Amar Agarwal

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.

File:Amar Agarwal winning award from J Jayalalithaa.jpg

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=2706 |title=A look at Microphakonit Phaco |publisher=eyeworld.org |date=2005-09-01 |accessdate=2015-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904023135/http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=2706 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He has also discovered No anesthesia cataract surgery and FAVIT a new technique to remove dropped nuclei.{{cite journal|date=2001-10-10 |doi=10.1016/S0886-3350(01)00793-3 |volume=27 |issue=10 |pages=1643–1650|last1=Pandey |first1=Suresh K. |last2=Werner |first2=Liliana |last3=Apple |first3=David J. |last4=Agarwal |first4=Amar |last5=Agarwal |first5=Athiya |last6=Agarwal |first6=Sunita |title=No-anesthesia clear corneal phacoemulsification versus topical and topical plus intracameral anesthesia |journal=Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery |pmid=11687365 |s2cid=27762284 }} 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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vySuqncQYIgC&pg=PA791 |title= Book titled 'Ocular Therapeutics' Chapter 47 |publisher=jaypeedigital.com |date=2013-09-01 |accessdate=2015-03-15|isbn= 9789350903209 }} He has also discovered a new refractive error called Aberropia.{{cite web|url=http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3948|title=Phenomenon termed aberropia|publisher=eyeworld.org|date=2007-08-01|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-date=22 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622070145/http://www.eyeworld.org/article.php?sid=3948|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com/news/aberropia-discovery-new-refractive-entity?page=full|title=Aberropia: the discovery of a new refractive entity|publisher=ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com|date=2007-07-01|accessdate=2015-06-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622071014/http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com/news/aberropia-discovery-new-refractive-entity?page=full|archive-date=22 June 2015|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://crstodayeurope.com/2014/03/the-glued-iol |title=The Glued IOL |publisher=crstodayeurope.com |date=2005-09-01 |accessdate=2015-03-15 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402103728/http://crstodayeurope.com/2014/03/the-glued-iol |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite journal|title=Anterior segment transplantation with a novel biosynthetic graft |date=2010-03-01 |pmid=20093940 | doi=10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181cd1b14 |volume=36 |issue=2 |journal=Eye & Contact Lens |pages=130–6 | last1 = Jacob | first1 = S | last2 = Prakash | first2 = G | last3 = Ashok Kumar | first3 = D | last4 = Nair | first4 = V | last5 = Agarwal | first5 = A | last6 = Agarwal | first6 = A|s2cid=40603251 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.eyeporter.com/Blog/September-2014/PDEK,-New-inner-layer-cornea-transplant-technique |title=PDEK, New inner-layer cornea transplant technique - A State of Sight #92 |publisher=eyeporter.com |date=2014-11-04 |accessdate=2015-05-21 |archive-date=22 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522045049/http://www.eyeporter.com/Blog/September-2014/PDEK,-New-inner-layer-cornea-transplant-technique |url-status=dead }}

{{BLP unsourced section|date=June 2018}}

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.

• {{cite book | last = Agarwal | first = Amar | title = Phacoemulsification, Laser cataract surgery and Foldable IOL's- First edition | publisher = Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology | location = Chennai | year = 1998 | isbn = 978-8171796243}}
• {{cite book | last = Agarwal | first = Amar | title = Refractive Surgery- First edition | publisher = Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology | location = Chennai | year = 1999}}
• {{cite book | last = Agarwal | first = Amar | title = Phacoemulsification, Laser cataract surgery and Foldable IOL's- Second edition | publisher = Jaypee, Distributed internationally by Slack and Highlights of Ophthalmology | location = Chennai | year = 2000}}

File:Kelman Award to Prof Amar Agarwal.jpg

Prof. Agarwal has received many awards for his work done in ophthalmology most significant being the Barraquer Award{{cite web|url=http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=13349§ionid=17|title=Chennai ophthalmologist conferred Barraquer Award|publisher=pharmabiz.com|date=2002-12-13|accessdate=2015-06-25|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626125053/http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=13349§ionid=17|url-status=live}} and the Kelman Award.{{cite web | title=Amar Agarwal | website=The Ophthalmologist | url=https://theophthalmologist.com/power-list/origin/1-1/1-1/old/old/2016/2-amar-agarwal | access-date=2024-07-18}} His videos have won many awards at the film festivals of ASCRS,{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Agarwal-Hospital-bags-4-international-awards/2013/04/30/article1567383.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618232134/http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Agarwal-Hospital-bags-4-international-awards/2013/04/30/article1567383.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2013|title=Agarwal Hospital bags 4 international awards|publisher=newindianexpress.com|date=2013-04-30|accessdate=2015-06-25}} AAO{{cite web|url=http://www.aao.org/about/awards/secretariat|title=Secretariat Award|publisher=aao.org|date=2015-01-01|accessdate=2015-06-25|archive-date=26 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626160853/http://www.aao.org/about/awards/secretariat|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://portal.sriramachandra.edu.in/Documents/Vist,Adunct,Emience,Emeritus%20-NationalInternation%2028.12.2013.pdf |title=SRI RAMACHANDRA UNIVERSITY VISITING PROFESSOR – NATIONAL |publisher=portal.sriramachandra.edu.in |date=2013-12-28 |accessdate=2015-03-15 |archive-date=1 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150301135514/http://portal.sriramachandra.edu.in/Documents/Vist,Adunct,Emience,Emeritus%20-NationalInternation%2028.12.2013.pdf |url-status=live }}

{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Agarwal, Agar}}

Category:Indian ophthalmologists

Category:Living people

Category:Medical doctors from Chennai

Category:1960 births