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Prof Rasik Vajpayee Ophthalmologist

Prof Rasik Vajpayee

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Prof Rasik Vajpayee

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Corneal conditions

Corneal transplantation

Pterygium

Keratoconus

Cataract & lens surgery

Laser eye surgery

About Prof Rasik Vajpayee

Professor Rasik Vajpayee is a highly respected ophthalmologist specialising in cataract and corneal surgeries and has previously served as Head of Cornea and Cataract Surgery at the University of Melbourne. He has significant expertise in performing laser cataract surgery and complex cataract surgery for patients with co-occurring eye conditions that can cause complications. Professor Vajpayee also specialises in the treatment of corneal conditions, including corneal surgery and corneal transplantations. He has a particular interest in keratoconus, Fuchs’ dystrophy and pterygium (Surfer’s Eye). In addition, Professor Vajpayee performs laser eye surgery for vision correction.

Additional languages spoken:

  • Hindi

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Career highlights

Career firsts
  • Pioneered use of single donor corneal tissue to treat three patients, using novel techniques of customised component corneal transplantation surgeries
Teaching
  • Head of Cornea and Cataract Surgery, University of Melbourne, Victoria (2006–2011)
  • Presented over 500 lectures on topics including novel techniques of corneal transplantation surgery, corneal infections, phacoemulsification cataract surgery and ocular surface diseases
Other professional achievements
  • Honoured with the Fellowship ad hominem by the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
  • Developed novel techniques of partial corneal transplantation surgery for keratoconus and other corneal pathologies
  • Head of Corneal and Refractive Surgery Services, Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (1998–2013)
  • Published/edited 13 books and over 25 book chapters, with one of these a best seller and two translated into Spanish and Chinese
  • Editorial board member for the journals Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology and Clinical Ophthalmology

Further information

Professional memberships
  • Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Awards
  • Achievement Award, Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2018)
  • Senior Achievement Award, Academy of Ophthalmology (2013)
  • Achievement Award, Academy of Ophthalmology (2005)
  • Best of Show Award, American Academy of Ophthalmology (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009)
  • Best Video Award at APACRS, ESCRS and RANZCO meetings
Education & training
  • Master of Surgery, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
  • Ophthalmology training, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India
  • Fellowship in cornea and refractive surgery, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Victoria and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA
Research

Professor Vajpayee is a clinician-scientist working in the field of cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. His research is clinical (surgical) and has resulted in the development of innovative therapeutic and diagnostic modalities, improving treatment outcomes. In a world first, he pioneered the use of single donor corneal tissue to treat three patients by using novel techniques of customised component corneal transplantation surgeries. He can be credited with the following significant surgical innovations, which have been published in high ranking peer-reviewed scientific journals.

  • Technique of Nd:YAG laser sweeping to clean intraocular lenses
  • Corneal de-bulking for corneal transplantation for corneo-iridic scars
  • Large diameter lamellar keratoplasty in severe ocular alkali burns – a technique of stem cell transplantation
  • ‘Crater and chop’ technique for safe phacoemulsification in hard cataracts
  • Intralenticular bimanual irrigation: aspiration for subluxated lenses
  • ‘Hitch suture technique’ of DSAEK
  • Modified sutureless technique of DSAEK
  • Technique of ‘layer by layer’ phacoemulsification in posterior polar cataract
  • One donor cornea for three recipients: a new concept for corneal transplantation surgery
  • ‘Tuck in’ lamellar keratoplasty (TILK) for corneal ectasias involving corneal periphery
  • Computer simulation-assisted rotational autokeratoplasty
  • Surgical technique of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty in descemetoceles
  • ‘Flow out technique’ for safe and complete removal of ophthalmic viscosurgical devices after phacoemulsification cataract surgery
  • Technique of ‘double bubble’ deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
  • OCT guided technique for the management of acute corneal hydrops
  • Thin lenticule Descemet’s stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty
  • Diamond knife-assisted deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
  • OCT guided management algorithm for Descemet membrane detachment after intraocular surgery
  • ‘Copy and fix’ technique of tectonic corneal grafts
  • Technique for Descemet membrane remnant stripping in hazy cornea during DSAEK
Publications Congress posters and lectures
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  • A shift in the eye: DALK surgery, anterior chamber architecture, and intraocular pressure

    Ioannidis A, Tenen A, Vajpayee R, Hodge C.
    Poster presented at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmology (RANZCO) Congress, Adelaide, 2024.
  • Study of clinical profile and outcome of cases of traumatic and nontraumatic wound dehiscence following Corneal Transplantation Surgery

    Vajpayee RB, Stevenson L, Abell R and McGuinness M. Poster presented at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, April 2019
  • Expression of SPARC and MMP9 in Stevens-Johnson syndrome chronic ocular sequelae undergoing cultivated oral mucosal epithelial transplantation

    Venugopal R, Sen S, Mohanty S, Kashyap S, Agarwal T, Kaur J, Vajpayee RB and Sharma N. Poster presented at Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, April 2019

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