Dr. Ranjit Dhaliwal

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Ranjit Dhaliwal MD, FRCSC, FACS

Dr. Dhaliwal is an ophthalmology specialist (Eye MD) with decades of experience in the evaluation and treatment of retinal diseases. He has been in medical practice since 1985 with the exception of time spent returning to complete his specialty certification in Ophthalmology at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario followed by two separate fellowships in Medical Retina (at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland) and in Vitreoretinal Surgery (at the Barnes Hospital campus of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri). Dr. Dhaliwal was on the clinical faculty of the University of Toronto Department of Ophthalmology before relocating to Augusta, GA in 1994.

Dr. Dhaliwal is currently on the clinical faculty of Queen’s University Department of Ophthalmology, in Kingston Ontario, and is on the adjunct faculty of the Emory University Department of Ophthalmology in Atlanta, Georgia.

His interests and dedication to the field of vitreoretinal diseases of the eye have resulted in many peer-reviewed published articles in prestigious ophthalmic medical journals. Dr. Dhaliwal has authored several book chapters and presents regularly at several symposia and conferences throughout the country.

Dr. Dhaliwal was born on the west coast (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and raised in central British Columbia. He returned to Vancouver after high school where he obtained early admission to medical school and ultimately his medical degree at The University of British Columbia (UBC, Vancouver, BC). He subsequently completed a mixed medical/surgical internship at the University of Toronto and then additional residency training in Internal Medicine at UBC. For three years he then practiced comprehensive medicine in solo practice in Northern Canada. This was followed by a return to complete his Ophthalmological surgical training at Queen’s University (at Kingston, Ontario, Canada).

Dr. Dhaliwal then completed two additional years of subspecialty training in macular, retinal, and vitreous diseases at the Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute of Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, Maryland) and at Retina Consultants Inc in the Barnes Hospital campus of Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri). During this time he co-authored original articles on the then-emerging fields of Indocyanine Green Angiography and in Subfoveal Retinal Surgery.

Licensed in both Georgia and South Carolina, he maintains memberships, fellowships, and/or diplomate status with the following groups and associations:

• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
• American Board of Ophthalmology (DiplABO)
• American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)
• Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS)
• Georgia Society of Ophthalmology (GSO)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (FRCSC)
• American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery
• Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association

• PERSONAL

  Birthplace: Canada.
  Citizenship: USA
  Marital Status: Married

  Work Address/Telephone:
  The Retina Eye Center
  3520 Walton Way Extension
  Augusta, Georgia 30909-6605
  (706) 481-9191
  FAX: 481-9197

• EDUCATION

  Premedical:
  Honors Program in Biochemistry
  University of British Columbia

  Medical School:
  University of British Columbia
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Medical Internship:
  Medical and Surgical Mixed Internship
  The University of Toronto

  St. Michael’s Hospital
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Residencies:
  Internal Medicine
  The University of British Columbia
  St. Paul’s Hospital
  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  Ophthalmology
  Queen’s University
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Kingston, Ontario, Canada

  Fellowships:
  Medical Retina
  Retinal Vascular Center
  Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
  The Johns Hopkins University Hospital
  Baltimore, Maryland

  Vitreoretinal Surgery
  Retina Consultants
  Barnes Hospital
  St. Louis, Missouri

• POSITIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  Retina Fellowship:

  • A. Baker Foundation – (for the prevention of blindness)
    The Canadian National Institute for the Blind

  Academic Positions:

  • Assistant, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
    Johns Hopkins University, Faculty of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland
  • Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Ophthalmology
    Queen’s University, Faculty of Medicine
    Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology
    Emory University Faculty of Medicine
    Atlanta, Georgia

• CERTIFICATIONS

  Canadian:

  • Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H7.
  • FRCSC
    (Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Canada)
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  American:

  • American Board of Medical Examiners
    Parts I 88%; II 94%; III 94%;
    National Board of Medical Examiners
    Philadelphia, PA

  • Diplomate American Board of Ophthalmology
    99th Percentile Written Exam

• PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

  State/Provincial:

  • College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • College of Physicians & Surgeons of British Columbia
  • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • The Board of Physician Quality Assurance of the State of Maryland
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Missouri State Board of Registration For the Healing Arts
  • Jefferson City, Missouri
  • The Composite State Board of Medical Examiners of Georgia
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • South Carolina Board of Medical Examiners
  • Columbia, SC

  Medical/Alumni Societies:

  • American Academy of Ophthalmology (San Francisco, CA)
  • American College of Surgeons (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Canadian Ophthalmological Society (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
  • Paul Cibis Club (Louis, MO)
  • American Society of Retinal Specialists (Mendocino, CA)
  • The Grant Hall Society, Queen’s University. Alumni Association (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
  • Toronto Hospital Foundation (Patron Member) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  • Daniel Coit Gilman Society (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Honor Roll) Baltimore, Maryland

  Medical Associations:

  • Ontario Medical Association &nCanadian Medical Association (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  • American Medical Association (Chicago, Illinois)
  • Wilmer Alumni Association, The Johns Hopkins University Hospital (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • The Johns Hopkins Medical & Surgical Association (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Medical Association of Georgia (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Richmond County Medical Society (Augusta, Georgia)
  • Georgia Society of Ophthalmology (Atlanta, Georgia)

  MEDICAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

  Emergency Room:

  • Casualty Officer in Barry’s Bay, Ontario Francis Memorial Hospital (Barry’s Bay, Ontario, Canada)
  • Certified in ATLS & ACLS

  Family Practice:

  • Solo Physician in northern Ontario (Ignace, Ontario & Hornepayne, Ontario)
  • Solo Physician in northern British Columbia (Hudson Hope, British Columbia)
  • Queen’s University Student Health Physician (Prior to resumption of residency)

  Ophthalmic Practice:

  • Assistant, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute
    Johns Hopkins University, Faculty of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland
  • Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow
    Retina Consultants, Ltd
    Barnes Retina Institute, Barnes Hospital
    Louis, Missouri
  • Lecturer and Attending Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology
    University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Associate Staff and Retinal Consultant,
    Department of Ophthalmology
    Queen’s University, Faculty of Medicine
    Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    Medical Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgeon/Partner,
    Southeast Retina Center
    Augusta, Georgia (1994-1998)
    Medical Retina and Vitreoretinal Surgeon (Founder),
    The Retina Eye Center
    Augusta, Georgia (1999-present)

• PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

  Several book chapters, several of which are included in the standard 3 volume set, "Ryan's Retina". Presented at several state and national meetings.