Profile

Dr Shikha Rajesh Bassi completed her MBBS from Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (Mumbai) in the year 1997. She acquired a Diploma in Ophthalmology from C.U. Shah College of Ophthalmology a unit of the Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya in 2000. Further she cleared the examination held by the International council of Ophthalmologists in 2000, Diplomate of National Board in 2001, Fellowship in advanced cataract surgery from Sankara Nethralaya in 2001, Fellowship of Royal College of surgeons (Glasgow) in 2002. She underwent a special training in Neuro-ophthalmology in Sankara Nethralaya and joined the department in September 2004. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences. She has publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is an editorial board member of the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. She is an accomplished phaco surgeon .Currently, she is working as an In Charge, Sankara Nethralaya RA Puram branch, Chennai, and Deputy Director of Neuro ophthalmology Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai.

Area of Expertise/Interest

Her areas of interest in cataract surgery include:

• Toric Technology
• Premium intraocular lenses
• Cataract surgery in posterior polar cataract
• Cataract surgery in colobomatous eyes.
• Phacoemulsification under topical anesthesia.

In neuro ophthalmology her areas of interest are :

• Atypical optic neuritis
• Optical coherence tomography in neuroophthalmology
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension
• Congenital optic nerve defects

Affilliations

• All India Ophthalmological Society
• Tamil Nadu Ophthalmologists Association
• Indian Neuroophthalmology Society

Recognitions

• “S.D Athawale Award” at the APAO-AIOS 2013 Optical coherence tomography in papilledema and pseudopapilledema with and without disc drusen
• Best Poster Cataract Catalyst 2017 Cataract Surgery with Intravitreal Bevacizumab in Patients with Diabetic Macular Oedema - A Study of 60 Eyes
• IIRSI Gold medal in the year 2017 at New Delhi
• IJO Honor award for peer review for the year 2022