Dr. Ritika Sachdev

Dr. Ritika Sachdev completed her basic medical education from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi. Following her Masters in Ophthalmology from Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi she pursued specialization in Cornea, cataract and refractive surgery from the prestigious R P Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi.

Dr. Sachdev is presently working as Additional Director Medical Services at Centre for Sight. Her specialization areas include Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgery. Her areas of interest include femto-assisted cataract surgery, complicated cataract case management, keratoconus, corneal transplants, blade free LASIK and SMILE.

Dr. Sachdev has also been an active speaker at many National; International conferences including American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Asia Pacific Association of Catatarct and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS), American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS), Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) and Delhi Ophthalmic Society (DOS). She is a member of the Executive committee – IIRSI and is recognized as faculty training resource for PG teaching programme across the country for AIOS. She has various national and international publications in peer-reviewed journals of ophthalmology besides having contributed numerous chapters for textbooks in ophthalmology.

Dr. Sachdev’s academic journey has been adorned with awards such as Dr. Krishna Sohan Trophy 2013 by Delhi Ophthalmological Society, Dr. Dheeraj Jain Gold Medal, Lala Jeewan Mal Memorial Prize for being the best candidate in Ophthalmology (Delhi University). She is the youngest national recipient of the Intra Ocular and Refractive Society India (IIRSI) Gold Medal. She has been awarded the Young Ophthalmologist’s Award by the Indian Society of Cornea and KeratoRefractive Surgery and the M.M. Joshi Young Achiever’s Award.

She has also been awarded by Gold Medal by Uttrakhand Ophthalmological Society for Excellence in Ophthalmology in 2019