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Associate Professor Rupesh Agrawal

Designation

Head (Research), Associate Professor (LKC School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University), Chair (Research Talent Development Committee), Domain Lead (Academy of Clinician Scientists and Innovators, LKC School of Medicine), Co-Head (Ocular Infections and Antimicrobials, Singapore Eye Research Institute), Associate Professor (Duke NUS Medical School), Senior Consultant

Credentials

MD (UCL), FRCS (Glasgow), FAMS (S'pore), MMed

Clinical Interests

Uveitis, Ocular Trauma and General Ophthalmology

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi, Tamil

Biodata

Associate Professor Rupesh Agrawal is a Senior Consultant, Head, Research and Clinician Scientist at the National Healthcare Group Eye Institute @Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

After completing his residency and fellowship in Uveitis and Ocular trauma from Sankara Netralaya, Chennai (1999-2003), he was a faculty member at Shri Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna (2003-2008) and L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India (2008-2009). After being awarded the NMRC overseas research training fellowship, he spent time at Moorfields Eye Hospital (MEH), London with Prof Carlos Pavesio and completed his MD (Res) training fellowship at Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London (UCL) (Nov’ 2012 – Oct’ 2014) and is now associated with Institute of Ophthalmology as Research Associate and as Honorary consultant with MEH. His clinical areas of expertise are ocular inflammatory disorders (uveitis) including ocular tuberculosis and HIV and ocular trauma.

He has published many articles in peer-reviewed journals and presented several papers, lectures on uveitis and ocular trauma. He is a recipient of numerous grants for basic-translational science projects pertinent to ocular inflammation and drug delivery. He is associated with Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) as Co-Head of Ocular infections and antimicrobials, with Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as Associate Professor and as Adjunct Associate Professor with Eye ACP Programme at Duke NUS Medical School.

His key research areas of interest are: Development of sustained release drugs for back of the eye.Novel biological markers for ocular inflammation.Characterising red blood cell behavior and its implications in diabetic retinopathy. Choroidal vascular imaging using index first published by him:

Choroidal vascularity index.

He is currently secretary of International Society of Ocular trauma and Asia Pacific Ophthalmic Trauma Society. He was conferred with Healthcare Humanity Award by President of Singapore (2011) and President Volunteerism Philanthropy Award (PVPA) in 2018 for his humanitarian work across the island and Asia. He also serves as an examiner for Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians, Glasgow, UK.