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Dr. Mohan Rajan Alumni of Sankara Nethralaya visited the hospital on March 30, 2006 and met the Chairman. Dr. Mohan Rajan and his wife Dr. Sujatha Mohan also alumni of Sankara Nethralaya run the Rajan Eye Care Hospital in Chennai. Dr. Mohan Rajan during his meeting with the chairman made a donation towards Sankara Nethralaya.
A press meet was called on the March 29, 2006 to announce the results of the Chennai Glaucoma Study - rural arm. Mr. V. Narayanan, Chairman, Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation in absentia and Dr. M. Anandakrishnan, Former Vice Chancellor, Anna University and Director, Madras Institute of Developmental Studies presided over the function. Dr. Cathy Mc Carty, Senior Epidemiologists and Director, Center for Human Genetics - Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, USA teleconferenced from the Us. Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya welcomed the gathering and informed about Sankara Nethralaya's plan for national forum National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO). Dr. M. Anandakrishnan presented mementos to the Chennai Glaucoma Study team members to commemorate successful completion of the first phase of the Chennai Glaucoma Study. Dr. Ronnie George gave a brief overview of glaucoma and an intoduction on the Chennai Glaucoma Study. Dr. Vijaya presented the results of the Chennai Glaucoma Study. 4.17% of the rural population studied was diagnosed to have glaucoma, and an additional 9.06% of the population was at risk to develop the disease in the future. Based on this prevalence and the 2001 census data, it is estimated that 10.5 million people in India could be affected by glaucoma and over 25 million people are at risk of developong the disease. She emphasized the need for a comprehensice Eye examination. Dr. Kumaramanickavel presented the genetic aspects of the Chennai Glaucoma Study. He said that it has been reported that the first-degree relatives are at 16 times more risk to develop the disease. Stratification of risk individuals with a family history would help early identification and management of the disease.
Dr. M. Anandakrishnan addressed the gathering about the importance of the study and its implications on eye health. He reviewed the sources of Government support for research and development. Mrs. V. Sukanya, General Manager, Chennai Willingdon Corporate Foundation delivered Mr. V. Narayana's keynote address. Mr. V. Narayanan highlighted the burden of non communicable diseases and the need for corporate support for research in India. The meeting was well attended by the representatives of the press and Dr. Anandakrishnan, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Dr. Vijaya, Dr. Kumaramanickavel, Dr. Ronnie George and Dr. Cathy Mc Carty participated in an interactive question and answer session with the press.
Mr. S. Rajarathinam, Director, Auto Tech Industries Limited visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 25, 2006 and made a donation to Vision Research Foundation.
Mr. S. Rajarathinam has been supporting Sankara Nethralaya since 1997. He first visited Sankara Nethralaya in 1996 when his father got operated.
Mr. S. Rajarathinam came to Chennai in 1972 from his native village, Kantramanickam, near Karaikudi. In his words, he came to Chennai with just a couple of hundred rupees in his purse. After working for a manufacturing firm for 10 years he started his own manufacturing unit in a small way. Today he employs over 600 people. His unit manufactures automotive engine and gear box components.
A Grand Jugalbandi of Chitravina and Santoor was organized on Saturday, March 25, 2006 at the Sri Siva Vishnu Temple Auditorium, Maryland, USA. Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N. Ravikiran and Santoor Maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya performed at the the Jugalbandi accompanied by Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (violin), Ayyappan Venkataraman (mrudangam), T H Subashchandran (ghatam & konnakkoi), Subrata Bhattacharya (tabla) and Ganesh Kumar (Kanjira). The program was organized by the OM Trust committee members and the proceeds of the concert will benefit Sankara Nethralaya.
The concert offered an evening of divine music. It was very well attended and was a grand success congratulation to the Sankara Nethralaya Omtrust team from Sankara Nethralaya family for the wonderful effort.
The Birth centenary celebration of Lt. Col. V. Rangachari was held at Sankara Nethralaya on March 25, 2006, jointly organized by the Madras City Ophthalmological Association and Medical Research Foundation.
Lt. Col. V. Rangachari was one of the foremost Ophthalmologists in India. The founder secretary of the Madras City Ophthalmological Association, Lt. Col. Rangachari worked as a tutor in Madras Medical College and later as Lecturer, Reader and Professor of Ophthalmology at the Stanley Medical College.
He was commissioned as lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service in 1940 at the outbreak of the Second World War. He was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry and courage in the face of the enemy. He was released from the army with the honorary rank in the lieutenant colonel in 1947.
The birth centenary function was organized at Sankara Nethralaya to commemorate and celebrate the greatness of Lt. Col. Rangachari. Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Chairman, Medical Research Foundation welcomed the gathering and spoke about his association with Lt. Col. Rangachari. He recollected that while he appeared for the Ophthalmology exam in his final year MBBS, his examiner was Lt. Col. Rangachari. He received the highest marks in Ophthalmology and that defined his progress in the field of Ophthalmology.
The meeting was also addressed by Dr. Guhanandan, Dr. K. Ravi, Dr. Govindaswamy, Dr. T.R. Swaminathan, Dr. J. Chidambaram, Dr. N.S. Sundaram and all speakers recalled the gracious and generous nature of Lt. Col. Rangachari.The All India Ophthalmological Society felicitates the best paper each year by awarding the “Col. Rangachari Award for overall best paper”. The Col. Rangachari Award is given to the best student in Ophthalmology.
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Mr. Subir Dutta, Member, Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi and team visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 24, 2006. They were taken on a tour to Sankara Nethralaya Teleophthalmology Department.
The Elite School of Optometry organized a Special Guest Lecture on March 22, 2006. Dr. Mary Lou Riederer (Past President and Executive Member, Bristish Columbia Optometrist Association) spoke on "The Optometry Assessment of the Preschool Child for early detection of Amblyopia and Strabismus".
Dr. Riederer spoke about the different tests for assessing preschool children. She said that it is important to capture the attention of the children and maintain their interest in the tests. Using the siblings as our associates in testing would be a good idea to capture the interest of the child. Her talk was mainly on how the existing optometric office can be modified to attract the interest of the child - like keeping toys, posters, games etc. She said that doing a Cover Test (for detection of squint) would not work with the children. Dr. Riederer also presented few case studies on why penalization technique with atropine might not be the right treatment for amblyopia since there is a risk of the better eye becoming amblyopic.
The fifth Dr. E. Vaithilingam Memorial Scientific Session was held on March 19, 2006. Students and optometrists attended the meeting from optometry schools all over India. This program is being held each year at Sankara Nethralaya and organized by the Elite School of Optometry, in memory of Dr. E. Vaithilingam, ex-principal, Elite School of Optometry. Optometrists in private practise also attended the meeting. Our Chairman, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, spoke about the contribution of Dr. E. Vaithilingam, exhorting the young audience to strive for excellence, which would what make him happy. Our Chairman-elect, Dr. Lingam Gopal, conveyed his best wishes to the audience.
There were three session of scientific paper presentations and followed by a symposium on Computer Vision Syndrome. Presentations were made on topics as varied as ocular injuries, sports vision, computer vision, biometry, measurement techniques, ocular pathology, post-LASIK evaluation, etc. Totally there were 21 presentations.
All presentations were judged for "Best Scientific Presentation" in the "Optometrist Category" and "Best Scientific Presentation" in the Student Category". All presentations were evaluated on the "Clarity of Presentation", "Scientific Content" and "Originality". The Best Scientific Presentation in the Optometry Category went to Mrs. Prema Raju, Sankara Nethralaya, a member of our Chennai Glaucoma Study. The Best Scientific Presentation in the Student Category went to Ms. Sanyukta Awale, Lotus College of Optometry, Mumbai.
Dr. M. Raghavachari from United States of America has donated a few hundred shares of Hindustan Lever Limited to Medical Research Foundation.
Sankara Nethralaya family salutes his generousity.
Prof. V. K. Murthy from S. P. Jain College, Mumbai visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 18, 2006. He had a meeting with our Chairman and was taken on a tour of the hospital. He gave a talk on "Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Fundraising" and "Motivation in an Organization".
Mrs. Nandini Krishnamurthi, Founder Member - Hospital Sterile Services Association, India visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 16, 2006. She delivered a talk on Central Sterilization Supply Department (CSSD) Practices. This program was arranged by the 3 M Company. The nursing staff, operation theater assistants and ophthalmic assistant students attended the program.
Mrs. Nandini Krishnamurthi was former employees of Hinduja Hospital and Research center and Chemical, Industrial & Pharmaceutical Laboratories (CIPLA). She has played a vital role as a key member of the Hinduja Hospital senior Management team and was responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating and directing sterile processing department functions and programs. She is one of the founder members of the Hospital Sterile Services Association, India.
During her lecture she touched upon the following aspects in Central Sterilization Supply Department (CSSD) practices like Decontamination, Disinfection & Cleaning of instruments, Basics of Sterilization technology, Protocols and Guidelines in Sterilization, Monitoring and Assurance, Packaging materials usage in Central Sterilization Supply Department (CSSD) & Selection of instruments. The topics were well received by all the participants and it was a live interactive session with feedbacks from participants and as well as from the speaker.
Muscat - Dr. Tarun Sharma of Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India, recently made a presentation about the hospital at a lecture held at the Indian Social Club Darsait and organised by the Gujarati Wing of Indian School Club.
The lecture was indeed informative and highly useful to the people in Muscat who may not be aware of all the world-class services provided by Sankara Nethralaya. Dr. Tarun Sharma introduced the team leader, Dr. S. S. Badrinath, president of the hospital. Satish Nambiar, chairman Indian School Club (ISC) - Muscat, was the chief guest and Kiran Asher, group - managing director of AI Ansari Group, was the Guest of Honour - Times of Oman.
The Sankara Nethralaya Ophthalmic Mision Trust Inc. invites you with family and friends to "A GRAND INSTRUMENTAL JUGAL BANDHI CONCERT" by Sangeet Samraat Chitravina Ravikiran & Santoor Maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya.
Date & Time : Saturday, March 25, 2006, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue : Sri Siva Vishnu Temple Auditorium, 6905 Cipriano Road, Lanham MD - 20706
Phone : (301) 552 3335
Donations : $100, $50, $25 (& $15 for children)
Please make a positive, life-long impact on the needy, by helping to restore their vision. Donate generously to our cause.
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Mr. G. G. Joshi, General Manager and team from Bank of Baroda visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 15, 2006. They were taken on a hospital tour and also taken to the Teleophthalmology Department.
Dr. R. M. Mogheker, Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Dr. Moghekar's Eye Hospital, Thane and family visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 14, 2006. They were taken on a tour of the hospital including the Teleophthalmology Department.
Dr. Hurriduth Chumun - MSK, Ex-Nursing Administrator and Responsible Officier of Medical Services, Gayasing Ashram called upon our Chairman Dr. S. S. Badrinath on March 13, 2006.
Dr. Pazhani, MD, DM, (neurology), MRCP consultant neurologist Apollo Hospital Chennai, gave a lecture on "Botox in Headache" at Sankara Nethralaya on March 13, 2006. Dr. Pazhani had extensively dealt with the various types of headache presenting in day-to-day life. He also spoke about migraine and various types, treatment of migraine and the use of botox in migraine and other neurological conditions. He also showed some excellent Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and carotid imaging of various neurological pathologies.
Mr. P. K. M. Swami, National Executive Director, VISION 2020: The Right to Sight - INDIA, New Delhi visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 13, 2006.
Vision 2020: The Right to Sight is a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020. Sankara Nethralaya is a partner in the Vision 2020 initiative in India.
Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Chairman has been selected for the "International Council Of Ophthalmology (ICO) Golden Apple Award for the Best Clinical Teacher in Ophthalmology in the APAO (Asia - Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology) Region 2006" award.
Shri Manish Kantilal Dhakan from Dubai visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 13, 2006. He is a donor and well wisher of Sankara Nethralaya.
Ms. Mridula Chettri Singh, Ophthalmology Times India Managing Editor from Ophthalmolgy Times India, Delhi visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 13, 2006. She was taken on a tour of the hospital including the Teleophthalmology.
Mr. Bijesh Thakker and Mrs. Sangita Thakker visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 11, 2006. They are the solicitors from Mumbai. They are also donors & well-wisher of Sankara Nethralaya. They made a donation towards the new project of Vision Research Foundation - the National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO). They were taken on a tour of the hospital.
Dr. Uday B Kompella, Ph.D. Associate Professor, from University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA had visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 3, 2006. Much impressed with services being done at the hospital he was back at the hospital on March 10, 2006 for delivering a lecture on 'Nanotechnology in Ophthalmic Drug and Gene delivery'.
Dr. Kompella gave a masterly account of his constructive work on Nanotechnology in his institute. Firstly, the lecture communed on the characterization of different nanoparticles and their properties that are required for conjugation of various drugs to be delivered. Secondly, clinical illustrations were depicted which showed different ways through which a drug can be delivered into the ocular structures. Some of the initial achievements of his work with enough evidence on drug delivery through nanoparticles were shared in the lecture. Animal models have been used for studying the effect of anti-VEGF to block the angiogenesis in created corneal angiogenic animal models. Some of the aspects on gene delivery using nanoparticles was exciting and mind boggling in the lecture. After the lecture the audience clarified several queries with Dr. Uday. Finally the lecture was awe-inspiring and was very useful to all the Postgraduate students, consultants and basic scientists.
Prof. V. Rajagopalan & Prof. V.G. Appukutty Memorial Oration organized by Ananesthesia Foundation, Chennai was held on March 5, 2006. Dr. Michael James Murray, Prof. of Anaesthesiology. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA, delivered the memorial oration on "Managing Mass Casualties in an Era of Weapons of Mass Destruction". Dr. R. Nanjunda Rao, Surgeon presided over the function. Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Chairman, Sankara Nethralaya, Mrs. Vasanthi Badrinath, Dr. V. Jagadeesh, Dr. Sailender Babu, Dr. Ian Sundererajan attended the function.
The second batch of trainees underwent a technical training session on Teleophthalmology at Sankara Nethralaya on March 10, 2006. The trainees received hands on training on video conferencing, software and hardware, mode of connectivity etc. Mr. N. Leen from Army Hospital, Jammu & Kashmir and Mr. Rajeev, G. B. Pant Hospital, Andaman & Nicobar Island participated in the session.
Mr. S.B. Garware, Hon. Consul General of the Republic of Turkey and Chairman & Managing Director, Garware Polyester Limited visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 8, 2006. He had a hospital tour and also visited the Teleophthalmology Department.
Prof. Raghavachary from Albany, New York, visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 9, 2006 along with his wife. He met the Chairman Dr. S. S. Badrinath and made a donation towards free cataract surgeries. Prof. Raghavachery was taken on a tour of the hospital including the Teleophthalmology Department. He is a retired professor of Statistics. Impressed with the work being done by Sankara Nethralaya, he promised to speak to his friends in the US about Nethralaya.
(For donating to support our community services, you can contact Ms. Akila Ganesan at akila@snmail.org in India or Mr. S.V. Acharya at acharya@omtrust.org. Do visit our websites www.sankaranethralaya.org and www.omtrust.org to know more about us)
Inauguration of the Sankara Nethralaya - Novartis Centre for Excellence for Macula
The Sankara Nethralaya - Novartis Centre for Excellence for Macula was inaugurated at Sankara Nethralaya on March 8, 2006. Mr. Mukul Bagga, Business Unit Head, Novartis Ophthalmics inaugurated the centre. The Centre of Excellence for Macula became a reality through the support of Novartis wo donated a new instrument to detect hard-to-find retinal diseases - the Visual Evoked Response Imaging system (VERIS) Multifocal Electro Retinogram (mfERG).
The Standard Electro Retinogram (ERG), also called full field Electro Retinogram, is used to diagnose retinal disorders. The standard Electro Retinogram collects mass retinal response or response from all the retinal points which makes it difficult to diagnose focal retinal disorders. The multifocal Electro Retinogram is the answer to this problem. It is based on advanced technology that can help detect those retinal disorders that can be missed on Standard Electro Retinogram. The multifocal Electro Retinogram can be used to diagnose conditions like Stargadi's disease, Oguchis' macular dystrophy, unexplained visual loss, Age-related Macular Degeneration, and Glaucoma.
A press meet was arranged on the evening of March 6, 2006. Dr. Tarun Sharma, Director, Vitreo Retinal services made a presentation about the Vitreo Retinal Department of Sankara Nethralaya. Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Chariman, explained about National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO), the new ambitious research project that Sankara Nethralaya is embarking on Mr. Mukul Bagga gave a presentation about the products of Novartis. Dr. Parveen Sen, Consultant, Vitreo-retinal department gave a presentation about the Macula Clinic. Representatives of the press from various newspapers attended the function. The function received wide coverage in hte press.
20 general nursing (Midwifery) students belonging to the III batch from M. A. Chidambaram School of Nursing have joined the Sankara Nethralaya Rural Teleophthalmology camp for 1 day on March 6, 2006. They are visiting the camp at kelpenathur, Thiruvanamalai. The objective fo the students visit is to learn how to setup an ophtalmic unit, how to organize and conduct a camp, evalutaion and follow-up of patients and financial management.
To know more about the operation visit the Sankara Nethralaya Rural Teleophthalmology.
Mr. Ashok Saini, Vice-President - Special Projects, Goodlass Nerolac Paints Ltd., Mumbai, visited Sankara Nethralaya today. Goodlass Nerolac has donated towards the new project of Vision Research Foundation - the National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO).
The National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO), which will be a part of Vision Research Foundation, is Sankara Nethralaya's ambitious project to take ophthalmic research in India to the next level. The National Institute for Research in Vision Science and Ophthalmology (NIRVO) will encompass advanced research in Nanotechnology, Stem Cell Research, Biomedical Engineering research and Preventive Ophthalmology. Sankara Nethralaya is looking for like minded individuals who will support this project, which will place India on the world map of ophthalmic research.
Meticulously maintained Patient Medical records are a very important feature of a good hospital. It nor only ensures continuity in follow-up and treatment, it also gives the patient a feeling of comfort and satisfaction to know that even if they have forgotten the past history, the records are available to guide the consultants. And patients are appreciative of the fact that their records are maintained scrupulously by the hospital. This is borne by the e-mail received from a patient who had lost his Medical Records Number and called up the department. His number was traced and communicated to him. He replied "Thanks a lot for so meticulously maintaining the records which are pretty old. I appreciate your gesture and will soon get in touch with you for consultation". Kudos to the MRD!!!
Dr. Uday Kompella, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 3, 2006.
Sankara Nethralaya is fast becoming a meeting ground for not only ophthalmologists and vision scientists, but also basic science researchers interested in the field of ophthalmic science. Eminent scientists in varying fields of genetics, biochemistry and nanotechnology have visited Sankara Nethralaya in the recent past to discuss about how these diverse fields can be used to take ophthalmic science to the next plane.
Dr. Uday Kompella, an expert in the field of Nanotechnology visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 3, 2006. He, along with Dr. Bala Ambati, has been mainly working on the use of albumin nanoparticles to prevent corneal angiogenesis. He has published 2 books, one on use of nanotechnology in ophthalmic drug delivery and the other on superstructural engineering in nanotechnology.
Dr. Kompella gave a talk on Nanotechnology applications in ocular drug delivery to the basic scientists of Sankara Nethralaya, including the students doing Ph.D., and basic science faculty. In his talk, he spoke about the making of nanoparticles. He also spoke on the other areas such as tissue engineering and scaffolds and nanorobotics. He visited the different laboratory facilities within Sankara Nethralaya - the genetics, biochemistry, pathology, and microbiology labs.
He showed a great interest in the facilities at Sankara Nethralaya and the opportunities they created to do bench work with the scientists. He voiced an interest to collaborate with the Sankara Nethralaya team and said that he welcomed suggestions on projects. These are indeed exciting times for Sankara Nethralaya and the research team.
A team from Johnson & Johnson, Vistakon divison visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 1, 2006.
Dr. Ganesh Kumar, Vice President, New Business and Technology transfer, Johnson & Johnson, Consumer and Personal Care Group, Tokyo and Dr. M.D. Nair, Consultant, Pharmaceutical Industry visited Sankara Nethralaya on March 1, 2006. They had a meeting with Dr. S. S. Badrinath, Dr. Lingam Gopal, Dr. G. Sitalakshmi, Dr. Ronnie George, Dr. H.N. Madhavan, Ms. Akila Ganesan, Mr. K. Krishnakumar, and Ms. Rajeshwari. Vistakon is exploring the possibility of partnering with Medical and Vision Research Foundations to carry out research projects.
Dr. S. Ramakrishnan, MA, PhD, F.A.M.S., Prof & Head, Department of Biochemistry, Vision Research Foundation presented a cheque to Dr. S. S. Badrinath as a contribution towards Vision Research Foundation. He said that the donation was towards setting up of the Research Facility in the new building which is coming up for Advanced Research activities.
Dr. Ramakrishnan said that his was "a humble contribution to Medical and Vision Research Foundation like that of a squirrel in the 'Sethubandana' in Ramayana". (The Ramayana has it that while the bridge was being built connecting India and Lanka, a tiny squirrel carried pebbles to fill in the holes between large boulders.)
Sankara Nethralaya family salutes Dr. Ramakrishnan for his generosity.
Ms. R. Selvi, Junior Research Fellow, Biochemistry Research Department received the C. Rajagoplan Endowment Award for best paper presentation in the University Grants commission (UGC) sponsored National Workshop / National conference on Recent Trends in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, with Special Reference to Natural Products in Health. The workshop was organized by the Annamalai University, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Department of Science & Technology (DST) - Fund for Improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure in Universities and other Higher Education Institutions (FIST) & Univeristy Grants Commission (UGC) - SAP Sponsored Department) on February 24, 2006 to February 26, 2006 in association with Society of Biological Chemists (India), Annamalainagar Chapter & Biochemistry Society.
Ms. Selvi presented a paper on "Effect of amino acid mixture on the Chinese Hamster Ovarian (CHO-K1) Cell morphology, viability and glycation". The study investigated the importance of amino acids mixture apart from free amino acids on the cell morphology in phase contrast microscope, viability by Trypan blue, labeled studies by Liquid scintillation, assay on glucose metabolism and studies on cell metabolic activity.
The study concluded that glucose uptake was seen to increase with increase in glucose conc. in the cell environment and the viability was found to decrease with increase in glucose concentration. The amino acid showed protective effect that was dose dependent and the dependent on the type of the amino acid even after the cells were exposed to the effects of high glucose concentration.
Dr. N. Angayarkanni, Lecturer, Biochemistry Research Department was invited to give a lecture in the same Workshp. She also chaired a session. Dr. Angayarkanni spoke on Hyperhomocystenemia in ocular diseases. The objective of her study was to see if hyperhomocystenemia was associated with ocular diseases with retinal inflammation and vascular events and if oxidative stress is related to increase in homocysteine. The incidence of mild hyperhomocystenemia was found to be 67.56% in Uveitis, 55% in Eales Disease, 51.5% in Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) and 75 % in Age Related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) in the study subjects.
Dr. J. Biswas and Mr. Rathinam attended the World Ophthalmology Congress at Sao Paulo, Brazil from February 19, 2006 to February 24, 2006. About 15000 ophthalmologists from 117 countries registered for this meeting. Most of the ophthalmologists were from South America. There were 2500 speakers talking in 25 halls. There were 250 stalls including stalls from all big companies like Alcon, Allergan, Bausch & Lomb etc. There were several bookstalls, where our books on uvea, fundus and ultrasonography were on display. Dr. J. Biswas presented a paper of ocular gnathostomiasis Sankara Nethralaya experiences and white dots in tuberculosis in a symposium of white dot syndromes. His talk was well appreciated. He also gave a talk on HIV related eye disease in India in the AIDS and EYE the global pandemic symposium. Mr. Rathinam presented a paper on Quality Management System in India particularly at Sankara Nethralaya.
Dr. Narsing Rao, Prof. & Head of Ophthalmology, Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, USA said "It was so good to see you in Sao Paulo and listen to your superb presentations. I enjoyed your talk on Tuberculosis during the International Uveitis Society Group (IUSG) special session".
Lynda Chapaprieta, a 43 year old lady from Florida, USA came to Sankara Nethralaya for surgical correction of her eyelid condition "Blepharoptosis", a part of a complex disorder called Blepharophimosis Syndrome. She did and extensive search for the hospital and surgeon to treat her condition and zeroed in on Sankara Nethralaya and Dr. Ravindra E. Mohan. After surgery on February 16, 2006, when she underwent bilateral fascia lata frontalis sling operation, she went back a very satisfied and happy patient.
