Back close
Admissions

Dr. Amrita Kapoor Chaturvedi

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Faridabad

Qualification: MBBS, MD (ophthalmology) FRCS (Edinburgh)
amritachaturvedi@fbd.amrita.edu
Orcid Profile
Research Interest: Glaucoma, Strabismus, Neuro-ophthalmology, Pediatric Ophthalmology

Bio Publications Specializations Recognitions
Bio

Dr. Amrita Kapoor Chaturvedi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine, Faridabad.

She Completed undergraduate and postgraduate medical education (MBBS & MD Ophthalmology) from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

She worked at Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi as a Senior Resident in the Glaucoma, Squint and Neuro-ophthalmology unit for three years. As a senior resident, she was involved in independent running of speciality clinics, and the surgical, medical and teaching activities of these subspecialities. She was Senior Research Associate at Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS for the next 3 years in the Oculoplasty, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Oncology Unit. During this period, along with continuing her clinical and surgical activities, she was responsible for providing diagnostic, staging and management inputs for children with retinoblastoma at the Retinoblastoma Clinic at the Institute Cancer Centre (IRCH).

She subsequently worked as Senior Consultant Ophthalmology in prominent eye hospitals in Delhi where she gained immense experience in handling both primary and referred cases of glaucoma, squint, paediatric eye diseases and neuro-ophthalmology. She is also a proficient cataract surgeon and routinely uses the latest technique of phacoemulsification for cataract removal and intraocular lens implantation.

Her interest in academics and teaching led her to join the Amrita School of Medicine, Faridabad campus as Senior Consultant and Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology, in August 2022.

Publications

Conference Paper

Year : 2015

Etiological Profile of Pediatric Optic Atrophy in India

Cite this Research Publication : Chaturvedi A, Ghose S. Etiological Profile of Pediatric Optic Atrophy in India. 2 nd SERI-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, held at Singapore,16-20 February 2005

Year : 2008

Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of vitreous hemorrhage

Cite this Research Publication : Garodia V, Chaturvedi A, Singh RP. Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of vitreous hemorrhage. World Ophthalmology Congress, 28 June–2 July, 2008, Hong Kong

Year : 2008

Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma

Cite this Research Publication : Garodia V, Chaturvedi A, Singh RP. Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma. World Ophthalmology Congress, 28 June–2 July, 2008, Hong Kong

Year : 2005

Estimation of prostraglandin E2 and substance P levels in tears, in normal individuals and patients with diabetes

Cite this Research Publication : Chawla TC, Biswas NR, Ravi AK, Panda A, Chaturvedi A, Ghose S. Estimation of prostraglandin E2 and substance P levels in tears, in normal individuals and patients with diabetes. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Indian Pharmacology Society, Jan 2005, Kolkata

Year : 2005

Orbital space occupying lesions- a pathological analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Seema Sen, Seema Kashyap, Amrita Chaturvedi, Neelam Pushker, Mandeep S.Bajaj. Orbital space occupying lesions- a pathological analysis. Presented at Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Pathology and Microbiology.2005

Year : 2005

Aetiological spectrum of bacterial orbital cellulitis

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Niranjan Nayak, Amrita Chaturvedi, Harpreet Singh, Geeta Satpathy. Aetiological spectrum of bacterial orbital cellulitis. Presented at Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Pathology and Microbiology.2005

Year : 2005

Screening for retinoblastoma in children: Twinning with pulse polio immunization programme of Government of India

Cite this Research Publication : Thavaraj V, Chaturvedi A, Pushker N, Ghose S, Singh C. Screening for retinoblastoma in children: Twinning with pulse polio immunization programme of Government of India. 12th International Congress of Ocular Oncology, Vancouver, 1-5th Sep., 2005

Year : 2005

Human papillomavirus infection in retinoblastoma

Cite this Research Publication : Thavaraj V, Palika D, Chaturvedi A, Pushker N, Ghose S, Singh N. Human papillomavirus infection in retinoblastoma. 12th International Congress of Ocular Oncology, Vancouver, 1-5th Sep., 2005

Year : 2005

Retinoblastoma in phthisis bulbi

Cite this Research Publication : Ghose S, Chaturvedi A, Vasantha T, Raju S, Sen S, Kashyap S, Pushker N. Retinoblastoma in phthisis bulbi. 2 nd SERI-ARVO Meeting on Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, held at Singapore,16-20 February 2005

Year : 2004

Histopathology of retinoblastoma after treatment with chemotherapeutic agents

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Seema Kashyap, Seema Sen, Amrita Chaturvedi, Vasantha Thavaraj, Anita Sethi, Alok K Ravi . Histopathology of retinoblastoma after treatment with chemotherapeutic agents . Presented at Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Pathology and Microbiology.2004

Year : 2004

Klebsiella endophthalmitis cases following phaco-emulsification

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Sudarshan Khokhar, Amrita Chaturvedi, Gita Satpathy, Niranjan Nayak, Laxmi Shankar Nainwal, Pranav Dattaram More. Klebsiella endophthalmitis cases following phaco-emulsification. Presented at Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Pathology and Microbiology.2004

Year : 2004

Feasibility of awareness campaign program in the early diagnosis of retinoblastoma at district hospital Dholpur in Rajasthan in India

Cite this Research Publication : V. Thavaraj, K.Padmanjali, A.Chaturvedi, LS Arya, S.Ghose, P.Singh.Feasibility of awareness campaign program in the early diagnosis of retinoblastoma at district hospital Dholpur in Rajasthan in India. Proceedings of annual meeting of INCTR, held in Cairo,Egypt,Oct 2004

Year : 2004

Optic nerve head coloboma and orbital cysts in a case of micro-cornea and axial myopia

Cite this Research Publication : Chaturvedi A, Ghose S. ‘Optic nerve head coloboma and orbital cysts in a case of micro-cornea and axial myopia’: presented at the 15th International Singapore National Eye Centre Meeting, Singapore, 3-6 September 2004.

Journal Article

Year : 2008

Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of vitreous hemorrhage

Cite this Research Publication : Garodia V, Chaturvedi A, Singh RP. Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the management of vitreous hemorrhage. Clin Experimental Ophthalmology, 2008; 36:A459

Publisher : Clin Experimental Ophthalmology

Year : 2008

Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma

Cite this Research Publication : Garodia V, Chaturvedi A, Singh RP. Role of intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of neovascular glaucoma. Clin Experimental Ophthalmology, 2008; 36:A202

Publisher : Clin Experimental Ophthalmology

Year : 2007

Atypical synophthalmos with arrhinencephaly unilateralis

Cite this Research Publication : Neelam Pushker, Mandeep S Bajaj , Mridula Mehta, Amrita Chaturvedi, Supriyo Ghose. Atypical synophthalmos with arrhinencephaly unilateralis. J Ped Ophthal Strabismus, 2007:44; 311-14

Publisher : J Ped Ophthal Strabismus

Year : 2007

Orbital space occupying lesions in children

Cite this Research Publication : Mandeep.S.Bajaj, Neelam Pushker, Amrita Chaturvedi, S M Betharia, Seema Kashyap, R.Balasubramanya, Seema Sen. Orbital space occupying lesions in children. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2007;44:106-11

Publisher : J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus.

Year : 2007

Fibrous histiocytoma of lacrimal gland

Cite this Research Publication : Mandeep.S.Bajaj, Neelam Pushker, Seema Kashyap, Seema Sen, Sujith.V, Amrita Chaturvedi. Fibrous histiocytoma of lacrimal gland. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg.2007; 23:145-7

Publisher : Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg

Year : 2006

Orbital space occupying lesions- a pathological analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Seema Sen, Seema Kashyap, Amrita Chaturvedi, Neelam Pushker, Mandeep S.Bajaj. Orbital space occupying lesions- a pathological analysis. Indian J Pathol Microbiol.2006; 49:178-9

Publisher : Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Year : 2006

Aetiological spectrum of bacterial orbital cellulitis

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Niranjan Nayak, Amrita Chaturvedi, Harpreet Singh, Geeta Satpathy. Aetiological spectrum of bacterial orbital cellulitis. Indian J Pathol Microbiol.2006; 49:165-6.

Publisher : Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Year : 2005

Klebsiella endophthalmitis cases following phaco-emulsification

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Sudarshan Khokhar, Amrita Chaturvedi, Gita Satpathy, Niranjan Nayak, Laxmi Shankar Nainwal, Pranav Dattaram More. Klebsiella endophthalmitis cases following phaco-emulsification. Indian J Pathol Microbiol.2005;48:148

Publisher : Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Year : 2005

Histopathology of retinoblastoma after treatment with chemotherapeutic agents

Cite this Research Publication : Supriyo Ghose, Seema Kashyap, Seema Sen, Amrita Chaturvedi, Vasantha Thavaraj, Anita Sethi, Alok K Ravi . Histopathology of retinoblastoma after treatment with chemotherapeutic agents .Indian J Pathol Microbiol.2005;48:145

Publisher : Indian J Pathol Microbiol

Year : 2005

Etiological Profile of Pediatric Optic Atrophy in India

Cite this Research Publication : Chaturvedi A, Ghose S. Etiological Profile of Pediatric Optic Atrophy in India. American Journal of Ophthalmology,2005;139 (supp.)CL 386

Publisher : American Journal of Ophthalmology

Year : 2005

Oral simvastatin as a therapy for eyelid xanthelasma

Cite this Research Publication : Bajaj MS, Pushker N, Konkal V, Chaturvedi A. Oral simvastatin as a therapy for eyelid xanthelasma . Br J Ophthalmol 2005; 89: 639-640 (Epub)

Publisher : Br J Ophthalmol

Year : 2005

Probing in children older than 13 months

Cite this Research Publication : Bajaj MS,Pushker N, Chaturvedi A ,Chandra M, Mehta M .Probing in children older than 13 months. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2005 Jun;53(2):144; author reply 144

Publisher : Indian J Ophthalmol

Year : 2005

Masquerade lesions of the orbit and adnexa

Cite this Research Publication : Pushker N, Bajaj MS, Chaturvedi A ,Sen S, Kashyap S. Masquerade lesions of the orbit and adnexa. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2005;53(4).

Publisher : Indian J Ophthalmol

Year : 2005

Atypical manifestations of orbital cysticercosis

Cite this Research Publication : Neelam Pushker, Amrita Chaturvedi, R. Balasubramanya, Mandeep S Bajaj , Neena Kumar, Parul Sony. Atypical manifestations of orbital cysticercosis. J Ped Ophthal Strabismus 2005 ;42: 314-6

Publisher : J Ped Ophthal Strabismus

Year : 2003

Extracapsular cataract surgery compared with manual small incision cataract surgery in community eye care setting in western India: a randomised controlled trial

Cite this Research Publication : Panda A, Amrita, Rajendra. Extracapsular cataract surgery compared with manual small incision cataract surgery in community eye care setting in western India: a randomised controlled trial. Br. J. Ophthalmol., 2003; 87: 667 – 672(Epub)

Publisher : Br. J. Ophthalmol

Year : 2003

Bilateral eccentric fixation with exotropia in a patient with bilateral healed central chorioretinitis

Cite this Research Publication : Madhurjya Gogoi, Vimala Menon , Rohit Saxena , Gunjan Prakash , Amrita Chaturvedi Bilateral eccentric fixation with exotropia in a patient with bilateral healed central chorioretinitis.J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2003;40:44-6

Publisher : J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus

Year : 2000

Recent Advances- Management of Restrictive Strabismus

Cite this Research Publication : Kapoor A, Sharma P. Recent Advances- Management of Restrictive Strabismus. Strabis Paediatr Ophthalmol, 2000; 6: 17-20

Publisher : Strabis Paediatr Ophthalmol

Year : 1993

Study on Lactational Amenorrhea in a rural population of Haryana

Cite this Research Publication : Writing Committee. Study on Lactational Amenorrhea in a rural population of Haryana. Indian Journal of Family Welfare. March 1993

Publisher : Indian Journal of Family Welfare

Poster

Year : 2005

Spontaneous globe rupture in a case with retinoblastoma

Cite this Research Publication : ‘Spontaneous globe rupture in a case with retinoblastoma’. Poster presented at the All India Opthalmological Society Annual Conference, Bhubaneshwar, January 2005

Specializations
  • Glaucoma,
  • Paediatric Ophthalmology and Squint,
  • Neuro-ophthalmology
  • Cataract and Refractive surgery
Recognitions

Invited Talks

Regularly invited for speciality related talks in national conferences. Given below is the list of important lectures for the years 2024-25

  • Pituitary gland tumours. 7th Annual Conference of the Indian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society (INOS) ,6th–7th September 2025
  • Myaesthenia and the eye.75th Annual Conference of the Delhi Ophthalmological Society 2025, 13th to 15th June 2025
  • Glaucoma and vitreoretinal surgery. 75thAnnual Conference of the Delhi Ophthalmological Society 2025, 13th to 15th June 2025
  • OCT in glaucoma. Winter Conference of Delhi Ophthalmological Society 2024, 23-24 November 2024.
  • Vision loss in Sellar and Parasellar masses. Winter Conference, Delhi Ophthalmological Society 2024, 23-24 November 2024
  • Toxic optic neuropathies. 6th Annual conference of Indian Neuro-Ophthalmology Society, 21st- 22nd September 2024, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai.
  • Management of Amblyopia. AIIMS-AIOS ARC PG Refresher Course 2024,14-16 June 2024
  • Why do glaucoma surgeries fail? 74th Annual DOS Conference 2024, 29th to 31st March, 2024
  • Management of Vertical incomitance in strabismus. 74th Annual DOS Conference 2024, 29th to 31st March, 2024
  • Role of OCT in glaucoma management. Glaucoma Society of India-GIEP at Amrita hospital, Faridabad, 14 January 2024

Membership

  • Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of international Council of Ophthalmologists (ICO)
  • Member of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)
  • Member of Delhi Ophthalmological society (DOS)
  • Member of Glaucoma Society of India (GSI)
  • Member of Indian Neuro-ophthalmology Society (INOS)
  • Member of Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society of India (SPOSI)

Awards

  • Recipient of Best Research Fellow Award, 2007 (Awarded by Ophthalmic Research Association, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi)
  • Recipient of the prestigious National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship 1987-1993.
Admissions Apply Now