Passed Master Of Surgery (M. S. ophthalmology) in 1981 from N.H.L. Medical College, Ahmedabad. Private Practitioner in Anand Since 1983.
Special interest in Cataract & Refractive Surgery. Phaco-emulsification (JETHWA EYE HOSPITAL). Performs ~1600 anterior segment surgeries per year, including 150 multifocal IOLs.
Refractive Surgery (Zeiss MEL 80 setup - Ultimate Vision Laser Centre).
First to implant intraocular lens in Anand-Kheda District in Sept 1983. First to perform phaco-emulsification surgery in Anand-Kheda District in 1993.
Started Ultimate Vision Centre – a Lasik Centre operational for 1+ year.
Invited technical consultant by LEICA, Switzerland in 1992 (on ophthalmic microscope optics).
Organizing Secretary, Annual Gujarat Ophthalmic Society Conference at Karamsad – 1992.
Attended almost all major annual conferences: Gujarat, AIOS, Bombay Ophthalmic Society, and Delhi Ophthalmic Society.
Member of & attended conferences of ASCRS, ESCRS, AAO.
First to innovate "Vacuum Capsulorhexis" for phaco-emulsification. Presented at ESCRS, Nice – France in 1996.
First to introduce Trypan Blue dye in India for capsule staining during phaco-emulsification.
Joint Secretary of IMA (Anand Branch) in 1986, and three-time Executive Committee Member.
Awarded 1st Prize – SAARC Ophthalmic Society (2000) for intraocular pressure stabilizer device innovation.
Awarded 2nd Prize – SAARC Ophthalmic Society (2000) for Vacuum Capsulorhexis.
Invited by MP Ophthalmic Society (1997) for 2-day course on phaco-emulsification with live surgery under topical anaesthesia.
