Dr. Mithila Gaitonde - Negalur

Dr. Mithila Gaitonde - Negalur

PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY, SQUINT & NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY

Dr. Mithila Gaitonde - Negalur, completed her post graduation in Ophthalmology (DNB) from Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna.
She then pursued her long term fellowship in Pediatric Ophthamology, Strabismus & Neuro-ophthalmology from the prestigious LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. She is also a Fellow of the International Council of Ophthalmology, UK and is currently a consultant at Bhaskar Eyecare, Thane. She is also attached to various eye hospitals in Thane & Mumbai.
Her interests are in Squint management, Amblyopia and Optic Nerve disorders. She has been active in training young ophthalmologists at various residency training programmes.
She has published articles in Indian and International journals and has numerous presentations at various state and national conferences to her credit.

Registration : Maharashtra Medical Council – MMC/2011/06/2043

Fellowship : 1. Long term fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus & Neuro-ophthalmology at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (2015 – 2017)
2. Fellow of International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO), UK Maharashtra Medical Council – MMC/2011/06/2043

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

6 months adjunct faculty at LVPEI, Hyderabad
Cataract Surgeries: Pediatric cataract surgery with IOL implantation (including infants below 6 months) – over 100
Squint Surgeries: Rectus muscle surgeries (Horizontal & Vertical) & Oblique muscle surgeries with fornix incision – over 150
Special procedures – Muscle transpositions, Y - Split, Faden procedure, Lid retractorlysis
Orthoptics & vision training
Cerebro Visual Impairment (CVI) clinics
Assisted in management of pediatric glaucoma & pediatric corneal surgeries
Neuro-ophthalmology: Diagnosis & management of optic nerve disorders – Inflammatory, traumatic, compressive, nutritional, toxic, hereditary optic neuropathies
Collaborations with pediatric neurologist & neuro-radiologists
Assisted in optic nerve sheath decompressions
Others: Low vision clinics
Adult & child rehabilitation for the visually impaired

Community Out-Reach Programmes

Participated in numerous eye screening camps for children organized across Andhra Pradesh by LV Prasad Eye Institute
Retinopathy of Prematurity screenings in ICU & Neonatal care units across Andhra Pradesh & Telangana

Professional Memberships

Lifetime Member: All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
Lifetime Member: Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)
Lifetime Member: Maharashtra Ophthalmic Society (MOS)

Training Courses Conducted

Squint of the box – Skill transfer course at Telangana Ophthalmological Society Conference, Hyderabad, August 2016
Squint hands on training – Eyepep Post graduation training programme at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, September 2016

Papers/ Poster Presentations & Publications

Mitomycin-C augmented trabeculectomy in Neovascular glaucoma – Free paper in Bombay Ophthalmological Association, Focus 2013, August 2013
MRI Films don’t lie – Poster presentation in Bombay Ophthalmological Association, Focus 2014, August 2014
Clinical profile of patients with unilateral idiopathic intracranial hypertension – Poster presentation at IERG-ARVO India Chapter July 2016
Presented case studies in Telangana Ophthalmological Society Conference 2016, Impulse 2016 and various national conferences
Long-term outcomes following primary intraocular lens implantation in infants younger than 6 months, Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018 Aug; 66(8): 1088–1093

Contrast sensitivity in high myopia: Comparision of wavefront optimized Lasik v/s ICL – Paper presentation in Hyde Park at 72nd Annual Conference of AIOS, February 2014
Long term outcomes of primary IOL implantation in infants – Poster presentation at Joint conference of AAPOS-SPOSI, Jaipur, December 2016
Co-authored study on Long term outcomes following primary IOL implantation in infants younger than 6 months – presented at AAPOS, Nashville, Tenesse & awared best study & best of show in April 2017
Duane retraction syndrome: causes, effects and management strategies, Clinical Ophthalmology, Clin Ophthalmol. 2017;11:1917-1930

Testimonials

Thorough professional approach. Felt comfortable with the doctor which put me at ease & confident of going ahead with my eye surgery. Thank you Dr. Mithila Negalur.

Sameer Sathe Patient

My brother had a squint operation from Bhaskar eye clinic which was successful and he has recovered back within 10 days and working normally. Dr. Mithila is a fantastic doctor and very approachable.

Himanshu Mishra Patient

It was wonderful experience and this was my 1st time visit and the way Doctor took care of my kids was just fabulous. My kids were comfortable and they responded well to Doctors importantly without any fear, usually kids have while visiting Doctors. I am throughly satisfied by her treatment.