Savio Pereira

Senior consultant specializing in managing complex cataract cases and performing refractive surgeries. Expertise in corrective cataract and refractive surgery, including enhancements, bioptics and Klex procedures.Part of many global trials of IOLS, Refractive Laser machines, Visumax 800 and Phaco Machines. Extensive experience as an international trainer in the field of cataract and refractive surgery. Committed to delivering exceptional care and achieving optimal outcomes for patients by leveraging extensive knowledge and skills.

• Fellowship director for long term Phaco-refractive fellowship - Raghiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS)
• DNB co-ordinator for Nethradhama Eye Hospital
• Phaco trainer in charge for short term Fellowship
• Recognised DNB board examiner
• Recognised fellowship examiner RGUHS
• Refractive trainer for Zeiss courses (NZRCS) Relex Smile Pro/ Presbyond/ Femtolasik/ Surface ablation

• Trainer in Relex Smile, ICL, Phaco wet labs
• SSTC trainer for Phaco in AIOS
• Live Surgery- Turbo Phaco- 03/2019 –Performed Live Surgery
• Vizag ophthalmic Society 07/2019 Performed live surgery
• Video Cataracta Refracta 10/2019 Milan- Italy live Surgery
• CCC Live surgery Kolkota 11/2019, MiLoop with Phaco
• Cambodia – performed >100 Phacos Khmer Sight foundation 12/2019
• Phacofestival 2022. 2024 performed live surgeries

• Performed over 20,000 topical phaco, > 10,000 SICS and 8000 refractive surgeries, 2000 FLACS
• Phaco and refractive trainer for last 9 years, trained more than 200 international and national Ophthalmologists
• Recognized phaco trainer for Johnson and Johnson, Zeiss short term phaco training
• Refractive surgery- Relex Smile Presbyond, ICL/TICL, Femto lasik, micro keratome lasik, PRK etc
• Proficient in performing Femto assisted cataract surgery Phacoemulsification, SICS, ECCE, anterior vitrectomy
• PCIOL and ACIOL, RFIOL/SFIOL implantation
• Pterygium surgery with auto graft/AMT with fibrin glue and sutures
• DCT/DCR
• Emergencies managed – trauma (open/closed globe), acute attacks of angle closure glaucoma, CRAO etc

• Managing independent OPD, medical retina including PRP, GRID LASER, use of LIO
• Nd-YAG LASER Capsulotomy, peripheral iridotomy, injection Botox

• Centurian, Signature-pro, LEGION, Intuitive, Sovereign compact, Visalis 100 VER 2.0, Dorc
• Itrace, MS-39, Pentacam, Orbscan, WAsca, Atlas, Corvis, AsOct, HD Analyser
• Stellaris (Bausch Laumb), Visalis 100 (Zeiss) 1.0, Quantum Biomedix
• Non contact Specular + Pachymeter, Contact Pachymeter
• IOL master 500, 700
• A-scan, B-scan
• I-tracey (ray tracing Aberrometer)
• Artevo 800, Lumera 700, Ngenuity, Leica Microscopes
• Smile pro, Mel 90, Mel 80, Schwind 750, Zeimer Z8

• Chess (Bronze medal at A.I.I.M.S)
• Reading
• Swimming
• Gardening
• Music (Played Guitar for College Band in KEM Hospital)
• Philately (Member of the ARMY Philatelic Society)
• Numismatics

• Presented paper in Bombay Ophthalmic Association 2012 - Topic: Ocular co-morbidities in pregnancy – our experience
• Aios- 2015 – poster toric iol rotation
• Dos 2015 - paper - toric IOL rotation vs Axial length
• BOS presented videos - visco chop
• Fili - for Keratoconus
• Karnataka Ophthal society 2015 - participated OPL, Debate bil vs unilat cataract, Fili - video new inventions
• Aios 2016 – Kolkata – poster Epithelial Profile alcohol vs Trans PRK
• BOA 2016 - paper Smile 160 vs 100 micron cap
• Kos 2016 - Debate Femto vs phaco, smile 160 Vs 100 microns, ERV lenses, pediatric refractive surgery
• Aios 2017 - instruction course - ICL Asoct vs UBM, Poster smile 160 vs 100, Paper – ERV lenses
• Phaco festival 2018 - advanced phaco techniques + phaco wet lab in charge
• Femto Cataract vs Phaco – Bangalore ophthalmic Association 2018 talk
• Wet Lab in charge - AIOS PG Teaching Programme - Phaco ARC 2018
• Epithelial Changes alcohol vs trans PRK – ESCRS-2018 Vienna
• Video-2018 ESCRS- Flap repositioning post LASIK- with epithelial ingrowth
• Video-2018 ESCRS- Ruptured Traumatic Cataract- Management
• BOS 2018 – Femto in challenging situations
• Belgaum Ophthalmic society 2018 - Newer Advances in phaco
• Davangiri ophthalmic society 2018 - Centurian fluidics and phacodynamics
• Erode ophthalmic society 2018 - Panoptix and new modalities in multi focal IOLS
• KOSCON 2018 - Toric IOLs - Marking sources of errors
• KOSCON 2018 - Paradigm shift in post operative medications
• Trisshur Ophthalmic Society 03/2019 - Newer advances in Phaco
• Salem ophthalmic society 04/2019 - Newer IOLs recent advances.
• Kochi Ophthalmic society 06/2019 - Phaco – Active Fluidics
• Vizag Ophthalmic Society 06/2019 - Live Surgery, Newer IOL Advances
• PG Teaching Programme - 08/2019 MM Joshi Hubli - Learning Phaco For Beginners
• OFISACON 09/2019 - Subtenon Block Workshop Co-ordinator
• ESCRS Paris 09/2019 - Smile 100 VS 160 Micron Cap clinical outcomes
• Phacoshala Webinar 09/2019 - Decision Making Phaco VS Sics
• Phaco festival 01/2020 - FLACS Flap protection, Torics in small Pupils
• Erode ophthalmic society - video based discussion of different cataract scenarios
• Davangiri ophthalmic society - trifocal IOL vs MFIOLs, active fluidics in cataract surgery
• Belgaum ophthalmic society - the role of ozil and active fluidics in cataract surgery
• Covid changing the ophthalmic practice - DRY EYE webinar
• ARC AIOS - posterior plaque peeling video based learning
• Bangalore ophthalmic society - long and short eyes biometry
• Indian perspective on CME - WEBINAR
• Kerala ophthalmic society 11/2022 - IC keynote address cataract as refractive surgery back to basics
• Karnataka ophthalmic society - KOSCON 12/2022 - IC - SUTURELESS SFIOL
• KOSCON 12/2022 - free video presentation
• TEACHERS OF TOMORROW – KOSCON 12/2022
• BOS 2024 – enhancement Smile
• KOscon 2024 - trifocal IOLs

• An interesting case of implantable contact lens, Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.02.018
• Hypercortisolism induced atypical central serous chorioretinopathy in pregnancy, Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2013.01.012
• Influence of axial length on Toric IOL rotational stability - a retrospective study, Dr Sri Ganesh, Dr Savio Pereira, Dr Sathish Prabhu, 10/2015, IOSR journals, 14, 10, 91-96
• A comparison of safety and clinical outcomes of 100 µ versus 160 µ cap in patients undergoing ReLEx-Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE), Ganesh S, Brar S, Pereira S, 2021, Int Ophthalmol, 41, 8, 2657-2665, 10.1007/s10792-021-01821-1, 33788073
• Visual and Refractive Outcomes With the Eyecryl Phakic Toric IOL Versus the Visian Toric Implantable Collamer Lens: Results of a 2-Year Prospective Comparative Study, Brar S, Gautam M, Sute SS, Pereira S, Ganesh S, 2021, J Refract Surg, 37, 1, 7-15, 10.3928/1081597X-20201013-04, 33432990
• Clinical outcomes and rotational stability following implantation of Eyecryl toric intraocular lens - Results of a 12-months prospective study, Brar S, Shah ML, Sute SS, Pereira S, Ganesh S, 2021, Indian J Ophthalmol, 69, 7, 1775-1780, 10.4103/ijo.IJO_3463_20, 34146027

• Age: 40
• Date of Birth: 06/29/84
• Marital Status: Married