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Dr Ashok Sharma, M.S.(Opthamology) PGI, Chandigarh, MBBS(IGMC) Shimla  is a renowned opthamologist of the region with over 21.75 years of experience in opthamology. His present designations are Director, Cornea Centre, Chandigarh and Medical Director, City Eye Bank,

 

His areas of specializations include Eye Banking, Corneal Transplants, External Eye & Corneal Deseases, Contact Lenses and Refractive Surgery.

 

A brief profile:

 

Fellowships:

  • Cornea and refractive surgery, Eye Consultants of Maryland, USA and Eye Banking, Tissue Bank International Baltimore, USA (1996)

  • Cornea and Anterior Segment Fellowship (1994): LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hydrabad

 

Awards

  • Fellowship award for Research in Cornea in Seri ARVO meeting on research in Vision and Opthamology Feb 2005 at Singapore.

  • WHO Award for best paper on Chemical Eye Injury in SAARC Conference, Nepal.

  • Best paper award "Dry Eye in JRA", in National Conference on padiatric deseases, 2000.

  • Best Paper Award "Fibrin Glue in Strabismus Surgery", in SSI Conference 1998.

  • Awarded Silver Medal for securing 1st Position in MS Exam, PGI

 

Experience

  • Junior Resident, Eye Deptt. 3 Years

  • Senior Resident, Cornea Service, PGI, Chandigarh 3 Years

  • Assistant Prof., Cornea Service, PGI, Chandigarh 6 Years

  • Associate Prof., Cornea Service, PGI, Chandigarh 5 Years

  • Director, Cornea Service, GEI, Chandigarh

  • Director, Cornea Centre, Chandigarh

 

Speciality Experience

  • Fourteen years experience of treating Corneal Desease at tertiary care centre, Eye Deptt., PGIMER, Chandigarh.

  • Vast experience of performing Corneal Grafts

 

Experience of Eye Donation

  • Eighteen years of experience of promoting eye donation. Worked as a incharge of Eye Bank PGI for 11 years. Participated in various work shops, organized eye donation awareness programme.

  • Incharge of Eye Bank in NGO: 4 Years.

  • Incharge of Eye Bank in PGI for 11 Years.

 

Member of Societies

  • Founder Hon. Secretary, Eye Bank Society, Chandigarh

  • Member, Executive Comitee, Eye Bank Association of India

  • Life Member, Eye Bank Association of India.

  • Member, All India Opthamological Society.

  • Member, American Academy of Opthamology.

  • Member, Eye Bank Society, Chandigarh

  • Member, National Association of Blind - India

  • Resource Scientist to Nationa Institute for Blind & Visually handicapped, Dehradun, UP

  • Member, Executive Comittee, Eye Bank Association of India.

 

Papers Published

  • International Journals - 62

  • National Journals - 68

 

Papers Presented

  • International Conferences : 16

  • national Conferences : 84