Education:
M.B.B.S - Stanley Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, TND.O & M.S – JJM Medical College, Mysore University, Devengere
Glaucoma Fellowship – Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, TN
Professional Experience:
- • Medical Officer: Stanley Medical College, Chennai & Joseph Eye Hospital, Tiruchirapalli, India
- • Consultant: Glaucoma Service in Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, TN, India
- • Established Frontline Eye Hospital in Chennai, TN, India the year – 1994
- • Consultant & Director of Frontline Eye Hospital till date
FOUNDER, DIRECTOR
Frontline Eye Hospital
MANAGING TRUSTEE
• Frontline Sightsaver’s Trust
• M.N.Family Charitable Trust
• Kothai Eye Bank
• Kaanal Koviloor Eye Hospita
MENTORS
• Dr.SS. Badrinath of Sankara Netralaya
• Dr.G Nachiar of Arvind Eye Hospital
AWARDS
“Life Time Achievement Award” by Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University in the year 2012.
WORD OF ADVICE
“Stick to tradition and lets maintain the core values of our Ancestors.
Components of the hospital:
- • Medical & Surgical Eye Care.
- • Community Ophthalmology
- • Community Eye Camps
- • Vision Screening for School Children – Regular & Special children
- • Kothai Eye Bank
- • Vision Rehabilitation Service
- • For Low Vision, Blindness & Multi-sensory impairment
- • Computerised Vision Therapy
Dr. N. Krishnan... A visionary!
He was born to the couple M.N. Narayanan Chettiar
and Unnamalai Achi at Kottaiyur, in a family rich in
tradition and principles. His schooling at De Britto,
Devakottai helped to sharpen values of life & discipline.
During his childhood he loved science, won prizes in
interschool competitions in science. Many inspired him
in the field of healthcare which sow seeds of taking up a
career in medicine. Dr. Krishnan did his under
graduation in medicine at Stanley Medical College,
Chennai.
Months after he passed out of the medical college,
though his aspirations were different, his affinity towards
his mother made him change his mind and choose
Ophthalmology as his profession. His senior residency
at Joseph Eye Hospital in Trichy and peripheral
hospitals in Thuraiyur was a trend setter to become an
eminent Ophthalmologist. He did his Masters in
Ophthalmology at J J M Medical College, Davangare,
Karnataka. He was curious in continuous learning and
mastered surgical skills very soon while others were just
started practising.
A meeting with Dr. SS. Badrinath, his mentor made
Krishnan eschew a rare opportunity to get trained further
& work abroad and join Sankara Nethralaya. Krishnan
did his fellowship in Glaucoma and became a consultant
in Glaucoma service. He had many national &
international paper presentations and scientific
publications to his credit which added more feathers to
his cap. Icing the cake was the original research paper
on the effect of Mitomycin - C and Five flurouracil
(Anti cancer medications) on recalcitrant glaucoma
considered meritorious at different platforms in various
countries.
Well experienced Dr. Krishnan keen on serving the
underprivileged, started Frontline Eye Hospital at
Alwarpet, and simultaneously two satellite centres at
Ambattur & Karaikudi in 1994 beginning his mission to
save the vision of millions of people. Krishnan’s
contributions in Ophthalmology have saved several lives
through his monthly free eye camps, free medical &
surgical camps in rural and tribal areas, vision screening
which covered more than a lakh of school children, eye
camps for special children.
His paper in 12th International conference on Low Vision
held at Netherlands in June 2017 was well received and
paved way for a training on “Cortical Visual Impairment”
for a team of Eye Care professionals from Indonesia at
Frontline Eye Hospital, Chennai in Oct 2017.
His one word to success is “Commitment”. But Krishnan
did not stop there. The most recent, Kaanal, a new
charitable trust is a continuation of his thought process
conceived a way back in 1994. Dr. Krishnan the founder
trustee of Kaanal formed a team of noble hearted
eminent trustees, to give vision to the needy in the
Karaikudi - Sivaganga region with the support extended
from Koviloor Mutt.
Koviloor Eye Hospital which is of international standard
will be a hallmark in eye care, research, training and
rehabilitation in this part of India attracting everyone
around. Krishnan’s ancestral bungalow in Kottaiyur is
now a new home for several Ophthalmologists and
vision care professionals.
He has no words to thank his parents who were his
breath, his siblings who are nothing but his own soul, his
wife and children are his strength and support. Last but
not least he is immensely thankful to his frontline staff
and friends of frontline.
In a profession where everything is spoken in the
language of money, this doctor’s whole hearted and
concrete effort to bring in a complete change is an
inspiration. And he has so much more in his pockets to
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