Wikipedia

Amar Agarwal

Dr Amar Agarwal M.S., FRCS, F.R.C.Ophth is an Indian ophthalmologist and chairman and managing director of Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital and Eye Research Centre in India, which includes 190 + eye hospitals. He is the recipient of the Best Doctor award of the State government from then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa on 15 August 2014.[1][2] He is also the past President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and Secretary General of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI).[3][4][5]

Amar Agarwal
Born (1960-07-20) 20 July 1960 (age 64)
Chennai
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materMadras Medical College, Madras University (M.B.B.S.),
Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, Gujarat University (M.S.(Ophtha)),
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (F.R.C.S.),
Royal College of Ophthalmologists (F.R.C.Ophth)
Known forResearch in Ophthalmology
AwardsBest Doctor Award of the State Government (Tamil Nadu)
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine, ophthalmology
InstitutionsChairman, Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital

Early life and education

edit

Amar Agarwal was born in Chennai on 20 July 1960 to Padma Bhushan Dr. Jaiveer Agarwal and Dr. Tahira Agarwal. He completed M.B.B.S. degree in February 1983 from Madras Medical College, Madras University. His further qualifications include M.S.(Ophtha) in July 1986 from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, University of Gujarat, FRCS in October 1986 from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and F.R.C.Ophth in October 1988 from Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, United Kingdom.

Career

edit
 
Best Doctor Award

Prof. Amar Agarwal is the pioneer of Phakonit which is Phako with a Needle Incision Technology. This technique became popularized as Bimanual phaco, Microincision Cataract surgery (MICS) or Microphaco. He is the first to remove cataracts through a 0.7 mm tip with the technique called Microphakonit.[6] He has also discovered No anesthesia cataract surgery and FAVIT a new technique to remove dropped nuclei.[7] The air pump which was a simple idea of using an aquarium fish pump to increase the fluid into the eye in bimanual phaco and co-axial phaco has helped prevent surge. This built the basis of various techniques of forced infusion for small incision cataract surgery. He was also the first to use trypan blue for staining epiretinal membranes and publishing the details in his 4 volume textbook of ophthalmology.[8] He has also discovered a new refractive error called Aberropia.[9][10] He has also been the first to do a combined surgery of microphakonit (700 micron cataract surgery) with a 25 gauge vitrectomy in the same patient thus having the smallest incisions possible for cataract and vitrectomy. He is also the first surgeon to implant a new mirror telescopic IOL (LMI) for patients with age related macular degeneration. He has also been the first in the world to implant a Glued IOL.[11] In this a PC IOL is fixed in an eye without any capsules using fibrin glue. The Malyugin ring for small pupil cataract surgery was also modified by him as the Agarwal modification of the Malyugin ring for miotic pupil cataract surgeries with posterior capsular defects. Dr.Agarwal's eye hospital has also done for the first time an Anterior segment transplantation in a 4 month old child with anterior staphyloma.[12] Prof. Agarwal has also reported and operated the first Pre-Descemet's Endothelial Keratoplasty (PDEK), a new type of corneal transplantation that can be used for patients with swelling or edema of the cornea.[13]

Personal life

edit

Amar Agarwal is married to Dr Athiya Agarwal, an ophthalmologist. They have two sons, named Dr Adil Agarwal and Dr Anosh Agarwal. He has adopted his sister Dr. Sunita Agarwal's sons Dr Ashvin Agarwal and Dr Ashar Agarwal. All 4 of them being ophthalmologists and manage Dr. Agarwal's Eye Hospital.

Bibliography

edit

Books

edit
  • Agarwal, Amar (1998). Phacoemulsification, Laser cataract surgery and Foldable IOL's- First edition. Chennai: Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology. ISBN 978-8171796243.
  • Agarwal, Amar (1999). Refractive Surgery- First edition. Chennai: Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology.
  • Agarwal, Amar (2000). Phacoemulsification, Laser cataract surgery and Foldable IOL's- Second edition. Chennai: Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology.

Awards, Video Awards and Honours

edit
 
Kelman Award

Prof. Agarwal has received many awards for his work done in ophthalmology most significant being the Barraquer Award[14] and the Kelman Award.[15] His videos have won many awards at the film festivals of ASCRS,[16] AAO[17] and ESCRS. He has also written more than 50 books which have been published in various languages- English, Spanish and Polish. He also trains doctors from all over the world in his center on phaco, bimanual phaco, lasik and retina. He heads Dr.Agarwals group of eye hospitals which has 67 eye hospitals. He has also been the Professor of Ophthalmology at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute in Chennai, India.[18]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Dr Amar Agarwal Gets Best Doc Award". Newindianexpress.com. 16 August 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Amar Agarawl gets Best Doctor award - Worldnews.com". Article.wn.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Posterior Capsular Rupture: A Practical Guide to Prevention and Management & About the Author". healio.com. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Indian Intra-ocular Implant and Refractive Surgery Convention highlights advances in ophthalmology". Eurotimes.org. 8 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Educator, inventor shapes future of ophthalmology in India, worldwide | Ocular Surgery News Asia Pacific Edition". Healio.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  6. ^ "A look at Microphakonit Phaco". eyeworld.org. 1 September 2005. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  7. ^ Pandey, Suresh K.; Werner, Liliana; Apple, David J.; Agarwal, Amar; Agarwal, Athiya; Agarwal, Sunita (10 October 2001). "No-anesthesia clear corneal phacoemulsification versus topical and topical plus intracameral anesthesia". Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. 27 (10): 1643–1650. doi:10.1016/S0886-3350(01)00793-3. PMID 11687365. S2CID 27762284.
  8. ^ Book titled 'Ocular Therapeutics' Chapter 47. jaypeedigital.com. 1 September 2013. ISBN 9789350903209. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ^ "Phenomenon termed aberropia". eyeworld.org. 1 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Aberropia: the discovery of a new refractive entity". ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com. 1 July 2007. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  11. ^ "The Glued IOL". crstodayeurope.com. 1 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ^ Jacob, S; Prakash, G; Ashok Kumar, D; Nair, V; Agarwal, A; Agarwal, A (1 March 2010). "Anterior segment transplantation with a novel biosynthetic graft". Eye & Contact Lens. 36 (2): 130–6. doi:10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181cd1b14. PMID 20093940. S2CID 40603251.
  13. ^ "PDEK, New inner-layer cornea transplant technique - A State of Sight #92". eyeporter.com. 4 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  14. ^ "Chennai ophthalmologist conferred Barraquer Award". pharmabiz.com. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Amar Agarwal". The Ophthalmologist. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Agarwal Hospital bags 4 international awards". newindianexpress.com. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  17. ^ "Secretariat Award". aao.org. 1 January 2015. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  18. ^ "SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY VISITING PROFESSOR – NATIONAL" (PDF). portal.sriramachandra.edu.in. 28 December 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amar_Agarwal&oldid=1235350340"