The department of cornea as a subspecialty came into function from September 2003 in H. V. Desai Eye Hospital . We have Dr. Sangita Wagh as the visiting cornea consultant, Dr Shilpa Joshi who did a fellowship from L. V. Prasad Eye institute (Oct.-Dec.2003) as a full timer.

Dr. Seema Jagdale is currently under training at Shankar Netralaya and will be soon joining H. V. Desai Eye Hospital .So far a the infrastructure goes, we have the corner OPD with contact lens clinic.

In the OPD we have all the state of the art instruments needed for examination of the patient, the latest addition being the secular microscope .

We also have the microbiology and pathology laboratory where patients can be directed for the relevant investigation .
We also have got permission for setting up an eye bank , which will be functional soon.

Currently in the cornea OPD, we see on an average 50 to 60 patients per week. We have facilities for treating patients with trauma, acid and alkali injuries and infectious cases.

Once the eye bank come into operation, we will start with the corneal grafting (penetrating keratoplasty) surgery also.