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Dr Gunjan Deshpande

Biography

Dr Gunjan Deshpande completed training in ophthalmology during her residency at Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna. Her keen interest in glaucoma, enabled her to clear the All India Collegium of Ophthalmology fellowship examination in 2013. She was bestowed with the fellowship of the International Council of Ophthalmology in 2017. She was also conferred upon membership to the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2020. She is the ‘Best Private Practitioner’ and ‘Best Publication’ awardee at MOSCON 2017 and 2019. 

She has been extensively trained in cataract (phaco-refractive) surgery, glaucoma (paediatric and adult), management of failed trabeculectomy, glaucoma drainage devices and shunts, ocular surface disease and amniotic membrane transplant.

She also holds a special interest in glaucoma imaging and angle-based glaucoma surgery. She is a reviewer for the British Medical Journal-Case Reports, European Journal of Ophthalmology, Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice and Biomed Research International Journal. She has to her credit papers in indexed and non indexed journals. She has been invited as a guest speaker at national and state level conferences. Dr Gunjan caters to and has operated upon foreign nationals as well.

She pursues her private practice in the heart of Nagpur at Max Vision, Centre for Glaucoma and Advanced Eyecare.

Education & Training

2008-2011

DNB (Ophthalmology), National Board of Education, New Delhi

2013

Glaucoma Fellow, All India Collegium of Ophthalmology

2017

Fellow, International Council of Ophthalmology, United Kingdon

2020

Member, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh

Dr Gunjan Deshpande receiving Award

Awards and Publications

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Research Publications

1. Acute monocular vision loss as presenting symptom of delayed stroke from internal carotid occlusion in COVID-19. Read here

2. Evaluation of ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer thickness in the diagnosis of preperimetric glaucoma and comparison to retinal nerve fibre layer. Read here

3. Structural evaluation of perimetrically normal and affected hemifields in open-angle glaucoma. Read here

4. Linear discriminant score for differentiating early primary open-angle glaucoma from glaucoma suspects. Read here

5. Structural evaluation of preperimetric and perimetric glaucoma. Read here

6. Epidemiology, clinical profile, management, and outcome of COVID-19-associated rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in 2826 patients in India - Collaborative OPAI-IJO Study on Mucormycosis in COVID-19 (COSMIC), Report 1. Read here

7. Glimpsing intraocular lens through intact iris. Read here

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