Cornea featuring Surendra Basti, MD

Surendra Basti, MD

Director of Cataract Service in the Department of Ophthalmology, Professor of Ophthalmology at Northwestern Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

Education:

MD: Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore University, India (1988)

Postgraduate Training:

Intern: Govt. Wenlock Hospital, - (1988)

Resident: Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, Ophthalmology (1991)

Fellow: L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Cornea and External Disease (1992)

Consultant: L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Cornea Service (1997)

Fellow: Children’s Memorial Hospital, Clinical Research Fellow, Ophthalmology (1999)

Intern: St. Francis Hospital, - (2000)

Resident: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, Ophthalmology (2003)

Clinical Instructor: Baylor College of Medicine, Ophthalmology (2004)

Fellow: Dept. of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Fellowship in Cornea, Refractive and Cataract Surgery (2004)

Associate Professor: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Ophthalmology (2015)

Certification:

Board Certification: Ophthalmology, American Board of Ophthalmology

Practice Focus Areas:

Cataract and Cataract Implant Surgery

Cornea Stem Cell Transplant

Corneal Transplant Penetrating and Lamellar (DSAEK/DMEK, DLEK)

Corneal Ulcers/Infections

Diabetic Retinopathy

Dry Eye

Keratoconus

Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery