Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute

The outgoing Bachelor of Science in Optometry students with faculty and guests
Apart from the regular continuing medical education programs in subspecialties, we were host to
experts in ocular prosthetic surgery, optometry and eye banking, who helped mentor and train our
consultants in specific areas. For the second successive year, we had extended engagements with
visiting professors from overseas as well as consultants who volunteered their time and energy to
enhance the scope and quality of our work in education and other areas. A fellowship in ophthalmic
pathology has been introduced, stimulating the further growth of an emerging subspecialty. Optometry
education received a boost with the recruitment of faculty with advanced degrees in optometry and
vision sciences who will be more involved with the academic programs offered at LVPEI’s Bausch &
Lomb School of Optometry.
Growing the LVPEI network means we also need to have trained human resources to manage centers
and provide services as the same level of excellence as we maintain at the tertiary and quaternary levels.
For the past year, we have been in high gear, training teams for our new upcoming tertiary centre in
Vijayawada, a Village Vision Complex in Bellary, Karnataka state and a Service Centre in Khammam,
Andhra Pradesh, apart from the ongoing training of Vision Technicians for the community and primary
levels of care. In all, more than 200 trainees went through various short and long term ophthalmology
programs while another 40 or so received advanced optometric training, apart from the 17 students
who graduated from the degree program in optometry and the one-year vision technicians’ course.
The Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam campuses held their share of workshops and seminars, which
were videoconferenced across the tertiary network so that consultants from the three campuses
could participate and learn together. In addition, a Learning Centre was inaugurated at Bhubaneswar
to provide a space where all levels of eye care personnel can be trained.
As a global resource centre of Operation
Eyesight Universal (OEU), LVPEI will now
extend training to OEU supported hospitals
in Africa, beginning with the deputation of
one ophthalmologist and training of a team of
doctors in various subspecialties.
Among the several seminars and workshops
held, the third Annual Antonio Champalimaud
Symposium and Oration provided an
opportunity for vision scientists and clinicians
to interact and engage in intellectual dialogue
on translational research.
Dr Tapas Ranjan Padhi imparts hands-on training
to the students at Bhubaneswar
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