Dr. Devanshi Shah
MBBS, MS Ophthalmology (Gold Medalist), DNB, FNERF (Oculoplasty), FRCS (Glasgow, UK)
FOUNDER & CHIEF SURGEON, DEEVINE EYE CARE
Cataract, LASIK and oculoplastic surgeon · 15+ years in ophthalmology · 25,000+ eye surgeries
Never shied away from hard work
Dr. Devanshi Shah’s story has always been one of discipline. She ranked 12th on the Maharashtra State merit list in her HSC (Class 12) examinations. At Terna Medical College, Navi Mumbai, she earned distinction in seven subjects, including ophthalmology, and stood first in her college in second-year MBBS.
A gold medal in ophthalmology
She completed her MS in Ophthalmology at Shri M.P. Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar (Saurashtra University), where she topped the university examination with first position and distinction and was awarded the gold medal. She went on to earn the DNB in Ophthalmology and clear the International Council of Ophthalmology examinations. Her conviction then remains her conviction now: Hard work + Dreams + Dedication = Success.
Surgery where it was needed most
Early in her career, Dr. Shah chose to work where care was scarce. As a fellow in comprehensive ophthalmology at Tejas Eye Hospital, Mandvi, in rural Surat district, and through a phacoemulsification fellowship at Tejas Eye Institute, she operated extensively on underprivileged patients in the peripheral regions of Gujarat. As a resident, she examined and treated schoolchildren across Jamnagar district under the Government of Gujarat’s School Health Programme. Those years built the surgical volume, judgement and calm that every patient at Deevine benefits from today.
Training as an oculoplastic surgeon
She pursued a one-year fellowship in Oculoplasty at Shri C.H. Nagri Eye Hospital and the Nagri Eye Research Foundation, Ahmedabad, under Dr. Nitin Trivedi, Head of the Oculoplasty Department. During her fellowship tenure she trained across more than 600 oculoplastic surgeries, covering the full breadth of the specialty: eyelid, lacrimal and orbital surgery, ocular oncology, trauma and aesthetics.
During her fellowship, she also served as Honorary Lecturer at the Nagri School of Optometry, Ahmedabad, teaching every week alongside her clinics.
She says, “Teaching is a two-way process; the one who teaches also learns more.”
She was then a visiting scholar in ophthalmic plastic surgery under Dr. Milind Naik at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad (2017), and completed an observership in orbital and ophthalmic plastic reconstructive surgery with Dr. Goldberg at the Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles (2018).
Where art meets science
Oculoplastic and aesthetic eye surgery asks for two things at once: a surgeon’s precision and an artist’s eye for proportion and symmetry. For Dr. Shah, the art is literal. She is a painter, known as ArtByDrDee, and the paintings that line the walls of Deevine Eye Care are her own work. The same eye guides her surgery, whether she is restoring sight with cataract surgery, freeing a patient from glasses with LASIK, or rejuvenating tired eyelids with blepharoplasty.
Practice and recognition
Dr. Shah has practised in Mumbai since 2016 and earned the FRCS from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK, in 2019. She is a consultant at Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, and Criticare Asia Hospital, Mumbai, and is attached to Sai Drishti Hospital, Sanpada.
On Founder’s Day at Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre (7 February 2025), Dr. Shah was felicitated by Shri Prakash Abitkar, Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra, for her contribution to the hospital’s Roshni Cataract Services. She was recognised among the consultant ophthalmologists who performed the highest number of cataract surgeries at Lilavati in 2024, and received the Founder’s Day award for “outstanding and exemplary contribution through dedication and unwavering support to ensure quality healthcare for all.”
In 2026, she received the Ghatkopar Gaurav Puraskar from Gujarati Mid-day, honouring her contribution to the progress of Ghatkopar and reflecting the trust of the community she has served.
She was invited faculty at FOCUS 2025, the annual conference of the Bombay Ophthalmologists’ Association (BOA), where she moderated a session and spoke. She is a member of the All India Ophthalmological Society, the Oculoplasty Association of India, the Delhi Ophthalmological Society and the Association of Medical Consultants.
Awards and media
- Founder’s Day Award, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, 2025, presented by Shri Prakash Abitkar, Minister for Public Health and Family Welfare, Maharashtra
- Mid-day Gems of India, 2026
- Ghatkopar Gaurav Puraskar, 2026, Gujarati Mid-day
- Featured on Aaj Tak for a rare surgery removing a live worm from a patient’s eye (watch the report)
- Interviewed by NDTV on eye care
- Felicitated at the 8th Educational Guidance Meet, Lion International Preschool (Adarsh Shikshan Sanstha), 2024
Areas of interest: cataract surgery, LASIK and refractive surgery, eyelid surgery, blepharoplasty, ocular aesthetics.
Deevine Eye Care: the vision behind it
In 2022, Dr. Shah brought everything she had learned under one roof and founded Deevine Eye Care & Multispeciality Centre in Ghatkopar East, built on a simple ethos: Happy Eyes. Alongside her own cataract, LASIK and oculoplastic practice, Deevine brings together experienced specialists in retina, glaucoma, cornea, squint and children’s eyes, so that every eye condition is diagnosed and treated under one roof. Her mission remains simple: to help people see better, live better, and never ignore their eyes. Four years on, patients come to Deevine from across Mumbai, from other states and from abroad.
Talks, presentations and publications
Invited talks and faculty
- BOA Annual Conference FOCUS 2025, Mumbai: faculty, session moderator and speaker
- BOA Oculoplasty–Retina Conference 2019: Extraocular Myocysticercosis
- OPAI 4th Midterm Meeting 2018: Canalicular Trephination
- Eyeadvance 2018 (12th International Congress on Advances in Ophthalmology), Mumbai: Recent Advances in Canalicular Repair
- Young Ophthalmologists Forum CME 2018: Ocular Botox, a clinical update on Botox and blepharospasm
- BOA Conference 2017: Cosmetic Evisceration (video-assisted lecture)
- BOA Oculoplasty CME 2017: Canalicular Repair with Mini Monoka Stenting
Paper presentations
- AIOC 2017: Monocanalicular Tear Repair with Mini Monoka Lacrimal Intubation Stent
- BOA Conference 2017: Canalicular Laceration Repair
- OPAI 2016: Intralesional Bleomycin in Orbital Lymphangioma
- OPAI 2016: Extraocular Myocysticercosis, Common but So Uncommon
- OPAI 2016 (video): Giant Chalazion or Meibomian Gland Carcinoma, the Truth Unfolds
- Eyeadvance 2016: Complex Choristoma in Linear Naevus Sebaceous Syndrome, managed with scleral grafting
- CME on Oculoplasty and Oncology, Nagri Eye Hospital 2016: Ocular Myocysticercosis and its Surgical Management
- OPAI 2015, Bhubaneswar: Surgical Management of Lymphedema, a rare entity
- Eyeadvance 2014 (BOA): PMMA versus Hydrophobic Acrylic Square-Edged IOLs in Preventing Posterior Capsular Opacification
Publications
- Superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis, a grave complication of orbital cellulitis: a case report. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2013
- Posterior capsular opacification after cataract surgery and its association with the nature of capsulorhexis. International Journal of Scientific Research, 2015
- Postoperative changes in corneal curvature after straight and frown scleral incisions in small-incision cataract surgery. International Journal of Scientific Research, 2015
- Identification of risk factors in ocular injuries. Indian Journal of Applied Research, 2015
