Ashish is an ophthalmic surgeon, Glaucoma Fellowship trained in Oxford with appointments at Prince of Wales & Sydney Eye Hospitals. Dr Agar is Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at UNSW, Sydney, and Honorary Clinical Fellow at UTS. He is the Vice-President of the Australian Society of Ophthalmologists, Chair of the NSW branch and Reconciliation Officer of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists and a Councillor for the AMA NSW.

Dr Agar hails from regional NSW, and has been providing specialist medical services to remote Indigenous and rural communities in western NSW for over 20 years with the Outback Eye Service of the Prince of Wales Hospital. This includes training future generations of eye surgeons as its Medical Director, and as Director of the Ophthalmology Service at Broken Hill Hospital.

Passionate about education and research, A/Prof Agar has a PhD in cell culture, with current projects into Indigenous health, Medical education, Micro-surgical technologies and Public health. Ashish also works in international development as a volunteer with Sight for All in southeast Asia and India.