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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
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Hand Book of LASIK Surgery
Vajpayee RB, Dada T, Taylor HR, Snibson G.
Hand Book of LASIK Surgery.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2000, edition: 1. -
Secrets of Phacoemulsification
Dada VK, Vajpayee RB
Secrets of Phacoemulsification.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2001, edition: 1. -
Corneal Transplantation
Vajpayee RB, Sharma N, Tabin GC, Taylor HR
Corneal Transplantation.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2002, edition: 1. -
Transplante de cornea. Highlights of Ophthalmology.
Vajpayee RB, Sharma N, Tabin GC, Taylor HR
Transplante de cornea. Highlights of Ophthalmology.
International, Panama 2002, edition: 1. -
Step by step LASIK surgery
Vajpayee RB, Sharma N, Melki S, Sullivan L.
Step by step LASIK surgery.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2004, edition: 1. -
Phacoemulsification surgery
Vajpayee RB, Sharma N, Pandey SK, Titiyal JS
Phacoemulsification surgery..
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2004, edition: 1. -
Corneal Ulcers: Diagnosis and Management
Sharma N, Vajpayee RB
Corneal Ulcers: Diagnosis and Management.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2008, edition: 1. -
Step by Step Corneal Gluing.
Beltz J, Jhanji V, Vajpayee RB.
Step by Step Corneal Gluing.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2009, edition: 1. -
Corneal Transplantation (2nd Edition with Interactive DVD-Rom)
Vajpayee RB, Sharma N, Tabin GC, Taylor HR
Corneal Transplantation (2nd Edition with Interactive DVD-Rom).
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2010, edition: 2. -
Deep Anterior lamellar Keratoplasty: Different Strokes
Jhanji V, Sharma N, Vajpayee RB.
Deep Anterior lamellar Keratoplasty: Different Strokes.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2012, edition: 1. -
Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty: Different Strokes
Cassidy D, Sharma N, Jhanji V, Vajpayee RB.
Descemet Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty: Different Strokes.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2013, edition: 1. -
Corneal Transplantation- 3rd Edition
Sharma N, Nagpal R, Vajpayee RB.
Corneal Transplantation- 3rd Edition.
Jaypee Brothers New Delhi 2023, edition: 3. -
Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency
Vajpayee RB.
Urban Slum: Community Ophthalmology - an Indian perspective.
Editor - Khosla PK. Current Scientific Literature 1992, edition: 1. Pages 232-235 -
Ocular Trauma
Vajpayee RB, Honavar SG.
Trauma - Management and prevention Strategies.
Editor - Misra MC. Professional Design Caravan 1993, edition: 1. Pages 238-242 -
Radiation Cataracts
Vajpayee RB, Honavar SG.
Biological Aspects of Human Irradiation.
Editor - Pant GS. Himalaya Publishing House 1993, edition: 1. Pages 90-94
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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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