Overview
The Department of Ophthalmology at DM WIMS is equipped with the latest state of art equipment and providing quality eye care to the people of Wayanad District and adjoining areas. In addition to providing in house ophthalmic care, the department is actively involved in community outreach programme. The department also has a dedicated state of art Operation Theatre.
Goals
- To provide quality eye care to the people of Wayanad District and adjoining areas
- To teach and train students in the essentials of Ophthalmology, with a focus on competency based learning
Facilities
- Autorefkeratometer.
- Direct and Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
- Slit-Lamp Bio microscopy including 90D examination
- Non-Contact Tonometer
- Visual Field Analyzer
- Gonioscopy
- Ophthalmic B Scan for posterior segment assessment
- Biometry ( IOL power estimation)
- Synoptophore for Squint evaluation and exercises
- Contacts Lens Clinic
- Fully equipped Optical shop
- Fully functional operation theatres with Carl Zeiss Operating Microscope and phacoemulsifier machine for performing ophthalmic microsurgery
- Demonstration rooms
- Departmental library
Services
- Sutureless Cataract surgery with IOL Implant
- Phacoemulsification surgery with foldable IOL
- Squint Surgery
- Pterygium excision with Conjunctival Autograft
- Lacrimal Sac Surgeries
- Glaucoma Surgeries
- Oculoplasty
- All minor procedures
- Ophthalmic Trauma Care
- 24 hours emergency service

Dr. ARBETTU PRABHAKARA KAMATH
PROFESSOR & HOD

Dr. FELIX LAL R V
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Dr. JEASON DEVASIA
SENIOR RESIDENT

Dr. SHILPA K
SENIOR RESIDENT

Dr. BIHAG K V
SENIOR RESIDENT