Noshir M. Shroff was born on 23 August 1951, in a family of ophthalmologists, in the Indian capital of New Delhi. His grand father, S. P. Shroff, an ophthalmologist and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, was the founder of Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital, a charitable eye hospital in the city, and his father, Minoo Shroff, was also an ophthalmologist. After early schooling at Modern School, New Delhi, Noshir carried out his graduate studies in ophthalmology at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University in 1973, and post-graduate studies at the same college in 1978. He earned a master's degree in Minimal Access Surgery. In 1978, Shroff joined the family clinic, Shroff Eye Centre where he initiated cataract, intraocular lens and refractive surgery.
Career highlights and legacy
Shroff was a pioneer of Intraocular Lens implantation surgery in India and has performed over 30,000 surgeries. He was also one of the first ophthalmologists in India to launch Phacoemulsification, in 1992. He introduced keratorefractive surgery in India, and has carried out over 5000 photorefractive keratectomy, LASIK, LASEK, Epi-LASIK and intralase procedures. Shroff is credited with a number of innovations in cataract surgery such as improved design of instruments, techniques and protocols. A drip controlling device used in Immersion A-scan Biometry is one such device, which helps the surgeon to get more accurate eye measurements for calculating intraocular lens power. Shroff has opened a training centre at Shroff Eye Centre for post graduate degree in ophthalmology. The centre has been recognised by the National Board of Examinations. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital has opened centres at various remote areas in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Shroff is also associated with Project Prakash, an initiative aimed at providing medical assistance to disabled children and understanding learning and plasticity in the brain. The project is conducted in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Shroff has also carried out charitable work with Orbis International, medical centres in Zamrudpur village with the Delhi Commonwealth Women's Association, 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, Noshir's father, 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. Shroff has treated dignitaries such as Dalai Lama and the President of India in the capacity of the honorary ophthalmologist to the President of India.
Medical positions
Honorary ophthalmologist to the President of India
Trustee, Senior Consultant and Advisor – Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi
Medical Director – Shroff Eye Centre
Trainer – Diplomate National Board program for training young ophthalmologists
Patron – R. K. Devi Eye Research Institute, Kanpur
Social positions
President – Ophthalmological Society of India, Delhi
Secretary General – II International Congress of Intraocular Implant Society – New Delhi – 1992
Nargis Adi Gandhi Memorial Award – Federation of Parsi Zoroastrian Anjumans of India
Keynote addresses
Dr. P. N. Sinha Oration – 36th annual conference of Bihar Ophthalmological Society of India, Gaya – 28–29 November 1998 on Evolution of Cataract Surgery – The Quest for Excellence
Oration – Federation of Ophthalmic Research and Education Centre, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi – 19 November 2005 on Advances in Phaco-emulsification
Dr. C. Shekhar Grover Oration – Uttara Eyecon 2006, Dehradun – 7–8 October 2006 on From Couching to Today's Cataract Refractive Surgery – A Giant Leap
