- Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD is an ophthalmologist and eye surgeon with more than 36 years of expertise.
- He is skilled in SMILE Eye Surgery, LASIK & Refractive Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Cornea Services, Ocular Surface & Dry Eyes Disorders, Keratoconus Treatment, Computer Vision Syndrome, and many more.
- He received his medical training at New Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
- He was granted the Best Resident Award and ranked first in his postgraduate examination in 1984 while studying ophthalmology at AIIMS’ Rajendra Prasad Centre (1982-1984).
- After completing his senior residency (1985-1987), he returned to his old mater for the next decade, first as an assistant professor (1988-91) and then as an associate professor (1991-96).
- Dr. Mahipal is a worldwide authority on cataract and refractive surgery, with over 94 articles in reputable journals and authorship of more than ten well-received books and manuals, including A Practical Guide to Phacoemulsification, one of the first books on the issue released in 1996.
- He has given more than 495 scholarly articles at state, national, and worldwide conferences.
- Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD is fluent in English, and Hindi.
Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD
- Ophthalmologist
- Senior Consultant , MD, MBBS, 36 years of experience
- Delhi
Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD
- Ophthalmologist
- Senior Consultant , MD, MBBS, 36 years of experience
- Delhi
Profile (Overview)
Specialities
Specialization
- SMILE Eye Surgery
- LASIK & Refractive Surgery
- Cataract Surgery, Cornea Services
- Ocular Surface & Dry Eyes Disorders
- Keratoconus Treatment
- Computer Vision Syndrome,
Work Experience of Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD
- Consultant, Center for sight, New Delhi
- Consultant, Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi
- Associate Professor, AIIMS, Delhi
Education
- MD, AIIMS, New Delhi
- MBBS, 1980, All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Awards
- Awarded Padamshri in January 2007
- – Awarded Honorary FAICO by AIOS in 2020
- – Centre for Sight has been recently awarded as “The Best Single Specialty Hospital- Ophthalmology” at the Times Health Care Achievers Awards.
- – Pioneered Small Incision Lenticule extraction (SMILE) in India, and a high volume SMILE surgeon
- – Pioneered blade free Femtocatarct technology in India
- – Performed the first iLASIK (Bladeless LASIK) in India
- – First to install Zyoptix (Bladeless LASIK) in India
- – First to introduce Phakic IOLs in India
- – He is widely credited to be the pioneer & propagate the technique of Phacoemulsification for Cataract surgery
- – Principal Investigator in multiple Clinical reasearch studies
- – Led team of ophthalmologists into Guiness Book of World Records for maximum number of Diabetic Retinopathy Screenings in a day
- – Inducted in Wall of Fame at Modern School, Barakhamba Road
- – Recognised as best resident and stood first in M.D. Ophthalmology (AIIMS)
- – He has been recognized globally with fellowships and scholarships from the “Fifth International Symposium on Immunopathology”- Japan, “International Society of Eye
- Research”, “Research to Prevent Blindness”, New York, “Fisons award by the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists”, USA amongst others.
- – Won the “A C Aggrawal Memorial Trophy”, “Col. Rangachari Certificate”, “Krishna Sohan Singh Trophy”, “Dr Ishwar Chand Silver Jubilee Award” to name a
- – Received “Life Time Achievement Award- Ophthalmology” at Times Health care Achievers program held in Delhi.
- – Honoured as one of the “Prominent Sikhs of India” on the occasion of 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji
- – Awarded “International leading Ophthalmologist 2016” in the conference Eye Advance by Swiss Eye research Foundation Switzerland
- – Launched the Village adoption programme to prevent and treat avoidable blindness
- Member of Global Advisory Board Johnson & Johnson Surgical vision.
Paper Published
- 115+ Articles published in Indexed Ophthalmological Journals
- Authored the First book on Phacoemulsification in India
- 175+ Papers & Courses presented at National & International Conferences
- 400+ National & International Conferences attended
- 150+ Articles published in MagazinesNewspaper.
