Optometric Associates is excited to welcome Dr. Salmon Porbandarwalla, who will be providing retinal injection services to the New Holland community. Dr. Porbandarwalla will be available on a part-time basis to manage conditions such as wet macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, retinal swelling, and other retinal conditions that require ongoing intravitreal injections.
To schedule an appointment for your retinal injection at our New Holland location, please contact his office directly at (717) 626-0062.
We invite you to learn more about Dr. Porbandarwalla by reading his professional biography below.
Salman Porbandarwalla, MD, MS
Vitreoretinal Diseases & Retina Specialist. Dr. Porbandarwalla earned his bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry with high honors and a minor in Finance at the University of Texas in Austin. He then pursued his passion for physical optics and completed his Master’s degree in Biophysics at The Georgetown University in Washington D.C. He moved back to his home town in Texas where he graduated medical school with honors at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.
During medical school, he was the recipient of the prestigious Bowen Vogyt Award. Upon graduation, he secured a medical internship at the Reading Hospital and Medical Center in PA and was awarded the intern of the year award. During his internship he was mentored by Dr. Ralph Eagle at Wills Eye Hospital in Ocular Melanoma pathology. He completed his ophthalmology residency at the University of Texas Health Science center in San Antonio and was again named the chief resident of his residency class. Dr. Porbandarwalla then went on to complete a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery at the University of Washington in Seattle.
He is well published in both peer reviewed journal articles as well as authored book chapters. He has been an active investigator in clinical trials. Dr. Porbandarwalla is board certified and is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Society of Retina Specialists, PA Medical Society, and PA Academy of Ophthalmology.
His numerous clinical interests involve diseases and disorders of the retina and vitreous, such as age related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vascular disease and occlusions, uveitis, hypertensive retinopathy and optic neuropathy. His surgical interests involve small gauge repair of retinal detachments, sutureless surgical repair of macular puckers and macular holes. He specializes in complex repair of traction retinal detachments due to diabetic retinopathy as well as from proliferative vitreoretinopathy. He also has extensive training in surgical repair secondary to trauma.
Dr. Porbandarwalla has been residing in Lancaster, PA since 2014. In addition to spending time with his family, in his spare time he likes being outdoors, traveling, watching football and playing golf. He is excited to be back in Lancaster county.
EDUCATION
Residency & Fellowship:
- Vitreoretinal disease and surgical fellowship, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, July 2012 – June 2014
- Ophthalmology Residency, University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSCSA) - San Antonio, TX, July 2009 – June 2012
- Internship in Medicine, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center – west reading, PA, July 2008 – June 2009
Professional: University of Texas Health Science Center – San Antonio, TX
- Degree: Doctor of Medicine
- Date of Graduation June 2008
Postgraduate: Georgetown University – Washington, DC
- Degree: Masters of Science in Biophysics and Physiology
- Date of Graduation: June 2004
Undergraduate: University of Texas – Austin, TX
- Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Biology/ Biochemistry
- Date of Graduation: May 2003
High School:
- Date of Graduation: June 1999
PROFESSIONAL ACCEDITATION:
Licensed in State of Pennsylvania: 2014 - Present
DEA license : 2014 - Present
Board Certified (American Board of Ophthalmology): 2014-2024 MOC status: Active
Licensed in State of Washington: 4/2012 – 2018
Certified for VISX refractive surgery: 2010 – 2018
HONORS, AND AWARDS:
PA Top Docs: 2019 - Present
America's Top ophthalmologists: 2017 - Present
America's Best Physicians: 2017 - Present
Chief Fellow - University of Washington , 2013-2014
Chief Resident – University of Texas Health Science Center, 2011- 2012 Intern of the year – Reading hospital and Medical Center, 2008 – 2009
Deans Scholarship Recipient, School of Medicine San Antonio, 2006 - 2007 Clinical Research Education Award for Overall Excellence, 2006 - 2007
48 Annual National Research Forum – UTMB
Ophthalmology Research Recognition, 2006 - 2007
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Pennsylvania Medical Society: 2014 - Present
Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology: 2014 - Present
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO): 2009- Present Fellow of American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO): 2009 – Present American Society of Retina Specialists – 2014 – Present
International Society of Refractive Surgery of the AAO (ISRS): 2009 - 2019