Profile

Dr. Dhanashree Ratra is a distinguished ophthalmologist with extensive experience of over 27 years. Dr. Ratra has established and managed vitreoretinal departments in various renowned institutions across India and abroad. Throughout her career, Dr. Ratra has been recognized with numerous awards for her exceptional contributions to ophthalmology. She is also actively involved in research, having served as a principal investigator for multiple clinical trials and contributed extensively to academic journals as an editor and reviewer. Her previous experiences include: Specialist Consultant Ophthalmologist at Apollo Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Apollo Hospital, Bangalore - Overseas Specialist Ophthalmologist at CMER Dennis Lam Hospital, Shenzhen, PRC.

Area of Expertise/Interest

• Diabetic retinopathy
• Age related macular degeneration
• Retinopathy of Prematurity
• Endophthalmitis, Retinitis pigmentosa
• Newer treatments for choroidal neovascular membrane
• Visual rehabilitation for inherited retinal disorders.

Affilliations

• All India Ophthalmological Society
• Vitreoretinal Society of India
• Asia Pacific Vitreoretinal Society
• American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
• Asia Pacific Ocular Trauma Society
• Asia Pacific Ocular Imaging Society

Recognitions

• Best Lady Fellow award (1997)
• Best Associate Consultant (2003)
• Best Scientific Paper J M Pahwa award (2008)
• D B Chandra Award for the Best Scientific paper (2010)
• Best poster award at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2011)
• Best poster at International Uveitis conference (2016)
• Best clinical research award IERG (2018)
• Award for Best Research Women In Ophthalmology (2019)
• Best of IJO award (2019)
• Best paper Vitreoretinal diseases AIOC (2020)
• IJO Peer review Honour award (2021)
• IJO Gold award (2022)
• IJO Honour award 2023