ABOUT CLEAR SIGHT EYE CARE AND LASER CENTRE:
Clear sight Eye Care is a specialty eye clinic offering comprehensive eye services under one roof. With advanced and technologically sound equipment, we aim to ensure the best eye care facilities at affordable rates. Quality eye care is rare and we strive to excel in your expectations.
ABOUT DR. SONIA MAHESHWARI KOTHARI::
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
MBBS, MS Ophthalmology (Mumbai) (Gold Medalist)
Fellowship in Cataract, Refractive Surgery, and Translational Research (Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore)
Dr. Sonia Maheshwari Kothari is a confident and disciplined ophthalmic surgeon who has done her Masters in Ophthalmology from Topiwala Nair Medical College, Mumbai, considered to be one of the topmost hospitals in the country. While there, she received the award for the most outstanding student of the year for her academic and clinical excellence. After receiving a Gold medal from Maharashtra University in her master's, Dr. Sonia further pursued her fellowship in Refractive surgery at the prestigious Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore where she also was a part of multiple national and international research projects.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
1. Gold medal for standing first in M.S. Ophthalmology examinations in the state of Maharashtra
2. Indian Heroes award AIOC 2020 for winning an award in the field of Ophthalmology internationally.
3. Winner of International Travel Grant for free paper in World Ophthalmological Congress, Capetown 2020.
4. Dr. Anjali Nicolson award for most outstanding student in the year 2018.
5. Winner of best free paper in refractive surgery in Indian Society of the cornea and keratorefractive surgery- 2019.
6. Winner of the best video in newer surgical techniques at IIRSI winter 2019.
7. Merit list rank holder (16th) in the state of Maharashtra and first in school in SSC examinations
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES :
1. AIOS guidelines for Refractive surgery during COVID times.
2. Sanitizer aerosol–driven ocular surface disease (SADOSD) A Covid-19 repercussion? Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jun;68(6):981-983. DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1308_20.PMID: 32461409
3. All India Ophthalmological Society - Preferred practice in refractive surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian J Ophthalmology.
4. Early corneal and epithelial remodeling differences were identified by OCT imaging and artificial intelligence between two Trans-PRK platforms. Journal of Refractive surgery. July-2020.
5. “Phacoemulsification in Posterior Polar Cataract” published by Dr. Twinkle Parmar, Dr. Sonia Maheshwari, DOS times, 2017
6. Free paper presentation – World Ophthalmology Conference 2020, Capetown on PSOCT- a novel technique to study the birefringence properties of LASIK flap and SMILE cap.
7. Free paper presentation – Polarizing sensitive OCT – IIRSI Amritsar 2020.
8. Free paper presentation – Thermal pulsation therapy and Intense pulse light therapy for dry eyes – MOSCON 2019.
9. Poster presentation on repeatability and acceptability of scheimpflug and placido devices in MOSCON 2019.