Dr. Koushik Tripathy is currently working as a Consultant (Vitreoretina and Uvea) at the ASG Eye Hospital, BT Road, Kolkata, India. He has completed his Senior Residency (clinical fellowship) in Vitreoretina and Uvea from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India, after passing MD (Ophthalmology) from the same institute. He has done MBBS from the Medical College, Kolkata. His academic qualifications include Diplomate of National Board (DNB, Ophthalmology); fellowship of the International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO); fellowship of All India Collegium of Ophthalmology (FAICO) in Uvea and Retina-Vitreous; MNAMS (Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences), the fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS, Ophthalmology), Glasgow; and the fellowship of International Council of Ophthalmology (FICO) in Medical and Surgical Retina, and Uveitis. Besides clinics, he is interested in academics and research. He is an Associate Professor at the Muthusamy Virtual University of Post Graduate Ophthalmology. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles in both national and international journals. He is the Associate Editor (Ophthalmology) of Clinical Case Reports, a journal published by Wiley. He is an active contributor to Wikipedia and Eyewiki and he had won the 'International Ophthalmologist Contest' of Eyewiki in 2017. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Ophthalmology Section at Statpearls Publishing, Florida, which publishes PubMed-indexed review articles.