Know Your Doctor - Dr (Capt) Anjali Mehta, MBBS, DO, DNB, senior consultant in Ophthalmology

Name: Anjali Mehta - Specialist in Cataract and Oculoplastic Surgery with over 15 years experience in the medical profession and 12 years in ophthalmology.

Educational Particulars
Schooling : St. Mary's Convent, Nainital & Amy Public School, New Delhi
Graduation in Medicine from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (M.B.B.S)
Post Graduation from Research and Referral (Army) Hospital, Delhi (D. 0, D.N.B)

Professional Particulars
Officer in Army Medical Corps from 1991 to 1995. Left active service at the rank of Captain. Thereafter, pursued a Civilian career and specialized in Ophthalmology. 

Work Experience Details:

Year	Institution	Description
Army Career
1991 - 1992	Base Hospital, Delhi Cantonment	Internship in hospital with 1000 beds,  Rank: Lieutenant,  Designation: General Duty Medical Officer
1992 - 1994	Military Hospital, Abohar	Medical officer in a 49 bed hospital: Complete responsibility of MI room, family/medical/surgical wards; Attended 2 month Army training course for Medical Officers (Medical Officers Basic Course –Lucknow), Rank: Captain, Designation: General Duty Medical Officer
1994 - 1995	Armed Forces Clinic, Delhi	Medical officer in charge of conducting OPD for officers and other ranks, Rank: Captain, Designation: General Duty Medical Officer
Jan - Feb 1996	Armed Forces Clinic (Ophthalmologic department), Delhi	Observership in Ophthalmology prior to post-graduation
Civilian Career
1996 – 1998	Army Hospital, New Delhi	Diploma in Ophthalmology from Delhi University; University topper Thesis topic “ Automated perimetry for the evaluation of lesions of the visual pathway and fundus”.
1998 - 1999     December	Research and Referral (Army) Hospital, New Delhi	DNB (part 2)
January, 2000	Dr. Shroffs Clinic, Delhi	Associate with Dr. Noshir Shroff
February – March, 2000	Samsung Medical Hospital, South Korea	6 weeks observership with rotation in all sub-specialties of Ophthalmology including cornea, glaucoma, oculoplasty, retina, and strabismus and paediatric ophthalmology
May – July, 2000	Lok Kalyan Samiti, Delhi	Consultant (Jr.). Independent OPD
July - Oct, 2000	Batra Hospital, New Delhi	Senior resident post
Nov 2000 – Aug 2001	Six months sabbatical from clinical work – maternity and post-maternity leave
Aug 2001 to Jan 2004	Icare research and training hospital, Noida	Consultant responsible for: (a) Conducting independent OPD (b) Establishing and maintaining Oculoplasty department (trained under senior plastic surgeon at Icare) (c) Camp surgery (mainly Phaco, IOL, Oculoplasty) (d) Training and teaching (DNB students and doctors from other hospitals in IOL surgery)
July 2003 to August 2003 (During Icare tenure)	All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S)	Observership in Oculoplasty under Prof. S.M. Betharia
Jan 2004 – June 2004	Sabbatical from clinical work – maternity and post-maternity leave
June 2004 – Oct 2004	Navjyoti Eye Centre (Dr. Vivek Pal)	Daryaganj Consultant
Nov 2004 till May 2008	Icare research and training hospital, Noida	Senior Consultant – Departmental incharge of Oculoplasty. Responsible for developing and overseeing all Oculoplasty work Camp surgery (mainly Phacoemulsification, SICS , A wide range of all oculoplasty surgeries) Training and teaching (DNB students and doctors from other hospitals in Phaco, ECCE, SICS surgery) Administrative duties: OPD in charge for two years-responsible for overseeing working of OPD and managing over 20 general duty assistants
August 2008 till date	Vasundhara Eye Clinic, Dwarka Bensups Hospital Dwarka Aryavir Hospital, Gurgaon	Currently managing own eye clinic in Dwarka with OPD and OT facilities. Also have bi-weekly attachments at two places : (1) Bensups hospital, a large multispeciality hospital in Dwarka and (2) Aryavir – a high volume Charitable eye hospital in Gurgaon (stopped this from January 2011).

Professional Capabilities:
1. Thirteen years experience in general ophthalmology (inclusive of post graduation).
2. Seven years experience in phacoemulsification (cataract) surgery.
3. Seven years experience in oculoplasty. Sole responsibility for oculoplasty in a 100 bedded eye hospital for 3 years.

Can fully handle oculoplastics and cataract surgery departments and also possess a good all-round knowledge of other ocular subspecialties.

Teaching Capabilities:
Over five years experience in teaching DNB students as part of faculty.
Co-guide for thesis of DNB candidate
Vast experience in training and teaching national and international ophthalmologists in all types of cataract surgery ( phacoemulsification, ECCE, SICS)

Academics:
Has been a reviewer for peer reviewed journals.
Regular participation at national and local conferences.
Presented own papers at DOS, AIOS and Oculoplasty conferences. Presentations as invited faculty at DOS .
One paper published in International journal (Orbit)
Two papers published in National peer reviewed journals (Indian journal Ophthalmology) as well as others in non-peer reviewed journals.

• Indian Journal Ophthalmology: Year : 2008 Volume : 56 Issue 3 Page :235–237
  
  Sudoriferous cyst of the orbit of adult origin after trauma

  Anjali Mehta, DNB, Aparna Rao, DO, and Apoorva Khanna, MBBS
  

• Indian Journal Ophthalmology: Year : 2008 | Volume : 56 | Issue : 5 | Page : 413-416
  
  An unusual variation in the anatomy of the uncinate process in external dacryocystorhinostomy

Anjali Mehta, Nitin Puri

• ORBIT October 2009, Vol. 28, No. 5, Pages 285-289

Rare Orbitocranial Tumour in an Adult

Anjali Mehta, MBBS, DO, DNB,1 and Mithilesh Chandra, MD, FIC2

Administrative Capabilities:
Over 15 years experience in personnel management, initially as an Army officer and subsequently overseeing the working of OPD staff at Civilian Hospitals. Experience in setting up and running own private practice. 

Other Interests: Music, writing, reading, travelling, swimming and yoga.

Dr. Anjali Mehta's Non-Ophthalmic Published Articles: Blog http://anjalimehta.blogspot.com/

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