Dr. Amar Agarwal
MS, FRCS, FRCOphth
Dr. Amar Agarwal is listed as MS, FRCS, FRCOphth. Amar is scheduled to speak at 13th Evolving Practice of Ophthalmology Middle East Conference (EPOMEC 2026) on 3 December 2026.
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About
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 refract
Upcoming
13th Evolving Practice of Ophthalmology Middle East Conference (EPOMEC 2026) 3 December 2026 – 5 December 2026
- Instructional Course (Thursday) - Cataract (Channel 5) Moderator · 3 December 2026
- OR Experience “Cataract“ Panellist · 3 December 2026
- OR Experience “Cornea“ Panellist · 3 December 2026
- Cataract: Learn From My Mistakes Moderator · 4 December 2026
- Cataract: OSCAR Video Competition for Best Pearls in Cataract & IOL Surgeries Panellist · 4 December 2026
- Instructional Course (Saturday) - Cataract (Channel 5) Speaker · 5 December 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Amar at events on B2DB.
- Dr. Khaled Khalifa Eye Surgery Consultant 3 shared sessions
- Dr. Ahmed Assaf ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2 shared sessions
- Dr. Mohamed Hosny PROFESSOR OF OPHTHALMOLOGY 2 shared sessions
- Dr. Ozana Manuela Moraru Eye Surgeon | Medical Director - Oculus Eye Clinic Bucharest 2 shared sessions
- Dr. Soosan Jacob MS, FRCS, DNB 2 shared sessions
- Prof. Hani Sakla Ophthalmologist; Head of Cataract, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Unit 2 shared sessions
- Prof. Mohan Rajan Pioneer in Cataract Surgery 2 shared sessions
- Dr. Ahmed Elmassry MD,PhD Professor of Ophthalmology 1 shared session
- Dr. Bader Al Khayat 1 shared session
- Dr. Essam Al Rubaye Head Of Refractive Unit · Ibn Al-Haitham eye hospital 1 shared session
- Dr. Inder Paul Singh Opthalmologist 1 shared session
- Dr. Michael Amon Specialist for Ophthalmology and Optometry 1 shared session
and 2 more people