Dr. Prateek Agarwal

Dr. Prateek Agarwal, MS, is an Associate Staff Physician in the Eye Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining, Dr. Agarwal was in a private practice at the Nayan Eye Care and Laser Centre, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, as a cornea, cataract and refractive surgeon. He has performed thousands of cataract surgeries, lasik and cornea transplants, for private patients and through programs sponsored by non-government organizations. He has also served as an Assistant Professor at Subharti Medical College, Uttar Pradesh, teaching cornea and cataract treatment.

Alongside his expertise in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery, Dr. Agarwal has extensive experience in the management of infectious keraititis and therapeutic/tectonic cornea transplantation.

He graduated with a medical degree from Madurai Medical College in Madurai, India and completed a residency with the renowned Aravind Eye Hospital in Madurai, one of the world’s leading eye hospitals, particularly for cataract surgery. He completed an additional senior residency in corneal techniques at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh, India and his International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) Fellowship in cornea and external diseases at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
2000 - 2006
MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

2006 - 2009
ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL, MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Resident, Ophthalmology

FELLOWSHIP
2011 - 2012
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BERN, SWITZERLAND
ICO Fellow, Cornea and External Diseases

WORK EXPERIENCES
2012 - 2017
NAYAN EYE CARE ＆ LASER CENTRE, MEERUT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
Private Practice, Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Services

2010 - 2011
SUBHARTI MEDICAL COLLEGE, MEERUT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
Assistant Professor, Cornea and Cataract

2010 - 2010
LALA LAJPAT RAI MEDICAL COLLEGE, MEERUT, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA
Senior Resident, Eye Anterior Segment

2009 - 2009
POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, CHANDIGARH, INDIA
Senior Resident, Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Services

Achievements & Career Highlights
• Has performed more than 10,000 microincision phacoemulsification cataract surgeries​

• Has performed more than 1,000 Lasik surgeries​

• Received International Council of Ophthalmology fellowship grant in cornea and external diseases​
Awarded as Honorable Mention for “Small aperture pinhole IOL surgical implantation” at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Meeting in San Diego, 2019

• Awarded “Best Surgical Video” at the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India Conference, New Delhi, 2019

• Awarded Gold Medal for contributions in the field of cataract and refractive surgeries at the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India Conference, New Delhi, 2019

• Fellowship in cornea and external diseases, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

• Received prestigious ASIA ARVO travel grant, 2011

• Member of Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh(MRCS EDINBURGH)