BOPAL EYE CARE CENTRE

Bopal Eye Care Centre (BECC) is housed in Amrapali Mall which is located strategically at the junction of Ambli-Bopal Road and Sardar Patel Ring Road. This gives an easy access to people living in Bopal, Ghuma, Shilaj, Sanand, Bavla, Gandhinagar and other surrounding areas. However, people from central areas of Ahmedabad have also been visiting the hospital for treatment.
Amrapali Mall has a huge parking space, at the back of the building as well as in the basement, for patients using personal vehicles. A convenient lift is available to reach the hospital on the second floor.
The total built up area of the hospital is about 2700 Sq. Feet. The ambience of the hospital is impressive. The waiting area is spacious and comfortable.
Patients’ clinical records are maintained electronically for long term with customized software. Each patient is assigned a unique identification number which makes the case retrieval simpler at follow-up visits.

Counseling patients about eye related problems and their treatment is one of our major tasks at BECC. As part of our effort to educate each patient about his/her specific problems, we have a counseling facility. The counselors give information and guidance with power point presentations. We also provide printed brochures on various topics. The relatives of surgical patients are given an opportunity to watch live surgery with briefing by a counselor.

We also offer to provide prescription-base spectacles for the patients. We have a selection of frames of traditional and modern styles. The patient is given a choice of glass or fiber to be fitted in the frame. However, patients are free to get their specs made elsewhere and we offer cross checking in such cases.

We try our best to provide and maintain a hygienic environment in the hospital. Antiseptic solution and sterile water are used for scrubbing (cleaning of hands) of the surgeon and assistants before surgery.
The hospital has a facility of Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) for continuous functioning of equipments in case of power failure.
BECC is on the panel of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Oil & Natural Gas Commission ( ONGC) and Tata Motors

NABH ACCREDITED HOSPITAL

DR. ALPESH R. SHAH

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

Dr. Alpesh R. Shah studied for M.B.B.S. at M.P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar and received his degree in January 1996 from Saurashtra University.

He then specialized in Ophthalmology and received his M. S. degree in January 1999, also from Saurashtra University.

Dr. Shah did Phacoemulsification Fellowship from January 1999 to April 2001 under Dr. Vasavada at Raghudeep Eye Clinic and its research centre, Iladevi Cataract & IOL Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Upon completion of fellowship Dr. Shah wanted to continue his association with Dr. Vasavada. He was asked to handle Dr. Vasavada’s phaco training centre at S. K. Red Cross Eye Hospital, Dholka as a Consultant and Phaco Trainer that he successfully managed and coordinated between 2001 and 2010. At Dholka, apart from performing cataract and other surgeries, extensive hands on training under the supervision of Dr. Shah was given to a number of Indian and international ophthalmic surgeons.

In 2004, while being associated with Dr. Vasavada, Dr. Shah started his private clinic in Vasna area on a part-time basis.

Dr. Shah has performed more than 30,000 intraocular surgeries so far out of which more than

20000 surgeries have been performed using phacoemulsification technique.

He has expertise in performing micro-coaxial phacoemulsification for all types of cataract, including complicated cataract, subluxated cataract and in eyes with adverse ocular conditions like glaucoma, uveitis, pseudoexfoliation syndrome, small (non-dilating) pupil, etc.

He has in depth understanding (of the science and technique) and lot of experience of implanting Newer Generation Intraocular Lenses (IOL) such as Toric IOL for eyes having cataract with Astigmatism and Multifocal IOL to reduce dependence on glasses for near vision after cataract surgery.

Dr. Shah has presented clinical research papers ans surgical videos at national and international conferences in India and abroad (USA, England, Germany, Singapore, Sweden, Indonesia, Sweden, Nepal, Switzerland, Denmark, Malaysia, France etc.).

He has been periodically invited to address various forums organized by Gujarat Ophthalmic Society and educational programmes organizes by Ahmedabad Medical Association. He has authored a number of articles in renowned Scientific Journals on topics to different techniques of cataract surgery and types of imntraocular lenses.

OVERSEAS PHACO TRAINER

In 2004, Dr. Shah was invited to impart training at an institutional level to a group of doctors at B. P. Koirala Medical College in Dharan, Nepal. He was also invited to train surgeons of Himalaya Eye Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal.
Over the years Dr. Shah has visited Nepal a number of times.
From 2005 to 2012, Dr. Shah was visiting Indonesia once or twice every year to train the surgeons of Klinik Mata Nusantara in Jakarta.

AWARD

Runner up Award as a co-author in a video film

“Camouflaged catastrophe in infantile cataracts”

presented at annual meeting of

American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons

held at San Diego, U.S.A. in 2001.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Shah GD, Vasavada AR, Praveen MR, Shah AR, Trivedi RH. “Incidence and influence of posterior capsule striae on the development of posterior capsule opacification after 1-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens implantation.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012 Feb;38(2):202-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.07.038. Epub 2011 Dec 9.

2. Vasavada AR, Raj SM, Shah A, Shah G, Vasavada V, Vasavada V. “Comparison of posterior capsule opacification with hydrophobic acrylic and hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jun; 37(6):1050-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.12.060.

3. Praveen MR, Shah GD, Vasavada AR, Shah AR, Johar K, Gami Y, Diwan RP, Shah SM. “ Posterior capsule opacification in eyes with steroid-induced cataracts: Comparison of early results.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jan;37(1):88-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.08.035.

4. Vasavada AR, Shah A, Raj SM, Praveen MR, Shah GD. “ Prospective evaluation of posterior capsule opacification in myopic eyes 4 years after implantation of a single-piece acrylic IOL.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2009 Sep;35(9):1532-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.04.039.

5. Shah A, Spalton DJ, Gilbert C, Vasavada A, Boyce JF, Minassian D, Jayaram H, Mabey D. “ Effect of intraocular lens edge profile on posterior capsule opacification after extracapsular cataract surgery in a developing country.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Jul;33(7):1259-66.

6. Praveen MR, Shah AR, Jani UD, Raj SM, Vasavada AR. “Management of congenital bilateral subluxated cataract with Cionni ring.” -

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;54(1):39-41.

7. Shah AR, Diwan RP, Vasavada AR, Keng MQ. “Corneal endothelial safety of intracameral preservative-free 1% xylocaine.” -

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2004 Jun;52(2):133-8.

8. Vasavada AR, Singh R., Shah AR. 'Camouflaged catastrophe' hides in some infantile cataracts - Ocular Surgery News Oct. 2001 Vol.19 No.19 Pag.52-53.

9. Shah AR, Vasavada AR. Extracapsular cataract extraction – A chapter in post graduate book “Modern ophthalmology” by Dr. L.C.Dutta.

10. Shah GD, Vasavada AR, Praveen MR, Shah AR, Trivedi RH. “Incidence and influence of posterior capsule striae on the development of posterior capsule opacification after 1-piece hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lens implantation.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2012 Feb;38(2):202-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.07.038. Epub 2011 Dec 9.

11. Vasavada AR, Raj SM, Shah A, Shah G, Vasavada V, Vasavada V. “Comparison of posterior capsule opacification with hydrophobic acrylic and hydrophilic acrylic intraocular lenses.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jun;37(6):1050-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.12.060.

12. Praveen MR, Shah GD, Vasavada AR, Shah AR, Johar K, Gami Y, Diwan RP, Shah SM. “Posterior capsule opacification in eyes with steroid-induced cataracts: Comparison of early results.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2011 Jan;37(1):88-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2010.08.035.

13. Vasavada AR, Shah A, Raj SM, Praveen MR, Shah GD. “Prospective evaluation of posterior capsule opacification in myopic eyes 4 years after implantation of a single-piece acrylic IOL.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2009 Sep;35(9):1532-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.04.039.

14. Shah A, Spalton DJ, Gilbert C, Vasavada A, Boyce JF, Minassian D, Jayaram H, Mabey D. “Effect of intraocular lens edge profile on posterior capsule opacification after extracapsular cataract surgery in a developing country.” - J Cataract Refract Surg. 2007 Jul;33(7):1259-66.

15. Praveen MR, Shah AR, Jani UD, Raj SM, Vasavada AR. “Management of congenital bilateral subluxated cataract with Cionni ring.” - Indian J Ophthalmol. 2006 Mar;54(1):39-41.

16. Shah AR, Diwan RP, Vasavada AR, Keng MQ. “Corneal endothelial safety of intracameral preservative-free 1% xylocaine.”

Indian J Ophthalmol. 2004 Jun;52(2):133-8.

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