Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital

Mr Agarwal is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and a glaucoma expert based in the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh. Since moving from Glasgow in 2010, his NHS clinics have been based at the Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion, Edinburgh, and the St John’s Hospital Eye Department, Livingston.

His private clinics are in Spire Shawfair Park Hospital and Nuffield Health Edinburgh Hospital. Mr Agarwal is a keen researcher, and during his early days of training in Ophthalmology in India, he developed an eye drop, Itraconazole, to treat fungal Corneal Ulcers.

His main passion is patient awareness in glaucoma. He started Scotland’s first glaucoma support group in collaboration with IGA (International Glaucoma Association).

Mr Agarwal is regularly invited by the Rotary Club and other patient support groups to speak on various topics, including cataracts and glaucoma. After completing his medical qualifications from India in 2001, Mr Agarwal entered into the West of Scotland rotation for his ophthalmology training and completed his fellowship in Glaucoma. He was then appointed as a consultant in Lothian with a special interest in Glaucoma.

With over 20 years of experience in Ophthalmology, Mr Agarwal is a busy and accomplished surgeon. Most of his practice involves complex cataract surgery and glaucoma surgeries, such as trabeculectomy, minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS), including XEN, Istent, and tube surgery.

A large part of his practice includes glaucoma lasers such as selective laser trabeculoplasty (SLT), peripheral iridotomy (PI), and YAG capsulotomies, sometimes required after cataract surgery.

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Bengali

Andrew is an award winning cataract and glaucoma surgeon based in Edinburgh. He is a consultant with NHS Lothian and NHS Scotland National Lead for Eye Research.

He is Past President of the UK and Eire Glaucoma Society and Visiting Professor at University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He was trained at two of the world’s leading eye hospitals: Moorfields Eye Hospital, London and Shiley Eye Institute, University of California, San Diego, USA and has over 20 years experience.

He was awarded the highest score in Europe in his board examination and is one of a select group of surgeons to be awarded a Fellowship in Cataract and Refractive Surgery qualification from the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. He is also one of the few ophthalmologists in Scotland to hold a Laser Refractive Surgery qualification from the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. Andrew performs over 400 cataract operations per year and is one of the most experienced glaucoma surgeons in Scotland.

He leads ophthalmology clinical research in Scotland and recently received a prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator Award.

Andrew lives in Edinburgh with his wife and 3 daughters. In his spare time he volunteers as a qualified assessor for the British Paralympic Association.