Dr. Rohit Modi
MBBS, MS (Ophthalmology), FRCS (Glasgow), ICO Fellow
Introduction
Dr. Rohit Modi is an eye surgeon and refractive & retina specialist practising in Mumbai's western suburbs. He is the founder of Sentra Clinic & Hospital in Malad East — a full-spectrum eye hospital built on the belief that patients in Malad, Goregaon, Kandivali and Borivali deserve the same quality of eye care that was once available only in the city's largest teaching hospitals. With more than a decade in ophthalmology, international fellowship training, and over 10,000 eye procedures and surgeries to his credit as stated on his official professional profiles, Dr. Modi combines subspecialist depth in retinal disease with a communication style patients consistently describe as unhurried, honest and clear.
Journey Into Ophthalmology
Dr. Modi's medical foundation was laid at Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai — one of Maharashtra's foremost government medical institutions, where high patient volumes and diverse pathology produce clinicians with strong fundamentals. It was during these formative years that he chose ophthalmology: a field where microsurgical precision meets immediate, life-changing outcomes, and where a single correct diagnosis can preserve decades of a patient's sight.
Medical Education and Postgraduate Training
After completing his MBBS at Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Dr. Modi pursued his MS in Ophthalmology — advanced residency training covering the full spectrum of ophthalmic disease, microsurgery and clinical diagnosis, including high-volume cataract and glaucoma surgical training. Residency in the Indian public-hospital system is demanding by design: it builds surgical judgement that cannot be learned from textbooks, and an instinct for the condition that does not match the textbook at all.
FRCS — Glasgow, UK
Dr. Modi holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS), Glasgow — one of the world's most rigorous surgical credentials, earned through demanding examination and practical assessment at an international standard. Only a small number of ophthalmologists practising in Mumbai's western suburbs hold this qualification, making it a meaningful marker for patients evaluating surgical expertise.
ICO Fellowship and International Exposure
Complementing the FRCS, Dr. Modi holds a fellowship credential from the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO), with advanced training exposure in refractive surgery and vitreo-retinal disease. His professional development has included advanced retina and uvea training associated with the L.V. Prasad Eye Institute — widely regarded as one of Asia's finest eye-care institutions — and retina training exposure associated with Associated Retina Consultants in the USA. This combination of Indian high-volume surgical training and international fellowship exposure shapes a practice that is both technically current and grounded in the realities of Indian patients.
Professional Career
Sentra Clinic & Hospital
Dr. Modi is the founder of Sentra Clinic & Hospital, located at Shah Arcade 2 on Rani Sati Road, Malad East. Sentra was created as a genuine surgical eye hospital for the western suburbs — not a refraction centre or an optical shop with a visiting doctor, but a facility with hospital-grade diagnostics (OCT, corneal topography, fundus imaging, perimetry), an operation theatre, and permanently resident fellowship-trained surgeons. Every patient is examined and treated by the doctors themselves. Visit the main Sentra Clinic website ↗
Visiting Surgeon — JJ Group of Hospitals & Grant Medical College
Dr. Modi serves as a Visiting Surgeon at JJ Group of Hospitals & Government Grant Medical College, returning to the institution where his own training began. In this role he manages complex cases in a teaching-hospital environment and contributes to the training of postgraduate ophthalmology students — keeping his clinical and surgical judgement continuously sharpened by both complex pathology and teaching.
Teaching, Mentoring and Professional Associations
Dr. Modi served as Secretary of the Bombay Ophthalmologists' Association (BOA) — Mumbai's premier professional body for eye surgeons — organising conferences, facilitating peer learning and representing the association's members. Surgeons who lead their professional community stay at the frontier of their field, and this role reflects the standing he holds among Mumbai's ophthalmology fraternity. He remains active in postgraduate teaching and mentoring.
Research
Dr. Modi has authored and co-authored more than 20 research papers in national and international ophthalmology journals, as stated on his official professional profiles, and presents regularly at professional conferences. Research-active surgeons make decisions informed by evidence they have helped evaluate first-hand — a direct benefit to patients. His research and publications profile is maintained on this website.
Areas of Clinical Interest
Dr. Modi's clinical focus is retinal disease — particularly diabetic retinopathy, which affects millions of diabetic patients in Mumbai and is frequently missed until significant vision loss has occurred. His practice spans medical and surgical retina care (diabetic retinopathy, retinal detachment, macular disease, retinal vascular disease, uveitis), cataract surgery with the full range of intraocular lenses, and refractive surgery evaluation (LASIK, PRK, ICL) with a particular interest in honest candidacy assessment.
Patient Communication Philosophy
Ask patients what they remember about Dr. Modi and a pattern emerges: he explains in your language — Hindi, Marathi or English — draws what is happening inside your eye, and tells you plainly when you do not need surgery. His consultations follow a consistent discipline: examine thoroughly, show patients their own scans, explain the diagnosis in plain language, present every reasonable option including observation, and recommend intervention only when the expected benefit clearly outweighs the burden and risk. In an era of package-selling, that honesty is why one patient's family becomes ten referrals.
Evidence-Based Approach
Every treatment recommendation in this practice is anchored in published evidence and recognised clinical guidelines, interpreted for the individual patient. Where evidence is uncertain, patients are told so. Where a procedure adds cost but not benefit, it is not recommended. Where another specialist or centre would serve the patient better, the referral is made. This website's educational content follows the same standard — medically reviewed, referenced, and free of exaggerated claims.
Beyond Clinical Work
Outside the clinic and operating theatre, Dr. Modi's time is divided between postgraduate teaching, professional association work, research, and patient education — including the video and reel library being curated on this website, created to make reliable eye-health information accessible to every Mumbai family in the language they think in.