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Dr Rajesh Fogla
Education
Positions
Awards
Areas of Interest
Education
MBBS in 1992 (Gold Medalist) from Gauhati Medical College, Assam
DNB (Ophthalmology) 1997, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi.
Fellowship in Cornea at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, INDIA
FRCS (Edin) in 1998, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK
M Med (Ophthalmology) in 1998, National University of Singapore
Positions
Consultant Cornea Services, Sankara Nethralaya, 1998 -2005
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Apollo Hospitals, Colombo, Sri Lanka 2002 -2003
(Dr Fogla set up the eye clinic at Apollo Hospitals, Colombo and also introduced LASIK
procedure for the first time in Sri Lanka in 2002)
Senior Consultant, Director Cornea Clinic, Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, 2005 - present
Visiting Consultant Eye Surgeon, Lanka Hospitals, Colombo, Srilanka
Awards
- Gold medal in MBBS 1992
TLK Rao Memorial Award 2000
OmPrakash Oration Award 2006
L C Dutta Oration Award 2011
SICSSO Gold Medal 2014
IIRSI Gold Medal 2014
AAO achievement award 2014
JOS Gold Medal 2015
Areas of Interest
- Over 18 years of clinical experience in anterior segment surgery
Management of wide variety of corneal disorders, including infections, ocular surface
disease, allergic eye disease, ectatic disorders, & refractive conditions
- Refractive surgery including laser refractive surgery (PRK, LASIK, LASEK, ASA), phakic IOL
(Visian ICL, Verisyes), Multifocal IOL's & Customized IOL's
- Micro-incision cataract surgery (phacoemulsification) ensuring perfect unaided vision
following the cataract surgery. Cataract surgery in difficult cases, minimising risk of
complications
Corneal transplantation surgery including penetrating keratoplasty (PK), Deep Anterior
Lamellar Keratoplasty (DALK), Descemet Stripping Automated Endothelial Keratoplasty
(DSAEK), & Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Dr Fogla was the first
surgeon in INDIA to perform Corneal endothelial transplantation surgery (Deep Lamellar
Endothelial Keratoplasty) in 2004, and also the first surgeon in INDIA to perform DMEK
surgery in 2009. He has designed various instruments used for DALK and DMEK surgery
manufactured by Storz Ophthalmics, USA & Janach Instruments, Italy
Introduced collagen crosslinking procedure in INDIA in 2005, and with a decade of
experience in this procedure, provides various options in the management of corneal
ectasia such as keratoconus.
- Keratoconus management with various options such as specialised customized collagen
crosslinking, contact lens fitting, INTACS implantation, Phakic IOL implantation, DALK
surgery and Laser assisted corneal transplantation surgery.
Over 100 publications and presentations - both at international and national forums and
peer reviewed journals.
Reviewer for several peer reviewed ophthalmic journals, such as the American Journal of
Ophthalmology, Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology,
Ophthalmology, & Cornea
- Actively involved in teaching and training of fellows and other doctors, via fellowship
programs, courses, instruction courses, clinical programs and wet lab courses.
- Founder member of Cornea Society of India, and General Secretary of the society.
Conducted the first meeting of cornea specialists in INDIA in 2013. Keracon 2013
Member
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