Professor of Ophthalmology in Cornea, Lens & Refractive surgery services at Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Academic Qualifications: (incl. education & Training): He has done
MD Ophthalmology from R P Centre, AIIMS, and then did
DNB, FIACLE & FRCS. He has done a
fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
Specialisation: (incl. work experience): 25 years’ Experience in the field of Cornea, Cataract & Refractive Surgery Services
- 374 total publications; 165 in Indexed Journals; Four textbooks and 5 Educational Manuals; 87 chapters in various textbooks.
- Has been a part of 3 multicentric FDA clinical trials.
- Many scientific papers and instruction courses, both national and international. He is a member of Reviewer panel of several Peer reviewed journals.
- Over the last 25 years he has been actively involved in comprehensive teaching of undergraduates, postgraduates, nursing students and B.Sc. Ophthalmic technical students at R P Centre, AIIMS
- Has been a Trainer for corneal transplantation procedures in collaboration with agencies like Sight life International and has trained many ophthalmologists in the country.
- Has been a Guide to many postgraduate students in doing various research projects in the field of cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
- Has been an instructor in various prestigious international conferences and surgical training courses
- Active Member of the Academic and Curriculum Committee of National Board of Examinations
- Currently the Editor of Kerasight, Past Editor-in-chief of Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology and DOS Times, Member of Editorial Board of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology and has been the Lead Guest editor for a special issue of “Journal of Ophthalmology”, an indexed international journal.
