Clinical leadership
Dr. Bhaskar Ray Chaudhuri, MS
Director, Tamanash Eye Foundation
An ophthalmic surgeon with over two decades of experience, with a clinical and research focus on cornea, cataract surgery, ocular surface disease and glaucoma.
Training and education
- MBBS, Calcutta National Medical College
- Diploma in Ophthalmology, Aligarh Muslim University
- MS in Ophthalmology, Calcutta University — Gold Medallist
- Fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
- Ophthalmology training at Calcutta National Medical College and IPGMER, Kolkata
Areas of care
Dr. Ray Chaudhuri provides consultations and treatment for cataract, corneal and ocular-surface conditions, keratoconus, dry eye disease, glaucoma, computer-vision symptoms, basic retina evaluation and childhood squint assessment.
Cataract & lens care
Cataract assessment and surgery, including planning for toric, multifocal and extended-depth-of-focus lenses where appropriate.
Cornea & ocular surface
Care for keratoconus, dry eye disease, corneal transplants and complex ocular-surface disorders.
Glaucoma & retina
Glaucoma diagnosis and management, as well as basic retinal assessment and follow-up.
Innovation and research
His work includes collaborative innovation in dry eye disease, the AMserter amniotic-membrane inserter for ocular-surface reconstruction, and research with IIT Kharagpur on keratoprosthesis design. He was awarded the Best Paper Award at the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology–All India Ophthalmological Society meeting in 2013 for work relating to a toric corneal marker.
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Previous professional appointments
- Head of Cornea, Eye Care & Research Centre, Kolkata
- Consultant and Director of Eye Bank, Silverline Eye Hospital
- Director, Ophthalmology, The Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI)
- Technical consultant to ORBIS International for electronic medical-record implementation in India
- Member of advisory boards for ocular-surface diseases and infections
Selected publications
- Datta H, Choudhuri BR, Datta S. Visual evoked response in different types of amblyopia before and after occlusion therapy. J Indian Med Assoc. 1998;96(4):109-10.
- Roychoudhury B, Sharma S, Reddy MK, Das T P. Fluorescent Gram stain in the microbiologic diagnosis of infectious keratitis and endophthalmitis. Curr Eye Res. 1997;16(6):620-3.
- Nabarun Polley, Srimoyee Saha, Soumendra Singh, Aniruddha Adhikari, Sukhen Das, Bhaskar Roy Choudhury, Samir Kumar Pal. Development and optimization of a noncontact optical device for online monitoring of jaundice in human subjects. Journal of Biomedical Optics. 2015;20(6):067001.
- Narang P, Mittal V, Menon V, Bhaduri A, Ray Chaudhuri B, Honavar SG. Primary limbal stem-cell transplantation in the surgical management of extensive ocular-surface squamous neoplasia involving the limbus. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2018;66(11):1569-73.
- Ray Chaudhuri B, Bhaduri A, Sengupta M. The ocular surface after simple limbal epithelial transplant (SLET): a high-resolution OCT study of the early postoperative period. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2019;67:1348-50.
- Sunka KC, Byram PK, Paikkattil N, Ray Chaudhuri B, Dhara S. A novel intralamellar semi-bioresorbable keratoprosthesis—Part A: Design conception, material perspective, and device manufacturing. 2024. doi:10.1002/app.55644.
- Sunka KC, Byram PK, Paikkattil N, Roy T, Chakravorty N, Ray Chaudhuri B, Dhara S. A novel intralamellar semi-bioresorbable keratoprosthesis—Part B: Surface functionalization and physico-chemical characterization toward site-specific cellular activity. 2024. doi:10.1002/app.56033.
Our team
Dr. Soma Das Gupta, MBBS, DNB
Ocular pathology service. Dr. Das Gupta brings specialist training in haematology and histopathology, with experience in laboratory medicine, teaching and ocular-pathology slide review.
Ms. Puspita Mukherjee
Appointment Services Manager
Ms. Binita Nath
Front Office Manager