Naupada, Thane West - 400602, Thane, Maharashtra, India
"Dr. Sharang Wartikar is a young, compassionate eye specialist and a skilled vitreo-retinal surgeon with over a decade of experience in his field.
His expertise lies in performing Retinal Lasers and Retinal Surgeries. These include Scleral buckling surgeries and Micro Incision Vitrectomy Surgeries (MIVS) for various vitreo-retinal diseases. His work on MIVS has been published in renowned international journals*1 and he has contributed chapters on important retinal conditions like Diabetic Retinopathy in international textbooks*2.
He performs various retinal diagnostic procedures at his clinic for which he has received international certification*3. These include Fundus Photography, Fundus Angiography (FFA), Ocular Ultrasonography and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT).
He has contributed to paper, poster & video presentations at various conferences*4 including the American Academy of Ophthalmology and All India Ophthalmology Conferences where he has also received the awards for his videos and the papers. He has been invited as a guest speaker and has conducted Instruction Courses in multiple conferences*5. He has worked as a Study Coordinator for International Research programs*6 that have given the world sight saving drugs like Macugen and Eylea.
He has had an excellent academic career at school and college. He was a National Talent Search (NTS) Scholar and was in the Merit List at HSC board exams. After completing his MBBS from Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, he did his MS and DNB in Ophthalmology. This was followed by an intensive 2 years fellowship in Medical and Surgical Retina at the prestigious Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad. Here he received training under the honourable Dr. P.N.Nagpal, a legend in the field of Ophthalmology and under Dr. Manish Nagpal, a pioneer in modern retinal surgeries.
To fulfill his desire to constantly update his skills, he has travelled to international institutes*7 where he has spent time learning and has undertaken Surgical Retina courses*8. He has successfully cleared International Examinations*9 in single attempt and has kept himself abreast with the latest knowledge by regularly attending conferences.
He has been part of Research Projects*10 at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai and has assisted the World Bank, Government of India and Maharashtra Health System to control cataract blindness and to develop new clinical indicators.
He believes in a holistic and a compassionate approach towards his patients. He has always remained ethical in his practice and honest with his opinion. He strives to do what is in the best interest of the patient. He is approachable and very open about the outcomes of any treatment or any surgical procedure he offers to the patient.
Having served as a Retina consultant at different hospitals in Mumbai and Thane, he now devotes his time to private practice at Bhaskar Eye Care, Thane. Here, he works with the latest and most advanced diagnostic equipment and performs the most complicated retinal surgeries with the aide of different state-of-the-art machinery. At the same time he also continues to provide charitable services to the needy patients.
His other interests include photography and trekking. He has completed multiple Marathons and encourages others to take up some kind of fitness activity. He loves different types of music and has been blessed to have learnt playing the Sitar under the legendary Padma Bhushan late Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan.
*1: “Comparison of clinical outcomes and wound dynamics of sclerotomy ports of 20, 25 and 23 gauge vitrectomy”. Retina, 2009, Vol. 29, No.2. Pages 225-231.
*2: Chapter on “Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy” in Fundus Fluorescein and Indocyanine Green Angiography: A Textbook and Atlas.
*3: University of Wisconsin Reading Centre, U.
*3: Vienna Reading Centre, Austria.
*4: “Comparison of endoscopic view of ports in 20, 25 & 23-G vitrectomy in relation to vitreous incarceration”: American Academy of Ophthalmology, 2007, New Orleans.
*4: S. Nataraja Award for Best Paper in Retina at All India Ophthalmology Conference 2008, Bangalore.
*4: Video on “Fall and rise of posterior polar cataract” at All India Ophthalmology Conference 2009, Jaipur.
*4: Prize in Paper presentation at Gujarat Ophthalmological Society’s Annual Convention, 2007, Mehsana.
*4: Paper on “Comparative study of efficacy and safety of pars-plana vitrectomy using 20, 23 and 25 gauge entry systems” at All India Ophthalmology Conference 2009, Jaipur.
*5: Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society conference (MOSCON), Bombay Ophthalmic Association (BOA) Conference, Goa Ophthalmological Association (GOA), etc.
*6: Study Coordinator for VIEW-2 (VEGF Trap-Eye: Investigation of Efficacy and Safety in Wet AMD) sponsored by Bayer Schering Pharma, Berlin.
*6: Study Coordinator for EOP1013 (Role of Macugen in Diabetic Macular Edema) sponsored by OSI-Eyetech, New York and Pfizer Inc., New London.
*7: Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
*8: European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology Surgical Retina Course, Lugano, Switzerland.
*9: Basic Science and Clinical Science Examinations conducted by International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), UK.
*10: “Developing Clinical Indicators” for Maharashtra Health System Development
Project (MHSDP) funded by the World Bank.
*10: “Evaluation of NGOs”, a World Bank assisted Cataract-Blindness Control Project for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India."