of five years,set up eye care centers in Gonicoppal, Virajpet and Hunsur and provides super specialty consultation right in the heart of Coorg. She is a strong and committed doctor with a lot of responsibility and dedication. She has been performing free and subsidized surgeries for economically weak Kodavas in association with Kodava Samaja Bangalore while providing state of he art eye care at the same time.

Family

Father

Karthachira Ganesh

Mother

Karthachira(Mundanda) Jaji

Husband

Dr Mukkatira Amrith Nanaiah

Daughter

Aadya Nanaiah

Education

• Fellowship in Phacoemulsification and refractive surgery-Narayana Nethralaya Super Specialty Eye Hospital     -2014
• Masters in Surgery (M.S.) Ophthalmology -Mysore Medical College and Research Institute,Mysore -2012
• M.B.B.S (Bachelor in Medicine & Bachelor in Surgery)-Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore -2007

Achievements

• Conducted Surgical Skill Transfer Course (SSTC) in phacoemulsification at AIOC 2016

Invited Lectures

• Handling Professional Jealousy: WOS 2019
• Handling Professional Jealousy and work place negativity, AIOS-YOSI session, Delhi, 2018
• Tear film and premium IOLs: KOSCON, 2016, Udupi
• Phacoemulsification for beginners: CME: Mysore medical college, 2016, Mysore
• How Millennials change traditional leadership: Thompson Reuters, 2016, Bangalore
• Cataract surgery and MGD: AIOC 2016, Kolkata
• Panelist: Video based discussion of cataract surgery. CME: right call in cataract surgery, 2016, Bangalore
• Meibomian Gland Disease: MEACO, Bahrain
• Diagnosis and treatment of Meibomian Gland Disease. Cornea Society Symposium. International Society of Ophthalmology Congress, 2014, Hong Kong.
• Dry Eye and Cataract. IOL Clinix 2014, Bangalore.
• Dry Eye and Cataract. International Society of Ophthalmology Congress 2013, Guangzhou, China.
• Host Faculty- Video assisted workshop at ‘The first Asian Debate on Keratoconus’ December 2012, Bangalore.

National & International Presentations

• Instruction course: Myopia- Controversies in clinical and surgical management. AIOC 2019, Indore
• Instruction Course: Chief Instructor: Bench to Bedside. Glare post MFIOL Implantation. KSOC 2018, Mangalore
• Instruction Course: Tears Optics: the real devil. KSOC, Mangalore
• Instruction course: Astigmatism management in cataract surgery: ESCRS 2015, Barcelona
• Clinical and genetic analysis of families with keratoconus from India: Two novel missense substitutions in the VSX1 gene. APACRS 2014, Jaipur
• How effective is transepithelial cross linking? – 1 year follow up. ESCRS 2014, London
• Outcome of Cataract surgery after phakic intraocular lens implantation. KSOC 2014, ESCRS 2014, London
• Visual outcome and quality of a new phakic intraocular lens with KS Aquaport: A revival of the centraflow design. KSOC 2014, ESCRS 2014, London
• Comparison of optical quality of a piggyback multifocal IOL with that of a primary multifocal IOL. AIOC 2014, Agra
• Effect of fluidics on endothelial cell counts and sub-foveal macular thickness after phacoemulsification. Poster. AIOC 2014, Agra
• Phacoemulsification with Implantation of Iris segments and toric IOL in partial aniridia with cataract and corneal astigmatism. Poster. ASCRS 2013, Amsterdam
• To study the intraoperative applicability of a handheld high resolution spectral domain OCT in various refractive procedures. APACRS 2013, ESCRS 2013. Singapore
• Mathematical Cataracts: Time to tame the beast? ESCRS 2013 Poster. Amsterdam
• Assessment of visual acuity at different contrast levels after cataract surgery and comparison of aspheric monofocal with multifocal intraocular lens implantation using double pass technique. KOSC 2012, Mysore
• Outcome assessment of toric intraocular lens implantation. Poster KOSC 2012
• Merkel cell carcinoma: A case report. Poster presentation. KOSC – 2010, Udupi
• Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery: Looking beyond the green grass. AIOC 2015, Mysore
• Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery: Fad or reality. APACRS 2014, KSOC 2014, ESCRS 2014
• Dry eye and cataract: Tales tears can tell. Colloquium 2013
• Thermal pulsation System: Bringing colors back to tears. APACRS 2013
• Different techniques of capsular tension segment implantation. ASCRS 2013, ESCRS 2013

Surgical expertise

• Cataract Surgery
• Iplantation of Toric and Multifocal IOLs
• Small Pupil cataract Surgery with use of iris hooks
• Mature Cataracts
• Femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery
• ICL Implantation
• LASIK surgery
• SFIOL implantation
• Pterygium Surgery with sutures and glue
• Glaucoma LASERS
• Dacryocystorhinostomy
• Chalazion I&C, I&D etc

Publications

• Nanaiah SG, Das S, Kurian M, Shetty R. Femtosecond Laser assisted cataract surgery-2. Gems of ophthalmology: Cataract Surgery. Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers medical publishers, 2019: 406-419
• Nanaiah SG, Das S, Kurian M, Shetty R. Femtosecond Laser assisted cataract surgery. Recent advances in ophthalmology- 12. Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers medical publishers, 2015: 1-13
• Shetty R, Nuijts RM, Nanaiah SG, et al. Two novel missense substitutions in the VSX1 gene: clinical and genetic analysis of families with Keratoconus from India. BMC Med Genet. 2015 May 12; 16(1):33
• Effect of fluidics on corneal endothelial cell density, central corneal thickness and central macular thickness after phacoemulsification with torsional ultrasound. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2015 Aug;63(8):641-4
• Das S, Kurian M, Shetty R, Nagappa S, Nanaiah SG. Cataract Surgery in patients with pterygium. Cataract surgery in the diseased eye. Delhi, India: Jaypee Brothers medical publishers, 2013: 15-20

Other achievements

• MTV VJ for the show Wassupyoungistan, 2008
• Model for PSR Silks, Future general TV Commercial, 2007
• Chairperson and Founding member of Kodava Samaja Youth Council, Bangalore (2005-2006)
• Literary and Cultural Secretary of Bangalore Medical College (2004-2005)
• Vice president of Kodava students association (2002-2004)
• B Certificate in NCC (2000 -2001)
• Senior Sports Champion, MES College, Bangalore (2000 -2001)
• Most Outstanding student of the year, Air Force School Hebbal (1998-99)
• Best Student in Co-curricular activities, Air Force School Hebbal (1998-99)
• Sports Champion, Air Force School Hebbal (1998-99)
• School Student President, Air Force School Hebbal (1998-99)

Awards

• Best Paper of Session: Asia Pacific Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons annual congress 2014. Clinical and genetic analysis of families with keratoconus from India: Two novel missense substitutions in the VSX1 gene.
• Best Paper of Session: All India Ophthalmological Conference 2014. Comparison of optical quality of a piggyback multifocal IOL with that of a primary multifocal IOL.
• Colloquium 2013. Dry eye in Cataract: Tales tears can tell.
• Young Ophthalmologist category: European Society of cataract and refractive surgeons Annual Congress – 2013, Amsterdam. Different techniques of capsular tension segment implantation.
• Asia Pacific Society of cataract and refractive surgeons Annual Congress – 2013, Singapore. Topography – The GPS for ablation in Keratoconic eyes.
• She was awarded the Best Opthalmologist organised by the Karnataka Health Care Awards 2019 at Bangalore.