Virender SANGWAN, MD
India

Dr Virender S Sangwan, an ophthalmic surgeon, researcher, and marathon runner, is renowned for his innovative limbal stem cell culturing procedure restoring vision to +800 patients. Specializing in corneal diseases, he is known for adapting basic biology developments to clinical practice effectively and has received numerous awards for his contributions to medical science.

A renowned ophthalmic surgeon of international repute, a researcher par excellence, a teacher and a marathon runner, Dr Virender S Sangwan, dons many hats. He is best known for the limbal stem cell culturing procedure invented by him and for his innovative surgical techniques. Using this method, he has been able to restore vision to +800 patients, whose eyesight was lost due to burns and damage of the ocular outer surface. His other areas of specialization include corneal diseases, ocular surface disorders, cataract surgery, uveitis and ocular allergy. Popular among his patients and peers alike, what is admirable about him is his spirit of innovation, his ability to realize the implications of a development in basic biology, and willingness to adapt and apply it to the clinical situation and obtain results. 

He is the Director, Innovation at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital; and Consultant, Cornea and Anterior Segment, Ocular Immunology & Uveitis Services. In the past, he has handled multiple roles from clinics, to research to innovation at the world-renowned L V Prasad Eye Institute at Hyderabad.  He was an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center.  He is also the Founder Secretary of the Asia Cornea Society, Uveitis Society of India and LVPEI Alumni Association of Ophthalmologists.