MD (AIIMS, New Delhi), DNB
Gender: Male
Language Spoken: Bengali, English, Hindi
Email ID : asimkk.aiims@gmail.com
Contact No. : 9790675374
Primary Chamber: Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals 58, Canal Circular Road, Kadapara, Phool Bagan, Kankurgachi, Kolkata, West Bengal 700054, Kolkata, India
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Dr Asim Kumar Kandar is a consultant in Ophthalmology at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals Kolkata and Apollo Gleneagles Superspeciality Eye Care Centre Gariahat. Dr Kandar graduated from NRS Medical College, Kolkata in 1999. Then he moved to prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi and completed residency in Ophthalmology in 2005. Subsequently he has done fellowship exclusively in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery from same institute. After spending long three years in fellowship he came out in 2008 with expertise in the field. Before joining Apollo he has worked in Vasan Eye Care as Chief Medical Officer and Cluster Head. He has also worked as consultant in Centre for Sight, New Delhi. As per surgical skill is concerned Dr Asim is very keen in developing new surgical intervention with his scientific approach towards complicated situations related to cornea, lens and refractive surgery. In Nov, 2012 he has implanted highest customized toric IOL (Carl Zeiss 12 D) first time in India. Another case of first hyperopic toric ICL (STAAR Surgical) implantation first time in INDIA (Sept. 2013). He has recently received best surgical video award in DOS Conference held in New Delhi on 13th April, 2014. He has also received prestigious Captain Subhramaniam Award for best video and best free paper award in cornea in TNOA Conference held in Chennai Aug. 2013. He has operated on a 100 years old woman by microincisional phaco surgery in 2012. Recently same surgery has been repeated on 101 year old gentle man in Kolkata March, 2015. He is having great interest in extending the use of femtolaser for various corneal surgeries. He has performed femto-assisted suture-less anterior keratoplasty recently.
Cataract Surgeon Eye Surgeon Glaucoma Surgeon Neuro Ophthalmologist Ophthalmologists Paediatric Ophthalmologist
Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy Astigmatism Blepharitis Blindness Cataract Central Serous Retinopathy Chalazion Color Blindness Conical Cornea/Keratoconus Conjunctivitis Convergence Disorder/Convergence Insufficiency Corneal Abrasion Corneal Ulcer Crossed Eye/Strabismus Diabetic Neuropathy/Diabetic Nerve Damage Diabetic Retinopathy/Diabetic Eye Disease Double Vision/Diplopia Dry Eyes Eye Floaters/Floater Eye Strain/Asthenopia Far-Sightedness Fuchs' Dystrophy Glaucoma Hyphema Keratitis/Corneal Inflammation Keratoconus/Conical Cornea Lagophthalmos Lazy Eye/Amblyopia Macular Degeneration Mydriasis/Dilation of the Pupil Near Sightedness/Myopia Night Blindness/Nyctalopia Ocular Rosacea Optic Neuritis Pinguecula/Eye Web Presbyopia Prosopagnosia Ptosis/Eyelid Red Eye Retinal Detachment Retinitis Pigmentosa/Rod Cone Dystrophy Retinoblastoma River Blindness/Onchocerciasis Rosacea Scleritis Subconjunctival Hemorrhage Trachoma Uveitis/Chorioretinitis Watery Eyes/Epiphora
Cataract Surgery Corneal Transplantation Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing/EMDR Eye Surgery/LASIK Eye Test Iridectomy Keratectomy Keratoprosthesis Maxillectomy Oculoplastics Ophthalmological Exam Photorefractive Keratectomy Strabismus Surgery Trabeculectomy Vitrectomy
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