Arvind Neelakantan

Affiliation

Glaucoma Center of Texas

Biography

Dr. Arvind Neelakantan is a board certified glaucoma specialist. He currently serves as Physician and CEO at the Glaucoma Center of Texas in Dallas, TX. In addition he holds the title of: Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, USA. Dr. Neelakantan received his medical degree in 1989 from the University of Bombay, India. He has since then, completed ophthalmology residencies at University of Bombay, India; University of Glasgow, Scotland and at University of Florida, Gainesville, United States. Dr. Neel is extensively trained in glaucoma, having completed clinical glaucoma fellowships at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, England and Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India. In addition, he completed a two-year post-doctoral glaucoma research fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. Neelakantan was awarded an Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 2014 for his services. He is also a fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London, England and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Neel is well published in peer reviewed publications and has authored three glaucoma textbook chapters. In addition, he has presented talks at numerous international meetings.