Singapore Eye Surgey, Eye Care Clinic - Eye Retina Surgeons

Affiliates of Eye and Retina Surgeons (ERS)

Name : Dr. Sonal Farzavandi (Gandhi)

Designation

• Senior Consultant, Singapore National Eye Centre
• Visiting Senior Consultant and Head of Paediatric Ophthalmolgy and Strabismus Service, National University Hospital

Professional Qualifications

• M.B.B.S.(Bombay) 1983
• M.S.(Bombay) 1988
• D.O.(Ireland) 1991
• F.R.C.S.(Edinburgh) 1992

Professional Appointments & Memberships

• Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• Member of the Internatinal Strabismological Association

Awards & Accolades

• The Dr. S. R. Moolgavkar Gold medal for securing the highest number of marks in Surgery including E.N.T. & Applied Pathology at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Dowager Lady Shantabai Sitaram Patkar Gold medal for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Lady Reay Silver medal for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total among the female candidates at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Pfizer Medallion in Medicine for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The President's Silver medal for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total among the female candidates at the M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Dr. Shantabai (Saptarshi) Gulabchand Award for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983

Scholarships and Prizes:

• The Pandit Bhagwandin Dube and Mrs Ramdulari Dube Scholarship in Medicine for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Manorama Vijayrai Hazarat Scholarship for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Shri Gordhandas Shankarlal Bhaija C.I.E., I.C.S. Prize for Surgery for securing the highest number of marks in Surgery at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Scholarship for the Medical women of India Fund of 1983 for having secured the highest number of marks on the grand total among the female candidates at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Mrs. DeSa Memorial Prize for getting the highest number of marks in the subject of Gynaecology and Midwifery amongst the students of Seth G.S.Medical College at the third M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University held in October 1983
• The Dr. Sohrab A.E. Hakim Memorial Prize for standing first at the competitive examination in Ophthalmology held in September 1983 by the Bombay University
• Distinctions in Anatomy, Forensic Medicine, Pathology & Microbiology, Surgery, Gynaecology & Obstetrics at the first, second and third year M.B.B.S. examination of Bombay University

Selected Publications, Research Interest & Trials

Publications:

1. Patrick C.P. Ho, S. Farzavandi, C.W. Tsuiet al. Serum levels of tocopherol and selenium in age-related