Mr Chawla gained his Fellowship in Ophthalmology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 1994. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. He has now been awarded the Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is on the panel of Examiners of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London.

Mr Chawla is a General Ophthalmologist and a Cataract surgeon with special interests in Multifocal lens implants and Oculoplastic surgery. He is Consultant Ophthalmic and Oculoplastic Surgeon with Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, based at Queens Hospital in Romford, Essex. He is a Director of Essex Vision and Essex Medical Consortium.

Mr Chawla is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Ophthalmology at Queen Mary, University of London, Barts and London Medical School.

Mr Chawla is a member of American, European, UK and Ireland Societies of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Oxford and North of England Ophthalmological Societies.

Qualifications

FRCS (Ophth)
By Election, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2005)

FRCOphth
By Election, Royal College of Ophthalmologists, London (200)

FRCS (Ophth.)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, UK (1994).

FRCOphth. Part I
Royal College of Ophthalmologists, UK (1994).

Diplomate, National Board of Examinations (Ophthalmology)
National Board of Examinations, India (1983).

MD (Ophthalmology)
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India (1981).

MBBS
Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India (1977).

Pre-Medical
Punjab University, India (1970).

Higher Secondary Examination
Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi, India (1969)

Professional Memberships

1. UK and Ireland Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

2. American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

3. European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

4. The Royal College of Ophthalmologists

5. The Royal college of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

6. Oxford Ophthalmological Society

7. North of England Ophthalmological Society.

8. British Medical Association.

9. British Society of Refractive Surgery

10. British Oculoplastic Surgery Society.

1. Vision Aid Overseas