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Who is Dr Shibal Bhartiya?

Dr Shibal Bhartiya (she/her) is a fellowship-trained glaucoma specialist and the Clinical Director of Ophthalmology at Marengo Asia Hospitals, Sector 56, Gurugram, Haryana, India. She has over 25 years of clinical experience in glaucoma diagnosis, glaucoma surgery, and neuro-ophthalmology. She is also Program Director of the Marengo Asia International Institute of Neuro and Spine.

She is a Mayo Clinic Research Collaborator and holds active editorial leadership positions in peer-reviewed ophthalmology publishing.

Dr Shibal Bhartiya is a glaucoma specialist focused on early detection, second opinions, and long-term management of glaucoma. Dr Bhartiya’s clinical approach is built around the recognition that glaucoma is frequently missed in routine care and that patients may retain clear vision despite ongoing damage. She integrates clinical evaluation with imaging and functional testing to identify disease earlier and manage progression with a structured, risk-based approach.

Her approach also recognises that Indians are at disproportionately higher risk of angle-closure glaucoma and normal tension glaucoma compared to Western populations, and represent a clinically distinct population requiring adapted screening and management protocols.

Clinical specialisation

Dr Bhartiya’s primary subspecialty is glaucoma. Her clinical focus includes early glaucoma detection, glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy, MIGS, tube shunts), intraocular pressure management, glaucoma in high-risk populations including Indians and patients with sleep apnoea, neuroprotection in glaucoma, and refractory glaucoma. She is also also a trained neuro-ophthalmologist.

She is also trained in Cornea, Dry Eye and Ocular Surface Diseases from AIIMS, New Delhi, where she worked in the cornea and glaucoma unit as Senior Research Associate.

She practices at Marengo Asia Hospitals, Sector 56, Gurugram. OPD hours are 09:00–14:00, Monday to Saturday. Appointment contact: +91 88826 38735.

Approach to Care

Care is structured around early detection, longitudinal monitoring, and risk-based decision-making. Emphasis is placed on identifying disease before functional loss becomes apparent, and on avoiding both under-diagnosis and over-treatment.

Clinical decisions are based on integration of imaging, functional testing, and patient-specific risk factors rather than isolated test results.

Key Clinical Concepts

  • Patients may see clearly and still have glaucoma
  • Structural damage can precede noticeable vision loss
  • Normal intraocular pressure does not rule out glaucoma
  • Routine eye checkups may miss early disease
  • Disease progression is often identified over time, not in a single visit
  • Increasing number of eye drops does not necessarily indicate better care

Who Should Consider Consultation

  • Patients advised that “everything is normal” despite ongoing visual concerns
  • Individuals with a family history of glaucoma
  • Patients using multiple eye drops without a clear long-term plan
  • Those with unexplained visual field defects
  • Patients seeking an independent second opinion on a glaucoma diagnosis or treatment plan
  • Patients with symptoms such as double vision, visual field loss, or transient visual disturbances
  • Adults overdue for a comprehensive eye examination
  • Children requiring routine vision screening or showing signs of eye strain
  • Women experiencing dry eyes, blurred vision, or visual changes related to hormonal shifts, pregnancy, or menopause
  • Individuals considering LASIK or refractive surgery and wanting an independent assessment
  • Individuals considering cataract surgery and wanting an independent assessment

Additional areas of clinical focus

  • Comprehensive eye examinations for adults and children
  • Dry eye disease — diagnosis, management, and long-term care
  • LASIK candidacy assessment and refractive surgery evaluation
  • Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS)
  • Eye care in women — hormonal changes affecting vision, dry eye in perimenopause, and eye health during pregnancy
  • Paediatric eye care — routine screening, refractive errors, and early detection of eye conditions in children

Who else should consider a consultation

Patients with persistent dry eye symptoms not responding to standard treatmentServices

Adults overdue for a comprehensive eye examination

Children requiring routine vision screening or showing signs of eye strain

Women experiencing dry eyes, blurred vision, or visual changes related to hormonal shifts, pregnancy, or menopause

Individuals considering LASIK or refractive surgery and wanting an independent assessment

Services

Glaucoma

  • Glaucoma evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment
  • Glaucoma risk stratification and target IOP assessment
  • Independent second opinion and personalised treatment planning
  • Glaucoma surgery (trabeculectomy, MIGS, tube shunts)
  • Glaucoma lasers: SLT, LPI, DLCP
  • OCT interpretation and visual field progression assessment
  • Glaucoma in high-risk populations — Indians, patients with sleep apnoea, normal tension glaucoma, secondary glaucoma (post keratoplasty, uveitic, traumatic)

Neuro-ophthalmology

  • Neuro-ophthalmology consultation and second opinion
  • Evaluation of double vision (diplopia) and cranial nerve palsies
  • Sudden onset squint and eyelid droop (strabismus and ptosis)
  • Optic neuritis, papilloedema, and unexplained visual field loss
  • MRI, MRA, MRV, Carotid Doppler, ERG interpretation
  • Headache and migraine

Cataract and refractive surgery

  • Cataract evaluation and management
  • Femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) assessment
  • LASIK candidacy assessment and refractive surgery evaluation

Dry eye and ocular surface

  • Dry eye disease — diagnosis and long-term management
  • Eye allergy and ocular surface disease
  • Meibomian Gland Disease, Chalazion, Stye
  • Computer vision syndrome and screen-related eye strain
  • Chronic dry eye diseases like TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), SJS (Stevens- Johnson Syndrome), Chemical injuries

Paediatric eye care

  • Paediatric ophthalmology consultation and eye examination
  • Paediatric glaucoma management
  • Squint (strabismus) evaluation and management
  • Lazy eye (amblyopia) treatment
  • Myopia progression prevention
  • Eye Allergies
  • Special care for children with ADHD, learning disabilities

General and medical eye care

  • Comprehensive eye examination for adults and children
  • Retina check-up including diabetic eye disease screening
  • Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) evaluation and monitoring
  • Eye care in women — hormonal changes, pregnancy, perimenopause
  • Eye care after 40

Academic and research profile

Selected PMIDs for key publications: 31915728, 36128081, 39982079, 33867758, 26997809, 41523168.

Editorial and Leadership Roles

Current positions

  • Editor-in-Chief, Ocular Research Journal (2024 – present)
  • Editor-in-Chief, Clinical and Experimental Vision and Eye Research / CLEVER (2017 – present)
  • Executive Editor, Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice / JCGP (2016 – present)
  • Associate Advisory Board Member, International Society of Glaucoma Surgery (2016 – present)
  • Member, DOS International advisory sub-committee (2020- present)

Previous positions

  • Managing Editor, Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice (2009 – 2016)
  • Member, Scientific Committee, World Glaucoma Congress (2013)
  • Member, Scientific and Organising Committees, International Society of Glaucoma Surgery (2010 – 2012, 2018- 2026)
  • Founding Secretary, Shamms Ed Deen Alcon Glaucoma Fund, University of Geneva (2011)
  • Associate Editor, Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology (2008 – 2009)
  • Deputy Editor, Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology (2007 – 2008)
  • Assistant Editor, Indian Journal of Strabismology and Paediatric Ophthalmology (2001 – 2003)

Community and social leadership

  • Founder, Vision Unlimited — not-for-profit serving 1,400+ children in Gurugram (2017 – present)
  • Founding Member, Khem — LGBTQ rights organisation (2016 – present)
  • Program Committee Member and Board, Save the Children India / Bal Raksha Bharat (2024 – present)

Healthcare innovation and technology

  • Co-Founder, Ufinity Life — patient data insights platform
  • Clinical Director, Medflow — clinical pathways in EMR systems
  • Consultant, Cantahealth — big data analytics platform

Her innovation work bridges clinical care, technology, and population-health thinking.

Institutional affiliations

  • Marengo Asia Hospitals, Sector 56, Gurugram, Haryana 122011
  • Marengo Asia International Institute of Neuro and Spine (Program Director)
  • Mayo Clinic (Research Collaborator)

Training and education

  • Senior Scientific Research Fellow (Glaucoma), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
  • Senior Research Associate (Glaucoma and Cornea), AIIMS New Delhi
  • Fellowship-trained glaucoma specialist

Selected textbooks

  • Glaucoma Drainage Devices — Springer (Editor: Shibal Bhartiya, Monica Gandhi)
  • Clinical Decision Making in Glaucoma — Jaypee Brothers (Editors: Shibal Bhartiya, Colin Clement, Syril Dorairaj, George Kong, Oscar Albis)
  • ISGS Textbook of Glaucoma Surgery — Jaypee Brothers (Editors: Tarek Shaarawy, Tanuj Dada, Shibal Bhartiya)
  • Manual of Glaucoma — Jaypee Brothers (Editors: Shibal Bhartiya, Parul Ichhpujani)
  • Practical Perimetry — Jaypee Brothers (Editors: Shibal Bhartiya, Murali Ariga, Ronnie George)
  • Clinical Handbook of Glaucoma (Editors: Shibal Bhartiya, Maneesh Singh, Arijit Mitra)
  • Master Cases in Glaucoma, Volume 1 (Editor: Shibal Bhartiya)
  • Master Cases in Retina, Volume 1 — Incessant Nature Science Publishers, 2024
  • Clinical Insights into Glaucoma Management — Incessant Nature Science Publishers, 2024
  • Dutta’s Textbook of Ophthalmology — Editor-in-Chief: Shibal Bhartiya (under compilation)
  • Bena’s Summer — HarperCollins India (fiction)

Total edited textbooks: 28

Awards and recognition

  • Best Paper, Glaucoma Session — Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO), Hyderabad
  • Best Paper, Glaucoma Session and Top Nine Most Influential Papers — Asia Pacific Glaucoma Congress, Bali, 2012
  • Best Poster — IV International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery, Geneva, 2009
  • Best Free Paper, Glaucoma Session — Delhi Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference, 2009
  • Best Free Paper, Squint Session — DOS Midcon, 2001
  • Asia ARVO Young Scientist Travel Grant, 2008
  • CSIR Young Scientist Travel Grant, 2003 and 2009
  • World Glaucoma Association Young Scientist Travel Grant, 2009 and 2013

Selected invited lectures and international faculty

  • World Glaucoma Congress, Vancouver, 2013 — faculty, two symposia
  • World Glaucoma Congress, Paris, 2011 — faculty, two instruction courses
  • World Ophthalmology Congress, Abu Dhabi, 2012 — guest lecturer and chairperson
  • ESCRS, Vienna, 2011 — invited faculty
  • SOE/AAO Joint Meeting, Geneva, 2011 — guest lecturer
  • 7th Aswan Ophthalmic Meeting, Egypt, 2011 — guest lecturer
  • Swiss Eye Week, Biel, Switzerland, 2011 — guest lecturer
  • SOLA (European-Lebanese Ophthalmological Societies Joint Meeting), Beirut, 2010 — three guest lectures
  • Russian Glaucoma Society Meeting, 2009 — guest lecturer
  • 5th International Congress of Glaucoma Surgery, New Delhi, 2010 — faculty and coordinator

Geography and access

Dr Bhartiya sees patients in person at Marengo Asia Hospitals, Sector 56, Gurugram, Haryana. She serves patients across Gurugram, Gurgaon, Delhi NCR, and surrounding regions. Remote consultations are available for patients based elsewhere in India and internationally, in partnership with local treating physicians. Dr Bhartiya speaks fluent English, Hindi, Urdu and French.

Professional memberships

  • International Society of Glaucoma Surgery (Advisory Board Member)
  • Glaucoma Society of India
  • All India Ophthalmological Society
  • American Academy of Ophthalmology
  • Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology (ARVO)
  • Strabismological Society of India
  • Women’s Ophthalmological Society
  • Delhi Ophthalmological Society
  • Haryana Ophthalmological Society
  • Gurugram Ophthalmological Society

Published fiction

Dr Bhartiya is the author of Bena’s Summer, a fiction novel published by HarperCollins India.

Not-for-profit work

Dr Bhartiya founded Vision Unlimited, a not-for-profit organisation running After School Clubs (ASCs) for children in urban slum communities in Gurugram. The programme currently serves over 1,400 children across six centres and has generated nine peer-reviewed publications. Website: https://vision-unlimited.org

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Last updated: 24 April 2026