Speciality
:
Ophthalmology
Superspeciality:
Cornea & Refractive Surgery
Special
Interest :
Corneal Transplants ,Cornea
and External Diseases,
Keratoconus ,Dry
Eyes, Ocular
Trauma (Eye
Injuries), Refractive
Surgery ( LASIK )
Promoting
Eye Donation and Eye
Banking.
Clinical
Experience and
Qualifications:
Fellow of Royal College of
Surgeons in Ophthalmology (
FRCS), Glasgow,
UK
Clinical
Assistant, CorneoPlastic
Unit, Queen Victoria
Hospital NHS Trust, East
Grinstead, UK
Clinical Observership,
Centre For Sight, Queen
Victoria Hospital, East
Grinstead, UK
Clinical Observer, Cornea &
External Disease,
Moorfield’s Eye Hospital,
London, UK
Fellowship In Cornea &
Anterior Segment (ST) L V
Prasad Eye Institute,
Hyderabad, India
Diplomate Of National Board
(DNB) in
Ophthalmology , New Delhi,
India
Diploma In Ophthalmic
Medicine and Surgery( DOMS),
CSM University Of Kanpur,
India
M B.B.S , University Of Pune,
India
Current
Attachments
Consultant
Cornea
Cataract and
Refractive Surgery
Services,
Retina Foundation &
Eye Research Centre,
Near The Underbridge,
Shahibaug,
Ahmedabad- 380004 ,
Gujarat, India
Brief Profile :
Dr Ashish Nagpal FRCS has
been in ophthalmic field for
the last 9 years. He has
done his undergraduate
training from the reputed
University Of Pune and
followed by further
postgraduate training from
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New
Delhi and was awarded the Diplomate of National Board
in Ophthalmology by the
National Board Of
Examinations, New Delhi
He was also conferred the
reputed FRCS in
Ophthalmology (Fellowship of
the Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons,
Glasgow) in 2004.
He has done his super
specialty fellowship
training (ST) in Cornea &
Anterior Segment from the
internationally recognized
L
V Prasad Eye Institute,
Hyderabad, India.
Following which 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.
Dr Nagpal also got the
opportunity to be a Clinical
Observer with Mr Bruce
Allan, Senior Consultant and
Mr John Dart, Senior
Consultant, & Director of
Research at Cornea and
Refractive Surgery Services
at the
Moorfields Eye
Hospital, London which is
the oldest and largest
specialist eye hospital in
the world.
Professional affiliations of
Dr. Nagpal include: American
Society of Cataract
and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
, Asia
Cornea Society, European
Society of Cataract and
Refractive Surgery (ESCRS),
International Society Of
Refractive Surgery (ISRS), All
India Ophthalmological
Society.
Dr.Nagpal’s area of interest
is Cornea and Refractive
Surgery, Corneal Transplant
Surgery, Lamellar Corneal
Transplants, apart from
state of the art Cataract
and Phacoemulsification
surgery. He has to his
credit more than 4000
surgeries.
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 and
trauma and also various
complicated cases of
refractive surgery.
Since 2006, he has developed
special expertise in
lamellar corneal transplants
like Endothelial
Keratoplasty (DSEK/DSAEK)
and Anterior Lamellar
Keratoplasty ( DALK)
and regularly holds
workshops and instruction
courses to teach other
corneal surgeons this
specialised surgical
technique.
Dr Ashish Nagpal is a firm
believer in progress through
Clinical Research and has
presented his work at
International and National
Conferences. He regularly
enriches his experience by
visiting several centers in
U.S.A and Europe.
In India, Dr Nagpal has been
invited to many prestigious
meetings/ workshops , like
the All Indian
Ophthalmologic Society
Conference , Delhi
Ophthalmological Society,
Gujarat Ophthalmological
Society, IIRSI, Indian
Implant and Refractive
Surgery Society, Baroda
Ophthalmological Society ,
Rajasthan Ophthalmologic
Society etc to share and
teach various aspects of
corneal and refractive
surgery .
Dr Nagpal is also keenly
involved with the
Blind
People’s Association and
local NGO’s like Manav
Sadhna,
AsoPalov Eye Bank
and is an active member of
the
Eye Bank Association of
India, to help bring the
latest technology and
services to the
underprivileged.
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