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Dr. Madhav Rao is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon with over 22 years of clinical and surgical experience after completing his Post-Graduate Degree. He earned his MBBS in 1995 from Kuvempu University in Karnataka, India, and his MS in Ophthalmology in 2000 from Saurashtra University in Gujarat, India. He qualified for the Diplomate in National Board Examination a year later (DNB, Ophthalmology). He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow, UK) in 2002 and also completed a two-year Fellowship in medical and surgical diseases of the vitreous and retina at Chennai, India’s prestigious Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya. He became a Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS), India in 2003. He has clinical affiliations as an Associate Consultant in Vitreous and Retina at Sankara Nethralaya in India and as a Consultant at Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Dhahran, the country’s only tertiary referral eye hospital in the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He then relocated to the United Arab Emirates and continued his practice as a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon, spearheading the establishment of a comprehensive vitreo-retinal department (Center of Excellence in Ophthalmology) in a multi-specialty hospital there. He is currently the Head of the vitreo-retina unit and the Ophthalmology Department at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Madhav Rao has several peer-reviewed publications to his credit, as well as numerous presentations on medical and surgical retina at the national and international levels. Dr. Madhav Rao is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has received numerous awards.
Dr. Madhav Rao is a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon with over 22 years of clinical and surgical experience after completing his Post-Graduate Degree. He earned his MBBS in 1995 from Kuvempu University in Karnataka, India, and his MS in Ophthalmology in 2000 from Saurashtra University in Gujarat, India. He qualified for the Diplomate in National Board Examination a year later (DNB, Ophthalmology). He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow, UK) in 2002 and also completed a two-year Fellowship in medical and surgical diseases of the vitreous and retina at Chennai, India’s prestigious Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya. He became a Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS), India in 2003. He has clinical affiliations as an Associate Consultant in Vitreous and Retina at Sankara Nethralaya in India and as a Consultant at Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Dhahran, the country’s only tertiary referral eye hospital in the Eastern province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He then relocated to the United Arab Emirates and continued his practice as a Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreo-Retinal Surgeon, spearheading the establishment of a comprehensive vitreo-retinal department (Center of Excellence in Ophthalmology) in a multi-specialty hospital there. He is currently the Head of the vitreo-retina unit and the Ophthalmology Department at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Dr. Madhav Rao has several peer-reviewed publications to his credit, as well as numerous presentations on medical and surgical retina at the national and international levels. Dr. Madhav Rao is a Fellow of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and has received numerous awards.
