Dr Daya Sharma (Ophthalmologist)
- Name
- Dr Daya Papalkar Sharma
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 2001
- FRANZCO 2011
- Occupation
- Ophthalmologist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Ophthalmology
Dr Daya Sharma is a Corneal, Cataract and Refractive surgeon. He was born and raised in country NSW, before moving to Sydney to study Medicine. He completed his Ophthalmology training at Sydney Eye Hospital and subsequently underwent fellowship training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, in his subspecialty interest areas of corneal, cataract and refractive surgery.
Dr Daya Sharma graduated from UNSW with BSc (Med) Honours Class I, MBBS, having completed a year as a Visiting Research Fellow at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard Medical School) in Boston, researching transplantation immunology. He subsequently gained a Masters of Science by Research into corneal disease from the University of NSW. He has multiple publications in the international peer-reviewed scientific literature, and is a regular scientific reviewer for the following international journals: Ophthalmology, the Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery and Cornea. He was also co-editor of a textbook on Ophthalmic Clinical Examination for senior ophthalmic trainees and was awarded an ESCRS Young Ophthalmologist grant to study biometry in Vienna, Austria with Professor Oliver Findl.
Dr Daya Sharma’s particular interests include management of refractive error in cataract surgery using advanced biometry (link to equipment page), laser vision correction, therapeutic refractive surgery with intrastromal corneal ring segments and topography-guided laser, including non-graft surgical rehabilitation of eyes with keratoconus and irregular astigmatism, microinvasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), pterygium surgery, and corneal transplantation (link this to the corneal transplant page). He performs LASIK, advanced surface laser ablation (ASLA), transPRK (links to refractive page) treatments to free patients from glasses or contact lenses. He also performs therapeutic laser (PTK) for corneal diseases.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Kareena Private Hospital
- East Sydney Private Hospital
- City East Specialist Day Hospital
- Kingsway Day Surgery
- Sydney Surgical Centre
- Affiliated Clinics
- Eye and Laser Surgeons
- Eye and Laser Surgeons - Miranda
- Medical Conditions
- Cataract
- Medical Interventions
- LASIK
- Cataract Surgery
- Topics
- Management of Astigmatism in Cataract Surgery
- Surgical Management of Keratoconus and other Ectatic Corneal Diseases
- Management of Corneal Endothelial Failure
- Post-LASIC Ectasia
Practice Locations
Sydney
- Eye and Laser Surgeons
- Address
- Level 2
35 Spring Street
Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9387 5300
- Fax
- 02 8002 1026
- Eye and Laser Surgeons - Miranda
- Address
- Suite 1 32-36 Urunga Parade
Miranda NSW 2228
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9531 5300
- Fax
- 02 8002 1026
