Noshir M. Shroff

Noshir Minoo Shroff is an Indian ophthalmologist notable for pioneering intraocular lens implantation surgery in India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2010 by the Indian government for his services to medicine.

Biography

Noshir Minoo Shroff was born on 23 August 1951 in New Delhi to Minoo Shroff, an ophthalmologist. He attended the Modern School, New Delhi. His grandfather, S. P. Shroff, was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and founded Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital. Noshir graduated from the Maulana Azad Medical College of the University of Delhi in 1973 with a focus on ophthalmology; and completed his post-graduate studies with a master's degree in Minimal Access Surgery (MMAS) in 1978. He was also one of the first ophthalmologists in India to launch Phacoemulsification (microincision sutureless cataract surgery), in 1992. The project is conducted in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Shroff has also carried out charitable work with Orbis International, medical centers in Zamrudpur village with the Delhi Commonwealth Women's Association (DCWA), and in Srinivaspuri with Savera India.

Shroff Eye Centre

Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital was established in 1914 and made into a full-fledged eye hospital in 1926, by S. P. Shroff, the grandfather of Noshir Shroff. In 1972, Minoo Shroff, expanded the practice with a new clinic in the Surya Kiran building in CP and in Kailash colony in 1973 under the name of Shroff Eye Centre. Medical Director – Shroff Eye Centre