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Annual Champalimaud Review Symposium The Third Annual Antonio Champalimaud Symposium was held on January 30, 2010. The Champalimaud Keynote Oration was delivered by Dr Janey L Wiggs from Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA, followed by a talk by Dr David S Friedman from The Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA. The other notable speakers were Prof Brien A Holden of the Institute for Eye Research, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, and Dr Borja Corcostegui, Director, Instituto de Microcirugia Ocular de Barcelona, who spoke via videoconferencing from Barcelona, Spain. The Champalimaud Translational Centre for Eye Research (C-TRACER) at LVPEI, Hyderabad, was set up in 2008 with support from the Antonio Champalimaud Foundation of Lisbon, Portugal, to translate the results of basic biological research on the human eye into the clinic. Dr Janey L Wiggs delivers the keynote oration Dr Gullapalli N Rao honors Dr David S Friedman Alumni news Indian Ophthalmology College Education program The Indian Ophthalmology College Education program being inaugurated in the presence of (from left) Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Prof Munin Deka, Dr Taraprasad Das and Prof Chiranjib Kumar Barua Till date the Institute has trained more than 334 fellows from all over the world in various subspecialties of ophthalmology. Many LVPEI alumni are key opinion leaders of the country, while being recognized internationally for their contribution to scientific research and educational training. This year the LVP alumni Indian Ophthalmology College Education (IOCE) program was launched to utilize the skills of these experienced clinicians, researchers and teachers to bring cutting edge ophthalmology and scientific updates to India’s medical colleges. Alumni volunteers will offer their expertise for onsite hands-on training and skill upgradation of clinicians and postgraduate students. A welcome spin-off is improved eye care to patients visiting these colleges. The first onsite IOCE program was conducted in January 2010 at the Regional Institute of Ophthalmology (RIO), Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam. The program inaugural on January 25, 2010, was graced by Dr Gullapalli N Rao (Chair, LVPEI), Dr Taraprasad Das (Director, LVPEI Bhubaneswar) Dr M Deka (Principal, Guwahati Medical College), Prof C K Barua (Director, RIO) and Dr Nazimul Hussain, IOCE Program Director, LVPEI alumnus and former faculty. The first IOCE program visiting faculty was Dr Subhadra Jalali, senior retina alumnus. The training comprised didactic lectures, practical demonstrations and surgery and was well appreciated by the faculty and postgraduate students. Excellence Equity Efficiency Page 8 Inside_Pgs.indd 8 8/30/2010 4:34:22 PM
Honor roll, 2009-10 Mohd Javed Ali, long-term fellow in ophthalmic plastic surgery, received a scholarship for the International Congress of Ocular Oncology 2009 in Cambridge, UK; the first time that such a grant has been offered at an International Society of Ocular Oncology meeting. Dr Shrikant Bharadwaj, Scientist and Associate Optometrist, received the Ramalingaswami Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India for the year 2009-2010, becoming the first eye researcher to receive the coveted award. Dr Bharadwaj heads the new Visual Optics and Psychophysics Laboratory at LVPEI to study the development of vision in infants. Subhabrata Chakrabarti chosen Young Affiliate of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) from the Central and South Asian Region. He was also invited to chair the Genetics Session at the third World Glaucoma Congress in Boston in 2009. Prashant Garg elected to the Executive Committee of the Ocular Microbiology and Immunology Group, USA; the first Indian ever on the committee Usha Gopinathan nominated Vice President of the Association of Eye Banks of Asia Dr Santosh G Honavar, Associate Director and Head, Ophthalmic and Facial Plastic Surgery, Orbit and Ocular Oncology received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Medical Sciences in September 2009 for his work on retinoblastoma, the most common eye cancer in children. LVPEI is the only eye institute in India with four Bhatnagar awardees on its rolls – Director of Research, Padmashri Dr D Balasubramanian (Chemical Sciences, 1981), Dr Anil K Mandal, Head, Jasti V Ramanamma Children’s Eye Care Centre (Medical Sciences, 2003), and Dr Virender S Sangwan, Associate Director and Head, Cornea and Anterior Segment and Ocular Immunology and Uveitis Services for his work on stem cell transplantation, 2006. Subhadra Jalali nominated member of the World Council of Retinopathy of Prematurity Pravin V Krishna received Shiv Prasad Hardia award for Best Paper in Refractive Surgery at the All India Ophthalmological Society 2010 meeting in Kolkata. Anil K Mandal elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Chair, LVPEI network, was elected Chair of the Board of Australia-based International Centre for Eye Care Education (ICEE). He also received the AAO-Essilor Award 2009 from the American Academy of Optometry for significant and extraordinary advances in optometry and eye care internationally. Savitri Sharma ‘Lifetime Achievement award in Microbiology’ from the Indian Association of Pathologists and Microbiologists (Orissa chapter) Geeta K Vemuganti elected Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Program Committee member (Anatomy/Pathology Section) 2009 for 3 years The Institute’s gardens in the Kismatpur and Kallam Anji Reddy campuses won the first and second prize respectively in the category ‘Gardens Maintained by Private Institutions’, at the Andhra Pradesh Horticulture Department competition. The Bhubaneswar campus won the Dr P K Singhsamanta Memorial Running Trophy prize for Best Landscaped Garden and the Third Prize for Best Teaching Institution Garden in the Flower Show 2010 Festival, organized by the Plant Lovers Association, Bhubaneswar. January 2010. The campus also received the ‘Pollution Control Excellence Award’ from the State Pollution Control Board, Orissa. Excellence Equity Efficiency Page 9 Inside_Pgs.indd 9 8/30/2010 4:34:28 PM
Page 1 and 2: Glimpses, 2009 - 2010 A brief activ
Page 3 and 4: Competence and Compassion Matching
Page 5 and 6: L V Prasad Eye Institute Education
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Page 9: A snapshot of the key guests on the
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Page 17 and 18: REHABILITATION Where hope rests Med
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Page 21 and 22: Give the Gift of Sight RIEB observe
Page 23 and 24: COMMUNITY EYE HEALTH Reaching out
Page 25 and 26: Sharing the benefits Anjaneyulu, a
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Page 29 and 30: EDUCATION Sharpening the edge of ex
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Page 41 and 42: Basic Research Projects Name of the
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