Yogita Kadam

To build a challenging and rewarding career that offers continuous building up of innovative ingenuity and promotes exposure to a variety of facets in the field of Optometry and research. With 9 + years of clinical experience as an Expert in evaluating and diagnosing cases with general ophthalmology, Oculoplastic and ocular oncology, Squint cases, trauma and neurology cases, low vision cases, glaucoma, retinal and corneal diagnostic tests including UBM, B scan, OCT, A-scan, HVF, corneal topography, meibography, IOL master, Lensometry, Refraction, contact lens fitting, posterior segment examination with Indirect Ophthalmoscope and Direct Ophthalmoscope and more than 2 years of experience working as a research associate.

• IOA (Indian Optometric Association) LM-01952/014
• OCI (Optometry Council of India) 062015869
• WCO (World Council of Optometry) WCO-IND-48

• Clinical Internship, Managed patient’s with primary eye care health, including diagnosis of glaucoma, anterior and posterior segment disease, pre and post-operative care, emergency eye care, and neurological eye diseases., K.B.H.B Eye Hospital, Parel-Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2009, 3 months
• Clinical Internship, Examined general ophthalmology patients including cornea, retina, glaucoma, learned gonioscopy, performed both direct and indirect ophthalmoscopy on normal and diseased patients under the supervision of retina consultant, performed sac syringing in patients undergoing cataract surgery for lacrimal Pathway patency, Evaluated patients with low vision and given a trial of telescopes, hand magnifiers, stand magnifiers, filters etc., also given case presentation on congenital ptosis, learned evaluation of ptosis and proptosis cases., Manav Eye Hospital, Dadar-Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2009, 1 month
• Clinical Internship, Examined cornea cases under the guidance of Dr. Hijab Mehta and performed an auto refractometer for refraction., Infinity Eye Hospital, Elphinstone- Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2009, 1 month
• Clinical Internship, Routinely examined OPD patients including basic workup of history taking, Vision, refraction through streak retinoscopy, slit lamp examination, applanation tonometry in the routine OPD including dilatation of the patient. Performed diagnostic tests like A-scan, IOL master, Electrodiagnostic procedures, and also orthoptic work up and synaptophore, Humphrey visual fields, and Contact lens fitting under the guidance and supervision of the senior optometrist. Also done observations and learned steps of processing the artificial eye under the guidance of a senior Optometrist., Aditya Jyot Institute of Optometry, Wadala (East), Mumbai, Maharashtra, 2009, 6 months
• Fellowship, Clinical comprehensive fellowship in optometry L.V.Prasad eye hospital, Hyderabad, India. Successfully completed a clinical comprehensive fellowship (13 months) in optometry from august 2009-august 2010 Rotated and evaluated patients in all departments Cornea, Retina, Glaucoma, contact lens, low vision, pediatric and oculoplastics, and ocular oncology services. Also posted in Lawrence and Mayo opticals, Secunderabad, Hyderabad, India for the optical exposure. Performed refraction in the opticals and done observation of how to receive a customer in an optical shop as a part of fellowship curriculum. Have done rural posting for 1 month and examined patients with general ophthalmology both pre and post-operative at Thoodkurthy, Andhra Pradesh, India., Hyderabad, Telangana, 2009-2010, 13 months

• B-scan
• UBM
• AS-OCT
• Posterior segment OCT
• Fundus photography
• Humphrey visual fields
• Corneal topography
• A-scan
• IOL master
• Meibography
• Streak retinoscopy
• Direct ophthalmoscopy
• Indirect ophthalmoscopy
• Hertel’s exophthalmometry
• Slitlamp Biomicroscopy
• Slitlamp photography with D800eNikon camera

• Review of literature
• Data Analysis using statistical software SPSS and Excel sheet analysis.
• Writing Introduction, data analysis and Complete Manuscript.

• Clinical presentation, demographic distribution, and Retinal Artery Occlusion risk factors in India. – Submitted to the BJO January 2024
• Clinical presentation, and demographic distribution of Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion (BRVO) in India – Submitted to IJO January 2024.
• Clinical presentation, demographic distribution, risk factors, and relation of axial length in retinal manifestations of High Myopia in India – Under Revision.
• Clinical Profile and Demographic Distribution of Phthisis Bulbi: An Electronic Medical Record-Driven Data Analytics from an Eye Care Network in India – Submitted to IJO
• Clinical Profile, and demographic distribution of Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) in India – Final manuscript pending & Under Internal Review process.
• Systematic Review on Outcomes of diabetic macular edema treatment with anti – VEGF injections in India – Full text screening under process.

• Successful completion of IACLE student trial examination (Aug’2008)
• Worked on Visual outcomes in Paediatric DALK project with Dr. Murlidhara Ramappa at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, 2012.
• Worked on OSSN project with Dr. Santosh Honavar at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, 2012.
• Written a chapter in Clinical Evaluation of Epiphora along with Dr. Raksha Rao for Dr. Santosh G. Honavar.at Centre for Sight Multispecialty eye Hospital, Hyderabad, India published in AIOS CME series DCR no.33, Feb 2017.
• Given Hands-on training for postgraduate ophthalmology students in confluence2014, i-focus 2015, and 2016. Hands-on for clinical evaluation of ptosis, Lacrimal evaluation, Proptosis evaluation, and performing hotels exophthalmometry.
• Given clinical practical training for optometry interns and international optometry interns and guiding them for the projects and supervising.
• Have collected data on ICD coding for ocular diagnosis a project.
• Taking care of LMS course activities of Team IHOPE: The link for the LMS course is attached https://lms.ihope2020.org/login/index.php, It comprises of total 10 course learning modules based on topics like Overview of Health Economics, Digital Health, Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Oedema Grading, Clinical and Public Health Research for Health Care researchers 4 modules etc

• Preferential hyperacuity perimeter (34th All India Optometric Conference, Khajuraho ), 2005
• Presented at Indian Health Outcomes, Public Health and Economics Research Centre (IHOPE) 2022, India conference in September 2022 on Retinal Artery Occlusion.
• Presented on an axial length-based analysis, clinical profile, and demographics of High Myopia in India: A big data analytics at IHOPE conference: Research to policy 2023 on September 29th, 2023.

• Presented Poster Presentation at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2022, India on High Myopia.
• Presented Poster presentation at India Vision Institute (IVI) 2022, India on High Myopia.
• Poster Presentation held at MIOC 2022, Oman on 10th November on Retinal Artery Occlusion.
• Presenting Poster presentation at the Indian Myopia Awareness and Research Conference (IMARC) 2022, India on 18th November on High Myopia.
• Poster presentation at the Asia Pacific Vitreo Retina Society (APVRS-2023) in Hong Kong for the topic Hemi-retinal Vein Occlusion: Characterizing a Rare Retinal Vasculopathy
• Submitted an electronic poster Titled: Insights into Lost Sight: Characterizing the presentation of Phthisis Bulbi in India for The American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS ASOA 2024) conference.

• Participated in camps for the rotary club of Bombay.
• Participated in eye screening camps for cataracts.
• Participated in eye screening camps for children in school.
• Participated and also participated in corporate eye screening.

• Clinical profile and Demographic distribution of Synchisis Scintillans: An Electronic Medical Record Driven Big Data Analytics from an Eye Care Network in India, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361328135_Clinical_Profile_and_Demographic_Distribution_of_Synchysis_Scintillans_An_Electronic_Medical_Record-Driven_Big_Data_Analytics_From_an_Eye_Care_Network_in_India
• Evaluation of a patient with Epiphora (Chapter 2) Evaluation of a patient with Epiphora (Chapter 2), https://www.aios.org/cme/dcr33.pdf
• Clinical profile and Demographic distribution of Solar Retinopathy: An Electronic medical Record Driven Big Data Analytics from an eye care network in India., https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37203081/
• Integrating Primary Health Care with Primary Eye Care Boon or Bane, https://ihopejournalofophthalmology.com/integrating-primary-health-care-with-primary-eye-care-boon-or-bane/
• Public health control strategies for glaucoma and vision, https://ihopejournalofophthalmology.com/public-health-control-strategies-for-glaucoma-and-vision/
• Hemi-retinal vein occlusion: Characterizing a rare retinal Vasculopathy, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38189486/
• Impactful clinical trial and efficient clinical research, https://ihopejournalofophthalmology.com/impactful-clinical-trial-and-efficient-clinical-research/

• Dr Anthony Vipin Das, vipin@lvpei.org
• Dr. Raja Narayanan, narayanan@lvpei.org

• 34ND ALL INDIA OPTOMETRIC CONFERENCE (KHAJURAHO), India, 2005.
• ACADEMY OF DISPENSING OPTICS (WTC:-APRIL’07), Mumbai, India.
• Attended Bombay ophthalmology Association conference in 2009, Mumbai, India.
• Attended in Fusion 2012 and Evidence 2012 L.V.Prasad eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.
• Attended IERG-ARVO-IC 2012 at L.V.Prasad Institute, Hyderabad, India
• Attended confluence 2014 and volunteered and actively participated in making anatomy and muscular structure of skulls and also made silicone models of face for demonstration of Botox injection at Centre for Sight multispecialty eye hospital, Hyderabad, India.
• Attended i-focus 2015 and participated as a faculty in giving hands-on training on the evaluation of ptosis, proptosis, and lacrimal evaluation and demonstration of hotels ophthalmometry to postgraduate ophthalmologists and DNB students at Centre for Sight, Hyderabad, India.
• Attended EVOC 2015 optometry conference at Mahabalipuram, Chennai.
• Attended i-focus 2016 and participated as a faculty and given hands-on training for the ptosis evaluation, proptosis evaluation, and lacrimal evaluation also explained to them about the syringing set and Hertel's demonstration to the postgraduate ophthalmologist at Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India.
• Recently attended the 17th Indian Society for Clinical Research Conference and (ISCR) Pre-Conference Workshop (Synergy in Science: Collaborative workshop on Clinical Data Management, Biostatistics, and Medical Writing) held on 1st February 2024 followed by the main conference on 2nd and 3rd Feb, 2024, Hyderabad,India.
• Attended Qualitative Research Methods Workshop conducted by Dr. Rosemarry Frasso at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute on 9th Feb, 2024, Hyderabad, India.

I love to travel to new places and explore nature with my son.

• Won 1st Runner-Up position for poster presentation on High Myopia at IMARC, 2022, November, India.
• Received the Best Poster Award from the Asia Pacific Vitreo Retina Society (APVRS-2023) in Hong Kong for Hemi-retinal Vein Occlusion: Characterizing a Rare Retinal Vasculopathy.