Newsletter_ February 2011.cdr - LV Prasad Eye Institute

& AT AROUNDL V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTEFebruary 2011LVPEI extends itsexpertise to the EmiratesV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) signed an agreementwith RAK Hospital, a premium healthcare facilityLaccredited by Joint Commission International andSwiss Leading Hospitals to set up a state-of-the-art eyecare facility in Ras Al Khaimah. Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Chair,LVPEI signed the agreement with Mr Raza Siddiqui,Executive Director of RAK Hospital and ETA StarHealthcare and Dr G S K Velu, Chairman of MedfortHospitals, at a function held at the Al Dhait Palace in Ras AlthKhaimah on January 24 in the presence of H H SheikhSaud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member andRuler of Ras Al Khaimah, H H Sheikh Mohammed bin Saudbin Saqr Al Qasimi, Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah.Speaking on the occasion Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimisaid, "We are happy to have this partnership between RAKHospital and a renowned institution like L V Prasad EyeInstitute as we focus on enhancing the healthcare provisioncapabilities of the Emirate and make it a destination forquality healthcare in the region." Mr Raza Siddiqui said thefacility would provide comprehensive eye care not only tothe citizens of the Emirates but also in the neighbouringcountries.The RAK LVPEI facility will be staffed by doctors and otherstaff from the LVPEI. It is scheduled to be operational inone year. One of its early initiatives will be a first-of-its-kindcommunity screening program for blindness prevention forthe entire population of Ras Al Khaimah.Dr Gullapalli N Rao said, "Blindness and vision impairmentare major public health problems all over the world,including the UAE region. Consequently, there is a greatneed to develop eye care centres of high quality in the area.At LVPEI, we are delighted to collaborate with RAKHospital and Medfort in the development of world classeye care services, leading to the creation of a centre ofexcellence in eye care. This would encompass services totackle all eye care problems."Fifth anniversary celebrationsat BhubaneswarL V Prasad Eye Institute,Bhubaneswar celebrated its fifthanniversary on January 15-16,2011. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam,former President of India was thechief guest for the grandcelebrations, which included:Ground-breaking ceremony of Residence Hall.From left: Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Dr TaraprasadDas,Dr APJ Abdul Kalam & Mr Ramesh PrasadŸ The inauguration of theDalmia Ophthalmic PathologyLaboratory, with support fromOCL India Ltd.Ÿ The ground-breakingceremony of Residence Hall— a hostel facility for traineesand visiting facultyŸ The ground-breaking ceremony of the PATHAK Centre for Eye careEducationŸ Christening of the amphitheatre pathway as the “JRK Murthy Walk”Ÿ The First Bijayananda Patnaik Memorial LectureDr APJ Abdul Kalam delivered the First Bijayananda Patnaik Memorial Lecturethon the 15 . Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Chairman, LVPEI emphasized the publicprivatenature of the partnership in the development of the Bhubaneswarcampus. While Dr Taraprasad Das, Director, LVPEI Bhubaneswar spoke of thecampus' achievements over the last 5 years, Dr Savitri Sharma, AssociateDirector, gave a road map for the next five years. The event concluded with acultural program, showcasing the cultural and artistic talent of Orissa.To commemorate theoccasion 'EYE 2011', aCME program on'Contemporary Practice inOphthalmology' wasorganized, with 11internationally acclaimedfaculty from six differentcountries contributing tothe academic deliberations.Dr Kalam with invited facultyOver 175 national and international ophthalmologists practicing in differentparts of country participated in the program. The highlight was a 3-Dpresentation of teaching slides — the first of its kind in Orissa.In photo: Dr Rao, H H Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, andothers at the signing of the agreement for setting up the Eye CareCentre of Excellence in Ras Al KhaimahExcellence Equity EfficiencyGuests on the dais, right to left: Dr Savitri Sharma, Shri Jatin Das, Dr Gullapalli N Rao,Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Dr Taraprasad Das, Mrs Rajinder Kalsi Patnaik & Dr Umang Mathurwww.lvpei.org

Honors & awardsAFER/ARVO fellowship award for Sujata DasSujata Das, Head, Cornea & Anterior Segment Service at LVPEI, Bhubaneswar hasbeen selected for the AFER/ARVO Developing Country Eye ResearcherFellowship Award [ARVO Foundation for Eye Research (AFER)/Association forResearch in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)]. Dr Das is also Medical Directorof drushti daan Eye Bank and Head, Education Centre at Bhubaneswar campus.”Thank you!My son, Tarun (name changed) is 3. He was fine at birth, but did not fixhis gaze till the age of 2 months. An ophthalmologist said his eyes were fine,but something else could be wrong. A pediatric neurologist diagnosed himwith Tuberous Scelosis. He had many tubers in his brain and a big one in hisoccipital lobe, due to which, he was considered to be cortically blind. Buthis VEP was normal for his age. The blindness was supposedly due tocontinuous seizures in the occipital lobe.He was under medication, but there was continuous occipital lobedischarge. Doctors had given up since the number of tubers was unusuallyhigh and located in very strategic places, affecting his vitals. His prognosiswas bleak, unsure and dangerous. At 7 months, he was a living vegetable,hardly acknowledging the world around him. Doctors were ready todiagnose this as autism due to TSC, at that age!Ophthalmologists at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, diagnosed him tobe cortically blind and did not give much chance of recovery. But the visualrehabilitation therapists at your hospital gave us a detailed rehabilitationprogram to be followed at home. After a month Tarun could see - at theage of 10 months, our son could see for the first time! We started him onphysiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. He improved byleaps and bounds.At an assessment visit to your hospital we were happy to know that hisvision had considerably improved. Your rehabilitation therapists gave us amore vigorous program this time and we followed the same.Tarun's vision has improved at every visit to your hospital. Your therapistshave assured us that his vision shall be fine forever. You have a truly greatrehabilitation team! Our son is in the safe hands of Dr Niranjan Pehere and,before him, Dr Ramesh Kekunnaya. Can you believe it that our son is nowtracking small ants to their home and trying to tell us the features of a birdflying high in the air?!This mail is to thank you and also to the great team of doctor andtherapists of your esteemed hospital.””Dr KulkarniDharwad, KarnatakaI have been so inspired by the organization of LVPEI; it is truly a modelfor sustainable delivery of health care for the world. The dedication of thefaculty and fellows is unsurpassed, and if I were not married, I would applyfor fellowship here! There are very few academic departments thatcombine such breadth of pathology, surgical expertise, and researchendeavors. My visit is much too short, but based on what I have learned in2.5 weeks, I can only imagine what can be mastered in 2 years.SincerelyVirginia Utz(At LVPEI on a 3-week clinical rotation, from Cleveland, Ohio, USA)”Upcoming ProgramsConcepts & Controversies: Cataractand Refractive SurgeryFebruary 26 - 27, 2011@ LVPEI, VisakhapatnamCombined meeting of VI-APVRS withXX-VRSIDecember 1 - 3, 2011@ LVPEI, HyderabadInternational guest lecturesŸ ‘Myopia’ by Prof Brien A Holden, Scientia Professor,University of New South Wales; Founder & Director,Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit, SOVS,UNSW and Deputy CEO, Vision CRC, AustraliaŸ ‘The science and art behind current approaches tomanagement of glaucoma' by Dr Karim F Damji,Professor of Ophthalmology, University of AlbertaŸ ‘One retina blastoma world’ by Prof Brenda L Gallie,Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaŸ ‘Science technology and society interface’ by ProfWiebe Bijker, Professor of Technology & Society,University of Maastricht, NetherlandsGlobal Leaders Lecture Series‘Retinopathy of Prematurity’ by Prof Rosalind AStevens, Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology),Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USAOur support in JanuaryHyderabadDr Usha KumarJustice TNC Ranga RajanSreedevi PenmetchaVijaya L RamamTSR PrasadK Satya Gnana PrasunambaP Mohan ReddyAshok MalpaneKala GopalakrishnanAtul Kumar AgarwalRamakanthShoukat Ali Nanji CharanyaS Sampoorna NandaSai Sri PrintersNavabharat Ventures LimitedBhubaneswarPrabhas DebataSujata DasBikash C MohantaKshitish C MohantyKirteemayee RoulDebasri GhoshRaman & Will Pvt LtdSri Onkar Nath Seva TrustCombat BlindnessFoundation, USAPuneSangeeta WaghChennaiG SatyanarayanaVisakhapatnamMerle FernandesMumbaiCharulatha C SampatKallam Anji Reddy CampusHyderabadTel: +91 40 30612345Fax: +91 40 23548271E-mail: info.hyd@lvpei.orgL V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTEPatia, BhubaneswarOrissaTel: +91 0674 39892020Fax: +91 0674 3987130E-mail: info.bbsr@lvpei.orgGMR Varalakshmi CampusVisakhapatnamTel: +91 0891 39892020Fax: +91 0891 3984444E-mail: info.vizag@lvpei.orgKode Venkatadri Chowdary CampusTadigadapaVijayawadaTel: +91 0866 3062020E-mail: KVC-appointment@lvpei.org