Profile

Dr. Prema Padmanabhan is a highly accomplished ophthalmologist with a rich educational background and extensive experience in the field of eye care. She obtained her medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, in 1978, followed by a Master's in Ophthalmology from the same institution in 1981. Dr. Padmanabhan finished her fellowship training in Vitreoretinal Surgery at Sankara Nethralaya. Over the years, she has made significant contributions to the field and currently serves as the Distinguished Senior Consultant of Cornea & Refractive Surgery, where she continues to provide exceptional care to her patients.

Area of Expertise/Interest

• Cornea
• Refractive Surgery
• Cataract

Affilliations

• All India Ophthalmological Society
• Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association
• Cornea Society of India

Recognitions

• The “Rustom Ranji Oration” in 1998.
• The “Dr Jones Oration” in 1998 under the aegis of Association of the International Medical Women Association.
• “Wavefront Aberrations following Refractive Surgery”. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery & World Cornea Congress. Washington DC, USA. 13th-20th April 2005. (Won Best Paper award)
• "Tibrewala Oration" on Corneal Transplantation and Eye Banking at LVPEI in October 2005.
• “Dr. Narendra Swarup Memorial Oration” in December 2008, Hyderabad
• Gold medal by intraocular implant and refractive surgery convention in Chennai, on July 11-12, 2009.
• Recipient of 2nd Gold Award for 2010 for best publication in Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, paper titled “Ocular aberrations after wave front optimized LASIK for myopia”.
• Best paper Award for the paper titled “Cell-type Specific Lysyl oxidase paralogues expression in healthy and keratoconus cornea in the ASIA-ARVO 2013.
• Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Cornel collagen crosslinking(CXL) comparison of response in paediatric and adult keratoconic patients” in EuCornea, Barcelona, Spain in 2015
• Dr. Noel Moniz Memorial Oration: “Keratoconus – the familiar stranger” - Cochin Ophthalmic Club in January 2015.
• The first “Professor Pallikaris Oration” in January 2018.
• “Cornea Networks” Master class Oration - Annual Conference of Indian Society of Cornea & Keratorefractive Surgeons in August 2018.
• ISCKRS Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Cornea in August 2022
• Nawab Arastu Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Lecture on “The Big Impact of Small Talk “ held at Patodia Auditorium, Level 6, L V Prasad Eye Institute on 28th October 2022
• “P SIVA REDDY ORATION” and Award - 8th Annual Conference of the Telangana Ophthalmological Society – BHAGYANAGAR (TOSCON) on 8th July, 2023
• “T.Agarwal” Gold Medal in the inauguration ceremony at Hotel ITC Grand Chola, Chennai India during the Annual conference of IIRSI in Chennai on July 6-7 2024.