Dr Amar Agarwal has completed his M.B.B.S. degree in February 1983 from Madras Medical College, Madras University. His further qualifications include M.S.(Ophtha) from Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, University of Gujarat, FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom and F.R.C. Ophth from Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, United Kingdom.
Dr Amar Agarwal is the pioneer of Phakonit which is Phako with a Needle Incision Technology which later on became popular as Bimanual phaco, Microincision Cataract surgery (MICS) or Microphaco. He has also reported and operated the first Pre-Descemet Endothelial Keratoplasty (PDEK), a new type of corneal transplantation that can be used for patients with swelling or edema of the cornea.
Apart from being an ophthalmologist, he is the Chairman and Managing Director of Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital and Eye Research Centre in India. He is the recipient of the Best Doctor award of the State government from then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa in 2014. He is a former President of the International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) and Secretary-General and Scientific Committee Chairman of the Indian Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society (IIRSI).
He has rolled many innovations from the surgical career. Prof. Amar is considered to be a renowned surgeon when it comes to complicated eye surgeries. Having won many awards for his revolutionary innovations in ophthalmology, the significant ones include the BARRAQUER and the KELMAN awards. Till date, he has authored over 50 books and is popular as a human with great charisma and compassionate nature.