Physician profile
Dr Anagha Vaze
MBBS DNB (OPHTH) MPhil (USYD) FRANZCO
Medical Retina, Cataract Surgery, Uveitis & General Ophthalmology specialist with expertise in inherited eye disorders and visual electrophysiology.
FRANZCO
Specialist qualification
MPhil
University of Sydney
FRB!
Registry research
3
Fluent languages
Clinical expertise
Dr Anagha Vaze is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and a comprehensive ophthalmologist with subspecialty training in medical retina, uveitis and inherited eye disorders.
Her expertise includes diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and retinal vein occlusion. She is also a highly experienced cataract surgeon with a strong interest in complex cataract surgery, particularly for patients with retinal and inflammatory eye disease.
Training and fellowships
Dr Vaze studied medicine in India and completed her ophthalmology training there before undertaking advanced ophthalmology training in Australia.
Her Australian training includes a Medical Retina & Uveitis Fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, a Medical Retina Fellowship at Sydney Eye Hospital, and General Ophthalmology training at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide.
She also recently completed the Professorial Fellowship at Sydney Eye Hospital, gaining extensive experience in managing complex eye disorders.
Teaching and inherited eye disease work
Dr Vaze is a clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney and is part of the Inherited Eye Disease Unit at the Save Sight Institute, Discipline of Ophthalmology, where she has a special interest in visual electrophysiology.
She is actively involved in medical student teaching and registrar training through the Save Sight Institute.
Research and clinical trials
Dr Vaze is a clinician-scientist with an interest in clinical research and registries, and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals.
Her higher degree in research from the University of Sydney was awarded for work on post-marketing surveillance of treatments for wet macular degeneration using the Fight Retinal Blindness! registry.
She has been an investigator in multiple clinical trials of new therapeutic agents for blinding retinal conditions through the Macular Research Group at the Save Sight Institute and Sydney Eye Hospital.
Patient communication
Dr Vaze is personable, hardworking and a team player. She has an excellent patient manner and is a strong communicator.
She is fluent in English, Hindi and Marathi.