Dr. Pankaj Bendale

Dr. Pankaj Bendale is a Glaucoma specialist in Pimple Saudagar. After completing the master of surgery in ophthalmology from Mumbai university, Dr. Pankaj Bendale completed long term Glaucoma fellowship under Dr. P. Sathyan at Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore.He worked as a Glaucoma Fellow for two years in Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Aravind Eye Hospital is a tertiary care referral center in INDIA, recognized by the National Board Of Examinations (NBE) in New Delhi and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London for Basic Specialist Training (BST). It is a World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating center for the prevention of Blindness. His surgical exposures during this stint had the strong emphasis on cataract surgeries like Small incision Cataract extraction and Phacoemulsification with IOL implantation in both Venturi and Peristaltic machines.He was involved in teaching Small Incision Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsification to residents and practicing ophthalmologists from various parts of INDIA.Currently, he is working as Chief of Glaucoma Services & Adult Cataract Consultant at National institute of Ophthalmology, Pune since January 2010. Till date, he has done around 10,000 Cataract Surgeries.Till today he has done around 3000 Trabeculectomy with or without Cataract Surgeries.