Dr Pallavi Singh MD, FICO

Dr Pallavi Singh is an ophthalmic surgeon with specialization in orbital and oculofacial plastic surgery (oculoplastics), eye cancers (ocular oncology), and squint (strabismus). She has over 8 years of experience in the field. She completed her residency in ophthalmology where she mastered the art of microsurgery which fueled her passion for combining complex and fine surgical skills. She is an expert in conditions such as eyelid disorders, tear duct (lacrimal) surgery, orbital tumors, trauma, cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries around eye and face, injectables (botox & fillers), thyroid eye disease, eye cancers and squint (crossed eyes). She has performed more than a thousand of such complex and fine surgeries.

After completing her MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, Dr Singh pursued an MD in ophthalmology from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and trained there further as a senior resident in the subspecialties of oculoplastics, squint and ocular oncology. Subsequently, she was chosen as the global fellow at the Stein Eye Institute at University of California, Los Angeles where she did a 16-month surgical fellowship in orbital and oculofacial plastic surgery under the mentorship of Dr Robert A. Goldberg. During this time, she also trained with top plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills.

She has more than 30 publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals, and multiple book chapters to her credit. She is a reviewer for prestigious journals such as ‘Orbit’, ‘Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery’, ‘Indian Journal of Ophthalmology’, ’Clinical and Experimental Optometry’ and ‘Medical Journal of Armed Forces of India’. She has spoken at multiple national and international academic meetings as an invited speaker and to present her research work . Dr Singh is also an awardee of multiple research awards and travel grants. She was honored with the Best Senior Resident award during her tenure at AIIMS, New Delhi.

Dr Singh’s approach is to customize treatment and care according to your needs, by using the most advanced surgical techniques to achieve natural results without obvious signs of surgery. Her goal is to offer the highest level of attention to detail combined with compassionate care, technical excellence, and an artistic perspective.

Education & Training

  • Ranked #1 Hospital in California, #3 in USA (US News)
  • Awarded grant from the International Fellowship Program (IFP) of the Asia- Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for pursuing fellowship
  • Recipient of travel grants from the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) and International Ophthalmological Fellowship Foundation (IOFF)
  • Instructor at the popular orbital decompression course at the annual American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
  • Third prize for OPAI best free paper (Orbit) session at the 31st Virtual Annual Conference of Oculoplastic Association of India held at Chandigarh in 2021.
  • Narrated presentation at the annual ASOPRS 52nd annual fall scientific symposium in New Orleans, November 2021.
  • Invited international speaker for ‘Oculoplastics Today’ meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel April 2022.
  • Poster and video presentation at the annual ASOPRS 53rd annual fall scientific symposium in Chicago, September 2022.
  • Keynote speaker at the 4th webinar of the Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery May, 2022, “Tissue grafts worth knowing about”.

  • Ranked #1 Hospital (Overall and Ophthalmology) in India (Newsweek).
  • Awarded best Senior Resident during training.
  • Winner of best free paper at the 2019 Oculoplastic Association of India meeting.
  • Winner of best clinical photograph at the 2019 World Congress of Ocular Trauma Meeting.
  • Winner of best video presentation and photography competition organised by the All India Ophthalmological Society in 2018.
  • Awarded the AIIMS and CSIR Travel grants for young scientists in 2018 & 2019 respectively.

  • Ranked #1 medical college in India (Newsweek).
  • Shortlisted for John Henahan Prize awarded by the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) in 2017 and 2019.

  • Ranked #5 medical college in India ( Newsweek)
  • Awarded ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) Short Term Studentship (STS) for the years 2009 and 2010 for research in the field of microbiology.
  • Recipient of CBSE Merit Scholarship for professional studies

Publications

Awards

  • Third prize for OPAI best free paper (Orbit) session at the 31st Virtual Annual Conference of Oculoplastic Association of India held at Chandigarh in 2021.
  • International Fellowship Program Grant (2021-22) by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology for pursuing fellowship at UCLA.
  • Best Senior Resident award for the year 2019-2020 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
  • Best Clinical Photograph at the World Congress of Ocular Trauma held in December, 2019 in New Delhi.
  • Best Free Paper (Gangadhar Sundar Award) for “Ocular Characteristics of Organoid Nevus Syndrome” at the 30thAnnual Conference of Oculoplastic Association of India held at Guwahati in September, 2019.
  • Shortlisted for top 5 essays for the John Henahan Prize in the years 2017 and 2019, both essays were published in the Euro Times.
  • Winner of First Prize at the Annual Inter-Institutional Ophthalmology Quiz2018 organized by AIIMS, New Delhi.
  • Winner of the Best Video Presentation at the All India Ophthalmological Conference 2018 at the Young Ophthalmologists Forum.
  • Winner of the AIOS Photography Competition organized on World Sight Day 2018 by All India Ophthalmological Society.
  • Winner of the RPC Photography Competition organized on World Sight Day 2017 by Ophthalmic Researcher’s Association, AIIMS.
  • Awarded the AIIMS and CSI R Travel grants for young scientists in 2018 & 2019 respectively.
  • Awarded ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) Short Term Studentship (STS) for the years 2009 and 2010 for research in the field of microbiology.