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Sachin Mathew George

MBBS, DNB (Ophth), FRCS (Glasgow)
Fellowship in Cornea and Microsurgery (Aravind Eye Care system)


  • Senior Consultant, Cornea Services
    • Chaithanya Eye Hospital, Palarivattom, Kochi.
    Visiting Consultant, Cornea Services
    • Jyothis Eye Centre, Pallikkunnu, Kannur 670004
    • BEENT Eye & ENT Hospital, Chengalpattu, TN 603001
    • Alphonsa Eye Hospital,Palai 686575
    Current Major Appointments

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery,
    Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
    Apr 1998
  • Diplomate of National Board of Examinations (Ophthalmology),
    National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India
    Sept 2003
  • Diploma of Fellowship,
    The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland
    Sept 2003
  • Fellowship in Cornea and Microsurgery,
    Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.
    June 2005

MEDICAL LICENSURE

  • Medical Registration, lndian Medical Council, New Delhi, India.
    Registration Number: 26492
    June 1998
  • Full Medical Registration, Singapore Medical Council, Singapore,
    MCR No: 12252A
    April 2010

FELLOWSHIPS

Clinical Fellowships
  • Clinical Fellowship in Cornea and Microsurgery
    Dr Revathy Rajaraman
    Cornea Services, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, India
    Jan 2004 - Jun 2005

APPOINTMENTS

  • House surgeon,
    Department of Medicine, Govt.Wenlock Hospital, Mangalore, India.
    Lady Goschen Hospital, Mangalore, India.
    Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India.
    Apr 1997 - Mar 1998
  • Resident Medical Officer
    Carmel Hospital, Alwaye, Kerala, India
    Apr 1998 - Feb 1999
  • DNB Resident,
    Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
    Mar 1999 - Aug 2003
  • Clinical Fellow,
    Cornea Services, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India.
    Jan 2004 - June 2005
  • Medical Officer,
    Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
    Mar 2006 - June 2007
  • Registrar,
    Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
    Registrar
    The Eye Clinic, Jurong Medical Centre, Singapore
    July 2007 - Aug 2010
  • Resident PhysicianII

    Aug 2010 - July 2011
  • Senior Staff Physician
    Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore
    Clinical Lecturer
    Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
    July 2011 - Oct 2016
  • Consultant
    Dr Tony Fernandez Eye Hospital, Palarivattom, Kochi
    Sept 2015 - June 2018
  • Visiting Consultant
    BEENT Eye & ENT Hospital, Chengalpattu, TN 603001
    Jan 2017 -
    till date
  • Visiting Consultant
    Alexander Eye Centre, Civil Line Rd, Padivattom, Kochi 682024
    Feb 2018 -
    Dec 2019
  • Visiting Consultant
    Ernakulam Medical Centre, NH Bypass, Kochi 682028
    June 2018 -
    Sept 2019
  • Visiting Consultant, Cornea Services
    Jyothis Eye Centre, Pallikkunnu, Kannur 670004
    Feb 2018 -
    till date
  • Consultant Full-time
    PALAMATTAM EYE CLINIC, Alinchode, Kochi 682028
    June 2018 -
    till date
  • Senior Consultant, Cornea Services
    Chaithanya Eye Hospital,Palarivattom,Kochi
    Oct 2019 -
    till date

PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles
  • Revathy Rajaraman, Sachin Mathew George, Anitha Raghavan. Ocular Indigo Dye Injury. Cornea Dec 2006 25(10): 1248-1250.
    1.
  • Jason HM Lim, Tiakumzuk Sangtam, Sachin M George, Kah-Guan Au Eong. Pseudomonas aeruginosa endophthalmitis following cataract surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol 2008; 56:342
    2.
Published Abstracts in Scientific Journals
  • SM George, GJ Manayath, B Maheshwar, KG Au Eong. The Influence of Injury Characteristics and Timing of Primary Surgical Repair on Visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore Oct 2006; 35(Suppl) No. 10: S76 Abstract no: SUR 021
    1.
  • SM George, GJ Manayath, B Maheshwar, KG Au Eong. The Influence of Injury Characteristics and Timing of Primary Surgical Repair on Visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury [Asia-ARVO Abstract]. Asian J Ophthalmol Feb 2007 Vol 9 No 1 Supplement 1: 188-89 Abstract No: 515-B156
    2.
Newspapers
  • Au Eong Kah Guan, Sachin M George. Blurred vsion. Mind your body. The Straits Times 15 Nov 2006.
    1.
Oral Paper Presentations
  • Sachin Mathew George, Thomas Mathew, Kalpana Narendran. Conservative treatment of the only eye in bilateral retinoblastoma. 49th Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Ootacamund, India, 07-09 Sept 01.
    1.
  • Sachin Mathew George, Ravindranath Reddy, Revathy Rajaraman. A randomised trial comparing intraoperative mitomycin-C and conjunctival autograft in pterygium excision. 52nd Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Tirunelveli, India, 13-15 Aug 04.
    2.
  • George J Manayath, Sachin Mathew George, R Revathy, V Narendran. Timing of Open Globe Injury Repair – Visual Outcome and Complications. 52nd Annual Conference of the Tamilnadu Ophthalmic Association, Tirunelveli, India, 13-15 Aug 04.
    3.
  • Sachin Mathew George, Revathy Rajaraman, P Ravindranath Reddy. A randomised trial comparing intraoperative mitomycin-C and conjunctival autograft in pterygium excision. 63rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmologic Society, Bhubaneswar, India, 13-16 Jan 05.
    4.
  • P Ravindranath Reddy, Revathy Rajaraman, Sachin Mathew George, Joseph Mathew, Sri Shankar. Treatment Outcome in Nocardia Keratitis. 63rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmologic Society, Bhubaneswar, India, 13-16 Jan 05.
    5.
  • George J Manayath, Sachin Mathew George, V Narendran, R Revathy, V R Saravanan, Rajesh Sahay. Timing of Open Globe Injury Repair – Visual Outcome and Complications. 63rd Annual Conference of All India Ophthalmologic Society, Bhubaneswar, India, 13-16 Jan 05.
    6.
  • SM George, GJ Manayath, B Maheshwar, KG Au Eong. The Influence of Injury Characteristics and Timing of Primary Surgical Repair on Visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury. 2nd TEI Research Day, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Oct 06.
    7.
Poster Presentations
  • SM George, GJ Manayath, B Maheshwar, KG Au Eong. The Influence of Injury Characteristics and Timing of Primary Surgical Repair on Visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury. National Health Group, Annual Scientific Congress 2006, Singapore, 30 Sept – 1 Oct 06.
    1.
  • SM George, GJ Manayath, B Maheshwar, KG Au Eong. The Influence of Injury Characteristics and Timing of Primary Surgical Repair on Visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury. Asia-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Singapore, 2-5 Mar 07.
    2.
  • SM George, KG Au Eong. Use of Fibrin Glue in Pterygium surgery: An evidence-based Analysis. 1st Asia Cornea Society Biennal Scientific Meeting, Singapore, March 12-13 2008.
    3.
  • SM George, B Maheshwar, CC Yip. The Influence of Injury Charachteristics and Timing of Primary surgical repair on visual Outcome in Open Globe Injury. 2nd Asia Cornea Society Biennal Scientific meeting, Kyoto, Japan, Dec 1-3 2010.
    4.