NEWS @L V Prasad Eye Institute

April 2017

www.lvpei.orgExcellence Equity Efficiency

At the 32nd Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress, 1 - 5 March 2017 at Singapore: - Taraprasad Das: (a) William Holmes lecture

and award, (b) Elected to APAO council - Raja Narayanan: Elected to APAO council - Ramesh Kekunnaya: Achievement award- Subhadra Jalali: Achievement Award

At the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s (AAO) global video contest:- Jay Kumar Chhablani’s video ‘Intraocular

Cysticercosis’ won the first rank. Additionally, two more of his videos were ranked among the top 5

- The Grand Prize went to ‘Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation Technique and Outcomes’ by Cristos Ifantides from Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia during his one month fellowship rotation at LVPEI under the supervision of Virender Sangwan

At the SightLife Annual Meeting in Delhi, Ramayamma International Eye Bank (RIEB) - a unit of Tej Kohli Cornea Institute - received:- Excellence in Eye Banking Award- 3000 Transplants Club Award (RIEB

provided support for 3552 corneal transplants in the year 2016)

- Eye banking Leader of the Year Award to K Hariharan

Velamati Soubhagyavathamma Building won the 9th Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) Vishwakarma Award in the ‘Best Project’ category award.

Tarjani Vivek Dave’s video ‘Aesthetic and Affordable Customised Orbital Implants: Technology that Bridges the Gaps’ was included in the Top 15 Videos presented at All India Ophthalmological Society’s (AIOC) Platinum Jubilee Conference at Jaipur, 16-17 February.

Subhadra Jalali was honoured with the ‘Mother Teresa Award’ for her 18 years of work in prevention of blindness in newborn and premature babies, presented on 25 March 2017 by various women’s empowerment groups.

Pediatric Perimeter developed by the Srujana Center for Innovation was the 3rd prototype (out of 455) selected to be showcased at the ‘Festival of Innovation’, 4-10 March 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi.

Clients of the Institute for Vision Rehabilitation: (a) Shravya Kanithi aced her GMAT examination and has secured admission at the Indian School of Business (ISB) for an eighteen month management program, (b) Surbhi Mudgal was the first runner-up at the beauty pageant for visually impaired at Mumbai on 8 March 2017, judged by film personalities John Abraham, Subash Ghai, Javed Ali and others.

Soumyava Basu has been awarded a startup grant by the Department of Health Research,

Awards & HonoursLVPEI sets a new world record L V Prasad Eye Institute set a new world record with 2033 corneal transplants performed in the year 2016-2017 at its Hyderabad campus – the highest ever from a single centre, anywhere in the world. Since its inception, the institute’s Hyderabad campus has notched up over 23,901 corneal transplant surgeries thus far. The Ramayamma International Eye Bank at the campus harvested 7159 corneas this financial year, and distributed over 3810 corneas across the country.

Newborn Eye Health Alliance (NEHA) The Abha Dalmia Newborn Eye Health Alliance (NEHA) was inaugurated at Shri Mithu Tulsi Chanrai campus in Bhubaneswar on 4 March 2017 by Smt Abha Dalmia and Shri M H Dalmia, former President of OCL India Ltd. LVPEI Bhubaneswar is the only Centre in Odisha providing Pediatric retinal imaging, neonatal intensive care facilities, in addition to ROP care, and NEHA will further enhance these capabilities and reach in Odisha.

Glaucoma Awareness WeekGlaucoma Awareness Week, 12-18 March 2017, included the following string of events across the network:

Hyderabad campus: Awareness walk flagged off by Governor Sri ESL Narasimhan, an interactive patient forum, and a scientific conference ‘Glaucoma Demystified’.

Bhubaneswar campus: Awareness walk, street play and interactive patient forum.

Visakhapatnam campus:Awareness walk flagged off by Sri U B Reddi, Senior Environmental Engineer, AP Pollution Control Board.

Vijayawada campus: Awareness walk.

Vision Centres: Awareness walks were organized by the Vision centres in Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts.

SMTC Campus

Vision Centre

KAR Campus

Digitization of the Village Vision Complex140+ Vision centres of LVPEI in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha are now digital on the eyeSmart EMR App. The real time data of all the centres include demographic and clinical information seen at the first mile of Eyecare. Teleconsults are also enabled through the Cloud for our patients. The project was completed in 3 months.

Strabismus Simplified‘Strabismus Simplified’ a Continuing Medical Education program on the early diagnosis and management of squint organized on 26 March 2017 at the Vijayawada campus had around 70 participants. Faculty included Prof Pradeep Sharma, Dr R P Center for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, besides LVPEI faculty.

L V Prasad Eye Institute Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad

Tel: 91 040 39892020City Centre: 91 40 39171600/39171601

E-mail: info.hyd@lvpei.org

Shri Mithu Tulsi Chanrai CampusPatia, Bhubaneswar, Orissa

Tel: 91 0674 3989202E-mail: info.bbsr@lvpei.org

GMR Varalakshmi Campus, VisakhapatnamTel: 91 0891 3984555

E-mail: info.vizag@lvpei.org

Kode Venkatadri Chowdary CampusTadigadapa, VijayawadaTel: 91 0866 3062020

E-mail: KVC-appointment@lvpei.org

Anniversaries

Visitors & UpdatesProf Johannes (Hans) van der Steen, Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC Rotterdam, Netherlands; Guest lecture:; ‘Eye movements: The motor system that sees the world’; 2 March.

Prof Isabelle Brunette, University of Montreal; Charles-Albert Poissant Research Chair in Corneal Transplantation, University of Montreal; Director, Vision Health Research Network, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center; Guest lecture: ‘Corneal endothelial replacement’; 21 March.

Professor Jöns Hilborn, Head of Polymer Chemistry, Uppsala University, Sweden; President of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS); Guest lecture: ‘Cellular and intracellular delivery of siRNA aimed for in vivo’; 22 March.

Prof May Griffith; Full Professor, Tenured, Dept of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ophthalmology, Senior Scientist, Ottawa Health Research Inst, Ottawa Hospital - Vision & Regen. Med. Programmes, University of Ottawa; Guest lecture: ‘Biomimetic materials for corneal regeneration as an alternative to donor transplantation’; 22 March.

Ms Sabena Gomes, Project Officer, CBM; Dr Sara Varughese, Managing Trustee, CBM; Ms Nagarathna Subramanian, Program Officer, CBM; for review meeting

on Disability Inclusive Community Eye Care Project; 1-3 March.

Persistent Foundation, represented by Mr Sriharsha, Centre Head and Mr Pullela Raja, Associate Vice President, handed over a cheque to support sight restoration cataract surgeries under the Hyderabad Urban Slums Eye Care Program implemented by the community eye care team.

A workshop for ophthalmic nurses and operation theatre technicians was organized on 26 March 2017 at the Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus in Vijayawada. It had 55 participants from KVC campus and the eight secondary centres in AP. The workshop is the first of a similar series planned for tertiary and secondary centres in Telangana and Odisha.

A training session was organized on 26 March 2017 at the Hyderabad campus for bio-medical technician staff across the network to train them on the best practises for maintaining the ZEISS instruments used in outpatient clinics.

The first in series of leadership training sessions was organized, 10-11 March 2017, for the staff of optical stores deputed at the four campuses. Additionally, an optical continuous training program was organized, 20-22 March 2017, for the optical stores staff of secondary and vision centres.

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13th Anniversary - Achampet Vision Centre, Nagarkurnool District, Telangana; 1 March.

1st Anniversary - Sujathanagar Vision Centre, Khammam District, Telangana; 1 March.

1st Anniversary - Chebrolu Vision Centre, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh; 1 March.

6th Anniversary - Manuguru & Ashwapuram Vision Centres, Bhadradri Kothagudem District, Telangana; 2 March.

6th Anniversary - Dammapeta Vision Centre, Bhadradri Kothagudem District, Telangana; 3 March.

10th Anniversary - Pedanandipadu Vision Centre, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh; 7 March.

4th Anniversary - Kotabommali Vision Centre, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh; 8 March.

5th Anniversary - Bhattiprolu & Amrutaluru Vision Centres, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh; 9 March.

4th Anniversary - Cumbum Vision Centre, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh; 11 March.

25th Anniversary - Ramnagar Vision Centre, Hyderabad, Telangana; 11 March.

10th Anniversary - Madanapalle Eye Centre, Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh; 11 March.

3rd Anniversary - Agiripally, Vissannapeta & Movva Vision Centres, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh; 15 March.

9th Anniversary - Kurichedu Vision Centre, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh; 17 March.

1st Anniversary, Aurobindo Geriatric Eye (AGE) Centre, GMR Varalakshmi campus. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh; 22 March.

2nd Anniversary, Anandapuram Vision Centre, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh; 23 March.

10th Anniversary - Vetapalem Vision Centre, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh; 25 March.

6th Anniversary - Kondapi Vision Centre, Prakasam District, Andhra Pradesh; 28 March.

2nd Anniversary, Podalakuru Vision Centre, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh; 29 March.

Awards & HonoursICMR for his research project ‘Early host-pathogen interactions in intraocular TB’.

Research Associate Sonika Rathi has been awarded with travel fellowship to attend the upcoming conference, 27-30 May 2017, organized by the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHC) in Copenhagen to mark their 50th anniversary - for her abstract ‘Molecular genetic and functional analysis indicate novel genes in retinopathy of prematurity’.

Project ‘Connected Eyes’ focusing on harnessing artificial intelligence to correct vision, developed by Microsoft India and LVPEI has been shortlisted for the Fast Company’s first ever World Changing Ideas awards.