Sanduk Ruit

About Sanduk Ruit

Executive Director, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Kathmandu, Nepal

What is an interesting or little-known fact about you?

I love food!

Why did you decide to pursue ophthalmology/your subspecialty?

After I lost my sister to tuberculosis at the young age of 15, I decided to take up medicine to help others like her. After completing my MBBS, and as a young doctor, I received an opportunity to travel across Nepal with a team surveying Nepal’s national border. During the trip, I was exposed to the widespread prevalence of needless blindness, and I thought to myself: “Here is where I can help the community.”

Who is someone in ophthalmology/your subspecialty that you feel has been particularly influential over the past 10 years?

David Chang.

Do you have any personal missions for the next 10 years?

I would like to make sure that we are in the process of removing the cataract backlog especially from low- and middle-income countries with a mission to provide sufficient, successful, and sustainable modern cataract surgery.