Dr. Karthikeya — Senior Consultant in Delhi NCR

Dr. Karthikeya is a Senior Consultant at Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital in Delhi NCR, with more than 10 years of experience in ophthalmology. His qualifications are MBBS, MD, DNB, FICO and MRCSEd.

His practice is the retina. Vitrectomy, retinal detachment surgery, macular hole surgery and epiretinal membrane surgery are the operations. Diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration are the two conditions that fill a medical retina clinic, and anti-VEGF intravitreal injection is the treatment that holds them. Retinopathy of prematurity and congenital eye disorder treatment extend the same work to newborns, and cataract surgery is listed as well.

He read MBBS at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal in 2010 and took MD in ophthalmology at AIIMS in New Delhi in 2015, followed by DNB. His fellowship in vitreoretina, uvea and ROP was taken at AIIMS in New Delhi in 2018, and in 2023 he completed advanced training in medical retinal conditions, inherited retinal diseases and uveitis at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. He is also a Fellow of the International Council of Ophthalmology and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He practises at Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital in Gurgaon and in Preet Vihar, Delhi.

He has over 60 scientific research publications, book chapters and conference presentations, and is a board-certified ophthalmologist. His record also carries something no other line explains: he served as expedition medical officer for the 38th Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica and lived there for 14 months.