FacultiesFaculty Profile - Dr. Simon George

Basic Information

Name
Dr. Simon George
Qualification
MBBS, DNB, FRCS, FICO, MNAMS, PhD
Department
Ophthalmology
Designation
Professor

Career Profile

Experiences

Designation	Department	Institution-MCH	From	To	Total
Lecturer	Anatomy	Alappuzha, Thiruvananthapuram	1999	2001	2 years
Lecturer, Assistant Professor	Ophthalmology	Kottayam Thiruvananthapuram	2001	2009	8 years
Associate Professor CAP	Ophthalmology	Thiruvananthapuram	2009	2014	5 years
Professor CAP	Ophthalmology	Thiruvananthapuram Thrissur	2014	onwards	11 years

Achievements
- Institutional Research Committee member, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram India for the last 13 years.
- Human Ethics Committee member, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram India.
- Research experience as Principal Investigator for 8 research projects. Some of the projects were funded by Kerala State Board for Medical Research, Kerala State Health Systems Resource Centre and Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment.
- KUHS Ophthalmology PG thesis guide for the last 15 years.
- Reviewer of research papers submitted to journals
- KUHS PhD guide /co guide for PhD students
- Medical University UG examiner and University / DNB PG examiner.

Research Profile

Journal Publications
- Awareness, knowledge and attitude regarding eye donation in Thiruvananthapuram district South India , International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology March 2015 ,14(2) pages 322-325 .
- Awareness regarding topical ocular drug administration among patients attending a tertiary eye care hospital in South India , International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology March 2015 ,14(2) pages 424 -426 .
- Dry eye status based on the schirmer test and tear film break up time results following use of soft contact lens in Kerala , International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, Volume 3, Issue 10; October: 2019; Page No. 216-220.
- Tear osmolarity determination of dry eye status following use of soft contact lens in Kerala . International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies, Volume 3, Issue 10 October: 2019; Page No. 221-226.
- Sivaprasad, S., Netuveli, G., Wittenberg, R., Khobragade, R., Sadanandan, R., Gopal, B., Premnazir, L., Conroy, D., Srinath, J., Ramakrishnan, R., George, S., Sahasranamam, V. I., & Nayanamritham Project Collaborators (2021). Complex interventions to implement a diabetic retinopathy care pathway in the public health system in Kerala: the Nayanamritham study protocol. BMJ open, 11(6), e040577.
- Sivaprasad S, Sahasranamam VI, George S, Sadanandan R, Gopal B, Premnazir L, Conroy D, Srinath J, Ramakrishnan R, Vijayanand SM, Wittenberg R, Netuveli G on behalf of the Nayanamritham Project Collaborators. Burden of Diabetic Retinopathy amongst People with Diabetes Attending Primary Care in Kerala: Nayanamritham Project. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2021; 10(24):5903. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10245903
- Ramachandran D, R A, Panicker P, S J, Sathyabhama MC, Nair A, Chandran RS, George S, S C, Iype T. The mucormycosis and stroke: The learning curve during the second COVID-19 pandemic. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2023 Feb;32(2):106819. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2022.106819. Epub 2022 Oct 12. PMID: 36495645.
- Ravi A, George S. Clinical Profile and Risk Factors of Exudative Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Hospital Based Case-control StudyJ Clin of Diagn Res.2023; 17(9):NC01-NC05. https://www.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/63706/18406

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Experiences

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Journal Publications