Dr. Shweta Agarwal

Senior Consultant, Department of Cornea & Ocular Surface, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

3 articles

Dr.Shweta Agarwal, a Gold medalist from Pune University, India completed her fellowship in Cornea and Ocular Surface Disorders in 2009 and since then has been actively involved in managing patients with various Cornea and Ocular Surface Disorders like ocular allergies, dry eyes, chemical injury and Stevens-Johnson syndrome and performing various keratoprosthesis surgeries (Type 1 and 2). She has received many awards like the AIOC Best Cornea Free Paper 2012 and the AIOS International Heroes Award 2017 for winning the best poster at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO). Recently in 2019, she received the Best research scientist award by her parent institute for her research on treating refractory corneal infections like Pythium keratitis. She has more than 35 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is a reviewer for many peer-reviewed journals like Cornea, Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, British Journal of Ophthalmology and many others. She has been invited to share her experience and expertise as a guest speaker in several national and international meetings a very recent one being at the University of Padua (Italy) where she spoke about different aspects of managing ocular surface disorders. Her special areas of interest are corneal infections and ocular surface disorders.

  1. Articles 25 May 2021 9 min read

    Seven Tips to Treat A Treatment Resistant Microbial keratitis

    Microbial keratitis is a common potentially sight-threatening condition and is considered an ocular emergency. Managing them brings forth multiple challenges to the ophthalmologist one of them being to primarily distinguish an infective from non-infective keratitis. Based on signs, symptoms, history, and laboratory investigations a treatment plan is laid out which is modified based on clinical response and antimicrobial sensitivity. However, if the response to treatment is inadequate or the microbial keratitis is resistant to treatment it becomes mandatory to assess the factors causing it and change the therapeutic strategy accordingly. The present article attempts to look at the different factors which cause resistant microbial keratitis and means to manage them. Both local/ocular and systemic factors can contribute to the resistant nature of the ulcer and are listed in table 1. The need to address systemic concerns with the help of a physician along with the ocular factors cannot be

    Dr. Shweta Agarwal · Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan · +1 other
  2. Interesting Reads 2 Apr 2021 7 min read

    Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis - FIVE Important Points We Should Know

    Allergic conjunctivitis, which includes a spectrum of clinical entities is one of the most common conditions with which patients present to a general ophthalmologist. They include milder forms like seasonal and perennial allergic conjunctivitis as well as severe forms like vernal and atopic which can be sight-threatening. In spite of common clinical and immunological features vernal keratoconjunctivitis differs from the rest in myriad ways. (1)This article brings forth five most pertinent points which will not only improve the understanding but also help identify and manage it. 1. Vernal keratoconjunctivitis can have three distinct forms Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a bilateral, chronic, usually seasonal, recurrent allergic inflammation of the conjunctiva. It mainly affects boys living in tropical countries in their first or second decade of life, mostly seasonal but in tropical countries, it can be perennial too. In the temperate regions, in many parts of Africa, Latin America

    Dr. Shweta Agarwal · Dr. Bhaskar Srinivasan · +1 other