Dr. Preet did his MBBS training from DMC-Ludhiana, Punjab from 2006 to 2010. He did his
Compulsory Rotatory Internship from 2010 to 2011 partly from GMC Patiala and partly from DMC,
Ludhiana. Having an interest in Ophthalmology from early childhood, he decided to pursue his
post- graduation in the same field. He did his MS-Ophthalmology from 2013 to 2016 from
DMC-Ludhiana and passed his MS Examination with flying colours. He had developed a keen
interest in Retina during his postgraduation days and wanted to train at the best possible
institute in India.
He was awarded the coveted fellowship in Vitreo Retina from the most premier
institute of Ophthalmology in India, Sankara Nethralya, Chennai, which is the only eye hospital
from India to make into the Newsweek Best 100 Speciality Hospital of the world 2020. He got trained
in medical and surgical retina under the best doctors of India. His rigorous training from
Oct 2016 to September 2018 at the institute helped him gain experience with the latest
technology and equipment available in the country today. After graduating from this premier
institute, he did his Senior Residency from Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore
which has consistently ranked in the best 5 Colleges of the country year after year. At CMC,
he was mentored specifically in SICS ( small Incision Cataract Surgery), Uveitis and Medical
Glaucoma.
Then, he joined the ASG Group of Hospitals as a Vitreo Retina Consultant where he
medically and surgically managed the retina department at Raipur and Kanpur. After gaining
loads of clinical exposure and managing hundreds to thousands of retinal problems, he is now
available for the service of people of Patiala. He has a special interest in ARMD (Age Related
Macular Degeneration) and Diabetic Retinopathy and offers the best and latest treatments for
the same medically and surgically. Another special area of his interest is ROP (Retinopathy
of Prematurity) in which he has worked extensively at CMC, Vellore and ASG group of Hospitals.
His academic Qualifications are as follows:
NTSE Scholar, 2004
MBBS (DMC Ludhiana)
MS-OPHTHALMOLOGY (DMC Ludhiana)
DNB-OPHTHALMOLOGY (National Board of Examination)
FMRF (Vitreo Retina) Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai
FICO-I (UK)
FRCS-I (UK)
He has lifetime Membership of the following societies :
Life member of AIOS (All India Ophthalmological Society)
NZOS (North Zone Ophthalmological Society)
POS (Punjab Ophthalmological Society)
YOSI (Young Ophthalmological Society)
On the academic front, he has 11 peer reviewed publications in coveted National & International Journals like IJO (India Journal of Ophthalmology).International Ophthalmology (Springer), British Medical Journal (BMJ) case Reports, American Journal of Ophthalmology with many scholarly papers still under review. He has presented multiple papers, posters, E-posters at numerous state, zonal and national conferences. He has given numerous talks as a host Faculty and as invited faculty in Zonal, National and International Conferences.