Glimpses 2009-2010.pdf - LV Prasad Eye Institute

LVPEI’s wide network with institutions and organisations worldwide enables it to draw
on an international resource base of senior consultants and experts in every field of eye
care.
Endowment lectures
• The Dr Rustom D Ranji Rotary Award and Lecture 2009, organized by LVPEI and Rotary Club
of Hyderabad (District 3150) was delivered by Prof Mala Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Public
Health, (an arm of the Public Health Foundation of India). Speaking on ‘Tackling health inequalities,
everybody’s business & everybody’s responsibility’, she drew a connection between the individual
decisions we make–personally, professionally, as institutions and as communities–and the state of a
population’s well-being.
• The Late Shri Pushkarlalji Tibrewala Public Lecture and Award was delivered by Dr Radhika Tandon
from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on misconceptions about eye donation.
The annual lecture series was initiated by industrialist Mr Om Prakash Tibrewala, former District
Lion Governor and former president of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce
and Industry.
• Speaking on ‘Asking a question: The first step of research’, Dr Vishali Gupta, Associate Professor
of Ophthalmology at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh,
delivered the 12 th annual Dr C Syamala Bhaskaran Endowment Lecture. Dr Syamala Bhaskaran is a
recipient of the Dr B C Roy Award, while Dr Bhaskaran was formerly Professor and Head, Department
of Microbiology, and Vice-Chancellor, NTR University of Health Sciences in Vijayawada.
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• The 2 Nawab Arastu Yar Jung Bahadur Memorial Lecture was delivered by Dr Andrea Araujo Zin
from the Neonatology Department of Fernandes Figueira Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
She has led the retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) initiative in Latin America. The biennial lecture is
held in memory of Dr Abdul Hussain, who was conferred the title ‘Nawab Arastu Yar Jung Bahadur’
in 1914 by Mir Mehboob Ali Khan, the sixth Nizam of Hyderabad.
Global Leaders Lecture Series
The Global Leaders Lecture Series are part of our effort to engage with learning and knowledge
sharing on a global platform, and make opportunities for such engagements available to all those who
are part of LVPEI. The series brings the best minds in ophthalmology and vision sciences in interaction
with the faculty, fellows and trainees at our three campuses through real-time videoconferencing. Last
year, we were privileged to listen to lectures from, and hold discussions with, 9 eminent researchers
and practitioners from across three continents.
• ‘Surgical management of thyroid eye disease: state of the art’ by Dr Robert, Goldberg, Jules Stein Eye
Institute, USA
• ‘Hypertension and the eye’ by Professor Tien Wong, Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore
• ‘Obligation of a physician’ by Prof Douglas R Anderson, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of
Miami School of Medicine, USA
• ‘Evolutions in the management of keratoconus’ by Prof Mark Mannis, UC Davis Medical Center,
California, USA
• ‘Dry eye pain, the great pretender’ by Dr Perry Rosenthal, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
• ‘Causes and prevention of contact lens related microbial infection’ by Dr H Dwight Cavanagh, The
University of Texas System, USA
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