A/Prof Smita Agarwal

A/Prof Smita Agarwal is a senior comprehensive ophthalmologist (eye surgeon) based on the South Coast of NSW, Australia. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the Graduate Medicine, University of Wollongong and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. She is a member of several Medical Advisory Committees at hospitals and elsewhere.

A/Prof Smita Agarwal provides comprehensive ophthalmology services to her patients. She conducts clinics from her rooms in Wollongong, Nowra and Warilla and also works at several public and private hospitals located at Wollongong, Warilla and Shellharbour.

A/Prof Smita Agarwal specialises in cataract and refractive surgery and has special interest in corneal cross-linking for progressive Keratoconus, Glaucoma and age related macular degeneration. She has been instrumental in the setup of Wollongong Refractive Laser Eye Institute, the only facility on the South Coast of NSW that offers laser vision correction procedures like, SMILE, LASIK and PRK.

Her other passion is being actively involved in the teaching and mentoring of medical professionals and students. She teaches medical registrars and interns at public hospitals and regularly conducts continuing medical education seminars for medical professionals including doctors and optometrists. She has taught eye surgery to ophthalmology registrars at Westmead Eye Hospital in Sydney and Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne.

Originally from India, A/Prof Smita Agarwal graduated from King George's Medical College in Lucknow, India with a Bachelor of Medicine degree. A/Prof Smita Agarwal earned her first post graduate degree, Master of Surgery in Ophthalmology from the University of Allahabad, India and completed her further ophthalmology training at Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia. She gained FRANZCO fellowship and completed advanced fellowship for another year in Melbourne before moving back to Sydney in 2006. She has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Refractive Surgery from the University of Sydney.

A/Prof Smita Agarwal is dedicated to the field of ophthalmology. Over the years, she has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals locally and overseas. She presented her latest research paper at ASCRS, Washington in 2018. She has been an invited speaker at prestigious ophthalmology meetings and seminars nationally and internationally. She is also a Founding Director of South Coast Medical Forum, an initiative of the South Coast based doctors that organises an annual seminar providing free education to fellow doctors.

A/Prof Smita Agarwal has a deep sense of responsibility to the under privileged communities. She has donated her time providing free ophthalmology services in several countries. Her last visit to Cambodia was in late 2018 as a part of Cambodia Vision charity team of medical professionals.