Giridhar Anantharaman, MS

GIRIDHAR EYE INSTITUTE
Ponneth Temple Road
Kadavanthara
Cochin, Kerala, 682020
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Education and Training

Retinal fellowship: Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Medical School: JIPMER, Pondicherry, India
College: JIPMER, Pondicherry, India

Biography

Dr. Giridhar Anantharaman is currently Medical Director and Chief of Vitreoretinal Services at Giridhar Eye Institute, Cochin, Kerala State, India. He completed his Undergraduate and Post Graduate medical education from JIPMER, Pondicherry in 1983. Subsequently, he had his sub-specialty training in Vitreo Retinal Diseases and Surgery at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, between June 1983 and August 1984. He has over three decades of experience as a practicing Vitreoretinal Surgeon. He has published over 75 articles in peer-reviewed journals on retinal diseases and delivered over 200 lectures at various National and International conferences. Dr Giridhar has conducted many CME (Continuing Medical Education) programs about vitreoretinal diseases. His areas of special interest include Diabetic Retinopathy, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, and Vitreous surgery. Dr Giridhar has contributed significantly towards imparting education to young Ophthalmologists and spreading awareness about Diabetes and its implications in the eyesight amongst General Practitioners and Health Workers by conducting many educational camps in the State of Kerala.
He is a past President of the Vitreo Retinal Society-India, Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons, and Chief Organizing Secretary for the 70th Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmological Society.