Dr. Sanjana A

A: Dr. Sanjana A has been recommended by 4 patients and has recieved stories from 4 patients. You can read detailed patient stories of the doctor on Practo.

A: Dr. Sanjana A specialises as Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon.

A: Dr A. Sanjana is working at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital as a Full Time Consultant in Ophthalmology since Dec 2004. Before joining Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital she was a consultant at Seven Hills Eye centre at Vishakhapatnam as a Consultant for 1 year and as a visiting faculty for 1 year at Rambam Medical Centre, Haifa, Israel Also she had been practicing as a consultant in general ophthalmology at LEI Mumbai. Having completed her residency from Sarojini Devi Eye institute, a tertiary care eye centre at Hyderabad, India, she pursued her interest in anterior segment of the eye by doing a Fellowship in Phacoemulsification with Intraocular lens (mono and multifocals) implantation, in Mumbai. She had also worked in the departments of Retina and Glaucoma both in India and abroad. She worked at Rambam Medical center, Haifa, Israel with Prof. Benjamin Miller & his team. During her stint at Israel she was involved in training the residents & staff, the techniques of cataract surgery. A member of international council of ophthalmologists (ICO), she has also contributed to scientific papers presented at national and international conferences & won medals for the best scientific papers as a resident & consultant. She performs more than 700 cataract surgeries (Phacotechnique) a year at this esteemed institute since the inception of this hospital. . View more details about the doctor on Practo.

A: An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor specialised in vision and eye care. Unlike other specialisations in eye care, ophthalmologists attend to almost all kinds of eye disorders and related issues. Since they are doctors, they can refer patients to other specialists even if the disease is not eye related.

A: Yes. Both of them are very much different. Although ophthalmologists and optometrists both provide vision and eye care, an optometrist attends to common eye disorders and certain chronic diseases like glaucoma, while an ophthalmologist, along with the common disorders, can take up more complex eye disorders that even require surgery.