Dr. Devesh Varma, BEng, MD, FRCSC

Dr. Devesh Varma is recognized across Canada as an emerging leader in Ophthalmology. He specializes in the full range of glaucoma surgery performing both traditional and a variety of new minimally invasive procedures.

In addition to routine and refractive cataract surgery, he has particular expertise in high risk cataracts, the repair of complications from cataract surgery and reconstruction of the front portion of the eye. Following his training under Dr. Ahmed, he went on to join him in practice, research and the training of new surgeons in their fellowship program.

He is now a professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Toronto, leading their medical student ophthalmology teaching in Mississauga, providing surgery teaching to residents, subspecialty training to general ophthalmologists and a variety of educational programs for Ophthalmologists out in practice. He actively conducts research with an interest in angle closure glaucoma and new technologies.