Dr. Mahipal Sachdev MD

Awarded Padamshri in January 2007 - Awarded Honorary FAICO by AIOS in 2020 - Centre for Sight has been recently awarded as “The Best Single Specialty Hospital- Ophthalmology” at the Times Health Care Achievers Awards. - Pioneered Small Incision Lenticule extraction (SMILE) in India, and a high volume SMILE surgeon - Pioneered blade free Femtocatarct technology in India - Performed the first iLASIK (Bladeless LASIK) in India - First to install Zyoptix (Bladeless LASIK) in India - First to introduce Phakic IOLs in India - He is widely credited to be the pioneer & propagate the technique of Phacoemulsification for Cataract surgery - Principal Investigator in multiple Clinical reasearch studies - Led team of ophthalmologists into Guiness Book of World Records for maximum number of Diabetic Retinopathy Screenings in a day - Inducted in Wall of Fame at Modern School, Barakhamba Road - Recognised as best resident and stood first in M.D. Ophthalmology (AIIMS) - He has been recognized globally with fellowships and scholarships from the “Fifth International Symposium on Immunopathology”- Japan, “International Society of Eye Research”, “Research to Prevent Blindness”, New York, “Fisons award by the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists”, USA amongst others. - Won the “A C Aggrawal Memorial Trophy”, “Col. Rangachari Certificate”, “Krishna Sohan Singh Trophy”, “Dr Ishwar Chand Silver Jubilee Award” to name a - Received “Life Time Achievement Award- Ophthalmology” at Times Health care Achievers program held in Delhi. - Honoured as one of the "Prominent Sikhs of India" on the occasion of 550th Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Ji - Awarded “International leading Ophthalmologist 2016” in the conference Eye Advance by Swiss Eye research Foundation Switzerland - Launched the Village adoption programme to prevent and treat avoidable blindness - Member of Global Advisory Board Johnson & Johnson Surgical vision.