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Ophthalmic Surgeon · Cornea Specialist

Dr. Meeta Mungale

MS (Ophthalmology), DNB · Cornea Fellowship, LVPEI

Gujarat Medical Council Reg. No. G-39262 · 19+ years

Consultant, Cornea & Anterior Segment, in Vadodara since 2008; Mungale Eye Hospital.

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About Dr. Meeta Mungale.

Dr. Meeta Mungale is an ophthalmic surgeon and cornea specialist. She holds an MS and DNB in Ophthalmology and completed a fellowship in cornea and anterior segment at the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, where she later served as faculty. She has performed more than 500 corneal transplants, including lamellar procedures such as DALK, DSEK and DMEK, and treats keratoconus, ocular surface disease, cataract and refractive errors. Her current interests include dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction.

Education & fellowships.

  1. 1999

    MBBS

    Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai (University of Mumbai)

    Distinctions in Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Microbiology

  2. 2002

    MS (Ophthalmology)

    Government Medical College, Aurangabad (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University)

  3. 2004

    DNB (Ophthalmology)

    National Board of Examinations, New Delhi

  4. Jul 2003 – Oct 2004

    Fellowship in Cornea & Anterior Segment

    L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

  5. Oct–Dec 2002

    Sir Ratan Tata Fellowship, Basic & Advanced Cataract Surgery

    Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai

Experience.

  1. 2006–07

    Faculty, Cornea & Anterior Segment — L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

  2. 2008

    Tutor in Ophthalmology — Medical College & SSG Hospital, Baroda

  3. 2004–05

    Consultant Ophthalmologist — L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, Thane

  4. 2005

    Consultant, Cornea & Anterior Segment — Laxmi Eye Institute, Panvel

  5. 2009–present

    Consultant, Cornea & Anterior Segment — Vadodara

Procedures & clinical work.

Areas of focus: Cornea and anterior segment; keratoconus; ocular surface disease; cataract and refractive errors.

  1. Corneal transplants — lamellar keratoplasty (DALK, DSEK, DMEK); therapeutic and optical keratoplasty
  2. Collagen cross-linking and specialty contact lenses for keratoconus
  3. Ocular surface surgery (pterygium with conjunctival autograft, SLET, amniotic membrane transplantation, chemical burns)
  4. Refractive surgery (LASIK, PRK, PTK)
  5. All types of cataract surgery, including pediatric and complicated cataracts
  6. Corneal surgery combined with cataract, glaucoma and retina surgery
  7. Eye trauma

More than 500 corneal transplants.

Diagnostics: confocal microscopy, aberrometry, specular microscopy, topography, oct.

Current interests: Dry eye disease and meibomian gland dysfunction.

Publications & research.

  1. Poster on Nocardia keratitis, American Academy of Ophthalmology (2007), published in Ophthalmology (Jan 2011).
  2. "Acanthamoeba keratitis: an unusual presentation" (ESPY).

Memberships.

Life member of:

  1. All India Ophthalmological Society
  2. Gujarat Ophthalmological Society
  3. Baroda Ophthalmological Society
  4. Bombay Ophthalmological Association
  5. Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society
  6. Cornea Society of India

Teaching & CMEs.

  1. Faculty, LVP-Zeiss Academy
  2. Faculty for SICS and phacoemulsification training at LVPEI
  3. Postgraduate teaching at SSG Hospital & Medical College, Vadodara
  4. Invited faculty at Keracon (Cornea Society of India)
  5. Faculty at AIOS, GOS and BOS meetings
  6. Video "It takes two to tango!" among the top 50 at the AIOS film festival

CMEs organised:

  1. Dry eye CME for Gujarat ophthalmologists (6 May 2018)
  2. Cornea Update CME, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth (17 Mar 2019)
  3. Dry eye CME, SSG Hospital

Beyond the clinic.

Outreach to peripheral centres around Vadodara; charitable work at Shri Narayan Arogyadham, Tajpura.

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