Dr. K. Palaniswamy

Dr. K. Palaniswamy is one of the finest eye specialists in Bangalore. He is a highly qualified and experienced Glaucoma & Cataract Surgeon with more than 15 years of varied experience in the field of Ophthalmology. He completed his MBBS & MS (Ophthalmology) from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He holds a Fellowship in Glaucoma from the highly distinguished Aravind Eye Hospital, Puducherry. Post fellowship, he was a Consultant & Teaching faculty with Aravind Eye Hospital for nearly 5 years. During his association with Aravind Eye Hospital was actively involved in training other doctors in Glaucoma management. He was also associated with scientific research publishing articles in National & International Journals and textbook chapters. He regularly attends workshops and conferences to keep updated with the latest developments in the field of ophthalmology in addition to giving presentations/ lectures at National and State Ophthalmic Conferences.

Dr.Palaniswamy is an expert in medical, laser and surgical management of all types of Glaucomas. He is a very skilful cataract surgeon having performed thousands of surgeries till date. He specialises in Micro-Incison Phaco surgery which is No-Injection, No-Stitch, No-Bandage and No-Pain day care procedure.

He relocated to Bangalore in 2015 and was Senior Consultant in Glaucoma and Cataract services with Vasan Eye Care and Karthik Netralaya. In Feb 2018 he established Navkiran Netralaya, Multi-Speciality Eye Hospital in Bangalore along with his wife Dr Pallovee C Palaniswamy.

List of Publications of Dr.Palaniswamy. 

• Glaucoma Care in India, Our thoughts on optimizing care for patients. By Rengaraj Venkatesh, MD, and Krishnamurthy Palaniswamy, MD.  

Glaucoma Today, Jan 2013. 

• Family history is a strong risk factor for prevalent angle closure in a south indian population. Srinivasan Kavitha, Nazlee Zebardast, Palaniswamy Krishnamurthy, Rengaraj Venkatesh, Pradeep Ramulu. 

Ophthalmology. 2014 Nov.   

• Angle closure phenotypes in siblings of patients at different stages of angle closure. Nazlee Zebardast, Srinivasan Kavitha, Palaniswamy Krishnamurthy, Sabyasachi Sengupta, Mohideen Abdul Kader, Ganesh Raman, Sharmila Reddy,Pradeep Ramulu, Rengaraj Venkatesh. 

Ophthalmology. 2016 July.   

• Intraocular Pressure Reduction after Phacoemulsification versus Manual Small-Incision Cataract surgery: A randomized Control Trial.    

Sabyasachi Sengupta, Rengaraj Venkatesh, Palaniswamy Krishnamurthy, Manas Nath, Abha Mashruwala, Alan Robin, Paul Lee.  

Ophthalmology, Aug 2016. 

• Changes in Anterior Segment Morphology and Predictors of Angle Widening after Laser Iridotomy in South Indian Eyes 

Nazlee Zebardast, Srinivasan Kavitha, Palaniswamy Krishnamurthy, David S Freidman, Monisha Nongpiur, Tin Aung, Harry Quigley, Pradeep Ramulu, Rengaraj Venkatesh. 

Ophthalmology, Oct 2016 

• Evaluation of Angle Closure as a Risk Factor for Reduced Corneal Endothelial Cell Density. 

Varshini Varadaraj, Sabyasachi Sengupta, Palaniswamy Krishnamurthy,Srinivasan Kavitha, Mohideen Abdul Kader, Sharmila Reddy, Ganesh Raman, Pradeep Ramulu, Rengaraj Venkatesh. 

J Glaucoma, Jun 2017 

• Comparison of New Visual Disturbances after Superior versus Nasal/Temporal Laser Peripheral Iridotomy: A Prospective Randomized Trial.  

Srinivasan Kavitha, Zebardast Nazlee, Krishnamurthy Palaniswamy, Abdul Kader Mohideen, Raman Ganesh, Rajendrababu Sharmila, Venkatesh Rengaraj, Ramulu Pradeep . 

Ophthalmology. 2018 Mar

• Predictors of Short-Term Intraocular Pressure Change after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy: A Prospective Randomized Study. 

Zebardast N, Kavitha S, Palaniswamy K, Kader MA, Raman G, Rajendrababu S, Ramulu PY, Rengaraj V. 

Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2018 Nov-Dec 

Can preoperative anterior segment optical coherence tomography predict posterior capsule rupture during phacoemulsification in patients with posterior polar cataract? 

Pavan Kumar G, Krishnamurthy P, Nath M, Baskaran P, Janani M, Venkatesh R. 

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2018 Dec

• Resolution of Visual Dysphotopsias after Laser Iridotomy: Six-Month Follow-up. 

Kavitha S, Ramulu PY, Venkatesh R, Palaniswamy K, Kader MA, Raman GV, Rajendrababu S, Zebardast N. 

Ophthalmology. 2019 Mar 

• Corneal endothelium changes 6 months after Laser Peripheral Iridotomy : Prospective study 

Tom LM, Kavitha S, Varadaraj V, Palaniswamy K, Raman G, Ramulu PY, Venkatesh R, Zebardast N. 

Ophthalmol Glaucoma. 2020 May-Jun  

• Predicting zonular strength based on maximum pupillary mydriasis in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome. 

Nath M, Odayappan A, Tripathy K, Krishnamurthy P, Nachiappan S. 

Med Hypotheses. 2021 Jan 

• Co Author of chapter on “Phakomatosis” in Textbook of Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma by JAYPEE Publications. 

• Co Author of chapter “Economics in India of High Volume Glaucoma Care”, 

Glaucoma 2nd Ed; Tarek Shaarawy, Mark Sherwood; Elsevier publications.