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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.

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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
  • Taught vitreoretinal surgery to local eye surgeons in Myanmar

Other professional achievements

  • Regularly attends and presents at conferences in Australia and overseas
  • MD research and leading authority in optical coherence tomography (OCT) interpretation
  • Founder of Macuject, recipient of $1.9m funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)

Professional memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists UK
  • Member of the Oceania Retinal Association
  • Member of the European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA)
  • Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmologists (AAO)
  • Member of the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS)
  • Member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

Community involvement & charitable work

As part of the Myanmar Eye Care Project, Dr Chauhan taught 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 conducted groundbreaking research in ophthalmology. Using the first-ever Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) machine in Europe, Dr Chauhan interpreted images of the retina using OCT. This research formed the base of his doctoral thesis. The published findings have received over 150 citations from other research papers, leading Dr Chauhan to travel to France, Switzerland, the USA and around Australia to present his findings.

Dr Chauhan’s parallel career is as the founder of Macuject, an international AI-powered digital health company with clinical decision support software products for the management of all AMD by both optometrists and ophthalmologists.

The clinical research output of this venture includes ten ARVO presentations and seven manuscripts in preparation.

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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