Chairman and Managing Director-Dr.Agarwal’s group of eye hospitals and Eye Research Centre, 222, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600018, Tamilnadu, India
Past President- International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS)
Secretary General- Indian Intraocular implant and Refractive Society (IIRSI)

Amar Agarwal is the pioneer of  Phakonit, which is Phako with a Needle Incision Technology. This technique became popularized as Bimanual phaco, Microincision cataract surgery (MICS) or Microphaco. He was the first to remove cataracts through a 0.7 mm tip with the technique called Microphakonit. He has also discovered No anaesthesia cataract surgery and FAVIT, a new technique to remove dropped nuclei. The air pump, which was a simple idea of using an aquarium fish pump to increase the fluid into the eye in bimanual phaco and co-axial phaco has helped prevent surge. This built the basis of various techniques of forced infusion for small incision cataract surgery.  He has also discovered a new refractive error called Aberropia. He has also been the first to do a combined surgery of microphakonit (700 micron cataract surgery) with a 25 gauge vitrectomy in the same patient thus having the smallest incisions possible for cataract and vitrectomy. He is also the first surgeon to implant a new mirror telescopic IOL (LMI) for patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration. He has also been the first in the world to implant a Glued IOL. He also has brought out the technique of IOL Scaffold in which a three-piece IOL is injected into an eye between the iris and the nucleus to prevent the nucleus from falling down in posterior capsular ruptures. Hypersonic vitrectomy for cases of PC rupture was first done by him and he was the principal investigator for the first hypersonic vitrectomy cases done in the world.
 
Pre Descemet’s Endothelial Keratoplasty or PDEK was started by Prof Agarwal.   Dr Agarwal has designed a new instrument called the Trocar anterior chamber maintainer in complicated cases, which helps give infusion through the anterior chamber and works like a trocar cannula. He has also started a new technique of iris suturing called Single pass Four Throw (SFT) pupilloplasty. Subsequenly he started Pinhole pupilloplasty to treat patients with high astigmatism and higher order aberrations.
 
Dr. Agarwal has performed more than 200 live surgeries at various conferences. His videos have won many awards at the film festivals of ASCRS, AAO and ESCRS. He has more than 250 peer review articles in top journals and has also written more than 80 books in Ophthalmology which have been published in English, Spanish, portugese and chinese. He is the Chairman and managing director of Dr.Agarwals group of eye hospitals with 221 eye hospitals in 11 countries.

Training and Experience:

• Anterior and posterior Segment Surgeon, Südblick (May 2019 – Present)

• Ophthalmology Acting Consultant, Munich University Hospital (March 2017 – March 2019)

• Ophthalmology specialist, Munich University Hospital (June 2016 – Februar 2017))

• Ophthalmology resident, Munich University Hospital (September 2011- May 2016)

• Ophthalmology resident, Jeddah Eye Hospital (March 2008 – April 2010)

Education:

• Cornea and External Diseases Fellowship, University of Munich (October 2017- March 2019)

• Cataract and Refractive Surgery Fellowship, University of Munich (October 2016 – September 2017)

• German Board of Ophthalmology, June 2016

• European Board of Ophthalmology Diploma, May 2015

• Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, 2007 King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi-Arabia

Surgical Spectrum:

• Keratoplasty: penetrated Keratoplasty, lamellar Keratoplasty (SALK, DALK, DSEK, DMEK), Bowman Layer Transplantation, Femtosecond laser assisted Keratoplasties.

• Lens Surgeries: innovative Intraocular lenses: toric IOL, multifocal IOL, phakic IOL, Add On IOL, Sclera/Iris fixated IOL, Femtosecond laser assisted Cataract Surgery (FLACS)

• Complex anterior chamber surgeries: Triple OP (combined Cornea and Cataract surgery)

• Vitreoretinal surgery (Pars Plana Vitrectomy)

• Intravitreal Therapy

• Laser Vision Correction (LASEK/ PRK/ Trans-PRK, LASIK, ReLEx SMILE)

• Trauma Surgery

• Pterygium excision with conjunctival autograft

• Amnion membrane transplantation

• Limbal stem cell transplantation (SLET/ KLAL)

• Corneal Crosslinking (also combined with topo guided excimer laser Transepithelial- PRK /Transepithelial-PTK)

• Intrastromal corneal Ring Segments: Keraring/ Myoring/ Corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment (CAIRS)/ Continuous corneal allogenic intrastromal ring (CCAIR)

• Excimer laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy

• Micro-invasive Glaucoma Surgery (I-Stent, XEN Gel Stent, Preserflo)

David Guyton is a problem solver, a clinical innovator, an inventor, a teacher, and a communicator. He followed his grandfather, father, and uncle into medicine, becoming the first of a record ten siblings all physicians. Following a physics degree from the University in Mississippi in 1965, he obtained his MD degree from Harvard Medical School in 1969.
After his residency in ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins’ Wilmer Eye Institute and a Fellowship in Strabismus with Gunter von Noorden, he returned in 1977 to Johns Hopkins as the Director of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology, until 2011, where he continues to serve as the Zanvyl Krieger Professor of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Guyton’s contributions to clinical optics and strabismus have achieved international recognition. In clinical optics he gave us one of the first automated refractors; the proper techniques for prescribing cylinders, measuring strabismus with prisms, and centering corneal surgical procedures; and the Potential Acuity Meter for assessing the potential visual acuity in cataract patients. In strabismus he has given us the exaggerated traction test for assessing oblique muscle tightness, an explanation of oblique muscle overaction and A and V patterns in patients with strabismus, an explanation of the mechanism of dissociated vertical deviation, advanced adjustable suture techniques for strabismus surgery in both adults and children, and theories of how and why strabismus changes over time.
For more than 45 years Dr. Guyton has been the foremost teacher of ophthalmic optics and clinical refraction in the United States. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and has served on the Board of Directors, and as President, of both AAPOS and ARVO.
The most recent of his 330+ publications and 19 U.S. Patents deal with remote optical systems and automated screening devices for detection of strabismus and amblyopia in infants and children.

Professor Farhad Hafezi is a refractive surgeon and ocular cell biologist. Combing patient care, research & development, and teaching, Hafezi is considered a pioneer and key opinion leader of corneal cross-linking (CXL).
Hafezi is one of the most cited ophthalmologists of his generation.
Key Points

• 7 times voted onto the Global PowerList of “The Ophthalmologist”
• ESCRS Council Member
• Head of ESCRS Research Committee
• h index 66
• More than 19.000 citations in the scientific literature
• More than 280 publications in the scientific literature
• Impact Factor cumulative 1.045 points.
• Active professorships at University of Geneva (Switzerland), the University of Southern California Los Angeles (USA), at New York University (NYU) and at Wenzhou University (China).
• Since 2018, he is one of 950 FARVOs, a fellow of ARVO (Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology).
• Hafezi is an Associate Editor of the JRS (Journal of Refractive Surgery) and is a present or past member of the editorial board of the Journal of Clinical Medicine, Translational Vision Science and Technology (TVST), BMC Ophthalmology, Current Eye Research. European Journal of Ophthalmology, Eye and Vision, Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology, and The International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Corneal Disease.
• Hafezi has won more than 40 national and international awards, including the Carl Camras Translational Research Award of ARVO, the Casebeer Award of ISRS/AAO and the highest ophthalmological awards in Belgium and Switzerland.
• Prof. Hafezi has commercialized CXL technology with the focus on democratizing access to treatment. This technology requires minimal infrastructure and increases the ease-of-use by providing pre-set integrated protocols and using one customized riboflavin for all treatments. (https://www.emagine-eye.com)
• Prof. Hafezi is also the co-founder of an international charity, the Light for Sight Foundation, that is dedicated to stopping preventable blindness among children and adolescents with keratoconus. This foundation expands to 42 countries and supports education, outreach, access to treatment and research activities (https://lightforsight.org/)

For a complete bio, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Hafezi
For more information, visit: https://www.elza-institute.com/

Luís Abegão Pinto is the Head of the Glaucoma Clinic of the Department of Ophthalmology of Portugal’s largest Hospital (Hospital Santa Maria). He serves as Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon University, Portugal. His main areas of interest are Glaucoma Surgery, Artificial Intelligence and Screening.

He serves in the Executive Board of the European Glaucoma Society (EGS) since 2018 and he is currently the EGS Vice President. Moreover, he is co-chair of the EGS TaskForce on Glaucoma Surgery, co-editing the new “Guides on Innovations in Glaucoma Surgery”

He has authored or co-authored 105 indexed, peer-reviewed papers in Glaucoma. He is actively engaged in several scientific ophthalmological societies, including the EGS and EVER, having chaired or co-chaired a number of courses in international Ophthalmology societies’ meetings.

Consultant Cornea and Refractive surgery Clinical and translational Scientist, Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, INDIA GROW laboratories Faculty, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Univ. Maastricht.

Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty is the Vice Chairman of Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute. He is a Professor at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, India and an Adjunct Associate Professor at MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore and is an Affiliate Associate Professor and PhD guide at the Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty has over 200 Publication in peer reviewed indexed Journals. He is a Corneal Refractive Surgeon at Narayana Nethralaya Eye Institute, Bangalore, India. His other areas of work include Neuro-ophthalmology electrophysiology.

Prof. Dr. Rohit Shetty defended his PhD from Maastricht University, Netherlandson Understanding the Clinical, Immunological and Genetic Molecular Mechanism of Keratoconus. He has a special interest in the management of Keratoconus, tear film abnormalities and biomarkers. He has introduced cutting edge technology at Narayana Nethralaya and spearheads treatment for challenging eye disorders.

In the 2015 annual conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society, Dr. Rohit Shetty won the prestigious Col. Rangachari award for the overall best paper of the conference for his work on “Is Inflammation Driving Keratoconus? – A Holistic Study Of Molecular Pathways”.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology recently conferred an achievement award to Dr. Rohit Shetty for the distinguished services he has rendered over the years to the programs of the society.

• Director and Chief, Dr. Agarwal’s Refractive and Cornea Foundation
• Senior Consultant, Cataract and Glaucoma Services, Dr. Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals
• President – International Society of Refractive Surgery
• Chair – International Society of Refractive Surgery Multimedia Editorial Board
• Associate Editor – Journal of Refractive Surgery
• Associate Editor – Journal of Refractive Surgery Case Reports
• Section Editor (Refractive Surgery) – EyeNet (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Executive Committee Member- Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology
• Council Board Member- Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology
• Chair, Cornea Committee- Global Education and Research Society of Ophthalmology
• Member Editorial Board: Journal of Refractive Surgery, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, Ocular Surgery News – Asia Pacific Edition, EuroTimes (Official news journal of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery), Glaucoma Today (Bryn Mawr Communications), International Journal of Keratoconus and Ectatic Corneal Diseases, Medical Hypothesis in Optometry and TNOA Journal of Ophthalmic Science and Research
• Member Editorial Advisory Board: EyeNet (American Academy of Ophthalmology)
• Member Global Advisory Board: Cataract and Refractive Surgery Today, Europe; Journal – Ophthalmology and Therapy
• International Scientific Board Member, Advanced Ophthalmologic Practice
• Annual Stanford Rankings of Top 2 percentile scientists- (Included 2020-2025)

Chairman & Managing Director, Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital – The first Eye hospital in India to get the NABH quality accreditation.

With a strong academic foundation, he holds an MBBS and an MS & DNB in Ophthalmology and has been honoured with prestigious distinctions including an Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) and an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS),
Glasgow.

Dr. Sri Ganesh is internationally acclaimed for his expertise in cataract and refractive surgery. Over the course of his career, he has successfully performed more than 150,000 surgeries, earning a reputation for precision, innovation, and excellence in patient care. His contributions extend beyond clinical practice into education and global collaboration. He serves as Secretary of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC) and Treasurer of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (APACRS). Additionally, he has mentored and
trained over 300 fellows from across the world, significantly influencing the next generation of ophthalmologists &
has over 100 Peer reviewed Publications.

Recognized with numerous national and international awards for remarkable achievements:

1. Honored with the WCRS Fellowship and AUSCRS Gold Medal.
2. Received AIOS Col. RANGACHARI AWARD for Best free Paper 2016.
3. Received the Micheal Kritzinger award by ISRS during AAO 2022.
4. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO) Best of Best Paper Award 2025.
5. Received APACRS Gold Medal 2025.
6. Awarded the prestigious LIM Lecture d