DR. HIMIKA GUPTA

Dr. Himika is an ocular oncologist and ophthalmic plastic surgeon with special interest in artificial eyes and eye care for cancer patients. She did her MBBS from the prestigious Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital Parel, Mumbai. After doing her MS ophthalmology, she trained in ocular oncology at the LV Prasad Eye institute and was involved in the National Retinoblastoma Registry under ICMR. There after she trained at the KBHB Eye and ENT hospital Mumbai and worked with the cancer genetics team at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. She further specialized in her interests by training in Canada, at the Hospital for Sick Children, the University of Toronto and the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. She worked at the Ocular Oncology service at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and was involved in the validation of 8th Edition of the AJCC classification system eye tumors. She has been a clinical visitor at premiere American institutes including Wills Eye Institute (Philadelphia), Cleveland Clinic (Ohio) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (New York). She has trained in facial aesthetics, botox, and cosmetology and silicone oculofacial prosthesis. Her areas of expertise include eye sparing treatment of eye cancers using specialized surgery and radiotherapy, genetics, facial reconstructions after trauma or cancer resections and silicone oculofacial prosthesis.