Dr. Rupesh Agrawal

Associate Professor , Senior Consultant, Clinician Scientist, National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

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Associate Professor Rupesh Agrawal is a Senior Consultant - Clinician Scientist at National Healthcare Group Eye Institute @Tan Tock Seng Hospital. After completing his residency and fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular trauma from Sankara Netralaya, Chennai (1999-2003), he was a faculty member at Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna (2003-2008) and L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (2008-2009). After being awarded the NMRC overseas research training fellowship, he spent time at Moorfields Eye Hospital (MEH), London with Prof Carlos Pavesio and completed his MD (Res) training fellowship at Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London (UCL) (Nov' 2012 Oct' 2014) and is now associated with Institute of Ophthalmology as Research Associate and as Honorary consultant with MEH. His clinical areas of expertise are ocular inflammatory disorders (uveitis) including ocular tuberculosis and HIV and ocular trauma. He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented several papers, lectures on uveitis and ocular trauma. He is a recipient of numerous grants for basic-translational science projects pertinent to ocular inflammation and drug delivery. He is associated with Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) as Co-Head of Ocular infections and antimicrobials, with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as Associate Professor and as Adjunct Associate Professor with Eye ACP Programme at Duke NUS Medical School. His key research areas of interest are: Development of sustained release drugs for back of the eye.Novel biological markers for ocular inflammation.Characterising red blood cell behavior and its implications in diabetic retinopathy. Choroidal vascular imaging using index first published by him: Choroidal vascularity index. He is currently secretary of International Society of Ocular trauma and Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society. He was conferred with Healthcare Humanity Award by President of Singapore (2011) and President Volunteerism Philanthropy Award (PVPA) in 2018 for his humanitarian work across the island and Asia. He also serves as an examiner for Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow, UK.

  1. Articles 23 Mar 2023 9 min read

    Ten Tenets Every Ophthalmologist should know about Collaborative Ocular TB Study (COTS)

    “Ocular tuberculosis, a disease that we fear, Stealthily attacks the eyes, year after year. In the dark and quiet, it spreads its deadly grime, Causing pain and inflammation, and a loss of sight sometimes. Choroidal TB is the commonest sight, With serpiginous-like choroiditis, it takes its flight. Retinal vasculitis too, causes so much pain, Ocular tuberculosis, an insidious foe, it will remain. But hope remains, with the Collaborative Ocular TB Study, Bringing us ten tenets, so clear and so sturdy. To help diagnose and treat, with accuracy and care, And fight against this disease, with the best of our repair. So let's raise awareness, and educate all we can, For ocular TB, we must take a stand. With early diagnosis and prompt treatment in mind, We'll fight this disease, and leave it far behind” *Poem generated by AI # 1: Collaborative Ocular Tuberculosis Study (COTS): What does it represent? The conundrum faced by uveitis specialists is the challenge of establishing a clear and irrefu

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