Hyderabad - Banjara Hills

Specialities

• SMILE Eye Surgery
• LASIK & Refractive Surgery
• Cataract
• Ocular Surface & Dry Eyes Disorders
• Computer Vision Syndrome
• Cornea Services

Designation - Medical Director

Qualification - MS

Location – Telangana: Hyderabad – Banjara Hills

Dr. Aashish Kumar Bansal has completed MBBS and MS in Ophthalmology from the Medical College, Rohtak, followed by fellowship in Cornea from the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and the Melbourne University, Australia; fellowship in Refractive Surgery from the Phillips Eye Institute, Minneapolis, USA; and advanced training in Artificial Cornea at the Lions Eye Institute, Perth, Australia.

Dr. Bansal’s previous experience includes working as Consultant (1992-2003) and Head of the Department of Cornea and Refractive Surgery (1998-2003) at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad; Senior Consultant, Cornea and Refractive Surgery and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology (2003-2013) at the Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad and Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Rochester (2002-2008).

Refractive keratoplasty, Laser refractive surgery, refractive cataract surgery are Dr Bansal’s focus areas. He has published over 60 research papers, and has delivered over 350 lectures. He has mentored and trained over 50 cornea fellows and over 100 in cataract microsurgery and phacoemulsification.

Dr. Bansal has been honored with many awards like Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Joan Filipe Ferreira oration, Best Paper at the World Refractive Surgery Symposium, Vengala Rao award by the APOS. He is the only Indian to be inducted into the Board of Directors of the International Society of Refractive Surgery, and is currently the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the APOS. He runs the popular EyEdu education program.

Specialities

• Retina & Uvea Services

Designation - Medical Director – CFS Hyderabad

Qualification - MD

Location – Telangana: Hyderabad – Banjara Hills

Dr. Ajit Babu Majji had basic medical education from the Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, post-graduation in Ophthalmology from the RP Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi and FRCS from Glasgow. His superspecialization training in Vitreo Retinal Surgery was from R P Center, AIIMS, New Delhi and Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, USA.

Dr. Babu was previously working as faculty in Vitreo Retina Services, L V Prasad Eye Institute for over 18 years from 1993 to 2012 and the Head of the Department. He is renowned for his tender care and wonderful surgical skills. His expertise in handling complex cases is unparalleled.
His special interests are Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration. He has published more than 50 manuscripts in prestigious peer reviewed Journals and has been invited as guest faculty in over 275 national and international conferences. He is an active member of ARVO, AAO, Vitreous Society, Club Vit, AIOS, DOS, APSOS and VRSI.

Dr. Babu has seven major awards to his credit. He has held top positions in scientific societies including Honorary Secretary of VRSI and Joint Secretary of AIOS. Currently he is the Chairman of the Academic Research Committee of All India Ophthalmologic Society and the Vice–President of the Vitreo Retina Society of India.

Specialities

• Ocular Pathology

Qualification - DNB

Designation - Consultant – Pathologist

Location – Telangana: Hyderabad (Banjara Hills)

Dr. Kaustubh Mulay had his basic medical education at the K.I.M.S, Karad. He received post-graduate training in Pathology, followed by senior residency in Anatomical Pathology and Cytology at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad.

Dr. Mulay further trained in Oncopathology at Bangalore Institute of Oncology, Bangalore and later in Ophthalmic Pathology at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He currently heads the Department of Ophthalmic Pathology at the National Reporting Centre for Ophthalmic Pathology (NRCOP), Centre for Sight, Hyderabad.

Dr. Mulay’s current research interests comprise of ocular adnexal lymphoproliferative lesions, lacrimal gland tumors, IgG4-related disease, sebaceous gland carcinoma and tumors of the orbit. He has published in several peer-reviewed journals and has many presentations/posters to his credit, both, national and international. He is also a reviewer for many peer-reviewed internal journals.

Some of the major awards and honors to his credit include the G Subbalaxmi Gold medal for young scientist and several best paper awards at the AIOS and IAPM meetings.

Specialities

• Cataract
• Neuro-Ophthalmology

Eduction: Dr. Gandhi is FRCS from Edinburgh and Glasgow and Neuroopthalmology fellowship from the John Hopkins University, USA.

Experience: Senior Opthalmologist at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai for 13 years and the Director of the Sankara Nethralaya Academy.

Interests: Development of new technologies in Ophthalmology, education and community outreach programs. He is an adjunct faculty at IIT Chennai and the clinical director of the IIT-Sankara Nethralaya team which developed the state-of-the-art mobile eye surgical units. Dr. Gandhi has lead a team to organize and conduct outreach programs in Zambia, Kenya and Botswana. Dr. Gandhi is a member of the Internation Council of Ophathalmology's Technology for Education Committee and the Education Committee of All India Ophthalmological Society.

Honors: Dr. Gandhi has been awarded for Academic Excellence by the Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi at the Silver Jubilee of the Pramukhsewami Medical College. He is also recipient of CV Ananthasayanam Memorial Award from His excellency Shri Rosiah, the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

Mantra: Harness the power of technology to optimize eye care delivery.

Specialities

• Oculoplasty & Ocular Oncology
• Oculoplasty & Facial Aesthetics

Designation - Director Medical Services – Centre for Sight

Qualification - MD (AIIMS), FACS

Location – Telangana (Hyderabad-Banjara Hills)

Dr. Santosh G Honavar has completed his MBBS from the Bangalore Medical College (Best Graduate of the Bangalore University; 7 Gold Medals); Post-graduate training in Ophthalmology, followed by Senior Residency in Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery at the R P Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi (Best Resident award); and Fellowship in Ocular Oncology at the Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

His previous experience includes Senior resident at AIIMS (1992-1995), faculty and Head of the Department, and later Associate Director at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (1995-2013); Adjunct Professor at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Ohio State University Dept of Ophthalmology.

Dr. Santosh G Honavar focuses on tumors of the ocular surface, eyelid, eye, and orbit, and specifically retinoblastoma; eye plastic surgery and eye prosthesis.

Dr. Santosh G Honavar has extensively published in peer-reviewed journals (over 150 manuscripts) and has written several book chapters. He is on the Advisory Board of the International Council of Ophthalmology, is the Secretary of the Oculoplastic Association of India and the Vice president of the Asia Pacific Society for Ocular Oncology and Pathology.

Some of the major awards and honors to his credit include Pfizer National Award & Medallion, Col. Rangachari Gold Medal by the AIOS, Zeigler International Fellowship by the Orbis International, USA, Dr Siva Reddy International Award by the AIOS, Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award by the Govt of India.

Specialities

• Cataract
• Glaucoma

Current position

• Senior Glaucoma and Cataract Specialist at Centre for Sight, Banjara Hills Hyderabad Jan 2017 onwards

 

Specialty

• Glaucoma and Cataract
• Fellowship trained glaucoma specialist; prestigious fellowship under Dr. Ike Ahmed MD, University of Toronto, Canada

 

Experience

• Over 20 years of postgraduate ophthalmic surgical experience spread across North America, Europe and India
• Consultant Ophthalmologist / Glaucoma Specialist for over 10 years, initially at Cardiff, UK followed by L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India

 

Education/Training

• FRCOphth, Royal College of Ophthalmology, London (UK) 2006
• Glaucoma Fellowship at the University of Toronto, ON, Canada 2004
• FRCS (Ophthalmology) Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 1997
• MBBS, University of Calcutta, Indian 1992

 

Honors/Awards/Publications

• '3-D glaucoma surgery video show – Trabeculectomy, Bleb needling, AADI and AGV' – CME Centre for Sight, Hyderabad India, March 2018. First of its kind in India
• Felicitated as 'International Hero', second time in a row, by All India Ophthalmic Society annual Conference at Coimbatore India Feb 2018 for winning first prize at World Glaucoma Congress,
• Helsinki, Finland, 2017
• Prize winning presentation: awarded first prize 'Intra-operative ASOCT in Phaco-endocycloplasty in Plateau Iris Syndrome' at World Glaucoma Congress, Helsinki, June 2017
• Awarded 'International Hero' by All India Ophthalmic Society at Jaipur AIOC, February 2017
• Prize winning presentation: awarded first prize at AIOC, Jaipur 2017 'Phaco surgery with AADI: results of consecutive cases'
• CS Reshmi award winning session video 'Endoscope: One probe, many scope' Jaipur, India, 2017
• Prize winning presentation: awarded first prize at the International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery, Muscat, Oman 2016 'Ostial Irido-Zonulo-Hyaloido-Vitrectomy: Anterior segment solution for
• posterior segment complication – Preventing Aqueous Misdirection in high risk patients'
• Prize winning presentation: awarded first prize at the Silver Jubilee Glaucoma Society of India annual conference, Mumbai, India, 2015 'Phaco-endocyclophotocoagulation – relevance in angle
• closure disease'
• Prize winning presentation : awarded first prize at the South West Ophthalmological Society, UK 'Being blind in 2002- social deprivation and unmet needs'
• Awarded Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, UK 2006
• Over 25 publications in peer-reviewed journals

 

Cutting edge glaucoma and cataract surgery

• First Indian Glaucoma specialist to perform minimally invasive glaucoma surgery in angle closure disease (phaco-endocycloplasty)
• First Indian Glaucoma specialist to use Kahook Dual Blade to perform trabeculotomy in adults
• One of a handful of Glaucoma specialists in the country performing Aurolab Aqueous Drainage Implant (AADI) surgery
• FEMTO-cataract surgery
• Well versed in complicated and difficult cataract as well as glaucoma surgery, including when both are combined.

 

Motto

'Arrest theft, secure sight left'

Specialities

• LASIK & Refractive Surgery
• Cataract
• Ocular Surface & Dry Eyes Disorders
• Cornea Services

Qualification - MS (2011), Fellowship(2011)

Location – Telangana (Hyderabad – Banjara Hills & Kukatpally)

Dr. Varun Malhotra completed his Basic Medical education from Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Hospital , Mumbai and MS in Ophthalmology from JJM Medical College ,Davanagere affiliated to Rajiv

Gandhi University of Health Sciences , Bangalore followed by a Fellowship in Cornea , Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery from the prestigious

Sankara Nethralaya , Chennai .

He finished Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship in Microincision Cataract Surgeries from Sankara Netralaya and was a Zeiss-Ophthalmic Diagnostics fellow at LV Prasad

Eye Institute , Hyderabad . He has also trained under Dr. Rupal Shah in

Refractive Surgery who is an authority on the subject.

Dr. Varun’s previous experience includes a stint as Consultant - Anand Eye Institute , Hyderabad and Consultant – Pushpagiri Eye Institute , Secunderabad

. He was also a Visiting Consultant at Pushpagiri Eye Institute , Vizianagram and Indo-US Hospital , Malakpet ,Hyderabad .

His special areas of interest are Microincision Cataract Surgeries, Corneal

Transplants and Refractive Surgeries with special emphasis on Femto

Procedures. He has Published papers and has delivered lectures at various state and National conferences.

He is also the Academic Co-ordinator for “ eyeOpener education programme “ for post graduate students .

 

Specialities

• Oculoplasty & Ocular Oncology

Location – Telangana (Hyderabad – Banjara Hills)