Dr Pragnya Rao

Pragnya Rao pursued her fellowship in cornea and anterior segment at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad from the year 2016 to 2018. She had her basic medical training from Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Kolar and further did her residency from Kamineni institute of medical sciences, Narketpally. She had worked at the Regional institute of ophthalmology (RIO) of Andhra Pradesh before starting her fellowship training and subsequently joined LVPEI. Her areas of clinical interest are advanced corneal diseases, infections and cataract, with a special interest in ocular surface diseases like chemical burns (LCSD), immunological diseases (Steven Johnsons syndrome, Ocular cicatricial pemphigoid) and Ocular allergy. Her areas of surgical expertise are in corneal transplantation (PK, DSAEK, DALK), Artificial corneal transplantation (KPro), Stem cell transplantation (SLET), cataract, LASIK and laser refractive surgeries, corneal trauma and various other ocular surface procedures. She has a focused interest towards the management of Dry eye disease and ocular allergy, in terms of both clinical and research work. She has presented at various, state, national and international forums and is dedicated towards delivering her best in the medical care of her patients.