Biography

Dr Swati Tomar did MBBS and MS in Ophthalmology from J N Medical College, Aligarh, India and her Fellowship in Cornea and Anterior Segment Services from L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad and joined as Adjunct Faculty at L V Prasad Eye Institute.

She is Professor & Unit Head in Department of Ophthalmology, NIMS Medical College, Jaipur.

She is presently Honorary Director, SwaNetra Eye hospital at Jaipur, India.

She was Honorary Medical Director, Eye Bank Society of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India for last 15 years which is a unique Community Eye bank. 

She is the first women corneal surgeon in state of Rajasthan, India to have done maximum corneal surgeries for eliminating reversible Corneal Blindness and is involved in various government projects to eliminate blindness.

She received Young Achiever Award in year 2017 for excellent work in field of medicine and helping in eliminating Corneal Blindness in India and Health Excellence Awards in 2019.

She is also Member, Corneal Surgeons Task Force of Sightlife USA, which is involved in training budding surgeons in Corneal Surgeries worldwide.

She is the Founding Member, Regional Lead for South East Asia and Joint Secretary of Women Ophthalmologists Worldwide (WOW), a network which mentors and promotes women eye surgeons all over the world. 

She is also a member of State Blindness Control Society. She works for upliftment of women through various foundations and trusts, one such is SwaNetra Eye Society to rebuild their career. She has special interest in Cornea, Ocular Surface and Refractive Surgery.

She has numerous publications to her credit and has been a speaker in several national and international conferences. She is a mother of 2 and loves reading and travelling.