Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan
MBBS · MS · DNB · FMRF
Practice
Publications
OSKON
Medical Director
CODE Eye Care · Chennai
HIS JOURNEY
The doctor who stayed when things got hard
His foundation was laid at Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai, where he graduated in 1997. What followed was a path that deliberately took the harder route.
Distinction in anatomy. Distinction in biochemistry. A pattern that would define everything after.
Postgraduate training at the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, where he stood first in Ophthalmology across the entire university at his MS examinations in 2002 — with distinctions along the way. A DNB in Ophthalmology followed in 2003.
He joined Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, in 2004 and became one of its senior-most cornea specialists. From 2015–2016 he served as International Consultant in Cornea & Anterior Segment at CMER Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, China — returning with a broader view of what good eye care actually looks like.
Today, he is the Medical Director & Co-Founder of CODE Eye Care in T Nagar, Chennai. Patients come to him with failed grafts, chemical burns and limbal stem cell deficiency — conditions that have stumped others.
India Ambassador and Board member of the Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS).
Co-developer of the E-PIX classification system for acute ocular chemical injuries.
Among the early Indian surgeons to publish on paediatric DMEK and advanced anterior segment surgery in children.
Co-organising secretary of OSKON across four editions — 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2023.
The work is precise, often painstaking, and exactly where he chooses to be.
— Dr Bhaskar Srinivasan
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
What he treats
01
Corneal Transplantation
Full-thickness and lamellar procedures, including DMEK — surgical precision in cases others hesitate to touch.
02
Ocular Surface Disease
Limbal stem cell deficiency, Stevens–Johnson Syndrome sequelae, and complex surface reconstruction.
03
Dry Eye Disease
Structured diagnosis and long-term management, backed by the Ocular Surface Portal — a registered AI-assisted diagnostic platform.
04
Chemical Eye Injuries
Co-developer of the E-PIX classification system for acute ocular burns, now used as a grading tool in emergency settings.
05
Refractive Surgery
Individually tailored correction — LASIK, ICL and surface ablation — with the same careful approach he brings to every case.
06
Paediatric Cornea
Among the early Indian surgeons to publish on paediatric DMEK and advanced anterior segment surgery in children.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
How she got here
DEGREE
MBBS — Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai
University of Mumbai · October 1997. Distinctions in Anatomy and Biochemistry in First MBBS.
POSTGRADUATE
MS (Ophthalmology) — Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Pune University · 2002. First Rank in Ophthalmology across the university, with Distinction in Ophthalmology.
POSTGRADUATE QUALIFICATION
DNB Ophthalmology
Diplomate of National Board · 2003.
FELLOWSHIP
Cornea & External Eye Disease (FMRF)
Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai · October 2002 – March 2004.
DISTINCTIONS
Academic honours
Distinction in Anatomy and Distinction in Biochemistry (First MBBS).
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Where he shows up beyond the clinic
His influence reaches well past the consulting room — shaping how cornea and ocular surface disease is taught, researched and led, in India and abroad.
- CURRENTLY ACTIVE
India Ambassador
Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society (TFOS)
Member, Steering Committee
KPro Study Group
- PREVIOUSLY
Senior Consultant
Cornea & Refractive Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai · 2012–2024
Associate Consultant
Cornea & Refractive Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai · 2004
International Consultant
Cornea & Anterior Segment, CMER Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, China ·
Co-Organising Secretary
OSKON · 2012, 2015, 2018, 2023
RESEARCH
Selected publications
Published in peer-reviewed journals including Cornea, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, and The Ocular Surface.
01
Pediatric Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty
Srinivasan B, Agarwal M, Iyer G, et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021;227:12–17
02
Boston Type 2 Keratoprosthesis — mid-term outcomes from a tertiary eye care centre in India
Iyer G, Srinivasan B, et al. Ocul Surf. 2019;17(1):50–54
03
Ocular Sequelae of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome: A Comprehensive Approach
Iyer G, Srinivasan B, Agarwal S. Cornea. 2020;39 Suppl 1:S3–S6
04
Surgical Management of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Iyer G, Srinivasan B, et al. Asia Pac J Ophthalmol. 2020;9(6):512–523
05
Cryptophthalmos: reconstructive techniques — expanded classification of the congenital symblepharon variant
Subramanian N, Iyer G, Srinivasan B. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013;29(4):243–8
06
Patients with dry eye without hepatitis C virus infection possess the viral RNA in their tears
Rajalakshmy AR, Srinivasan B, Iyer GK, et al. Cornea. 2015;34(1):28–31
06
Capsular Bag Distension Syndrome after 9 years of Cataract Surgery
Sadhu S, Balaji JJ, Srinivasan B. Am J Ophthalmol. 2021;232:e2