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Dr Devinder Chauhan Ophthalmologist

Dr Devinder Chauhan MBBS MD FRCOphth FRANZCO

Dr Devinder Chauhan
MBBS MD FRCOphth FRANZCO

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Dr Devinder Chauhan is an eminent retinal ophthalmologist with over 25 years of experience. He has specific expertise in the medical treatment of retinal, macular and vitreous conditions and routinely performs eye (intravitreal) injections and laser treatment.

Dr Chauhan treats a broad array of retinal conditions, including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion. He is fluent in English and Hindi.

Career highlights

Career firsts

  • First retinal specialist in the world to attempt to prevent progression of age-related maculopathy to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) by applying extremely short pulses of laser to the macula, as part of an international study.

Teaching

  • Honorary Lecturer, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Victoria (2007 – present)
  • Training optometrists, junior doctors and orthoptists
  • Teaching vitreoretinal surgery to local eye surgeons in Myanmar

Other professional achievements

  • Chair of the Australian and New Zealand OCT Angioplex users' group
  • Regularly attends and presents at conferences in Australia and overseas
  • MD research and leading authority in optical coherence tomography (OCT) interpretation

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK
  • Oceania Retinal Association
  • European Society of Retina Specialists

Community involvement & charitable work

As part of the Myanmar Eye Care Project, Dr Chauhan regularly teaches local eye surgeons vitreoretinal surgery. This training program is conducted by several Australasian vitreoretinal surgeons, and is the only one of its kind in the world.

Education & training

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, University of London, UK
  • Ophthalmology training, St Thomas' Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
  • Three years of fellowships in retinal medicine, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear, Victoria, Australia; Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of London, UK

Additional languages spoken

  • Hindi

Research & publications

Dr Chauhan has been involved in clinical research studies using cutting-edge technologies, including piloting the world’s first needleless eye injection through a collaboration with researchers at the Centre for Eye Research Australia. For his doctoral thesis he conducted research into the interpretation of optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of the retina, using the first OCT machine in Europe, under the supervision of Professor John Marshall. His research paper on the interpretation of images is one of the most cited papers in the field.

Dr Chauhan is currently heavily involved in research in the area of dry AMD. His Box Hill clinic is one of only two sites in Victoria participating in a multi-centre international trial of a candidate drug for dry AMD, which is ongoing until 2019. He was also involved in a trial of ultra-short laser pulses to prevent progression of AMD, and subsequent studies for this are currently underway, with results expected in 2018.

Personal website

You can find more information about Dr Chauhan and one of Australia’s most extensive sources of information about retinal and macular conditions at www.retinadoctor.com.au.

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