Dr Puja Sheth
MBBS, DNB, FIGS (Glaucoma Specialist)
- Fellow Glaucoma-Longterm (H V Desai Eye Institution, Pune)
- Worked for 4 years as Glaucoma specialist
Present occupation
- Working as a Glaucoma specialist with specialised training in -
- Investigations like- PACHYMETERY, PERIMETRY(ZEISS), OCT(ZEISS)
- Laser treatment
- Performimg all glaucoma surgeries like trabeculectomy, shunt surgery
Previous occupation
- Working at Krishna Shalby Hospita, tirupati Hospital, Akshar eye hospital as Glaucoma specialist.
- Single handedly managing the entire ophthalmology department at Krishna Shalby hospital.
- Performing 15-20 surgeries per month which included Phacoemulsification, Trabeculectomy, combined phacotrabeculectomy , pterigyum, complicated cataracts, iris claw lens implantation, DCT, DCR.
University Education
- MBBS from MIMER Medical college, Pune affilated to Maharashtra University of health sciences, Nashik.
- DNB Ophthalmology and Longterm Glaucoma fellowship from H.V.DESAI Eye hospital ,Pune.
Ophthalmology Surgical training includes
General Ophthalmology
- Small Incision Cataract Surgery: more than 2000 eyes
- Phacoemulsification: more than 500 eyes
- Pterygium: more than 250 eyes
Oculoplasty
- Dacryocystectomy DCT: more than 100 patients
- Dacryocystorhinostomy DCR: more than 50 patients
Glaucoma surgeries
- Trabeculectomy-500
- Trabeculectomy with SICS- 350
- Phacotrabeculectomy- 200
- Cyclocryotherapy- 50
- Valve Filtration surgeries- 20
Glaucoma LASER and other procedures
- Peripheral Iridotomies-600
- Selective Laser TrabeculoplastyLaser(SLT)-150
- YAG Capsulotomy-1500
Extensive training in-
- OCT- optic nerve head, anterior segment OCT.
- Perimetry
Languages
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- English
- Marathi
Paper and Presentations
- Paper titled “Role of Cataract surgery Vs cataract surgery with trabeculectomy in treatment of chronic Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma with Cataract.” In Maharashtra Ophthalmic Society Conference in 2014 and won best paper award.
- Presented paper titled “Role of Cataract surgery Vs cataract surgery with trabeculectomy in treatment of chronic Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma with Cataract.” in Asia Pacific Glaucoma Conference in 2014 Hongkong
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Fellowship in surgical retina for 2 years at Retina Foundation Ahmedabad (2009 to 2011)
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DNB (3years) from ICARE Eye Hospital and Post graduate Institute, NOIDA (Cleared theory and practical in first attempt) December 2007.
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Member National Academy of Medical Sciences
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International Council of Ophthalmology (Basic sciences, Optics and refraction) Part I June 2008 and Part II in 2010.
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MBBS from Goa Medical College - 2003
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10+2 from CBSE at DAV Public School, Ghaziabad
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10 from CBSE at DAV Public School, Ghaziabad