Dr. Abhilasha Maheshwari

MBBS, DNB (Ophthalmology)

Fellowship in Oculoplastics and ocular oncology

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Fellowship (Ophthalmic plastic surgery and Ocular oncology) February 2016 to July 2017 Under Mentorship of Dr. Santosh G. Honavar, MD FACS Centre for Sight superspeciality eye hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, India

Fellowship (Ocular oncology) August 2017 to January 2018 Under the mentorship of Dr. Paul T. Finger, MD, FACS New York eye cancer center Manhattan, New York, USA

DNB (Ophthalmology) April 2012- March 2015 Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Registered with Medical Council of India, Registration No. MCI/ 11 – 38884 on 09/11/2015

MBBS 2005-2011 Rural Medical College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Loni, Maharashtra, India Registered with Medical Council of India, Registration No. MCI/ 11 – 38884 on 21/03/2011

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE

Performed various oculoplastic surgeries including:

250 Excision of benign eyelid lesions
200 Punctoplasty.
90 Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR) with or without canalicular intubation
20 Eyelid tumor removal and lid reconstructions including flap techniques as well as skin grafting
10 Orbitotomies
50 Eviscerations with orbital implants
50 Ptosis corrections
40 Entropion corrections
30 Ectropion corrections
30 Syringing and probing for congenital NLDOs
20 Ocular surface tumor removals with amniotic membrane grafts
20 Eyelid tumor removal and lid reconstructions including flap techniques as well as skin grafting
10 Orbitotomies
2 Exenterations
Numerous intravitreal chemotherapy injections, subconjunctival interferon injections, intraorbital
bleomycin injections, botox for facial spasms, fillers for facial aesthecis
Meticulous and protocol-based management of retinoblastoma including chemotherapy, cryotherapy,
transpupillary thermotherapy and intravitreal chemotherapy.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Maheshwari A, Finger PT, Malpani A, Jain P, Tomar AS, Garg G. Doctor reported outcomes: Real-world data from atertiary eye cancer center. Indian J Ophthalmol 2021;69:135-9.
Maheshwari A, Newman H, Finger, PT. Ocular Von Hippel-Lindau Disease. Intraocular Tumors. Springer Nature. 2020:145-151
Maheshwari, A, Finger, PT. Cancers of the eye. Cancer and Metastasis Rev. 2018 37: 677-690.
Maheshwari, A, Finger, PT. Regression patterns of choroidal melanoma: After palladium-103 (103Pd) plaque brachytherapy. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2018; 11: 722-730.
Maheshwari, A, Finger, PT. A 12-year study of slotted palladium-103 plaque radiation therapy for choroidal melanoma: near, touching, or surrounding the optic nerve. Am J Ophthalmol. 2018; 188: 60–69.
Maheshwari A, Newman H, Finger, PT. Ocular Von Hippel-Lindau Disease. Intraocular Tumors. Springer Nature. 2020:145-151
Maheshwari A, Finger PT. Bilateral Simultaneous Primary Choroidal Melanomas: Treated with Palladium-103 Plaque Radiation. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2018 Sep;28(5)
Rishi P, Maheshwari A, Rishi E. Stickler’s Syndrome. Indian J Ophthalmol 2015;63:614-5
Maheshwari A. Intravitreal injections in uveitis. Sci J Med & Vis Res Foundation 2014;XXXII: 29

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Oral presentation on “Regression patterns of choroidal melanoma after Palladium 103 plaque brachytherapy” at WOC 2018 in Barcelona, Spain in June 2018, 2nd middle east ophthalmic oncology and pediatric retina meet in Cairo, Egypt in November 2018 and ISOO biennial conference in Los Angeles, USA in March 2019
Oral presentation on “12-Year Study of Slotted Eye Plaque Radiation Therapy for Choroidal Melanoma: Near, Touching, or Surrounding the Optic Nerve” at AAOOP annual meeting at New Orleans, USA in November 2017, WOC 2018 in Barcelona, Spain in June 2018, 2nd middle east ophthalmic oncology and
pediatric retina meet in Cairo, Egypt in November 2018 and ISOO biennial conference in Los Angeles,
USA in March 2019
Oral presentation on “Bilateral Simultaneous Primary Choroidal Melanomas: Treated with Palladium-103 Plaque Radiation” at ISOO biennial conference in Los Angeles, USA in March 2019
Physical poster presentation on “Outcomes of IVMP pulse therapy and immunomodulation in Non-specific orbital inflammatory disease” at the 121st meeting of AAO at New Orleans, USA in November 2017, ASOPRS 47th Annual fall scientific symposium and 120th meeting of AAO in conjunction with Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology at Chicago, USA in October 2016 and 2nd Annual conference of Telangana ophthalmic society held at Hyderabad in August 2016
Physical poster presentation on “Outcomes of oral propranolol on Capillary hemangioma of infancy” at ASOPRS 47th Annual fall scientific symposium at Chicago, USA in October 2016 and 27th Annual conference of Oculoplastic association of India held at Vadodara in October 2016
Physical poster presentation on “Outcomes of IVMP pulse therapy and immunomodulation in Thyroid eye disease” at 120th meeting of AAO in conjunction with Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology at Chicago, IL in October 2016 and 75th annual conference of All India ophthalmological society at Jaipur in February 2017
Video presentation on “Bridge the gap – Cutler Beard technique revisited” at 120th meeting of American Academy of Ophthalmology in conjunction with Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology at Chicago, IL in October 2016
Paper presentation on “Drop-DCG: Computed Tomographic Dacryocystography (CT-DCG) using Iodixanol Drop” at the Mid-term OPAI 2016 conference held at Hyderabad in July 2016
Poster presentation on “Clinical profile of CME in intermediate uveitis” at 72nd Annual conference of All India ophthalmological society at Agra in February 2014
Poster on “Clinical profile of CSNB in pediatric age group” at 72nd Annual conference of All India ophthalmological society at Agra in February 2014

MEMBERSHIPS

International Society of Ocular Oncology
American Academy of Ophthalmology
The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Intravitreal Injections and Green Lasers
All India Ophthalmological Society
Oculoplastic Association of India