Dr. Sarang Lambat

CURRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT DETAILS: –  – Dr. SARANG P. LAMBAT 

N-64, RESHIMBAG, NAGPUR-440009 (Cell No-93222-59340)

(MMC Reg No: 2004/03/1828)

CURRENT POSITION – Vitreo-Retinal Consultant at Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur (since  2010 ). 

Current interests – Retinopathy of Prematurity, Diabetic Retinopathy, Retinal Detachment, Uveitis, Ocular trauma, Posterior Segment Imaging and Ocular Oncology. 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

1. FELLOW OF RETINA FOUNDATION (FRF): – A long term (2 year) fellowship in Vitreo-retinal diseases at Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad from 1^st November 2008 to 31^st  October 2010
2. M.S. OPHTHALMOLOGY (University of Mumbai) : – in May 2008 from LTMMC AND LTMG HOSPITAL, SION, MUMBAI
3. ICO part 1: – Apr 2009
4. F.C.P.S. OPHTHALMOLOGY AND D.O.M.S.: – in FEB 2008 from CP & S MUMBAI
5. M.B.B.S. (Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik): – GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, NAGPUR in 2002

PUBLICATIONS

1. Nangia V, Jonas JB, Agarwal S, Khare A, Lambat S, Panda-Jonas S. Choroidal nevi in adult Indians: The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Nov;96(11):1443-4. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol – 2012-302164. Epub 2012 Aug 7
2. Jonas JB, Nangia V, Khare A, Sinha A, Lambat S. Prevalence and  associations of retinal vein occlusions : The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Retina. 2012 Jul 19.
3. Nangia V, Jonas JB, Khare A, Sinha A, Lambat S. Prevalence of retinal macroaneurysms. The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2012 Jun 13
4. Nangia V, Jonas JB, Khare A, Lambat S. Prevalence of macular holes in rural central India. The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2012 Jan 28.
5. Lambat S, Nair D, Nangia V. Lamellar hole along the papillomacular bundle of unknown cause. Retina. 2013 Jul – Aug ;33(7):1477-8
6. Jonas JB, Nangia V, Khare A, Matin A, Bhojwani K, Kulkarni M, Sinha A, Lambat S, Gupta R, Panda-Jonas S. Prevalence and associated factors of diabetic retinopathy in rural central India. Diabetes Care. 2013 May;36(5):e69 
7. Manish Nagpal, Sarang Lambat, Navneet Mehrotra, Gaurav Paranjpe, Harsh Yadav, Sidharth Bhardwaj. Topical nepafenac 0.1% alone versus prednisolone acetate 1% as a postoperative anti-inflammatory agent in small gauge vitrectomy. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2014 May;62(5):606-9.

8. Tham YC, Tao Y, Zhang L, et al. Is kidney function associated with primary open-angle glaucoma? Findings from the Asian Eye Epidemiology Consortium [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jan 20]. Br J Ophthalmol. 2020;bjophthalmol-2019-314890.

9. Sarang P. Lambat, Vinay B. Nangia, Prabhat V. Nangia, Gas Bubble in a Glaucomatous Cup, Ophthalmology Glaucoma, Volume 3, Issue 6, 2020, ISSN 2589-4196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ogla.2020.07.001.

10. Lambat SP, Bajoria S, Nangia VB, Nangia PV, Mishra S, Shah N. Bevacizumab for post vitrectomy cystoid macular edema in silicone oil filled eye. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2020 Sep 21. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000001057. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32976230.

11. Lambat SP., Nangia V, Prabhat V Nangia, Swati D Mishra, Shreya J Jaiswal Clinical and spectral domain OCT findings in Valsalva Retinopathy. Indian Journal of Ophthalmology – Case Reports. 1(2):332-334, Apr-Jun 2021.

12. Lambat S, Gupta S, Nagar R, Nangia P, Dogra M, Nangia V. Topical glycerine for corneal clouding during retinal laser photocoagulation for retinopathy of prematurity. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jul;33(4):1755-1757. doi: 10.1177/11206721231153486. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PMID: 36703255.

13. Lambat SP, Nangia VB, Nangia PV, Shah NH, Mishra SD. Krill’s Disease: A Newer Management Option. J Ophthalmic Vis Res. 2023 Jul 28;18(3):334-338. doi: 10.18502/jovr.v18i3.13782. PMID: 37600914; PMCID: PMC10432932.

14. Lambat SP, Somani SS, Nangia PV, Nangia VB. Surgical exposure for vitrectomy in retinopathy of prematurity. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Nov;71(11):3569-3570. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_1997_23. PMID: 37870026; PMCID: PMC10752309.

15. Lambat SP, Nangia VB, Nangia PV, Mishra SD, Jaiswal SJ. Clinical and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings in Valsalva retinopathy. IJO Case reports

16. Lambat SP, Khanna NN, Nangia VB. Sclerotomy port suturing in microincisional vitrectomy surgery. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2025 Feb 25;18(1):99-101. doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_100_23. PMID: 40124452; PMCID: PMC11925386.

17. Lambat SP, Surana N, Nangia PV, Nangia VB. Pinpointing a leaky bleb with a blue surgical skin marker. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2025 Oct 1;73(10):1527-1529. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_1059_25. Epub 2025 Sep 25. PMID: 40995915.

AWARDS RECEIVED

1. Received BELL PHARMA award for best free paper by post graduates at the annual conference of Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society in 2007 held at Solapur for “CANALICULAR TEAR REPAIR with 22 G CANULA- A CHEAP EASY AND NEW EXPERIENCE” Sarang Lambat, Rituraj Videkar
2. Received 2^nd Best paper award at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2010 held at Nagpur for Ruptured Retinal Artery Macroaneurysm managed with Intravitreal Bevacizumab. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia 
3. Received 2^nd best poster award at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2010 held at Nagpur for “Optic Disc Drusen Characteristics on Spectral Domain OCT. Sarang Lambat, Karishma Bhate, Shubhra Agrawal, Vinay Nangia
4. Received Best paper award at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2012 held at Yavatmal for “Prevalence and Associations of Retinal Vein Occlusions in Rural Central India. The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Sarang Lambat, Jonas JB, Nangia V, Khare A, Sinha A
5. Received 2^nd Best poster award at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2010 held at Yavatmal for “Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation managed with Triple Therapy” Sarang Lambat, Karishma Bhate, Shubhra Agrawal, Vinay Nangia
6. Received Best paper award in Ophthalmic Epidemiology at the Joint conference of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and All India Ophthalmological Society – 2013, Hyderabad for “Prevalence and Associations of Full Thickness Macular Holes in Rural Central India-The Central India Eye and Medical Study” Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Jost Jonas, Anshu Khare
7. Best Paper award at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2014 held at Amravati  “LASER in AMD in the era of Anti-VEGF.” Sarang Lambat, Shilpa Tiwari, Ritesh Shukla, Tina Agrawal
8. Best Video award at annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2019 held at Nagpur on video titled “Macular traction – Releasing the unwanted pull” Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
9. Second Best Paper award at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2023 held at Nagpur on Choroidal Biomarkers in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy. 
10. Second Best Paper award at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2024 held at Akola on Retro Retina: Revisiting Laser Photocoagulation for Center Involving Diabetic Macular Edema

Free papers presented 

1. “Canalicular tear repair with 22 G cannula – A cheap easy and new experience”  Sarang Lambat, Arjun Ahuja, Rituraj Videkar. at the annual conference of Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society in 2007 held at Solapur
2. Ruptured Retinal Artery Macroaneurysm managed with Intravitreal Bevacizumab. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia. at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2010 held at Nagpur
3. Measurement of choroidal thickness in Indian eyes using the spectral domain OCT. Sarang Lambat, Shubhra Agarwal, Karishma Bhate,  Vinay Nangia at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2011 held at Nagpur
4. Measurement of choroidal thickness in Indian eyes using the spectral domain OCT Sarang Lambat, Shubhra Agarwal, Karishma Bhate,  Vinay Nangia at the annual conference of Vitreoretinal Society, India 2011, held at Hyderabad.
5. “Prevalence and Associations of Retinal Vein Occlusions in Rural Central India. The Central India Eye and Medical Study. Sarang Lambat, Jonas JB, Nangia V, Khare A, Sinha A at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2012 held at Yavatmal
6. Planimetric analysis of foveal morphometry. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Rohan Khot at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur
7. “Prevalence and Associations of Full Thickness Macular Holes in Rural Central India – The Central India Eye and Medical Study” Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Jost Jonas, Anshu Khare at the joint conference of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology and All India Ophthalmological Society – 2013, Hyderabad for
8. “LASER in AMD in the era of Anti-VEGF.” Sarang Lambat, Shilpa Tiwari, Ritesh Shukla, Tina Agrawal at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2014 held at Amravati 
9. Foveal Pit Volume – Is it Important? Can we measure it? Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Ritesh Shukla, Priyanka Pardhi at the All India Ophthalmological Society annual conference 2015 held at New Delhi
10. Macular changes on Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in cases of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Sarang Lambat, Arun Dudani, Vinay Nangia. at the annual conference of Vitreoretinal Society, India 2015, held at Kumarakoum, Kerala on 
11. Choroidal Thickness in Myopia and its correlations. Sarang Lambat, Tuhina Kunwar, Priyanka Pardhi,  Vinay Nangia. at the annual conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society AIOC 2017 held at Jaipur
12. OCT biomarkers in Diabetic Macular Edema. Sarang Lambat, Dr. Vinay Nangia at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society, MOSCON 2019 held at Nagpur
13. Choroidal Biomarkers in Central Serous Chorioretinopathy at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2023 held at Nagpur on 
14. Retro Retina: Revisiting Laser Photocoagulation for Center Involving Diabetic Macular Edema at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2024 held at Akola
15. Intravitreal bevacizumab for posterior pole ROP: The Central India Retinopathy of Prematurity Prevention and Treatment study at the Annual meeting of Indian ROP society and Retina Summit held in July 2024 at Chennai. 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

1. Presented a poster at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmological Society  , VOSCON 2010 held at  Nagpur on Non pigmented radial paravascular lattice: A rare presentation. Sarang Lambat, Anshu Khare, Vinay Nangia.
2. Presented a poster at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmological Society , VOSCON 2011 held at  Nagpur on “Optic Disc Drusen Characteristics on Spectral Domain OCT. Sarang Lambat, Karishma Bhate, Shubhra Agrawal, Vinay Nangia
3. Presented a poster at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmological Society , VOSCON 2011 held at  Nagpur on “ Optic Disc Drusen Characteristics on Spectral Domain OCT. Sarang Lambat, Karishma Bhate, Shubhra Agrawal, Vinay Nangia
4. Presented a poster at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmological Society , VOSCON 2012 held at Yavatmal on “Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation managed with Triple Therapy” Sarang Lambat, Karishma Bhate, Shubhra Agrawal, Vinay Nangia 
5. Presented a poster on Retinal Artery Macroaneurysm managed with LASER and avastin at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur
6. Presented a poster on SDOCT features of patients with Diabetic Macular Edema at the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology annual conference APAO 2018 at Hong Kong. Sarang Lambat, Akshay Harne, Vinay Nangia
7. E poster on Retinal pigment epithelial tears in age related macular degeneration at the annual conference of the Vitreo-retinal Society, India held at Nagpur in Dec 2022
8. E poster on Retinoschisis in myopia at the annual conference of the Vitreo-retinal Society, India held at Nagpur in Dec 2022

Invited Guest Speaker

18. Presented a talk on “Management of Nucleus Drop” – at the annual conference of the Gujarat Ophthalmological Society,  Swarnim – 2010. Sarang Lambat, Manish Nagpal
19. Presented a talk on Fluorescein Angiography at the Midterm conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society VOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
20. Presented a talk on Safe, sound and smart in an Institute at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society, MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
21. Presented a talk on Vitreomacular traction at annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society VOS 2015 held at Chandrapur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
22. Presented a talk on Fluorescein Angiography at the Vidarbha Ophthalmic society  Midterm conference 2016, held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
23. Talk on “SDOCT features in CSR” in annual conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society AIOC 2017 held in Jaipur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
24. Presented a talk on cases of Retinal Pigment Epithelial Rip at the MOSCON 2019 annual conference of Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
25. Talk on Update on retinal vein occlusion at the AIOS PG refresher course held at Nagpur in Feb 2020
26. Talk on Managing macular traction at MOS VIRCON 2021
27. Talk on Managing macular traction at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2021 held at Nagpur
28. Talk on Case based discussion on Retinal artery macroaneurysm at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society held at Amravati in October 2022
29. Talk on Tips and tricks for stage 4 ROP surgery at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2023 held at Nagpur
30. Talk on Management of Sub ILM bleed at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2024 held at Akola
31. Talk on Advances in Retinal Imaging at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2024 held at Akola

INSTRUCTION COURSES

32. Optical Coherence Tomography. Do I need it ? as a chief Instructor at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur.
33. Diabetic Macular Edema. What to do ? as a co instructor at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur. 
34. Retinal Referral. When do I recommend ? as a co instructor with a Talk on Intraoperative Complications of Cataract surgery at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2013 held at Nagpur.
35. As a co instructor in Retinal Vein Occlusions with topic Grand rounds in Vasculitis and CRVO  at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society VOS 2017 held at Amravati
36. Presented on Sutured SFIOL as a Co-Instructor in Instruction course titled Aphakia Management Simplified at the annual conference of the Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society MOSCON 2019 held at Nagpur

Webinars and Online Conferences

37. The Spark CaseWise 1 – Interesting case discussions in Ophthalmology  on Retinal Pigment Epithelial Tears, moderated by Dr. Rajiv Raman from Sankara Nethralaya Chennai in April 2020
38. The Spark CaseWise 2 – Interesting case discussions in Ophthalmology  on Premacular Hemorrhage, moderated by Dr. Manish Nagpal from Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad in April 2020.
39. Webinar on Paediatric Ophthalmology – SDOCT in cases of Amblyopia – May 2020
40. Webinar on AMD – Why fluid matters – September 2020
41. Webinar on AMD and vein occlusions – Grand Rounds – December 2020
42. Orbis Webinar – “Retina Counselling- Virtual Training”- Retinal Diseases – Clinical information – 3rd June 2021
43. Webinar on AMD – Cases on biomarkers in AMD – 1st August 2021
44. Webinar on retinal diseases – 28th August 2021

VIDEO PRESENTATIONS

1. Presented a video on “GRT-SIZE DOES MATTER” at annual conference of the Gujarat Ophthalmological Society GOS – Swarnim – 2010 held at Ahmedabad. Sarang Lambat, Manish Nagpal
2. Presented a video on Pearls in the management of Giant Retinal Tear at annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society VOS 2015 held at Chandrapur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
3. Presented video on Multifunctional Multipiece: A boon in cases of PC rupture at the annual conference of the All India Ophthalmolgical Society, AIOC 2016 held at Kolkata. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
4. Presented a video on Tackling PVR the bimanual way at the annual conference of the All India Ophthalmolgical Society, AIOC 2016 held at Kolkata AIOC 2016. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
5. Presented a video on Proliferations: Oh I don’t need scissors at all..! at the VOS 2016 conference held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Neha Khanna, Vinay Nangia
6. Presented a video on MIVS – There are many things I cannot do: is this true ? at the VOS 2016 conference held at Nagpur. Sarang Lambat, Neha Khanna, Vinay Nangia
7. Presented a video titled GRT with PFCL: Simple and supine at AIOC 2017 held at Jaipur. Sarang Lambat, Neha Khanna, Vinay Nangia, Tuhina Kunwar
8. Presented a video titled Vitreomacular traction – Releasing the unwanted pull at AIOC 2017 held at Jaipur. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Priyanka Pardhi, Tina Agrawal
9. Presented a video titled 3 Musketeers In for Salvage at VOS 2017 annual conference held at Amrawati. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia, Hemangi Rathi, Deepti Jain
10. 10.Presented a video titled Releasing the pull in Myopic Traction Maculopathy at VOS annual conference 2018 held at Wardha. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
11. 11. Presented a video titled Bilateral Stage 4B ROP surgery at VOS annual conference 2018 held at Wardha. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
12. 12. Presented a video titled Ab – Interno fixation of Subluxated IOL bag complex at AIOC 2019 held at Indore. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
13. 13.Presented a video at MOSCON 2019 on video titled “Macular traction – Releasing the unwanted pull”. Sarang Lambat, Vinay Nangia
14. 14.Presented a Video on Surgery for cicatrical ROP at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2021 held at Nagpur
15. 15.Presented a video on Early treatment of Macular heterotopia due to ROP at the annual conference of Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society held at Amravati in October 2022
16. 16.Presented a video on Persistent Foetal Vasculature at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2023 held at Nagpur
17. 17. Presented a video on an Unusual IOFB at the annual conference of the Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society 2024 held at Akola

Debates

1. Geriatric Society of India 2015 – Steroids vs anti-VEGF in DME
2. Steroids vs anti-VEGF in DME at VOS 2015
3. Debate on Endophthalmitis 
4. Debate on anti VEGF in Retinopathy of prematurity at the mid term meet of the Strabismus and Paediatric Ophthalmological Society of India held at Nagpur in 2022

WAS A SUB INVESTIGATOR IN 2 INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL DRUG TRAILS

1. DEGAS STUDY (Pfizer) for Diabetic Macular Edema
2. MONET STUDY (Pfizer) for Wet ARMD

LIFE MEMBERSHIP

1. All India Ophthalmological Society
2. Vitreo-Retinal Society of India
3. Delhi Ophthalmological Society
4. Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society
5. Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association 
6. Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society
7. Ophthalmological Society Nagpur
8. Madhya Pradesh State Ophthalmological Society

REVIEWER

1. Evaluator for AIOS scientific committee for Uveitis
2. Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research