Academics at Sankara Nethralaya

Dr. A. V. Ramanan, Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist, North Bristol NHS Trust, Royal Bristol Children's Hospital and Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath UK visited Sankara Nethralaya on 4th January 2006. He gave a lecture on " Uveitis in Children - A Rheumatologists perspective ". It was organized by the Uvea department.

Six our student interns of the Elite School of Optometry (R. Aiswaryah, R. Ayeswarya, S. Sherin Mercy, V. Lakshmi Priya, V. Abinaya Priya and K. Spandhana ) attended the Low Vision Aids Workshop organized by National Insititute for the Visually Handicapped in collaboration with the Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute ( Deemed University ), Porur from 4th January 2006 to 6th January 2006.

Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati and Dr. Balamurali Ambati visited Sankara Nethralaya on 6th January 2006. Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati gave a lecture on " Complement activation in age related macular degeneration " and Dr. Balamurali Ambati gave a lecture on " New Techniques in Cataract and Corneal Surgery ".

Guest Faculty: Mrs. Jyothi Dave President from Indian Contact Lens Society, Mumbai visited Elite School of Optometry and gave a lecture on " Prescribing Conact Lens in the 21st Century " on 7th January 2006. The meeting was organized and coordinated by Ms. Rajeshwari, senior optometrist and incharge, Contact Lens department.