Ophthalmology

Sujal S. Shah

Dr. Sujal S. Shah

Director
Department
Ophthalmology
Qualification

M.B.B.S., D.N.B. (Ophthalmology)

Contact details
Fellowship
  • Refractive Surgery, Doheny Eye Institute-USC, Los Angeles, USA
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland
  • Jules Stein Eye Institute-UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Experience

28+ years

Bio:

Dr. Sujal Shah is the Director of Ophthalmology Department of Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital.

After completing his M.B.B.S., Dr. Shah finished his D.O. degree at Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, and completed her D.N.B. in Ophthalmology. Dr. Shah then pursued a fellowship in refractive surgery techniques at the Doheny Eye Institute of USC, Los Angeles, USA; Cleveland Clinic Foundation; and UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, USA.

In addition to his role at our hospital, Dr. Shah serves as a Consulting Ophthalmologist at Samyak Drishti in Mumbai. Previously, he held Consultancy Positions at various institutions, including Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre, Bhatia General Hospital, Conwest Jain Clinic, Sir H. N. Hospital and Research Centre, Surya Eye Tech Super Speciality Eye Hospital, Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital, and Divyadrashti Eye Hospital. He started the Roshni Eye Bank and Tissue Processing Centre at Lilavati Hospital and was in charge of the eye banks at Conwest Jain Clinic and Bhatia General Hospital. He was also an Advisory Board Member for the Eye Bank Co-Ordination & Research Centre, Mumbai.

 

Dr. Shah, who specialises in cataract and refractive surgery, possesses vast surgical expertise in various procedures, including:

  • Cataract surgery, refractive cataract surgery using premium lenses (microincision cataract surgery [MICS] and aspheric, toric, multifocal, multifocal toric, EDOF, trifocal, and trifocal toric intraocular lens [IOL] implantation) for spectacle free vision after cataract surgery
  • Complete range of refractive surgeries (basic LASIK, custom LASIK, wavefront-guided LASIK, topoguided LASIK, Sub-Bowman’s keratomileusis [SBK] LASIK, bladeless Femto-LASIK, the no-blade no-flap Smile procedure, Phakic IOL implantation, Refractive lens exchange, Bioptics surgery, Customised management of keratoconus with corneal collagen crosslinking, corneal collagen crosslinking with topography guided surface ablation, and Presbyond blended vision for reading glasses).
  • Dr. Shah pioneered the commercial application of Smile in India and was the first to start using laser blended vision for presbyopia in India. He has also conducted clinical trials in India for advanced treatments using the MEL 80 excimer laser (Carl Zeiss, Germany).
  • He is an expert in Cataract & Refractive Surgery. He has a vast experience of treating thousands of patients with complex vision disorders and also the management of LASIK complications.

 

He has served as an Editorial Board Member for the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. Further, he is a Peer-Reviewer for esteemed publications, such as the Ophthalmology (the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology), American Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Refractive Surgery, and Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research. He conducts training courses in LASIK, bladeless LASIK, and phakic IOL implantation for ophthalmologists and mentors doctoral thesis candidates.

Membership:

  • Member; Indian Medical Association (IMA)
  • Member; All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
  • Member; Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOS)
  • Member; Bombay Ophthalmologists Association (BOA)
  • Member; American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
  • Member; American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS)
  • Member; International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
  • Member; The Cornea Society
  • Member; Asia–Pacific Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS)
  • Member; Cornea Society of India (CSI)
  • Member; Indian Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society (IIRSI)
  • Member; Association of Medical Consultants (AMC)
  • Member; Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)
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