Personal Profile
Please note: Monday 11am - 1pm and Tuesday 9:30am - 11am are telephone consultations.
Ms Oswal is a Consultant Ophthalmic and Vitreoretinal surgeon and leads the Vitreoretinal service at the County Durham and Darlington Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Her areas of expertise include retinal detachment surgery, macular surgery, advanced diabetic eye disease management, treatment of medical retinal conditions such as age-related macular degeneration, retinal vascular occlusion, diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy, as well as complex cataract surgery and ocular trauma. She is a very experienced cataract surgeon and gets referred complex cataract surgeries in her current role. She also manages and performs surgeries for complications of cataract surgery referred to her. She has the experience of using premium intraocular lenses and secondary intraocular lenses.
Ms Oswal completed medical school in 1999 and then completed a post graduate master's degree in Ophthalmology, from the prestigious institute of KMC, Manipal Academy of Higher Education in India. Here, she was adjudged the best outgoing trainee for the year 2004 and was awarded a gold medal. She worked as an assistant professor in Ophthalmology at the same institute upon completion of her postgraduate degree, until 2005.
Some of Ms Oswal's awards include:
- Macular Society Award 2018 for excellence, as part of Retinal Team working in James West Centre, Sheffield, UK
- Clinical Excellence Award 2020 CDDFT NHS Trust
After moving to the UK, Ms Oswal did her early Ophthalmology training in East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. She then pursued her research interest and worked as an academic fellow at the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology, Birmingham and Midland eye centre, Birmingham, under Professor P Murray and Miss S Rauz for a year in 2010. She then completed the run-through training in Ophthalmology (West Midlands and North-East Deanery) and was awarded the CCT in January 2018. Having developed a special interest in Vitreoretinal surgery with an innate surgical ability, she undertook a year of Vitreoretinal fellowship at Royal Hallamshire Hospitals, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
She has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is committed to teaching and training. Ms Oswal is the Clinical Supervisor for regional trainees. She is the lead clinical supervisor for an advanced nurse practitioner course with interest in Vitreoretinal surgery and maintains an active role in clinical research.
Ms Oswal is an examiner for the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London.
Ms Oswal speaks all of the following languages:
- English
- Hindi
- Gujarati
- Marwari
- Kannada
- Marathi
