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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

By Dr Jignesh Gala | Crystal Clear Eye Clinic, Andheri Mumbai If you are planning to get rid of glasses, you have likely come across two popular options—LASIK and Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE). Both procedures correct vision, but they work in completely different ways. In this guide, we’ll help you understand the key differences between