Dr Sandeep Arora
MBBS, DO, DNB,
FRCS( Glasgow, UK)
Fellowship in
Cornea and Refractive Surgery
from Aravind Eye Care System,
Madurai
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 Attachments
Consultant In charge; Cornea &
Ocular Trauma,Retina Foundation,
Ahmedabad.
Visiting Specialist Cornea &
External diseases
·
Apollo Hospital
Ahmadabad
·
Sahai
Hospital & Research Centre
Jaipur.
Other Post Held
·
Secretary Aso
Palov Eye Bank, Shahibaug
Ahmedabad
·
Honorary Medical
Director Loins Karnavati Eye
Bank, Ongnej.
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
.
Here he got an opportunity to
work with cutting edge
technologies and learn about
advanced corneal and refractive
surgery at
Centre For Sight.
On his return he
Joined
Retina Foundation (established
by Prof Dr P.N.Nagpal an eminent
Retina Consultant).
Cornea Services was formally
started in May 03 along with Aso
Palav Eye Bank. He is heading
Cornea & Ocular Trauma services
since then.
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
been conducting Superspeciality
clinics at renowned hospitals
including Apollo Ahmadabad,
Sahai Hospital Jaipur & Loins
Karnavati Ongnej.
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.
He is still the only surgeon
conducting Collagen Crosslinking
for Ectasia in Gujarat. His
clinical acumen in cicatricial
end stage diseases like Sjogrens,
OCP & SJ syndrome has helped him
developed a partnership with
only Rheumatologist in Gujarat
and together they are working to
build first Sjogrens society of
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.
He has actively involved with
many research projects
,presently he is Principal
Investigator for Multicenter
study on safety & efficacy of
Xalatan in Paediatric Glaucoma
(Funded by Pfizer) & also
Principal Investigator for study
on safety & efficacy of Epina in
Ocular Allergy (Funded
by Cipla).
