Dr. Akshay G Nair

Dr. Akshay Nair is a trained Oculoplastic Surgeon specialising in treatment of the eyelid, the bony socket, the tear ducts, structures behind the eye and cancers of the eye. Dr. Akshay Nair was trained at the best eye hospitals in the country – Sankara Nethralaya Chennai and L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He has completed a clinical fellowship in ophthalmic plastic surgery and ocular oncology from LVPEI and additionally he underwent fellowship training through the International Council of Ophthalmology at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, NY, USA. The conditions that Dr. Akshay Nair commonly treats included ptosis (droopy eyes), conjunctival tumours (OSSN), retinoblastoma, eyelid bags (blepharoplasty), blocked tear ducts (Nasolacrimal obstruction). The most common surgeries that Dr. Nair performs are ptosis correction, entropion surgery, ectropion surgery, dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR), blepharoplasty, Botox, enucleation and evisceration. Dr Nair has over 70 indexed peer-reviewed publications, 14 text-book chapters and 25 invited talks globally to his credit.