Dr. Anand Vinekar
Professor & Head, Department of Pediatric Retina
Designation: Program Director, KIDROP & Head, Department of Pediatric Retina
Specialization: Pediatric Retina
Work Experience: 20+ years
Practice location: Narayana Nethralaya 1 (NN1), Rajajinagar
Days & timing of availability for each centre: 8 am to 5 pm in NN1.
KIDROP program also screens in districts across Karnataka (Monday to Saturday)
ROP Clinic at NN1: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Dr Anand Vinekar, is the Founder and Program Director of KIDROP, a tele-ROP program in India which was founded in 2007 and is the Head of Department of the Pediatric Retina Service at Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute, Bangalore, India. This program is regarded as one of the largest telemedicine initiatives in the world (over 210,000 infant sessions by 2022), addressing the challenges of ROP management in unserved areas in rural India, and has mentored several such programs across the world. KIDROP serves over 145 NICUs, and its model has been validated by the CDC guidelines and UNDP as an ideal model for middle-income countries. He is a member of the national task force for ROP in India, founding secretary of the Indian ROP Society, and has served as an advisor for ROP screening protocols for India and three other nations. He served on the ICROP-3 committee, ORBIS, Queens Diamond Jubilee Trust, IAPB, IMA and UNICEF ROP committees and was the organizing secretary of the 5th World ROP Congress in 2022.
Education & Training
Dr Vinekar graduated from St. Johns Medical College (17 gold medals), MS (Ophthalmology) (Gold Medal) & Retina Senior Residency from PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has been awarded the FRCS(Glasgow), DNB (Ophthalmology) and FPVR(USA) and has defended his PhD (Maastricht University, Netherlands) in ROP. He has a degree in hospital administration from Symbiosis, Pune. He has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Law and Ethics (PGDMLE) from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
Achievements & Awards
Dr. Vinekar has won a university record of 17 gold medals in MBBS, the Pope John Paul Citation & Medal, the Kataria Gold Medal (awarded by Prime Minister of India), the All-India Young Researcher award, Sight Savers Citation, Positive Health Award, CS Bhaskaran Endowment Oration Award, JM Pahwa Award (VRSI), KR Datta Award (AIOS), AIOS IJO Gold Medal, MM Joshi Award, Col. Rangachari Award (AIOS), Innovator Award 2018 by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and Innovator of the year 2019 (AIOS), Researcher of the Year (2022), ET Selvam Award among others. He is ranked in the top 2% of World Scientists published by Stanford and enlisted in the top 10 ROP experts worldwide on the ExpertScape ranking.
Research & Publications (Number Of Indexed Papers)
He has 100+ publications (2022), 26+ textbook chapters and one textbook to his credit.
Video Testimonials
Reviews
Total Reviews – 2245
Raghavendra Ragu
Check up was good Very smoothly proces, Dr Anand vinekar neatly explained everything Good
Imran Kondapur
Doctor’s seen my baby very honestly thanks to doctor Anand vinekar Narayana nethralaya good hospital
manju natha
Good Anand vinekar Best doctor excellent service by Dr Anand vinekar for preterm baby vision Thanks to Dr K Bhujanga Shetty sir for your support Thanks to Kidrop team Good
Shivu ADDURI
Dr Anand vinekar is good caring And very humble person My baby eyes is good
siddu kouli
My baby got laser treatment with Dr Anand vinekar Quick recovery He is very healthy now….. Good..
Ambi Rebelstar
Such a good hospital for babies eye test premature, And Dr Anand vinekar Care is well….
Rachayya swamy Swamy
Dr Anand vinekar Our baby born in Bellary district as premature baby Rop, screening done by KIDROP team from Bangalore Narayana nethralaya free is cost and treatment given also free of cost . Thanks for the wonderful service for the society from Narayana nethralaya and Dr Anand vinekar and team. I strongly recommend that please show if your baby is premature or less 2 kg birth weight for Rop screening with in 4 weeks after birth Thank you
naguaraj yaligar
My journey is good with dr Anand vinekar and KIDROP team Very professional doctor His experience his knowledge My baby is very good with his treatment Everything is good..
Devndra Devu
The entire team is good working Dr Anand vinekar we met him He saw my both twins Extremely good my babies are good
Sagar Lamani
Doctor Anand vinekar and are very good.. Treated well. they take care the patients in good manner Over all good experience..
