Dr. Ritika Dalal, is a currently practicing, well known Customized Refractive Surgeon, Dry Eye and Keratoconus Specialist. She is one of the first trained practitioners with a dedicated clinic for Dry Eye in Mumbai. 

Her training has included a Fellowship in Refractive Surgery, Optics and Research from Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore – a world leader in research and innovation in the field of Refractive Surgery and Dry Eye. 

Prior to that she has completed a yearlong International Fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, USA in Cornea –  another leading institution that is known the world over.

She completed her Diplomate in National Board in Ophthalmology from Bombay City Eye Institute and Research Center, Mumbai.

During her training days itself, Dr. Ritika had the privilege of performing hundreds of surgeries and helping patients be spectacle free. She has performed different refractive surgeries including LASIK, SMILE, PRK and ICLs. 

She was also part of numerous charity camps and helped with screening thousands of patients for various eye diseases. 

She has presented multiple papers at various well renowned national and international conferences and had the privilege of being awarded and recognized multiple times for her work in the field. Being well recognized for her work she has been an invited speaker at various conferences. 

Our Mission

Healthcare for all

Our Mission is to provide exceptional ophthalmic care focusing on delivering spectacle-free vision and relief from dry eyes in our clinic.

Dr. Ritika Dalal utilizes advanced technology and clinical expertise to offer customized treatment options that address each patient’s unique needs.

Vision Statement

‘Eye Health Today for Symptom-free Tomorrow’

Our vision is to be a super specialty center with the best ophthalmologists providing exceptional care, advanced technology, and personalized treatment options for patients focusing on dry eye disorder, refractive surgery, and keratoconus management.

Scientific Presentations at National and International Fora

Education

Refractive Surgery Fellowship
Narayana Nethralaya, Bangalore, India. 2017-2018

Research Fellowship in Cornea,
Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Northwestern University, Chicago, USA. 2014-2015

Training in Phacoemulsification
Lotus Eye Hospital, Mumbai, India. 2014

 

Residency in Ophthalmology

Diplomate of National Board, D.N.B.
Bombay City Eye Institute and Research Center, Mumbai, India.
Thesis – Comparison of Flap Thickness in LASIK-Predicted vs Actual. 2009-2012

Medical College
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, M.B.B.S.
Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, India. 2003-2008

Professional Memberships

All India Opthalmological Society

Life Member since 2012

American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Member since 2014

American Academy of Ophthalmology

Member since 2014

Awards and Achievements

IJO Gold Award Preferred practice patterns for photorefractive keratectomy surgery

All India Ophthalmological Congress
Online, 2020

Video Award- Refractive surgery Presenting author

Sailing through post PRK Pain
All India Ophthalmological Congress
Indore, February 2019

Best Paper Award- Refractive Surgery

Presenting Author
Next Generation LASIK Surgery
Based on Bowman’s Topography
All India Ophthalmic Congress
Indore, India- February 2019

International Heroes Award

All India Ophthalmic Congress
Indore, India – February 2019

International Heroes Award

Women Ophthalmologists Society
Hyderabad, India – December 2018

Best Video Award-Innovative Category

Presenting Author
Sailing Through Post Photorefractive
Keratectomy Pain European Society of
Cataract and Refractive Surgery
Vienna- September 2018

Best Video Award

Presenting Author
Mathematics and Eye: The Real Future
Indian Society of Cornea
& Keratorefractive Surgeons
New Delhi, India, August 2018

Best Paper Award

Presenting Author
Role of Tear Molecular Nociceptive
Factors in EvaporativeDry Eye Patients
Asia Pacific Association of Cataract
and Refractive Surgeons
Chiang Mai, Thialand- July 2018

International Heroes Award

All India Ophthalmic Congress
Coimbatore, India – February 2018

Best Paper Award

Presenting Author
Altered Tear Dopamine
A Novel Biomarker For Pediatric Myopia
Asia Pacific Ophthalmology Congress
Hong Kong – February 2018

Best Paper Award

Presenting Author
Customized Laser Epithelial Removal
with Collagen Cross Linking after
Intracorneal Ring Segments:
A CLEAR upgrade to ICRS
Asia Pacific Ophthalmology Congress
Hong Kong – February 2018

Best Paper of Session

Co-Author Comparison of Preoperative Anterior Segment
Measurements Using Scheimpflug Imaging With
Intraoperative Measurements using Anterior
Segment Optical Coherence Tomography During
Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
– USA – November 2015

“An unpredictable result in dry eye treatment”

Invited speaker, A scientific symposium on Immunology, Inflammation and Ocular Surface”
Mumbai, India, July 2023

Category: publications

“Decoding the Eye- Eye care in the digital age”

Invited Speaker, Ladies Wing of Indian Merchants Chamber, February 2022

Category: publications

“Case Presentation- My toughest case with Pentacam”

Speaker, All India Ophthalmological Congress, Online, June 2021

Category: publications

“My Mistake My Lesson- Trials and tribulations in dry eye management”
Speaker, Instruction course, All India Ophthalmological Congress, Gurugram, India, February 2020.

“Next generation LASIK surgery based on bowman’s topography”
Keynote speaker, Refractive Surgery Session, All India Ophthalmological Congress, Gurugram, India, February 2020

“Case Presentation-keratoconus”
Speaker, keratoconus, corneal biomechanics and wound healing meeting, online, April 2020

“ X-files in ophthalmology “
Panellist, online, April 2020

“Setting up my own Dry Eye Clinic”
Speaker, Dry eye virtual class, PIVOT Academy, October 2020 to July 2021

“My experience with advance therapeutic devices in dry eyes- eyelight”
Speaker, Dry eye virtual class, PIVOT Academy, October 2020 to July 2021

“Conquering PRK Pain”
Speaker, Schwind users meet, online, October 2020

“Advanced Epithelial Mapping for Refractive Surgery”
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Dec; 68(12) : 2819 to 2830. Published online 2020 Nov 23

“Preferred Practice Patterns for Photorefractive Keratectomy Surgery”
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Dec; 68(12): 2847 to 2855. Published online 2020 Nov 23

Category: publications

“Next Generation LASIK Surgery Based on Bowman’s Topography”
Presenting Author, , American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), May 2019

“Next Generation LASIK Surgery Based on Bowman’s Topography”
Presenting Author, All India Ophthalmological Congress, Indore, India, February 2019

“Mathematical Modelling and its implications in Refractive Surgery”
Presenting author, All India Ophthalmological Congress, Indore, India, February 2019

“Sailing through Post photorefractive keratectomy Pain”
Presenting author, Video, General Category Finals, Indore India, February 2019

“New Approach to Dry Eye Disease”
Training Course, Bologna, Italy, January 2019

Category: publications

“Dry Eye Due to Vitamin D Deficiency”
Invited case presentation, OSD Meet, Mumbai, November 2018

“Update on Refractive Surgery and Collagen Cross Linking”
Invited Talk, Northwestern University Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, November 2018

“How relevant is Eye Rubbing in Keratoconus”
Invited Talk, Instruction Course, American Academy of Ophthalmology, October 2018

“Pain Management following PRK: A novel Technique”
Presenting author, Paper, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago October 2018

“Sailing through Post photorefractive keratectomy Pain”
Presenting author, Video, At the movies, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago October 2018

“Unique Tear Biomarker Profile in Patients with Progressive Keratoconus”
Presenting Author, Poster, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Chicago October 2018

“Combatting PRK Pain”
Invited Talk, Schwind Users Meet, Bangalore, October 2018

“Dry Eye Management”
Invited booth talk, Gujrat Ophthalmological Society, Ahemdabad, October 2018

“Sailing through Post Photorefractive Keratectomy Pain”
Presenting author, Best Video, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, September 2018

“Novel Expression Markers and their Epigenetic Regulation as a Translational Therapeutic Application in Corneal Scar”
Presenting Author, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, September 2018

“Newer Advances in Dysfunctional Tear Syndrome”
Invited Talk, Bombay Ophthalmological Society- Focus 2018, August 2018

“Devil in Details- Dry Eye”
Invited talk, Building Dry eye clinics in India- CME, Mumbai, August 2018

“Mathematics and Eye: The Real Future”
Presenting Author, Best Video, Indian Society of Cornea & Keratorefractive Surgeons, August 2018

“Mathematical Modelling to study the influence of flap/cap in SMILE vs LASIK” Invited Talk, Indian Society of Cornea & Keratorefractive Surgeons, August 2018

“PRK Pain Management”
Alcon Users Refractive Conclave, Bangalore, August 2018

“Sample collection and storage in Biorepository”
Instructor, Women In Research Training Session, Women Ophthalmological Society, July 2018

“Understanding cellular mechanisms driving Eye Rubbing in Keratoconus”
Presenting Author, Best Paper, Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, July 2018

“Role of Molecular Nociceptive Factors in Evaporative Dry Eye Patients”
Presenting Author, Best Paper, Asia Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, July 2018

“Recent Advances in Dry Eye”
Invited Talk, CME, Mumbai, July 2018

“Many Moods of Ectasia”
Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Understanding cellular mechanisms driving Eye Rubbing in Keratoconus” Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Mathematical Modelling to study the influence of flap/cap in SMILE vs LASIK” Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Conquering Post PRK Pain”
Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Bridging the gaps in our practice- Can research help?” Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Topoguided Epithelial Removal- A Truly Customized Crosslinking” Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Five Point Nomogram for Keratoconus”
Invited Talk, Eye Advance, Mumbai, June 2018

“Topography and Pachymetry Guided Excimer Laser Ablation of Epithelium in Thin Cornea CXL: Save Protocol.”
Presenting Author, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 2018

“Innovative approach to Control Pain in Patients after Photorefractive Keratectomy.” Presenting Author, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 2018

“Cellular Biomarkers of Eye Rubbing and its Impact on Keratoconus Management.” Presenting Author, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 2018

“Sailing Through Post Photorefractive Keratectomy Pain.”
Presenting Author of Video, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 2018

“Storage and Collection of Samples.”
Invited round table discussion. Women in Research (WiNR) arm of Women Ophthalmological Society(WOS), April 2018

“What drives eye rubbing in Keratoconus? A molecular Biomarker study” Presenting author, All India Ophthalmology Conference, February 2018

“Customized Laser Epithelial Removal with Collagen Cross Linking after Intracorneal Ring Segments: A CLEAR upgrade to ICRS”
Presenting author, Best Paper, Asia-Pacific Ophthalmology Congress, February 2018

“Altered tear dopamine- A novel Biomarker for pediatric myopia”
Presenting author, Best Paper, Asia-Pacific Ophthalmology Congress, Hong Kong, February 2018

“Unusual Cases of Keratoconus”
Invited Talk, Indian Society of Cornea & Keratorefractive Surgeons (ISCKRS), Khandala, January 2018

“Corneal Biomechanics: How Important is it?”
Invited Talk, Indian Society of Cornea & Keratorefractive Surgeons (ISCKRS), Khandala, January 2018

Category: publications

“Fearing the Flap”
Film festival, Optha-Fusion 2017, Jaipur, December 2017

“An Artificial Intelligence Based Customize Cosslinking – a New Dimension in Keratoconus Management” Presenting author of poster, CXL Experts Meet, Zurich, November 2017

Category: publications

“Impact of the Learning Curve on Intraoperative Surgical Time in Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract surgery”
Journal of Refractive surgery (JRS), May 2016, Vol 32, Issue 5: 311-317

“Epithelial Ingrowth Following Endothelial Keratoplasty” Cornea, Vol 35, No.4, April 2016

“Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Intra Ocular Lens Centration with Scanned Capsule Versus Limbus-Based Capsulotomy for Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery”
Co-Author of paper, European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS), September 2016

“Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Intra Ocular Lens Centration with Scanned Capsule Versus Limbus-Based Capsulotomy for Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery”
Co-Author of paper, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), May 2016

“Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Intra Ocular Lens Centration with Scanned Capsule Versus Limbus-Based Capsulotomy for Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery”
Co-Author of poster, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology (ARVO), May 2016

Category: publications

“Comparison of Preoperative Anterior Segment Measurements Using Scheimpflug Imaging With Intraoperative Measurements using Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography During Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery”
Co-Author of Best Paper of Session, American Academy of Ophthlamology (AAO), November 2015

“Epithelial Ingrowth Following Endothelial Keratoplasty”
Co-Author of presentation, UIC Cornea Symposium, September 2015

“Analysis of Operating Room Times While transitioning to Femtosecond Laser Cataract surgery and Comparison with Phacoeulsification”
Presenting Author, American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), April 2015

“Epithelial Ingrowth in Endothelial Keratoplasty” Presenting Author of Poster, World Cornea Congress (WCC), April 2015

Category: publications

“Epithelial Ingwoth in Endothelial Keratoplasty – Preliminary Results” Presenting Author of Study, Chicago Cornea Association Meeting, November 2014

Category: publications

“Use of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in localizing vertical recti muscle insertions in patients with strabismus”
Co-Author of Paper, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), 2013

Category: publications

“Use of Anterior Segment Optical Coherence Tomography in localizing horizontal recti muscle insertions in patients with strabismus”
Co-Author of Paper, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON), 2012

“Lateral rectus fixation on the orbital wall periosteum: A reversible procedure for exotropic Duane and third nerve palsy”
Co-Author of Video, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON), 2012

Category: publications

“Effect of clear lens extraction in high myopia”

Presenting Author of Paper, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON), 2011

“Effective surgical approach for pterygium”

Presenting Author of Video, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society (MOSCON), 2011

Category: publications