EducationEducationSeminars & WorkshopsA three-day Low vision Awareness Program (LAP) was held at <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad campus, from <strong>April</strong> 25-27, <strong>2008</strong>. A total of 35 delegatesfrom all over the country attended the program.A three-day <strong>Eye</strong> – PEP (Postgraduate Education Program) <strong>2008</strong> was held at <strong>LV</strong> <strong>Prasad</strong> <strong>Eye</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>’s KAR Campus Hyderabad from 9-11 May <strong>2008</strong>, 200 postgraduate students from all over India attended the program in the three campuses.To increase awareness among the in-house ophthalmology faculty and sensitize them towards Low Vision Rehabilitation (<strong>LV</strong>R) Services,a LAP seminar for ophthalmologists was conducted on <strong>April</strong> 13, <strong>2008</strong>. In the 2-hour session Ms Vijaya K Gothwal spoke on When and whomto refer for <strong>LV</strong>R services and Ms Beula Christy spoke on Vision Rehabilitation Services. It was attended by 9 ophthalmology faculty and 40ophthalmology fellows.Public Education Fora: As part of the <strong>Institute</strong>’s eye health initiatives, open house Public Education Fora are organized every month,where members of the public can obtain information on eye diseases and interact with eye specialists. The Public Education Foraheld during the quarter focused on Cataract, Squint, and Dry <strong>Eye</strong> & Computer Vision Syndrome.Central Audio Visual Unit (CAVU)In this quarter the Central Audio Visual Unit (CAVU) produced videos for the video competitions of American Academy ofOphthalmology and All India Ophthalmological Society. We also produced Retinoblastoma PSAs for a video competition ‘Reel Lives’for the International Union against Cancer (UICC).Videos Produced – 27Wonder of Water – Blumenthal Manual Small Incision CataractSurgery in Phacolytic Glaucoma by Dr Srivalli Kaza and Dr RohitKhanna; 6:57 minFour Musketeers to the Rescue – Use of Iris Hooks in Small PupilPhacoemulsification Surgery by Dr Srivalli Kaza and Dr RohitKhanna; 7:57 minSurgical Management of a Child with Congenital Glaucoma andFetal Hydrocephalus by Dr Anil K Mandal, Dr Sunayana Hegde andDr Vijaya K Gothwal; 7:51 minFull Thickness Donor Scleral Patch Graft for Hypotony MaculopathyFollowing Glaucoma Filtering Surgery with Mitomycin C by Dr AnilK Mandal, Dr Rajat Maheshwari, Dr Sirisha Senthil and Dr RasheenaBansal; 4:38 minClassical Surgical Technique of Ahmed Glaucoma ValveImplantation by Dr Anil K Mandal, Dr Rasheena Bansal, Dr GarudadriChandra Sekhar and Dr Peter A Netland; 6:00 minPot-pourri of Shocks & Surprises – Tackling the Posterior Capsulein a Posterior Polar Cataract by Dr Srivalli Kaza and Dr Rohit Khanna;10:00 minCultivated Limbal Stem Cell Transplantation – The SurgicalTechnique by Dr Virender S Sangwan and Dr Sanghamitra Burman;7:20 minUse of Capsular Tension Ring in Subluxated Cataract Surgery byDr Rohit C Khanna, Dr Manish Shyamkul, Dr Gaurav Gupta and DrSrivalli Kaza; 9:44 minNo Bubble, No Trouble: The Groove & Peel Technique – A simplifiedApproach to Deep Lamellar Keratoplasty by Dr Rishi Swarup, DrAzad Gaurav Bansal and Dr Virender S Sangwan; 8:54 minCataract Surgery with Primary Posterior Capsulotomy Combinedwith Silicone Oil Removal by Dr Raja Narayanan, Dr Rajeev Reddyand Dr Vinay A Shah; 6:44 minSurgical Reposition of Late Traumatic Flap Slippage and Tear at theSuperior Hinge after uneventful Laser In Situ Keratomileusis(LASIK) by Dr Pravin V Krishna, Dr Muralidhara and Dr SunitaChaurasia; 6:54 minVertical Lid Split Orbitotomy: A Step by Step Approach by Dr SavariDesai and Dr Santosh G Honavar; 9:44 minInterpretation of MRI in Ophthalmological Practice by Dr KekunnayaRamesha, Dr Virender Sachdeva, Dr Vijay Bhasker Nori and DrSunitha Lingareddy; 9:44 minCeleb Udho Sahu Fund by Shobha Mocherla and Gangadhar Jalli;2:26 minDon’t Concede to <strong>Eye</strong> Cancer. Not in this Age! – PSA (English Version1) by Shobha Mocherla and Gangadhar Jalli; 1:34 minDon’t Concede to <strong>Eye</strong> Cancer. Not in this Age! – PSA (English Version2) by Shobha Mocherla and Gangadhar Jalli; 42 secondsDon’t Concede to <strong>Eye</strong> Cancer. Not in this Age! – PSA (English Version3) by Shobha Mocherla and Gangadhar Jalli; 41 secondsDon’t Concede to <strong>Eye</strong> Cancer. Not in this Age! – PSA (Telugu) byShobha Mocherla and Gangadhar Jalli; 44 secondsAankh Mein Chamak – PSA (Hindi Version 1) by Shobha Mocherla;40 secondsAankh Mein Chamak – PSA (Hindi Version 2) by Shobha Mocherlaand Gangadhar Jalli; 40 secondsTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (PSA on Retinoblastoma, English,Version 1) by Gangadhar Jalli and Shobha Mocherla; 1:05 minTwinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (PSA on Retinoblastoma, English,Version 2) by Gangadhar Jalli and Shobha Mocherla; 39 secondsLeaking Bleb – How to fix it? By Dr Sirisha Senthil and Dr Anil KMandal; 09:37 minFosters Modification of Knapps Procedure for the Management ofDouble Elevator Palsy by Dr Ramesh Murthy and Dr SunayanaHegde; 10:00 minLoop Myopexy for the Management of Strabismus Fixus by DrRamesh Murthy and Dr Sunayana Hegde; 08:00 minAhmed Glaucoma Valve Implant in Refractory Glaucomas by DrSirisha Senthil; 7:20minTechniques of Trabeculectomy by Dr G.Chandrasekhar and DrSirisha Senthil; 7:05 minVideos Edited – 33220
<strong>Eye</strong> ResearchProf. Brien Holden <strong>Eye</strong> Research CentrePresentations by FacultyIn addition to the following fora, our Faculty participated in other seminars(scientific and non-scientific), workshops and advisory board meetings.Rupesh Vijay AgarwalInternationalInvited faculty/Free papers presentation/Poster/Video/QuizmasterInternational Society of Ocular Trauma meeting, Wurzburg,Germany. <strong>June</strong> 19-22, <strong>2008</strong>Chairperson of sessionAnterior segment injuries and traumatic cataractSayed Imtiaz AhmedNationalCoordinatorTraining of Trainers workshop, Seeing is Believing project,Standard Chartered Bank and ICARE – <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad. <strong>June</strong>16-17, <strong>2008</strong>Hemalatha ArunachalamNationalHost faculty19 th Low Vision Awareness Program (LAP), L V <strong>Prasad</strong> <strong>Eye</strong><strong>Institute</strong>, Hyderabad. <strong>April</strong> 25-27, <strong>2008</strong>Deepak K BaggaNationalHost faculty19 th Low Vision Awareness Program (LAP), L V <strong>Prasad</strong> <strong>Eye</strong><strong>Institute</strong>, Hyderabad. <strong>April</strong> 25-27, <strong>2008</strong><strong>Eye</strong>-PEP <strong>2008</strong>, Postgraduate Education Program inOphthalmology, <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad. May 9-11, <strong>2008</strong>D BalasubramanianInternationalParticipantAssociation for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)<strong>2008</strong> meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. <strong>April</strong> 27 – May 1, <strong>2008</strong>Invited speakerCold Spring Harbor Symposium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,New York, USA. May 28 – <strong>June</strong> 2, <strong>2008</strong>University of Pennsylvania & National <strong>Institute</strong>s of Health,Bethesda, Maryland, USA. <strong>June</strong> 3-15, <strong>2008</strong>MemberThird World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Officers meeting,London. <strong>June</strong> 26, <strong>2008</strong>Invited speakerWorld Ophthalmology Congress, International Council ofOphthalmology, Hong Kong. <strong>June</strong> 28 – July 2, <strong>2008</strong>NationalPresidentIndian Academy of Sciences Council Meeting, Indian Academyof Sciences, Bangalore. <strong>April</strong> 19-20, <strong>2008</strong>DirectorBoard Meeting, <strong>Institute</strong> of Life Sciences, Hyderabad. May 5, <strong>2008</strong>SpeakerNational Technology Day, National Geophysical Research<strong>Institute</strong>, Hyderabad. May 12, <strong>2008</strong>ParticipantCommittee meeting on 4-year Bachelor of Science Program forIndia, Indian <strong>Institute</strong> of Science, Bangalore. May 24, <strong>2008</strong>Soumyava BasuNationalInvited facultyShared Clinical Experience Network (SCENE) meeting forMacugen users, Pfizer India, Kolkata. <strong>April</strong> 27, <strong>2008</strong>Harsha BLNationalInvited speakerPushpagiri <strong>Eye</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, Hyderabad. <strong>April</strong> 6, <strong>2008</strong>Invited faculty<strong>Eye</strong>-PEP <strong>2008</strong>, Postgraduate Education Program inOphthalmology, <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad. May 9-11, <strong>2008</strong>Invited speakerMedical management of glaucoma, Alcon, Warangal. <strong>June</strong> 22,<strong>2008</strong>Beula ChristyNationalHost faculty19 th Low Vision Awareness Program (LAP), L V <strong>Prasad</strong> <strong>Eye</strong><strong>Institute</strong>, Hyderabad. <strong>April</strong> 25-27, <strong>2008</strong><strong>Eye</strong>-PEP <strong>2008</strong>, Postgraduate Education Program inOphthalmology, <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad. May 9-11, <strong>2008</strong>ParticipantWorkshop on Development of software for assessment of personswith disabilities, Byrraju Foundation, Hyderabad. <strong>June</strong> 13, <strong>2008</strong>Sujata DasNationalInvited faculty<strong>Eye</strong>-PEP <strong>2008</strong>, Postgraduate Education Program inOphthalmology, <strong>LV</strong>PEI, Hyderabad. May 9-11, <strong>2008</strong>Taraprasad DasInternationalPoster presentationAnnual meeting of Association for Research in Vision andOphthalmology (ARVO) at Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. May<strong>2008</strong>NationalInvited facultyOCT in retinal diseases. Guwahati <strong>Eye</strong> <strong>Institute</strong>, Guwahati,Assam. <strong>June</strong> <strong>2008</strong>21