Mr Mrinal Rana

 Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Consultant ophthalmologist, The Meriden Hospital (Present)
• Consultant ophthalmologist, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (September 2019 - Present)
• Consultant ophthalmologist, EyeSite Eye Care Centres, Coventry (Present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Routine, complex and refractive cataract surgery
• Cornea and external eye disease
• Ocular surface inflammation
• Allergic eye diseases
• Dry eye disease and its management
• Keratoconus and its management
• Collagen cross linking
• Corneal transplantation

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 Positions in public associations

• Volunteer consultant ophthalmologist, Khmer Sight Organisation, Cambodia
• Organiser, Surgical training courses for trainee surgeons

 Teaching posts

• Surgical trainer, UK ophthalmology trainees including Foundation Year and OST1 graduates  
• Organiser, Midlands Oculotube video seminar
• Organiser, National DSAEK course
• Instructor, Cornea suturing and gluing wet lab course, Regional West Midlands teaching
• Examiner, Oculus exam revision course
• Organiser, Cambridge DMEK Wet LAB course, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Trust

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 Education

• PGDip, Refractive Cataract Surgery, Ulster University
• FRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• MRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• MBBS, Kuvempu University, INDIA (2003)

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 Publications and conferences

• You can read Mr Rana's research on ResearchGate
• Elahi MB, Rana M, Sarwar H, Mohamed S.
The Effect of Active management of ocular surface disease in a glaucoma clinic: An Observational study.
EC Ophthalmology 13.3(2022):03-10.
• Painter S, Rana M, Barua A, Abbott J, Gupte G, Shah S, Parulekar M.
Outcomes following tacrolimus systemic immunosuppression for penetrating keratoplasty in infants and young children.
Eye (Lond). 2021 Nov 27.doi: 10.1038/s41433-021-01855-w
• Matsou A, Pujari R, Sarwar H, Rana M, Myerscough J, Thomson SM, Nandakumar G, Zhang J, Rajan MS.
Microthin Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty Versus Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Cornea. 2021 Sep 1;40(9):1117-1125
• Rana M, Shah S, Pandey P, Masood I.
Endoscopic goniosynechiolysis for acute angle closure glaucoma following Descemet's stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty.
J Curr Glaucoma Pract. 2018 May-Aug;12(2):90-93
• Bowes OMB, Shah P, Rana M, Farrell S, Rajan MS.
Quality Indicators in a community led cataract-shared scheme.
Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2018 Mar;38(2):183-192
• Subconjunctival bevacizumab (Avastin) combined with corneal argon laser photocoagulation (SCALP) treatment for corneal neovascularisation.
Prasad TB, Rana M. 
Presented as a free paper at the 20th ESCRS Winter Meeting, Athens, Greece. Feb 2016
• Subjugation of Black Nucleus by Intramural Phacoemulsification - A simplified technique
Rana M, Rana RK, Rana K, Mittal M 
Presented as a Video presentation at the Annual Royal College Congress, May 2014. 
• Intra-observer variability and agreement of measurement of central corneal thickness using three different pachymetry devices
Rana M, Wan H, Shah S, Nessim M 
Presented as Free Paper at ESCRS Oct 2013 (FP-3959)
• Patient’s perspective of vitreo-retinal surgery with local anaesthesia
Rana M, Murthy G, Banerjee S
Presented as a free paper at 11th EURETINA congress, London. (28th May 2011)
• Does anti-VEGF treatment alter vitreo-retinal adhesions?
Murthy G, Rana M, Kumar P, Banerjee S
Presented as a free paper at 11th EURETINA congress, London. (28th May 2011)

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 Professional membership

• United Kingdom & Ireland Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (UKISCRS)
• The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS)
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists (London)
• General Medical Council (GMC) 
• Midland Ophthalmological Society (MOS)

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