For decades, Dr. Durga Larkin has helped people see the world more clearly, literally and figuratively. A respected eye surgeon by training, she has spent her career restoring sight while observing something equally profound: the way people experience aging. Those encounters, in exam rooms and operating suites, reshaped her professional path and inspired her current role as a PHYSICIAN-AUTHOR AND SPEAKER focused on empowered aging.
“I’ve seen how growing older can be framed either as decline or as a season of possibility,” Dr. Durga says. “The way we think about aging shapes how we live.” That realization led to her book, Timeless Vision: Empowered Aging Redefined, and to a new chapter in her work that extends beyond the clinic to communities eager for a hopeful narrative about later life.
Dr. Durga’s medical journey is anything but ordinary. She earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania, attended medical school at Duke University, completed her internship at Harvard, and trained in ophthalmology at Tufts. Along the way, she built a career marked by leadership and service. Her roles have included Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Brown University, Chief of Ophthalmology at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and President of the Rhode Island Eye Physicians, and Surgeons. Professional organizations have recognized her contributions, but colleagues and patients alike often point to her compassion and clarity as defining traits.
As an eye physician and surgeon, Dr. Durga has cared for patients at every life stage, helping them preserve independence, confidence, and connection through better vision. She has always viewed her role as more than technical expertise alone. “I love what I do because it allows me to combine science, compassion, and human insight,” she says. “That combination is powerful as people navigate aging.”
Through Timeless Vision, she brings that perspective to a wider audience, encouraging readers to see aging not as a closing chapter, but as the beginning of a new one. Her message is optimistic. Aging, she believes, can be a time of curiosity, clarity, and growth. “Your best years are still unfolding,” she says, a line that has become both a mantra and an invitation.
Dr. Durga is particularly proud of how the book has allowed her to extend her impact beyond individual patient care. By sharing stories, insights, and practical wisdom, she helps people reframe their relationship with time. In a society that often treats aging as something to resist, her work offers an alternative grounded in experience and empathy.
Looking ahead to 2026, Dr. Durga plans to continue sharing her message through speaking engagements, interviews, and community events across Rhode Island and beyond. In these settings, she appears simply as Dr. Durga, author, speaker, and expert in empowered aging, meeting people where they are and reminding them that enthusiasm and joy do not have an expiration date.
As we live longer and spend more of our lives as older, Dr. Durga believes the conversation around aging matters. Whether in the exam room or on the page, her goal remains the same: to help people live fully, embrace each stage of life, and recognize the beauty in the years ahead. “Aging is not something to fear or fight,” she says. “It’s an opportunity to grow into our fullest selves, and to live these years with intention, curiosity, joy.”
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