Dr Abhay R. Vasavada started Raghudeep Eye Clinic (REH) – as a cataract speciality center in 1984 Ahmedabad, India. He is the first Indian and the second Asian to be awarded the Binkhorst Medal Lecture by the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) in 2011.
Dr. Abhay Vasavada completed his master's degree in ophthalmology (M.S.) from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in 1975. He was awarded the degree of a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (F.R.C.S.) in 1980. He also completed higher surgical training. He went on to specialize in cataract surgery and intraocular lens implantation.[1]