Professional Experience
She regularly performs routine ophthalmic surgeries, including phakoemulsification with foldable intraocular lens for cataracts, Antiglaucoma surgeries, squints and Keratoplasty procedures. She started the in-house eye bank and this is her area of specialty interest… Corneal diseases
With a goal of improving the Corneal donation services in the city of Bombay and surrounding areas, she co-ordinated the setting up of the Eye Bank Co-ordination and Research Centre, under the joint auspices of National Association of Blind,Maharashtra Society for Donation of Eyes and International Federation of Eye Banks, U.S.A. This Eye Bank is one of the five in India, which is recognized and affiliated to the International Federation of Eye and Tissue Banks, U.S.A. She has been nominated to the District Blindness Control Society by the National Association of Blind. This centre evaluates, stores and distributes Human Corneal tissue as per the highest international standards of the Tissue Banks International, Baltimore, USA , and provides tissue for transplant and training to eye surgeons in and around Mumbai.
She has numerous publications and newspaper articles to her credit and is regularly invited as resource person/speaker for various scientific meetings held all over India. Presently she is also on the Editorial Board of the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.
Glaucoma