Eye care (ophthalmology)
Cataract surgery with premium lens (IOL)
The cloudy natural lens of the eye is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens.
Pending doctor check
Profile
A cataract, cornea, glaucoma and refractive surgeon who founded Kenia Eye Hospital more than 28 years ago. He was the youngest ophthalmologist in India to perform customised femtosecond laser LASIK, the first in Maharashtra to introduce the femtosecond laser, and the first in India to implant the Envista and Lucidis Toric lenses. He once operated on 50 patients with only one seeing eye for cataract in a single day. He sits on the executive board of the Bombay Ophthalmologists Association and is a member of ASCRS, ESCRS and AIOS.
- Speciality
- Eye care (ophthalmology)
- Hospital
- Kenia Eye Hospital
- Experience
- 32 years, 26 of them as a specialist
- Areas of expertise
- Cataract surgery and premium lens implants
- LASIK and femtosecond laser surgery
- Cornea and keratoconus
- Glaucoma
- Corneal biomechanics
- Qualifications and training
- MBBS, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai (1994)
- MS (Ophthalmology), Mumbai (1997)
- DNB (1998)
- DOMS, Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery (1996)
- FCPS, Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (1997)
- International Council of Ophthalmology, Cambridge, UK (1997)
- Trained under Prof. H. R. Koch in Bonn, Germany
- Assisted Dr. Jack Dodick at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
Procedures
Eye care (ophthalmology)
LASIK, Femto-LASIK and CLEAR laser vision correction
A laser reshapes the clear front of the eye (the cornea) so that glasses or contact lenses are no longer needed.
Pending doctor check
Eye care (ophthalmology)
Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL)
A thin lens is placed inside the eye to correct high glasses power, for people who cannot have laser treatment.
Pending doctor check
Eye care (ophthalmology)
Keratoconus treatment (corneal cross-linking)
Treatment that stops a thinning, cone-shaped cornea from getting worse, and helps sight with special lenses.
Pending doctor check
Eye care (ophthalmology)
Corneal transplant (keratoplasty)
A damaged or scarred cornea is replaced, in full or in layers, with healthy donor tissue.
Pending doctor check
Eye care (ophthalmology)
Glaucoma treatment
Drops, laser or surgery to lower the pressure inside the eye and protect sight from glaucoma.
Pending doctor check
Where this doctor works
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