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Dr. Saurabh Choudhry (CEO)

Dr. Saurabh Choudhry, Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director of ICARE Eye Hospital is a renowned Ophthalmic Surgeon who is recognized for his expertise in the areas of Cataract & Refractive surgery, both nationally and internationally. Dr. Choudhry is a pioneer in propagating the technique of Phacoemulsification (stitchless cataract surgery) in India. He is also credited with pioneering the newest generation Femtosecond laser cataract surgery in India and has been instrumental in introducing cutting edge technology to this part of India. The first Lasik machine, Bladeless Lasik and the Robotic Cataract Machines in this region was installed at the ICARE Refractive Department under his guidance.

He is a leading refractive surgeon proficient at wide variety of Laser and Lens based vision correction procedures from LASIK to PRK, and ICL (Phakic IOLs). He manages most of the complicated cases of Cataract and Trauma in this region.
Dr. Choudhry has been active in imparting surgical training in the ophthalmic community. He was the spearhead of the training program at the ICARE Eye Hospital and hundreds of practicing ophthalmologists have undergone training under him. He has conducted several live surgery demonstrations in the remotest locations in India to teach and popularize the technique of suture-less cataract surgery.
He was the secretary of the Noida Ophthalmological Society from 2011 to 2013. Under his stewardship, the society was transformed from a small local body to an organization of eminence.
He has been active in various international symposia and conferences, where he has conducted courses and presented many papers. He has many published articles to his credit. He has authored a book and contributed many chapters in the area of eye surgery. Dr. Choudhry also actively contributes in bringing general awareness on eye health by giving lectures and writing articles on mass media for the benefit of the general public.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

  1. LASIK & Refractive Surgery
  2. Femto Lasik
  3. Cataract surgery
  4. Femto laser assisted cataract surgery

Dr. Reena Choudhry (COO & Medical Director)

Dr. Reena M Choudhry, has been working in the field of glaucoma and cataract since last 16 years at the ICARE Eye Hospital. She is presently the Director of Glaucoma Services at ICARE Eye Hospital. Her areas of interest and specialization include Cataract, glaucoma, pediatric cataract and glaucomas. Dr. Choudhry has also been an active speaker at many National & International conferences. She has various national and international publications in peer-reviewed journals of ophthalmology besides having contributed numerous chapters for textbooks in ophthalmology. She has authored a book on interpretation of visual fields. She is actively involved in mentoring young post-graduates and leads the glaucoma fellowship program as well as the national glaucoma development program.

Areas of interest and Expertise:

  1. Advanced micro incision cataract surgery including Femto laser assisted cataract surgery
  2. Glaucoma lasers and surgery
  3. Expertise in complex glaucoma and cataract
  4. Glaucoma drainage devices and Ologen implant surgeries
  5. Pediatric cataract and glaucoma management

Dr. AK Gupta

Experience:

Teaching: 45 Years – Senior Resident Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor and Director -Professor at R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS; JIPMER& Pondicherry; PGI Rohtak; Medical College Goa; Maulana Azad Medical College New Delhi (1963 -1992)

Dean MAMC New Delhi. (1992-1995)

Dean Medical Faculty, University of Delhi. (1990-1992)

Consultant World Bank- National Programme for Prevention and control of Blindness (1996-2002)

German Academic Exchange Fellowship (1969-1971)

Fellow National Academy of Medical Sciences (1994)

Examiner at Undergraduate and Postgraduate exams to the Bombay, Delhi,
Universities of Bombay, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab.

Examiner and Inspector National Board of Examination

Chairman-Ophthalmology Research Project Committee, ICMR (2013 till date)

Awards:

Gold Medal – Best Post Graduate Studentin Ophthalmology, RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences – 1963

Gold Medal – Aden Wala Oration, AIOS

Lifetime Achievement Award – Bv AIOS

Publication:

108 in National and International Journals

British Journal of Ophthalmology

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Journal of Experimental Eye Research USA

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology USA

Proceedings of International Congress of Ophthalmology

Editors and Authors (Books) :

Contemporary Perspectives in Ophthalmology (ELSEVIER, India) 2006

Visual Field Examination (Jaypee Bros) 2007

Ophthalmoscopic diagnosis of Retinal Diseases (Jaypee Bros) 2008

Hand Book of clinical trials in Ophthalmology (Jaypee Bros) 2014

My main contributions in the field of ophthalmology are as given below:

Establishment of Guru Nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi as an administrative and financially independent institution.
Setting up of this institution has resulted in the delivery of highly specialized ophthalmic services to the highly downtrodden population from Delhi and neighbouring areas. Nearly 800 to 1000 patients are seen and treated free of cost in all the major sub-specialities. The hospital has the most modern equipment and operation theatres.

Guru Nanak Eye Centre is affiliated to the University of Delhi for undergraduate and postgraduate education.

Getting the department of Ophthalmology, Medical College Rohtak (Haryana) as the upgraded department by Ministry of Healttr, Govt. of India in 1977.

Starting and establishing postgraduate degree course in ophthalmology at Medical College Panaji Goa in 1978

As Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Delhi, streamlined the admissions to MBBS courses and expanded the number of institutions and courses for various medical specialities.

As secretary, Academic and Research Committee, All India Ophthalmological Society for six years expended its activities to benefit young ophthalmologist.

As Honorary General Secretary of All India Ophthalmological Society from 1989-1995, The working and administration of the society were completely streamlined and made transparent.

In 1994, had prepared baseline data in ophthalmic surgeons and cataract surgery in India, which was the main resource material for the World Bank Team for the “Cataract Blindness Project”.

Evolved teaching modules in ophthalmological for DNB students. These modules have been adopted by National Board of Examinations and resulted in 100% success rates in DNB examinations at Shroff Eye Centre, Kailash Colony, New Delhi for the last ten consecutive years.

Dr. Charu Tandon

Dr Charu Tandon did her graduation and post-graduation from MP Shah Medical College, Jamnagar (Saurashtra University) followed by her short term training in RP Center AIIMS New Delhi. She was briefly attached to MMEyeTech New Delhi as a Junior Consultant. She is presently a Senior Consultant at ICARE, she has been associated with ICARE since 1998 and joined the team at ICARE as a full time consultant since 2000. She has performed over 30000 cataract surgeries, including phacoemulsification, micro incision cataract surgery, FEMTO laser assisted cataract surgery, small incision cataract surgery, Extra capsular cataract extraction, her expertise is in difficult and complicated cataract surgeries including subluxated, traumatic, posterior polar cataracts. She is actively involved in teaching and training. She heads the surgical training wing at ICARE and over 400 trainee doctors have been trained under her supervision. She heads the ALCON phaco development program at ICARE. She has also been supervisor/co-supervisor for manyPostgraduates’ thesis. She has been actively involved in organizing workshops for Practitioners for skill enhancement.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Cataract Surgeries including complicated cataracts, postgraduate training programs, cataract surgical training including phacoemulsification.

Presentations and publications

Co-author of the book “Step by Step visual field examination”.Jaypeebrothers publishers
Has more than 40 presentations and publications in local, national and International forums.

Dr. Shahana Mazumdar

Dr Shahana Mazumdar is a Senior Consultant in the Retina department with special interest in diseases of the Uvea, Retinal blood vessels, including diabetic retinopathy and retinal vessel diseases and Age related macular degeneration. She did her MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College with a National Talent Search Scholarship. Her PG (Ophthalmology) was from Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi. She subsequently cleared the Diplomat of National Board examination. After working and teaching as a Senior Resident at Guru Nanak Eye Centre for 3 years, she worked as a consultant at a multispecialty hospital in New Delhi, Sitaram Bhartia Institute and Research Centre. Subsequently, she went to Mumbai and did her fellowship in Vitreo retinal from Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital. On return to Delhi in 2004 she has since then worked at the ICARE eye hospital and as a visiting Consultant at Sitaram Bhartia Hospital. She has a keen interest in uveitis and has participated actively in Uveitis meetings and has judged Uvea papers at All India Ophthalmology Society conferences and Uveitis Society of India. She has been the principle investigator in several clinical trials related to newer drugs for managing Uveitis, Age Related Macular Degeneration and Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy. She has been a reviewer for the Journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. She is also a member of the Ethics committee of the hospital and a guide for several Theses of PG students. She has authored a book and several chapters.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Uveitis, Diabetic retinal diseases, Retinal vascular diseases and age related macular degeneration.

Publications

Retina: Diagnostic and Therapeutics challenge April 2015 – Volume 35 – Issue 4 – p 829–833
“An unusual intraocular foreign body” Acta Ophthamol Scandinavica 1995:73:53
“Argon laser trabeculoplasty for uncontrolled open angle glaucoma in Indian eyes” Annals of Ophthalmology 1996:28(4)263-266.
“A retained intravitreal foreign body” Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers Oct 1996 Vol. 27 No.10
“Epilenticular lens implantation versus Extracapsular Cataract extraction and lens implantation”, Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Supplement 1, 1997 vol 23. Agarwal M, Acharya MC, Majumdar S, Paul L. Managing multiple caterpillar hair in the eye. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar;65(3):248-250.

Book

Practical Approach to Ophthalmoscopic Retinal Diagnosis. Gupta, Mazumdar, Choudhry. Jaypee-highlights 2010

Dr. Uma Sridhar

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Cataract Surgery, Cornea Diagnostics and surgery, Ocular surface disorders, ocular surface tumors, dry eyes diseases, stem cell transplantation for limbal stem cell deficiencies.

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  1. Author of “Cornea Illustrated- a guide to clinical diagnosis” text book and atlas of corneal disorders
  2. Editor Noida Journal of Ophthalmology  2004 to 2012
  3. President Noida  Ophthalmic Society 2017
  4. More than 50 publications in local, national and international journals
  5. More than 50 presentations in local, national and international conferences
  6. Awards – 4 gold medals in MBBS
  7. Best video award in Delhi Ophthalmic Society 2015 and 2016
  8. Coauthor in 2 papers which were awarded  T P Aggarwal trophy for best paper in cornea  DOS 2010 and 2017
  9. Best guest case presentation in clinical meetings in DOS year 2016

Dr. Shalini Sharma

Dr Shalini Sharma, is a senior consultant at I care eye hospital since 2007.Prior to becoming a consultant she has done her post graduation from NSCB Medical College Jabalpur. [M.P]. Thereafter took 3 years of extensive training in clinical and surgical work of anterior segment at ST. Stephens Hospital, Delhi. During this period she did more than 5,000 cataract surgeries. Subsequently she underwent training in refractive surgery at New vision center Vadodara.-2010.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

With the extensive exposure of operating more than 20,000 cataract and refractive surgeries she has gained expertise in robotic bladeless refractive surgery[LASIK] and  robotic cataract surgery with premium IOLs.

Dr Shalini is also a member of various ophthalmic organizations and actively involved in teaching programs and mentoring of residents, national and international trainees at the ICARE eye hospital.

Dr. Geetha Srinivasan

Dr Geetha Srinivasan (MBBS, MS DNB) completed her graduation (1987-92) and post- graduation from the Armed Forces Medical College Pune. She was the recipient of the BD Sardesai Award for standing first in the University. She completed her specialization from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. She is an invited faculty at the various national Conferences CME and workshops in Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology. Before her present career path, she has served in the Army Medical Corp and was awarded the High Altitude medal 1997.

Teaching and training: She has been associated with teaching and training of residents and DNB fellows. She has also been associated with training and conducting examinations as an internal and external examiner for bachelor of optometry course conducted by IGNOU and thesis guide for Masters in Optometry Course conducted by Amity University. She was involved with Vision Technician training as program manager.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Strabismus and eye movement disorders, amblyopia (lazy eyes), Orthoptics, Neuroophthalmology, pediatric eye disorders.

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

She has 16 publications in peer reviewed journals.
She is a reviewer for Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology, Delhi Ophthalmic Society Journal and Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology.
Presently she is the Section Editor of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology for the journal of Delhi Ophthalmological Society.
She has been involved in Poster/ presentations / Instruction courses at the American Academy of Ophthalmology, All India Ophthalmic Society, Strabismus and pediatric ophthalmology Society of India, World Ophthalmic Society and Delhi Ophthalmological Society.
She has contributed chapters in books on Anterior segment and Ophthalmic Imaging.
She has participated in the Delhi Ophthalmic Society teaching program as well as Instruction Courses.
She has been awarded the Asia Arvo award for best presentation 2007, AC Agarwal trophy 2006, Best presentation at National Conference Ahmedabad 2005 and Best Senior Research Associate at AIIMS.
She is presently analyzing the role of Imaging in strabismus and amblyopia.

Dr. Vinayak Bhatia

Dr. Vinayak joined ICARE as a Junior Consultant in the Glaucoma department in 2013. After stints at leading eye care hospitals like Centre for Sight, Venu Eye Institute in Delhi, joined ICARE as a fellow in the Glaucoma department. After completing his fellowship, he joined the hospital as a Junior consultant in the Glaucoma team of the hospital.

Areas of interest:

Adult glaucomas and Cataract

Dr. Prashant Gupta

Dr. Prashant Gupta is a consultant, specializing in cataract surgery. He is dedicated to achieving exemplary patient outcomes and uses the latest industry equipment and technology. Dr. Gupta is known for his strong focus on patient communication and collaboration with medical teams. He has a proven track record in diagnosing and treating various ophthalmic issues, ultimately enhancing patients’ vision and quality of life.

He has extensive experience, having worked as a consultant at LVPEI, KAR Campus in Hyderabad since November 2022. Previously, he worked as a consultant at the Centre for Sight Eye Institute in Dwarka, New Delhi, from March 2022 to October 2022. He also served as a medical consultant at the IOL Department of Aravind Eye Hospital in Chennai under the guidance of Dr. Haripriya A from 2020 to February 2022.

His surgical experience includes performing more than 5000 cataract surgeries, including over 2500 phacoemulsification procedures. He has also performed various corneal surgeries, including Descemet stripping endothelial keratoplasty (DSEK) and penetrating keratoplasty. Dr. Gupta is well-versed in refractive surgery such as LASIK and PRK, as well as corneal collagen crosslinking for the management of keratoconus.

Dr. Gupta’s educational background includes a two-year fellowship in IOL and anterior segment, including phacoemulsification, from Aravind Eye Hospital and Post Graduate Institute. He also holds a Master of Surgery (Ophthalmology) from JLN Medical College in Ajmer, India, and a Fellowship of All India Ophthalmology Collegium (FAIOC) in Refractive Surgery.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Cataract and Cornea Refractive Surgery

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

Dr. Prashant Gupta has contributed significantly to the field of ophthalmology through his publications and presentations. His work includes publications such as “Retinal dysplasia: a mimic to malignant ocular pathology” in the Journal of Clinical Research and Diagnostic, and “Alport syndrome with phenotypic marfanoid habitus: atypical case series” in the Journal of EYE. He has presented at various prestigious conferences, including the All India Ophthalmology Conference, where he participated in an Instruction course on TORIC IOL. Dr. Gupta has also delivered talks on topics such as the role of anterior segment OCT in Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is a member of esteemed ophthalmic societies like the All India Ophthalmic Society, Delhi Ophthalmic Society, and the Cornea Society Of India.

Dr. Isha Vatsal

Areas Of Interest:

  1. Cataract surgery (PHACOEMULSIFICATION and manual SICS), Glaucoma Filtering Surgery, Glaucoma Diagnostics and Laser Procedures
  2. Surgical Training Programmes (PHACOEMULSIFICATION, SICS, ECCE)
  3. Hands on training in Glaucoma Programmes
  4. Training of Post Graduate students

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

National Level

  1. Normal range of IOP distribution in the adults of Kanyakumari district: A cross sectional study;
  2. Recurrent Episcleritis associated with Menstruation: A rare case report
  3. Surgical Outcome of Phacotrabeculectomy in patients with Advanced Glaucoma
  4. A one year randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness of conjunctival autograft versus conjunctival autograft combined with intraoperative Mitomycin-C following pterygium excision
  5. Surgical outcome of Bleb repair in Leaking Blebs
  6. Bilateral Recurrent Herpetic Sclerokaratitis

State Level

  1. Osteogenesis Imperfecta: a rare case report
  2. Efficacy of Oral Acyclovir therapy in viral infections of cornea

Dr. Metu Rajput

Dr. Metu Rajput earned her MBBS from KGMU, Lucknow. Thereafter, She completed her DNB in Ophthalmology from ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida. Her speciality lies in cataract and refractive surgery from ICARE Eye Hospital, Noida.
She is an active member of various international and national Ophthalmological societies and has presented papers and posters at various conferences, while representing ICARE on various platforms.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Anterior segment, Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  1. Free E-poster presentation ‘Anterior segment OCT guided Descemetopexy ’ in the 64th Annual Conference of DOS, April 2013
  2. A dissertation submitted to the National Board of Examination ‘Comparison of corneal thickness by orbscan,anterior segment optical coherence tomography,specular microscopy,ultrasonic pachymetry pre and post LASIK’ in Dec 2013
  3. Original article ‘Comparison of corneal thickness by orbscan,anterior segment optical coherence tomography,specular microscopy,ultrasonic pachymetry pre and post LASIK’ in Djo 2015

Dr. Kanika Gupta

Dr. Kanika Gupta is a Consultant at ICARE Eye Hospital, specializing in Pediatrics Ophthalmology. She completed her MBBS and MS in Ophthalmology from VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, GGSIPU, and holds an FRCS from Glasgow, FICO from the International Council of Ophthalmology, and DNB from the National Board of Examinations.

She completed her fellowship at Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru, where she gained extensive experience in diagnosing and managing pediatric eye conditions, strabismus, and neurological diseases. She is skilled in cataract surgeries, pediatric cataract surgeries, and various strabismus procedures.

She joined ICARE Eye Hospital in 2024 and previously worked at Sankara eye hospital, focusing on Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. She is committed to providing high-quality eye care and ensuring patient satisfaction.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Pediatric Ophthalmology, Strabismus and Neuro-Ophthalmology.

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

For her thesis, she worked on “Comparisons of Transscleral Fixation of IOL with Intrascleral Haptic Fixation of IOL in Cases for Secondary IOL Implantation” under the supervision of Prof. Dr. L Sarkar and Co-supervision of Dr. H.S. Sethi in May 2014 at VMMC & SJH. Additionally, she conducted an observation study on the refractive profile in Duane’s retraction syndrome patients under Dr. Soumya R at Sankara Eye Hospital from 2017-2019.
She has presented her work at various conferences, including the SPOSI Annual Conference on 1st-2nd December 2018, where she discussed an interesting case of ocular myasthenia mimicking 3rd nerve palsy as a co-author. She also presented at the DOS Winter Conference (Delhi) on 17th-18th November 2018, where she was the presenting author for a paper on refractive profile in Duane’s retraction syndrome.
Her contributions to publications include being a co-author in the International Journal of Scientific Research, Jan 2019, for “Moebius Syndrome with Bilateral Horizontal Gaze Palsy.” She has also contributed to the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology with a submission under peer review titled “Optic Nerve Hypoplasia with 6th Nerve Palsy” and to the Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology with a submission under peer review titled “Surgical Management of Strabismus in Dysthyroid Ophthalmopathy.”
She has actively participated in various academic events, including conferences like the RPC Update 2014, AIOS Post Graduate Refresher Course, and Annual Conference of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society. She has also attended workshops on Indirect Ophthalmoscopy, FFA, and OCT. Her involvement in CME sessions and forums such as the Delhi Retina Meet and the Delhi Uveitis Forum has further enriched her knowledge and skills in ophthalmology.

Dr. Hafsa Bashir

Dr. Hafsa Bashir is an ophthalmologist who holds an MS from Uttar Pradesh, she has done her Cataract Cornea Refractive Fellowship from Dr Shroffs Charity Eye Hospital Delhi. She joined as a Consultant in ICARE in 2016 . She has also been a principal investigator in several studies.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Cornea, Anterior Segment and Cataract.

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  1. Manual Suture less Small Incision Cataract Surgery in patients with Uveitis Cataract .Middle East, African Journal of Ophthalmology. Volume 21,Jan_Mar 2014.
  2. Lamellar Ichthyosis with Severe Bilateral Ectropion. Journal of Jammu and Kashmir Practioner,Volume 19,Jan_Jun 2014.
  3. Concurrent Bilateral Necrotizing Viral Stromal keratitis. Dos Times Volume 22 No 3, Nov _Dec 2016.
  4. Letter to Editor .Journal of Cornea and External Disease .March 2016

Dr. Nisha Chaudhary

Dr. Nisha Chaudhary has a diverse educational background. She completed her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Meerut, followed by a Diploma in Ophthalmology from Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Sitapur Eye Hospital, KGMU Lucknow, and a DNB in Ophthalmology from Aravind Eye Hospital in Coimbatore. After that, she was a Senior resident in the glaucoma and squint unit(under prof Kirti Singh) at Guru Nanak Eye Centre,  New Delhi. Her dissertation on ‘Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography versus Dye Angiography in the Diagnosis of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane,’ submitted to the National Board of Examinations in New Delhi.

She has a wide range of skills in ophthalmology, including routine ophthalmic examinations, proficiency in various ophthalmoscopy techniques, treatment of common ocular conditions and emergencies, refractive error correction, and management of corneal ulcers. She has performed numerous cataract surgeries, including phacoemulsification and trabeculectomies, as well as various squint surgeries. She is trained in DCR and DCT surgery for lacrimal sac-related diseases, pterygium surgery with autograft, and laser procedures. She is also well-versed in ophthalmological investigations such as B-scan, OCT, AS-OCT, OCTA, FFA, ICG, and UBM. Dr. Nisha has presented papers and posters at several conferences and has received awards for her presentations. She is currently analyzing the role of imaging in strabismus and amblyopia.

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Glaucoma, Pediatric glaucoma.

Publications & Presentations

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Dr. Dushyant Kumar Sharma

Dr. Dushyant Kumar Sharma is a consultant who has done his MS degree from KMC Manipal. He has awarded an academic excellence award and Gold Medal by Manipal University for the year 2014. He has completed his Cataract and Microsurgery Fellowship and Glaucoma and Anterior Segment Fellowship from Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, Delhi. He joined the team ICARE as a consultant in 2016.He has been a principal investigator of several studies. He is a co-author of chapter on glaucoma in a few books.
He has a special interest in glaucoma and Anterior segment. He is actively involved in teaching and training and presents his work regularly at state and national forum.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Glaucoma, Cataract, Anterior segment

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  1. Dushyant Kumar ,Suneeta Dubey et al; Hypertensive phase following silicon plate ahmed glaucoma valve implantation, journal of glaucoma 26(3):124 march 2017
  2. Dushyant Kumar, Suneeta Dubey et al; Chapter on Clinical trials in glaucoma; Book Clinical cases in glaucoma: an evidence based approach byShibal Bhartiya and Parul Ichhpujani , Jaypee publication 2017 ISBN 9789386056962
  3. Dushyant kumar: Paper presentation at Delhi Ophthalmic Society conference April 2016 on risk factor for hypertensive phase following ahmed glaucoma valve implantation.
  4. Academic excellence award and best outgoing student award for the Course of MS Ophthalmology, Year 2014 by MANIPAL UNIVERSITY

Dr. Prashant Jain

Dr. Prashant Jain is working as a consultant in Vitreo Retina and Uvea department at ICARE. He did his post graduation from Gandhi Eye Hospital, Aligarh which is one of the oldest eye hospital in India.

Further he did his VR fellowship under the guidance of legendary Dr. A. Giridhar from Giridhar Eye Institute, Kochi. He has won many awards and has several publications in Indian Journals. Dr Prashant has won the best retina paper award for two consecutive years in the Delhi Ophthalmic Society conference. He has done pioneer work on polypoidal choroidal vasculoplasty and won best paper awards in VRSI conference for the same.

He has extensive experience in performing numerous diagnostic and surgical Vitreo retinal procedures. He is expert in managing neo vascular eye related macular degeneration (nAMD), diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular hole surgery, endophthalmitis, Uveitis ,Vations and other VR diseases. He has been performing latest surgical retinak surgeries with micro-incision sutureless vitrectomy(MIVS).

He is also an amateur runner with regular participation in national level marathons.

Dr. Priyanka Khandelwal

Dr. Priyanka Khandelwal

1. Completed graduation from prestigious Thanjavur Government Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.

2. Completed post-graduation, Diplomate of the National Board of Examination of India in Opthalmology from renowned Mohan Eye Institute, New Delhi. Worked as Senior Registrar at MEI for 2 years.

3. Completed two year dedicated Fellowship in Vitreo Retinal Surgery from Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal. There she was involved in various scientific research and exclusive Vitro Retinal patient care.

4. She is an active member of various Ophthalmological Societies and has presented papers and posters at various conferences at national level.

Areas of Interest

1. Surgical and medical retina, Uveal diseases, Retina of Prematurity Check-ups and treatment.
2. Active interest in learning recent advances and its application in Opthalmology and Vitreo Retinal surgeries.
3. Organising Patient awareness programs. Taken part in several surgical camps at Raisan, Himachal Pradesh offering Cataract Surgeries at minimal cost under the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness – India

Former VR consultant- Eye 7 hospitals, Delhi Retina Centre ,Daryaganj, Delhi.

Publications

1. April, 2018 SAGE Journals
“Case report- Full thickness macular hole without necrosis in a case of viral retinitis”

2. August 2018 Bengal Ophthalmic Journal
“Safety and efficacy of retropupillary iris claw intraocular lens implant in aphakia with inadequate capsular support – our experience.”

Papers Presented –

Paper/Video Presented

  • Code red in VR surgeries 2018
    • Simple can be difficult- video – Managing intraoperative bleeding
  • Annual meeting of VRSWB 2018, Shantiniketan (WB)
    • “Bilateral retinal detachment with clear lens drop in 3 year female child” – Video
  • Annual meeting of OSWB 2017, Kolkata (WB)
    • “Safety and efficacy of retropupillary implantation of iris claw lens in aphakia” – Paper
  • Code red in VR surgeries 2017
    • “Managing choroidal detachment with retinal detachment” –Video
  • Annual meeting of OSWB 2016, Kolkata (WB)
    • “Therapeutic efficacy and safety of intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab in patients with BRVO” – Paper

Dr. Nupur Goel

Dr Nupur Goel is a Consultant Ophthalmologist, Cataract and Oculoplasty surgeon.  She has completed her MBBS from T.N Medical college and B Y L Nair Ch. Hospital ,Mumbai. Susequently completed her MS from SMS Medical college and Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan. She further completed a long term Comprehensive fellowship (encompassing various basic diagnostic and operative training in various subspecialities of Ophthalmology) from the prestigious L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. She further completed her fellowship in Oculoplasty from the same institute. Post her fellowship she was attached to various charitable and private multispecialty hospitals in Mumbai.

Till date, she has examined more than 30,000 patients, performed more than 2500 cataract surgeries (SICS and Phacoemulsification) and 350 Oculoplasty surgeries.

She has initiated and coordinated Journal club sessions in Mumbai. Having keen interest in academics and teaching, she has also organised and coordinated many PANINDIA  virtual ophthalmology webinars .She has authored and presented scientific papers and talks at National and International ophthalmology conferences and has been invited faculty/panelists for various PANINDIA webinars.

 

Areas of Interest and Expertise: 

Disorders of Eyelid, Lacrimal drainage system and Facial Spasms & Aesthetics.

 

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  1. Participated as a Speaker on ‘Ten Pointers in Thyroid Eye Disease’in the virtual BOA- MOS Focus Summer Symposium in the Oculoplasty Potpourri session on 9th May, 2021
  2. Participated as a ‘Speaker and Convenor’ in the Lacrimal & Socket session of DOS Hybrid conference in December,2020
  3. ‘FACIAL SPASMS SIMPLIFIED’ published in the AIOS-ARC Weekend Snippet section on 5 th September, 2020 – also adjudged as the best snippet and awarded ‘Snippet of the Month’ for October,2020
  4. Co – author in the paper ‘Malignant eyelid tumors: Are intra-operative rapid frozen section and permanent section diagnoses of surgical margins concordant?’ Kaliki S, Pyda S, Goel N, Dave TV, Naik MN, Mishra DK. Int Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct;39(10):2205-2211
  5. Co – author in the review article ‘Differential diagnosis of acute ocular pain: Teleophthalmology during COVID-19 pandemic – A perspective.’ Murthy SI, Das S, Deshpande P, Kaushik S, Dave TV, Agashe P, Goel N, Soni A. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul;68(7):1371-137
  6. Participated as a Speaker on ‘OSSN: May I learn the best way to manage them?’ at ‘Evidence Based Discussion’ Instruction course inAIOC 2020, Gurugram
  7. Co- Author of poster “Demographic profile of preseptal and orbital cellulitis in India: analysis of 276 eyes” at 74th AIOC 2016, Kolkatta

Presented a paper on o  “A Comparative Study of 0.01% v/s 0.04% MitomycinC Eye Drops in Ocular Surface Neoplasias” as the first author in APSOPRS-OPAI, 2014 at New Delhi

Dr Vikram Vinayak Koundanya

Dr Vikram completed his bachelor’s degree from B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. He completed his Master’s degree in Ophthalmology from the renowned Institute of Ophthalmology, Aligarh Muslim University. He then did his Super specialization in Vitreoretina from the prestigious SankaraNethralaya, Chennai, wherehe was awarded the Best Research Fellow award for outstanding contribution in Clinical Research during his tenure. He has been involved in conduct and completion of close to 8 clinical trials and has published close to20 articles in peer reviewed Journals. He has also completed Fellowship from the International Council of Ophthalmology, London. He has also been awarded the prestigious Membership form Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK in 2020.

Dr Vikram has more than 12 years of Clinical experience in handling Vitreoretina diseases. Prior to joining ICARE eye hospital, Dr Vikram has worked as a Vitreoretina consultant in one of the premier eye institutes in India, Dr Shroff’s charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi.He then worked as Head of Vitreoretina department in Indira Gandhi Eye hospital and Research Centre, Gurugram. He has performed more than 5000 vitreoretinal procedures and is anexpert in performing complex vitreoretinal surgeries. He has keen interest in teaching and has trained more than 30 vitreoretina fellow and ophthalmologypostgraduates under him.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Age-Related macular degeneration, Diabetic retinopathy, Retinal detachment surgery, Macular hole surgery, Bimanual vitrectomies, Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), paediatric retinal diseases, Uveitis, hereditary retinal diseases etc.

Dr. Unnati Sharma

Dr. Unnati Sharma is an accomplished retina specialist with over 8 years of experience in ophthalmology. She is proficient in managing medical and surgical retina conditions, retinopathy of prematurity, and uveitis. Dr. Sharma has performed approximately 800 vitreoretinal surgeries, demonstrating her expertise and commitment to patient care.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

Vitreoretinal Surgery, Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), Uveitis, Clinical Research

Publications/ Presentations/Awards:

  • Study of Radiological Findings in Papilledema” – IJMRR.
  • “To Evaluate the Profile of Patients with Disc Edema/Papilledema” – IJMRR.
  • “Optic Disc Edema – A Clinical Profile” – JEMDS.
  • “Welders Arc Maculopathy” – Ophthalmology Retina.
  • “Intraocular Pressure Changes after Dexamethasone Implant in Glaucoma Patients” – Retina.
  • “Clinical Features and Treatment Outcomes of Vasoproliferative Tumors” – Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Outcomes of Retinal Detachment Surgery in Eyes with Preexisting Glaucoma Devices” – Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Evaluation of Complications in Nucleus Delivery Techniques of SICS” – Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Cavitary Retinoblastoma – Clinical Observations” – Eye.
  • “Lightning Injuries of the Posterior Segment of the Eye” – Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Efficacy of Intravitreal Dexamethasone in Diabetic Macular Edema” – European Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Long-standing Valsalva Retinopathy” – BMJ Case Reports.
  • “NICU-ROP Screening: Tips and Tricks” – The North Zone Journal of Ophthalmology.
  • “Systemic Biomarkers of Retinopathy of Prematurity” – International Ophthalmology.

Dr. Surabhi Shalini

Work Experience:

  • Moorfield Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom: Clinical fellow in orbit oculoplastic
  • Birmingham Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom: Clinical fellow in orbit oculoplastic and Medical Retina
  • Royal Free Hospital, London United Kingdom: Senior Clinical fellow – Oculoplastic
  • Adnexal fellowship from Moorfields eye hospital, London.
  • Expert in surgical and non-surgical management of conditions related to the eyelids, lacrimal system, orbit, and facial aesthetics.
  • Lady Hardinge Medical College: Senior Resident – Department of Ophthalmology
  • Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi: Senior Resident – Department of Ophthalmology
  • Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) New Delhi: Junior Resident – Department of Ophthalmology

 

RESEARCHES

1) A 3 year audit on lid lacerations at Birmingham midland eye centre.

2) Did a two years prospective study on “Efficacy of 6 hours occlusion and television exercise in treatment of mild, moderate and severe amblyopia” approved by MAMC, New Delhi, India

PUBLICATIONS
1) Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya. “Monocular Elevation Deficiency: Diagnosis and management”. Indian Journal of Strabismology and Paediatric    Ophthalmology, 2013.

2) Shalini S, Mellington F. Co-existence of metastatic uterine sarcoma and orbital sarcoidosis: A case report and literature review. Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis. 2022;38(4).

3) Shalini S, Ghosh YK, De P. Thyroid Eye Disease: A Case Report, Review of Current Literature and Usefulness of Joint Specialist Clinics. Thyroid Disorders Ther. 2020; 9:233.

 

PRESENTATIONS

  • Surabhi Shalini, F. Mushtaq, C. Loizou, Yajati Ghosh. “Posterior approach levator aponeurosis advancement: A minimum suture modified technique” accepted as E-poster at Annual conference of American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, USA (October 2019).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Fizza Mushtaq, Yajati Ghosh. “Orbital implant following evisceration and enucleation – A 10-year review” Presented as E-poster at Annual meeting at British Oculoplastics Surgery Society, Nottingham, UK (July 2019).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya “The efficacy of 6 hours occlusion in moderate and severe amblyopia”. Presented as a free paper at The 8th International Symposium of Ophthalmology, Hong Kong (December 2012).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya, Shagun Sood, Bhawna Piplani. “The efficacy of 6 hours occlusion in moderate and severe amblyopia”. Presented as E-poster in The 28th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress (APAO-AIOS), Hyderabad, India (January 2013).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya, Meenakshi Chandel. “Monocular elevation deficiency: heterogeneous aetiology” presented as free paper (E-poster) in 64th DOS annual conference, New Delhi, India (April 2013).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya. “To evaluate the efficacy of 6 hours occlusion and television exercise in mild, moderate, severe amblyopia.” Presented as free paper in the 20th annual conference of Strabismological Society of India & Paediatric Ophthalmology, Pune, India (December 2013).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Subhash Dadeya, Meenakshi Chandel, Sonal Dangda. “To evaluate the efficacy of 6 hours occlusion and television exercise in mild, moderate, severe amblyopia.” Presented as E-poster in the 72nd annual conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), Agra, India (February 2014).
  • Surabhi Shalini, Ekta Kumari, Subhash Dadeya, Sonal Dangda. “Effect of LASIK on visual acuity, spherical equivalent & stereopsis in anisohypermetropic amblyopia”. Presented as E-poster in the 72nd annual conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), Agra, India (February 2014).

 

Societies

  • Member of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
  • Member of British oculoplatics surgery society (BOPSS)
  • Life Member of ALL INDIA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY (AIOS)
  • Life member of DELHI OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY (DOS)
  • Life member of STRABISMOLOGY AND PEDIATRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY SOCIETY OF INDIA (SPOSI)
  • Annual member of DELHI MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (DMA)
  • Life member of INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (IMA)

Dr. Sonali Verma

Work Experience:
1) Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital: Senior Resident (Ophthalmology) – Management of OPD, Perform cataract surgeries (SICS and Phaco)

2) Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College: Senior Resident (Ophthalmology) – Management of OPD, including general ophthalmology and vitreo-retinal
services, Clinic teaching for post graduate students, Perform cataract surgeries (SICS)

3) Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital: Vitreo Retina Surgery Fellow- Pursued long-term fellowship in Vitreo Retinal Surgery under the guidance of Prof. Dr. S. Natarajan, Acquired medical and surgical experience for the management of Vitreo Retinal diseases

4) Pt. JNM Medical College: Post-graduate student (Ophthalmology)- Hands on experience on various investigative and treatment modalities in outdoor and indoor patient management, Performed independent surgeries (ECCE, SICS) after perfecting basic operative skill under supervision

Conferences Attended
1) Ocular Traumacon held at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai (Jul 2018)

2) 75th Annual Conference of AIOS, Jaipur (Feb 2017)

3) 74th Annual Conference of AIOS, Kolkata (Feb 2016)

4) Annual Conference of CSOS, Bhilai (Dec 2016)

5) Annual Conference of CSOS, Raipur (Dec 2015)

6) Annual Conference of CSOS, Bilaspur (Dec 2014)

Thesis during MS

To study the posterior segment complications of cataract surgery, its clinical presentation, management and visual outcome” this thesis work submitted to Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya (AYUSH) University as a part of PG curriculum

Research Paper/Publications
1) Nakhwa Chinmay, Verma Sonali. Positioning of a morbidly obese patient during retinal surgery. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019: 67(7):1153-1154

2) Narasimhan, Sandhya, Joshi, Mayur, Parameswaran, Sowmya, Rishi Pukhraj, Khetan Vikas, Ganesan Suganeswari, Biswas Jyotirmay, Sundaram, Natarajan, Sreenivasan, Janani, Verma Sonali, Krishnamurthy Vanitha, Subramanian Krishnakumar.MYD88 L265P mutation in intraocular lymphoma: A potential diagnostic marker. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020:68:2160-5.

3) Natarajan S, Verma Sonali, Jain Astha. History of vitreoretinal surgery. Cutting-edge Vitreoretinal surgery. Springer, Singapore 2021

Membership/Fellowship of medical association
1) All India Ophthalmological Society – AIOS Membership No. V18843

2) Delhi Ophthalmological Society – Membership no. VD-2123

Dr. Harpreet Kaur Narde

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

1) Worked on Bone marrow derived Stem cells for the treatment of Age-related macular degeneration under Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi (ICMR). The research study ‘Role of Autologous Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells in the Treatment of Dry AgeRelated Macular Degeneration’ won the best free paper award in Retina World Congress in Florida, USA.
2) Narde, Harpreet K; Puri, Prabhav; Shaikh, Nawazish F; Agarwal, Divya; Kumar, Atul. Vitrectomy without encircling band for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment with inferior break utilizing 3D heads up viewing system, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 69. 1208-1212.
3) Narde HK, Agarwal D, Rani D, Sonkar R, Kumar A. A rare association of optic disc pit maculopathy and ectopia lentis. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Oct;68(10):2229-2230.
4) Kumar A, Narde HK. Commentary: Teleconsultation at a tertiary care set-up during COVID19 lockdown in India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jul;68(7):1384-1385. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1874_20.
5) Hasan N, Narde HK, Das AK, Chawla R. Unusual presentation of cornea verticillata with intravitreal methotrexate in a case of primary intraocular lymphoma. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Jan 13;15(1):e246911.
6) Sundar M D, Narde HK, Chawla R. Multimodal imaging of tapetal like fundus reflex in a young male with cone dystrophy. Clin Exp Optom. 2022 Jan;105(1):89-90.
7) Mutha V, Narde HK, Chandra P, Kumar A. Valsalva retinopathy following normal vaginal delivery: ‘bilaterality a rarity’. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Apr 17;2018:bcr2018224781
8) Narde HK, Ravani R, Sreekumar M. Macular Hole. Kumar Atul Retina: Medical & Surgical Management. India: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd; 2022. p. Pp195-204.
9) Narde HK, Goswami A, Vashistha V, Kumar A. Reduced fluence photodynamic therapy for subretinal fluid in choroidal nevus. Indian J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2022;2:475-7

10) Narde, Harpreet Kaur, and Rohan Chawla. “Correspondence regarding: Review article: Ocular syphilis.” Survey of ophthalmology, S0039-6257(22)00065-0. 2 May. 2022.
11) Vashistha V, Narde HK, Kumar A. Swept-source optical coherence tomography of myelinated retinal nerve fiber layer. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022 Jul;70(7):277
12) Vashistha V, Narde HK. Swept source optical coherence tomography of whitish outer retinal spots in rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Indian J Ophthalmol 2023 [accepted, ahead of print]

SURGICAL EXPERIENCE:

  1. Vitreoretinal Surgeries for Retinal detachment (~200 cases), Vitrectomy including Macular hole surgery, ERM peeling, Diabetic vitrectomies, Endoph Vitrectomies (~500 cases), Giant Retinal Tear RD (~6 cases), Scleral Buckling including segmental buckle (~200 cases)
  2. Scleral fixated IOL (~ 60 cases)
  3. Phacoemulsification under Topical Anaesthesia, Toric IOLs, Complicated cataract surgeries (Uveitic cataracts, Posterior Polar cataracts, Pseudoexfoliation syndrome, small pupils, Phacomorphic cataracts), Extracapsular Cataract Extraction (ECCE)
  4. Refractive surgeries – Implantable Collamer lens (ICL) (~6 cases)
  5. Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft
  6. Therapeutic penetrating keratoplasties
  7. Amniotic membrane transplantation
  8. Emergency procedures
  9. Open globe injury repairs, Intracameral, Intravitreal injections, eyelid repairs
  10. Laser procedures- Pan-retinal Photocoagulation, Barrage laser Laser procedures, Laser peripheral iridotomy, Diode Laser cyclophotocoagulation under transillumination
  11. Diagnostic procedures – ASOCT, UBM, OCT RNFL/GCA/macular scans, HVF, USG, Biometry, Pentacam, itrace,
    Specular and Confocal microscopy, Interpretation of FFA, ICGA, OCTA.

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Basic life support
  • Biostatistics and research methodology

MEMBERSHIP:

  • Life Member, All India Ophthalmological Society.
  • Life Member, Delhi Ophthalmological Society
  • Life Member, Uveitis Society of India

Dr. Monika Agarwal

Dr. Monika Agarwal has a diverse educational background and extensive professional experience. She completed her MBBS from Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipiur and subsequently underwent a one-year compulsory rotation internship at the same institution. She further specialized in ophthalmology, earning her MS in Ophthalmology from Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur. Following this, she also dedicated a year to senior residency at S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur (Rajasthan) and also pursued short-term phaco training at Susrut Eye Foundation in Kolkata.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • MBBS- SAWAI MAN SINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE (2008 BATCH), JAIPUR
  • INTERSHIP- ONE YEAR COMPULSORY ROTATION INTERNSHIP FROM SAWAI MAN SINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR (2013-2014)
  • MS OPHTHALMOLOGY- SAWAI MAN SINGH MEDICAL COLLEGE, JAIPUR (2014 BATCH)
  • 1 YEAR SENIOR RESIDENCY FROM S.M.S. MEDICAL COLLEGE JAIPUR (RAJASTHAN) 2017/2018
  • SHORT TERM PHACO TRAINING FROM SUSRUT EYE FOUNDATION KOLKATA
  • SENIOR RESIDENT IN DELHI GOVT. HOSPITAL
  • LONG TERM GLAUCOMA FELLOWSHIP FROM DR. SHROFF CHARITY EYE HOSPITAL DELHI , DARYAGANJ
  • CONSULTANT OPHTHALMOLOGIST IN PRIVATE SECTOR

RESEARCH

  • STEROIDS IN VKC- A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD- INDUCED GLAUCOMA- PUBLISHED IN DOS TIMES
  • THESIS SUBMITTED TO RAJASTHAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES UNDER THE TOPIC “AN INTERVENTIONAL STUDY OF CHANGES IN PUPIL SIZE AND SHAPE, ALONG WITH ANTERIOR CHAMBER VOLUME AND DEPTH USING SCHEIMPFLUG IMAGING FROM PRECATARACT TO POSTCATARACT (PHACOEMULSIFICATION) SURGERY