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Dr. Godbole received his undergraduate degree from Siena College in upstate New York. He earned his Medical Degree on full scholarship from the West Virginia School Osteopathic Medicine and completed his internship and Ophthalmology residency at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Godbole is a Major in the United States Army and served for eight years. He has experience as a Comprehensive Ophthalmologist at the largest Refractive Surgery Center in the Department of Defense. He serves as faculty at the San Antonio Uniformed Health Science Education Consortium Ophthalmology residency where he was named Surgical Educator of the year for 2020.  Dr. Godbole has an interest in humanitarian work and has participated in missions to Panama. 
 

Prior to medical school, Dr. Godbole played Division 1 tennis for his university and was a tennis instructor for 10 years and coached high school tennis during medical school. He enjoys spending time outdoors and traveling with his family.  

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Dr. Godbole leads his institution in preforming advanced techniques in refractive cataract surgery to include Clear Lens Exchange.  He is the trainer for laser assisted cataract surgery and specializes in Advanced Technology Intraocular Lenses to include the Vivity and Panoptix lenses by Alcon and the Symphony and Synergy lenses by Johnson and Johnson. He also specializes in the surgical management of astigmatism correction at the time of cataract surgery.    

In addition to refractive cataract surgery, he trains staff and residents in Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery (MIGS) for patients with mild to moderate glaucoma or patients intolerant to their glaucoma eye drops.  His current preferred MIGS procedures include the OMNI surgical system by Sight Sciences and the Hydrus implant by Ivantis. 

Dr. Godbole also preforms laser vision correction surgery for myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.  He is certified in multiple laser platforms and has been trained to preform ReLEX SMILE, LASIK and PRK.  For those who are not candidates for laser vision correction he offers Visian ICL Surgery by STAAR Surgical to correct Myopia and Astigmatism.

Dr. Godbole has an interest in medical retina and has been managing diabetic eye disease and the Wet form of Macular degeneration with specialized intravitreal medications and retinal laser called PRP.

 

In addition to medical Ophthalmology he enjoys preforming cosmetic eyelid and brow surgery including Blepharoplasty and Brow lifts. He also enjoys offering Botox injections for his patients.       

Education & Training

2010-2014

DO, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

2014-2015

Internship, General Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA

2015-2018

Residency, Ophthalmology, Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, WA

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