Associate Professor Smita Agarwal MBBS MS (Ophth) GradDipRefCatSurg FRANZCO is a senior comprehensive ophthalmologist based on the South Coast of New South Wales. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, and Head of Ophthalmology in the Illawarra/ Shoalhaven region. Assoc Prof Agarwal specialises in cataract and refractive surgery and has special interest in management options for keratoconus. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals locally and overseas, and has been an invited speaker at prestigious ophthalmology meetings and seminars nationally and internationally.