VISIONARY PROFILE
Dr Monika Pradhan
Visionary – Sight For All Retina Team
Dr Monika Pradhan is an Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal surgeon with subspecialist proficiency in Medical and Surgical Retina, based in Auckland, New Zealand. She is a Consultant Ophthalmologist working with Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora and Eye Surgery Associates.
Originally from India, she has now lived in Auckland for nearly two decades. She completed her training in medicine and postgraduate studies in Ophthalmology with the University of Mumbai and the prestigious King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, which is the largest public tertiary referral centre in all of Western India.
She obtained the Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology degree, Diploma in Ophthalmic Medicine and Surgery and the Fellowship of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bombay. After moving to the UK in 2003, she underwent further training in Ophthalmology and obtained the Membership of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists of London. Subsequently she relocated to Auckland and undertook subspecialist fellowship training in Ocular Genetics, Medical Retina and Uveitis and Vitreoretinal surgery.
She has been awarded the Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and has been made a Fellow of the American Society of Retina Specialists. She has an exceptional academic background, obtaining Gold Medals in several ophthalmic examinations, including the DOMS exams in India and the Combie Medal and Harcourt Prize for highest grades worldwide in the MRCOphth exams in London.
She has published in several international journals, presented at national and international conferences and been involved in research projects investigating various aspects of inherited eye disorders, diabetic retinopathy and the association between diabetes and corneal and peripheral neuropathy. She is involved in teaching Vitreoretinal Fellows and registrars in Auckland.