DOCTOR'S PROFILE
Dr. Deepali Singhal
Medical Director & Chief Consultant Cataract (adult & pediatric), Cornea, Ocular surface and Refractive Surgery Specialist Anil Eye Hospital, Thane, Maharashtra
Dr Deepali Singhal has completed her MD ophthalmology and Senior Residency (3 years) in Cornea, Refractive surgery, Cataract (paediatric and adult) and Ocular surface from the apex institute of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. She was awarded the Dr Bodhraj Sabharwal Gold Medal for the best postgraduate student in ophthalmology in 2016 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Position :
- Life member of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons (ISCKRS), Corneal Society of India (CSI), Bombay ophthalmological Association (BOA) and Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)
- An associate editor of DOS journal and Kerasight (Journal of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons)
- A reviewer for some of the journals publishing in the field of Cornea, Lens and Refractive Surgery
Qualification :
- MBBS
- MD Ophthalmology
- Gold medalist (AIIMS, New Delhi),
- DNB, MRCSEd.[UK]
- FICO Cornea [UK
- FICO
- Fellowship Refractive Surgery (Greece)
Achievements :
- Contributed to more than 60 international and national scientific publications and book chapters.
- Awarded the Dr Bodhraj Sabharwal Medal in Ophthalmology for the best postgraduate student for the year 2016 at AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Awarded the first prize in ophthalmic photography competition conducted by AIOS in 2019 for World Sight Day.
- Awarded the best in E-poster section in the 68th Annual DOS conference DOSCON 2017 held from April 7th to 9th 2017
- Awarded 2nd prize in Ophtha quiz held in the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 3rd and 4th 2019.
- Awarded 2nd prize in the free paper session – Cornea, for paper entitled cavity formation in cases of terrien marginal degeneration at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 3rd and 4th 2019.
- Participated as an instructor for DSAEK at surgical skills transfer course organized at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 3rd and 4th 2019.
Surgical & Clinical Skills
- Cataract surgeries: Phacoemulsification, SICS, ECCE
- Laser Assisted cataract surgery
- Paediatric cataract surgery
- Complicated cataract surgery: subluxated/ traumatic cataract
- Refractive surgeries: LASIK, PRK, ICL, CONTOURA, Topo-guided PRK
- Scleral Fixation of IOL (SFIOL) and Glued IOL
- Limbal Stem Cell Transplant (SLET)
- Ocular Surface procedures (AMG, MMG)
- Pterygium excision with auto-conjunctival graft
- Ocular trauma & emergencies: Corneal perforation repair
- Fibrin glue and cyanoacrylate glue applications
- Corneal collagen cross linking in keratoconus
- ND-YAG laser capsulotomy and iridotomy
Awards :
- Successful completion of surgical skills transfer course on microkeratome LASIK organized at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 3rd and 4th 2019.
- Awarded first prize in AIOS ophthalmology photography competition held on 14th February 2020.
- Contributed as a co-author in the paper “Goel S, Sahay P, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Titiyal JS
- Awarded the 1st prize in Doctor’s Conclave 2021 at ASG Hospital Pvt Ltd.
- Awarded the Excellence in basics of clinical practice award at ASG Hospital Pvt Ltd. In October2021.
- Awarded the Stalwart online quiz award for exceptional performance and winning the online quiz held at ASG Hospital Pvt Ltd. In March, April and May 2021.
- Awarded 2nd prize in the photo contest at Keracon 9th National Meeting Of Cornea Society Of India held from 10th to 12th December 2021.
- Awarded 3rd prize for E-poster (Cornea) on Role Of Combined Immuno-modulator Therapy In Severe Steroid Intolerant Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 12th and 14th 2022.
- Awarded 1st prize for E-poster (cataract) on A comparative analysis of steroid and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to control inflammation and macular edema post phacoemulsification at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 12th and 14th 2022.
- Awarded 2nd prize for E-video on Tenon patch graft in corneal fistula at the Annual conference of Indian society of cornea and kerato-refractive surgeons held at Le Meridien, New Delhi on August 12th and 14th 2022.
- Awarded Dr IM Sahu Award for Best Paper in Cornea “ Hybrid technique of tuck-in tenon patch graft and TABCL for large corneal perforation in microbial keratitis” in OSCON 2022 held at Railway Auditorium, Bhubaneswar on 25th-27th November, 2022.
- Awarded third prize in a video competition by IIRSI in association with YOSI on 21st March 2023 for presenting a surgical video on “Subluxated Pediatric Lens Surgery”.
Publications (Pubmed Indexed)
- Singhal D, Nanda A, Kanungo S, Sahoo K, Mohapatra S. A comparative analysis of topical corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to control inflammation and macular edema following uneventful phacoemulsification. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. 2022;70(2):425.
- Singhal D, Tripathy K. Oculo Auriculo Vertebral Spectrum. In: StatPearls [Internet]. StatPearls Publishing; 2022.
- Maharana PK, Singhal D, Raj N, Sharma N, Titiyal JS. Role of combined immunomodulator therapy in severe steroid intolerant vernal keratoconjunctivitis. Eye. 2021;35(3):979-987
- Goel S, Sahay P, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Titiyal JS, Sharma N. Intraoperative optical coherence tomography-guided release of lenticulo-corneal adhesion and lens aspiration in anterior dislocation of lens with corneal edema. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Mar;68(3):510-512.
- Singhal D, Sahay P, Maharana PK. Re: Narayana et al.: Mycotic antimicrobial localized injection: a randomized clinical trial evaluating intrastromal injection of voriconazole (Ophthalmology. 2019;126:1084-1089). Ophthalmology.2019 Nov;126(11):e85-e86.
- Singhal D, Maharana PK. RE: "Three-Year Outcome Comparison Between Femtosecond Laser-Assisted and Manual Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty". Cornea. 2019 Nov;38(11)
- Sharma N, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Agarwal T, Sinha R, Satpathy G, Singh Bageshwar LM, Titiyal JS. Spectral Domain Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in Fungal Keratitis. Cornea. 2018 Nov;37(11):1388-1394.
- Sharma N, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Sinha R, Agarwal T, Upadhyay AD, Velpandian T, Satpathy G, Titiyal JS. Comparison of Oral Voriconazole Versus Oral Ketoconazole as an Adjunct to Topical Natamycin in Severe Fungal Keratitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Cornea. 2017 Dec;36(12):1521-1527.
- Sharma R, Singhal D, Shashni A, Agarwal E, Wadhwani M, Dada T. Comparison of Eye Drop Instillation Before and After Use of Drop Application Strips in Glaucoma Patients on Chronic Topical Therapy. J Glaucoma. 2016 Apr;25(4):e438-40.
- Sahay P, Singhal D, Nagpal R, Maharana PK, Farid M, Gelman R, Sinha R, Agarwal T, Titiyal JS, Sharma N. Pharmacologic therapy of mycotic keratitis. Surv Ophthalmol. 2019 May - Jun;64(3):380-400.
- Singhal D, Raj N, Maharana PK. Post DALK ectasia in case of macular corneal dystrophy. IJO case reports. 2022
- Sharma N, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Vajpayee RB. Tuck-In Tenon Patch Graft in Corneal Perforation. Cornea. 2019 Aug;38(8):951-954.
- Sharma N, Arora T, Singhal D, Maharana PK, Garg P, Nagpal R, Murthy S, Gunnam S, Arora A, Prajna V, Rajaraman R, Padmanabhan P, Kumar A, Kumar R, Tomar S, Thomas A, Gyanchand R, Arora R, Biswas B, Basak S. Procurement, storage and utilization trends of eye banks in India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019 Jul;67(7):1056-1059.
Publications (Non - Indexed)
- Trifocal and EDOF IOLS: A new era of multifocal IOL. Deepali Singhal. Dos Times Volume 27, Number 3, January-February 2022
- Surgical technique of tenon patch graft in corneal fistula and corneal perforations. Deepali Singhal. Dos Times Volume 28, Number 4, July-August 2022.
- Filamentary keratitis. Deepali Singhal, Prafulla K Maharana. Dos Times Vol. 25 , No. 6, May-June 2020.
- Limbal stem cell deficiency. Deepali Singhal, Gunjan Saluja, Prafulla K Maharana. Dos Times Vol. 25 , No. 5, March-April 2020.
- Half-in-half out nucleus in HMSC. Deepali Singhal, Prafulla K Maharana. Dos Times Vol. , No., September-October 2019.
- Misty Phacoemulsification. Video abstarct selected for presentation at AAO 2018, Chicago Oct 27-30. Namrata Sharma, Deepali Singhal , Prafulla Kumar Maharana.
- Singhal D, Maharana PK. Optical biometry. Kerasight Vol. 4; January - March 2018.
- Contributed to All India Ophthalmological Society Guidelines of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction. Proceeds of AIOS Workshop 29 July, 2017.
- Management of dry eye. Neelima Aron , Deepali Singhal , Rajesh Sinha. Dos Times Vol. 21, No. 9 March 2015.
- Fungal keratitis. Deepali Singhal, Namrata Sharma, Prafulla K Maharana. Dos Times Vol. , No., September-October 2019.
Publications (Book Chapters)
- Maharana PK, Singhal D. Traumatic cataract. In Ophthalmology clinics for post graduates by Maharana PK, Sharma N, Kumar A. Ed-1, Pg-. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
- Contributed to updating of the recent edition of Khurana AK, Khurana B. Comprehensive Ophthalmology: With Supplementary Book - Review of Ophthalmology. JP Medical Ltd; 2015. 185 p.
- Sharma N, Singhal D, Sahay P. Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty in Complex Situations: Corneal Infections; Chemical Burns and Others. Chapter 10, In Mastering DALK - A Video Textbook on Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty, edited by Dr. Soosan Jacob.
- Singhal D, Goel S, Maharana PK. Aberrometers. In Ophthalmology clinics for post graduates by Maharana PK, Sharma N, Kumar A. Ed-2, Pg-. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
- Verma S, Sidhu T, Singhal D, Maharana PK. Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography. In Ophthalmology clinics for post graduates by Maharana PK, Sharma N, Kumar A. Ed-2, Pg-. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
- Singhal D, Kishore A, Sharma A, Maharana PK. Intraocular Lens Master. In Ophthalmology clinics for post graduates by Maharana PK, Sharma N, Kumar A. Ed-2, Pg-. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.
- Gupta S, Singhal D, Maharana PK. Lenstar. In Ophthalmology clinics for post graduates by Maharana PK, Sharma N, Kumar A. Ed-2, Pg-. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.