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- Dr Sandeep Arora MBBS, DO, DNB, FRCS( Glasgow, UK)
Speciality : Ophthalmology
Superspeciality: Cornea & Refractive Surgery
Special Interest : Cornea and External Eye Diseases , Infectious Keratitis esp. Chronic HSV & Resistant Fungal infections, Corneal Transplants both conventional & newer Lamellar, Ocular surface disorders , Ocular surface reconstruction, Pediatric Corneal diseases, Keratoconus & other ectatic disorder management through combinations of collagen cross linking, INTACS & DALK, Keratoprosthesis both Temporary (Eckardt) & Permanent (Boston), Ocular Trauma, Refractive Surgery catastrophe management ,Ocular Microbiology and Eye Banking.
- CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE
- Royal College of Surgeons & Physicians Glasgow (FRCS)
- International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
- Diplomate National Board (DNB)
- Gujarat University, Diploma in Ophthalmology (DO)
- Clinical Experience
- Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in Ophthalmology (FRCS), Glasgow, UK
- Clinical Assistant, CorneoPlastic Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, UK
- Long term Surgical Fellowship in Cornea & Anterior Segment diseases Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai, India
- Senior Resident Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai, India
- Residency (DO), M&J Institute of Ophthalmology Ahmadabad,
- M B.B.S , S.M.S Medical College, Jaipur.
- Current Attachment
Visiting Consultant, Cornea & Ocular Trauma Services ,Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad.
- Brief Profile:
Dr Sandeep Arora FRCS Completed MBBS from S.M.S. Medical College Jaipur in 1996, his journey into field of ophthalmology began when he joined M&J Institute of Ophthalmology Ahmadabad, for his post graduate training. He Post Graduated in 1998 from Gujarat University. The desire to excel and to enrich with latest surgical expertise made him move to most southern part of India, where he completed his two years of Senior Residency at renowned Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai (1998-2000) during the same tenure he successfully submitted his thesis on “Limbal Stem cells in cases of Ocular Burns “and was awarded the Diplomate of National Board in Ophthalmology by the National Board Of Examinations, New Delhi.
His interest in ocular surface disorders earned him prestigious Long term Surgical Fellowship in Cornea & Anterior Segment diseases at Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai, India (2001-2002). His lust for knowledge made him pass both Basic & Clinical skill evaluation conducted by International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). He was also conferred the reputed FRCS in Ophthalmology (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow) in 2002.
He went on to be a Clinical Assistant with pioneering and dynamic Corneal, Refractive surgeon Mr Sheraz Daya , Director, Corneo Plastic Unit , Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Trust, East Grinstead, UK .
On his return he joined Retina Foundation and Cornea Services was formally started in May 03 along with Aso Palav Eye Bank. Many years of experience at Retina Foundation & Eye Research Center, Ahmedabad, India, a tertiary referral centre for eye problems has further made him adapt at handling complicated cases of corneal surgery.
He has to his credit more than 1200 corneal transplants done over past 5 years . He routinely performs lamellar grafts (DSEK & DALK) and was the first one to conduct such surgery in western India. His belief into noble cause of Eye donation made him instrumental in establishing five eye banks in Gujarat & Rajasthan.
Professional affiliations of Dr. Arora include: Asia Cornea Society, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Asia Pacific Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, All India Ophthalmological Society.
He is conduction Instruction courses on Cornea at both renowned national & International forums including APAO, AIOS etc..He has 64 presentations to his credit; He has also conducted 4 Surgical Live demo workshops at Retina foundation over a period of 5 years.
