Dr. Rajesh Sasikumar

Dr. Rajesh Sasikumar, MD, is an Associate Staff Physician ​in the Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Sasikumar held dual roles as a senior consultant in Glaucoma Services and as a Deputy Director of Research at Narayana Nethralaya, a tertiary eye hospital in India.

Dr. Sasikumar earned his medical degree from the University of Mysore, India and completed his residency from the Institute of Ophthalmology at the Joseph Eye Hospital in Trichy, India. He consequently worked as a senior registrar at Schell Eye Hospital at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India.

He then worked as a adjunct researcher in the glaucoma department at the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India for two years, before pursuing a clinical fellowship in Glaucoma at the Sydney Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital, Australia. He spent the next four years at the Singapore Eye Research Institute and Singapore National Eye Center, Singapore, as a Senior Clinical Research Fellow. He holds an adjunct professor position at the MS Ramaiah Medical School in India.

Dr. Sasikumar is experienced with complex surgical procedures for both Cataract and Glaucoma and has trained residents and fellows at various institutes.

He is also an avid researcher and has been a principal and co-investigator in Glaucoma related clinical trials on Therapeutics, Imaging, Clinical Course and Surgical Outcomes. He has been an invited speaker at many international conferences to present his work, as well has having fifty publications and is a reviewer for peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Sasikumar’s primary research interests include Angle Closure Disease Pathogenesis, Imaging, Proteomics and Biomarker Determination in Glaucoma. He is a strong supporter of the use of Tele-Ophthalmology in the diagnosis of Glacuoma and other eye diseases.

Dr. Sasikumar has served as an advisor for Alcon India and Allergan India and has received a honorarium from both.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1989 - 1995: JJM MEDICAL COLLEGE, DAVANGERE, KARNATAKA, INDIA. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 2006 - 2010: SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SINGAPORE. Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Glaucoma Services
• 2005 - 2006: SYDNEY HOSPITAL AND SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL, SYDNEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA. Fellow, Glaucoma Services
• 1998 - 2001: INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY, TRICHY, TAMIL NADU, INDIA. Resident, Ophthalmology

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2010 - 2016: NARAYANA NETHRALAYA, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA. Senior Consultant, Glaucoma Services, Deputy Director of Research
• 2010 - 2016: M S RAMAIAH MEDICAL SCHOOL, BANGALORE, KARNATAKA, INDIA. Adjunct Professor, Ophthalmology
• 2003 - 2005: L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE, HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA. Research Adjunct, Glaucoma Services

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Received the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement Award, 2016
• Received the Best of Conference Video Award, ‘Third Eye in Glaucoma Surgeries: Real time OCT guided surgery’ at the 24th annual meeting of the Glaucoma Society of India, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, 2014
• Received the World Glaucoma Association Travel Grant, 2011
• Received the Asia Pacific Joint Glaucoma Congress Travel Grant, 2010
• Received the World Glaucoma Association Travel Grant, 2009
• Received the Asia ARVO Travel Grant, 2009
• Awarded Best Scientific Paper Presentation at the 4th ASIA ARVO Meeting, Hyderabad, India, 2009
• Awarded NHGEI-Pfizer Research Prize Award 2009 for Outstanding Original Paper: Prevalence of plateau iris in angle closure suspects, an ultrasound Biomicroscopy Study, 2008
• Awarded Editors’ Choice Best Papers of the Year, Invited oral presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, US, Prevalence of plateau iris in angle closure suspects, an ultrasound Biomicroscopy Study, 2008