May 2026

By Dr. Jignesh Gala — FRCS (Glasgow), MRCS (Edinburgh), FICO (London), DOMS, MBBS | Medical Director, Topax Eye Hospital, Vile Parle East | Founder & Chairman, Crystal Clear Eye Hospital, Andheri West, Mumbai | Reviewer, BMJ Case Reports | Published Author, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology If you have been searching online for the best LASIK surgeon in Mumbai, the best glass removal surgery […]

By Dr. Jignesh M. Gala — Vitreoretinal & Cataract Surgeon, Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri West, Mumbai In July 2019, having completed my Medical & Surgical Retina fellowship at the L V Prasad Eye Institute and returned home to Mumbai, I joined Topiwala National Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital as Assistant Professor of

By Dr. Jignesh M. Gala — Vitreoretinal & Cataract Surgeon, Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri West, Mumbai In 2016, after a multi-stage examination process that tested my knowledge of visual sciences, optics, instruments, clinical ophthalmology, and live clinical decision-making, I was admitted as a Fellow of the International Council of Ophthalmology — entitling me to

By Dr. Jignesh M. Gala — Vitreoretinal & Cataract Surgeon, Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri West, Mumbai On 8 February 2021, I joined the Department of Ophthalmology at Woodlands Health (WH) in Singapore, part of the National Healthcare Group Eye Institute (NHGEI). I returned to India on 31 December that same year. Eleven months. It

By Dr. Jignesh M. Gala — Vitreoretinal & Cataract Surgeon, Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri West, Mumbai The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh was founded in 1505. To put a number on that: when the College was incorporated by royal charter, Christopher Columbus had been dead for less than a year, the printing press

By Dr. Jignesh M. Gala — Vitreoretinal & Cataract Surgeon, Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri West, Mumbai When I look back at the year I spent as a Medical & Surgical Retina fellow at the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad — between 2018 and 2019 — I think of it less as a