Dr. Deepak Bhojwani

Vitreoretinal Surgeon

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Dr. Deepak Bhojwani completed his Masters in Ophthalmology (MS) from M & J Institute of ophthalmology, BJMC Ahmedabad in 2012. Following which he pursued long term Vitreo-Retina surgical fellowship from the prestigious institute of SANKARA NETHRALAYA, Chennai (2012-2014). In 2017 he received ICO scholarship to persue PAEDIATRIC And ROP fellowship at LMU university, Munich (Germany). He has sound clinical knowledge of Vitreo-retinal disorders including Inflammation and Uveitis. He has a keen interest in academics and has published > 20 articles in indexed international journals. He has presented multiple research articles and papers in national and international conferences. He has received many awards for his academic work. He is a REVIEWER for Indian Journal of OPHTHALMOLOGY and EYE Journal (UK). He has performed > 1000 retinal surgeries and > 5000 medical retina procedures including retinal lasers and angiographies. He has an experience of 11 years in ophthalmology practice. 6 years of superspecialty practice in RETINA.

  1. Articles 26 Aug 2021 9 min read

    How to Quickly Read a Macular OCT Scan?

    Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a quick, non-invasive, reproducible, and optical analog of ultrasound imaging which is as good as in vivo viewing of individual retinal layers histologically. In today’s practice, OCT is indisputably an essential diagnostic tool for every retinal surgeon. And so correct interpretation of OCT scans helps us in understanding the disease pathologically which in turn aids in prognosticating and making treatment decisions. How to quickly read a macular OCT? An OCT image gives you layer by layer information of retinal tissue. So if we segment the OCT image into 5 layer-wise sub-segments, it becomes very easy to read and interpret the retinal pathology. And also just by looking at the diseased/damaged retinal layer, we can identify probable clinical disease. These 5 OCT sub-segments can be used for quick interpretation of macular OCT scans. 1: VR (Vitreo-Retinal) Interface 2: Inner Retina 3: Outer retina 4: RPE/ BRUCHS MEMBRANE 5: Choroid Let us first rev

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