Dr Keiki R Mehta has pioneered, in India, the commencement of Intraocular Implants, Radial Keratotomy, Phakoemulsification Cataract surgery. He is known as the Father of Indian Phacoemulsification. He is the Surgical Chief and Medical Director of the Mehta International Eye Institute and Colaba Eye Hospital.
Dr. Mehta graduated in medicine (PU), is a Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine & Surgery and completed his Masters in Ophthalmology (studying the same at London, UK and Dublin, Ireland)
Winner of 11 Gold Medals from India, he has been the President of the All India Ophthalmologists Association and President of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society among many others.
Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has won numerous awards in India:
The Ravi Bhandare award Bombay (3 times), The Contact Lens Society appreciation Award - Calcutta, Siva Reddy Gold Medal & Oration, Hyderabad Ophthalmic Society, Gold Medal & Oration Intraocular Implant Society Madras, Mayurilal Gold Medal & Oration, Madras Ophthalmic Society, Rajiv Gandhi Gold Medal, S.E.M.D.C., Dr. C. H. Reshmi Gold Medal All India Ophthalmological Society Conference, Delhi , Gold Medal Eye Research Foundation Madras 1995, Pan Ophthalmological Award - Mauritius, The T. Agarwal Gold Medal of the Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society - Chennai , Dr. B. S. Pendse Memorial Lecture and oration Indian Medical Association - Mumbai,Gold Medal of the International Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has received numerous International Awards.
The American Implant Society awarded in San Francisco; Grand Honors Award from the National Eye Research Foundation, Chicago, USA, the only Indian to be ever awarded then in 1965; Lim International Award from the Asia Pacific Intraocular Implant Association, the only Indian to be presented this award, Triple Ribbon Award of the American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery, USA; Outstanding Recognition Award by International Council of Cataract Surgeons for Outstanding Research & Development in Cataract Surgery, award presented at Barcelona, Spain; Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Medical Integration Council and the West German Chemtec Foundation Member of the Legion d' Honor of the Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain. He is the only Indian to be elected for it.
Social Contribution: Dr. Keiki R. Mehta has trained thousands of doctors in Intraocular implant surgery and Phacoemulsification. Conducted free Eye Camps all over India, Chairman of Low Vision Centre at Maharashtra, and runs a 25 bed, free, charity Eye Hospital in an adivasi area at Karjat.
He has been awarded the "Padmashree Award" by the Government of India on 26th January 2008 for his Outstanding Contribution to Ophthalmology.
With IHO: Dr. Mehta is the lead mentor to IHO. With his immense experience, he is involved in guiding IHO regarding its present and future initiatives in the healthcare sector.
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