about us

BANAJI EYECARE

3 generations of
eye surgeons
over 100 years of
experience

Banaji's represent three generations of eye surgeons spanning more than one hundred years

Since 1903,Banaji Eyecare has provided the best in ophthalmic care to millions of patients in India and around the world. We’ve been there from before the First World War and the Russian Revolution, through the Second World War into Independent India. From Kings and Viceroys, to Presidents and Captains of Industry, and not to forget the common man, all have benefited with our eye care.

Our clinics are situated in the heart of the city of Mumbai. Our oldest and first clinic is in located in the heritage structure of Navsari Buildings, while our second clinic is located in Peddar Road. Both the clinics host some of the very latest instrumentation in the delivery of outstanding eye care.

Dr. Burjor P. Banaji, the Medical Director of Banaji Eyecare is the pioneer of LASIK in India. Not only is he the innovator of several surgical instruments for LASIK which bear his name, but he provides training to surgeons who wish to learn the latest refractive surgical techniques and incorporate them in their practice. Till date, Dr.Banaji has trained hundreds of surgeons in LASIK, in India and in the USA, United Kingdom and Southeast Asia.

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  • Why Choose us?

    Dr. Burjor Banaji, Medical Director of Banaji Eyecare, is the moving force behind the LASIK procedure in the Asian subcontinent. Not only is he a leading surgeon for LASIK, but he has also devoted his life to mastering the procedure and teaching others to perform this procedure.

    Banaji Eyecare can boast of a number of stunning FIRSTS

    • The first surgeon to perform LASIK in India.
    • The first surgeon to perform myopic LASIK in India.
    • The first surgeon to perform hypermetropic LASIK in India.
    • The first surgeon in the world (together with Dr. Knorz of Germany) to perform bifocal presbyopic LASIK.
    • The first Asian surgeon to hold instruction courses in LASIK at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
    • The first Asian surgeon to design surgical instruments specific to LASIK.
    • Internationally recognized teacher of the LASIK procedure, having trained surgeons in Europe, USA and the Far East.
    • The first surgeon to use and demonstrate the diode laser in India.
    • Amongst the first surgeons in India to introduce Phacoemulsification No-Stitch surgery for Cataract.
    • Banaji Eyecare holds regular instruction courses in LASIK on premises, teaching surgeons the LASIK technique.
    • Dr. Banaji has been the recipient of numerous keynote lectures and orations as recognition by his peers,for his pioneering work in LASIK.

  • How to find the right doctor for LASIK?

    Your eye doctor cares about the health of your eyes. However, he/she may not be the right choice for you when you are considering undergoing LASIK surgery.

    These simple guidelines should be considered carefully before you decide to undergo LASIK.

    • The levels of risk and benefit vary slightly not only from procedure to procedure, but from device to device depending on the manufacturer, and from surgeon to surgeon depending on their level of experience with a particular procedure.
    • Is your surgeon a board-certified ophthalmologist? It is possible that your doctor is an optometrist. Ophthalmologists are surgeons; optometrists are not. LASIK is a surgical procedure – one that must be carried out by a certified ophthalmologist.
    • Ophthalmologists are medical doctors, who have trained for four long years in medical school and three years in ophthalmological residency. These doctors become skilled at recognising and treating eye problems and diseases, surgical problems and complications.
    • Your surgeon should have been in practice for more than five or six years, having successfully completed over 2000 LASIK procedures. These should not include PRK or other laser procedures. The additional qualification of a Fellowship Training in Corneal Surgery is excellent.
    • The surgeon’s enhancement rate should be less than 8%. Enhancement operations are an additional procedure to fine-tune your LASIK procedure. Surgeons with high enhancement rates, or those who claim no enhancements at all, are highly suspicious.
    • Your surgeon should have experience on more than one type of laser system for LASIK surgery.
    • More than anything else, your doctor should be able and willing to answer any queries you raise and be willing to discuss his/her outcomes (successes as well as complications) compared to the results of studies outlined in the handbook. He will not rush you into surgery or make your questions seem trivial. He should explain everything there is to know about LASIK to you and your family as often as required.
    • Don't base your decision simply on cost and don't settle for the first eye centre, doctor, or procedure you investigate. Remember that the decisions you make about your eyes and refractive surgery will affect you for the rest of your life.
    • Be wary of eye centres that advertise, "20/20 vision or your money back" or "package deals". There are never any guarantees in medicine.

    Always remember that 90% of the success of a LASIK procedure is attributable to the surgeon, and only 10% to the laser.

Dr. Burjor Banaji

Dr. Burjor Banaji is the third generation in a line of distinguished ophthalmic surgeons that began nearly a hundred years ago with his grandfather Dr. Burjor P Banaji (Senior). His father Dr. Phiroze Banaji was one of the country's leading ophthalmic surgeons and teachers credited with introducing modern retinal detachment surgery and corneal transplantation to India.

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An avid photographer and trekker, Dr. Banaji, has an active interest in Indian Mountaineering and Himalayan exploration. He was a member of the managing committee of The Himalayan Club. Founded by Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood in 1928, the Himalayan Club is one of the oldest mountaineering bodies in the world.

our legacy

  • 1st Generation

    Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

    Dr. (Mrs.) Goolbai Banaji

  • 2nd Generation

    Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

  • 3rd Generation

    Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1900
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1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1900
1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1901
1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1904
1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1906
1st Generation

Dr. Burjor Pirozsha Banaji

1907
1st Generation

Dr. (Mrs.) Goolbai Banaji

1896
1st Generation

Dr. (Mrs.) Goolbai Banaji

1903
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1939
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1939
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1942
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1945
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1946
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1946
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1947
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1948
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1949
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1949
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1968
2nd Generation

Dr. Phiroz Burjor Banaji

1976
3rd Generation

Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1987
3rd Generation

Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1987
3rd Generation

Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1987
3rd Generation

Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1988
3rd Generation

Dr. Burjor P Banaji

1995

Papers and Presentations

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  • National
  • Publication

Dr. Banaji has been an invited teacher to such prestigious institutions as the Harvard Medical School in Boston, the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and the Eye foundation Hospital in Alabama. He has been the chief instructor at several meetings of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons held in Boston, San Diego and Seattle.