Trivandrum Ophthalmic Club
8th November
Dr. Usha Kim, Chief, Orbit and Oculoplasty, Aravind-Madurai
– Beyond the eyes: Way to go
127th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
San Francisco, 3-6 November
Thulasiraj Ravilla, Executive Director, LAICO
- Scaling retina, glaucoma, paediatric eye services: Lessons from cataract and refractive error
- Green ophthalmology, our sustainability mandate
- Cataract and refractive error: Achieving 2030 goals for quality and volume (Co-moderator)
Dr. Sharmila, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Aravind-Madurai
- Outcomes of pupillary block glaucoma after vitreous retinal surgery (E poster presentation)
- Surgical management in short eyes with videos on sclerostomy and benefits of the surgery (Co-contributor of a course on short eyes)
Dr. Indira Durai, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Aravind-Madurai
- Comparison of IOP reduction and systemic effects of conventional vs. 10-μL 0.5% TM eyedrops (Paper presentation)
Dr. Neelam Pawar, Medical Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology Service, Aravind-Tirunelveli
- Wet lab MSICS (Instructor)
Dr. Annamalai O., Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Aravind-Pondicherry
- Comparison of IOP reduction and systemic effects of conventional vs. 10-μL 0.5% TM eyedrops (Paper presentation – Co-author)
- MSICS wet lab session organised by Dr. Avni Shah (Participant)
Dr. Siddharth, Medical Consultant, General Ophthalmology Services, Aravind-Coimbatore
- Multi-centric evaluation of a CRISPR/Cas12a-based diagnostic platform for the diagnosis of fungal keratitis (Best paper award at the session on Cornea )
- Comparative evaluation of a novel CRISPR/Cas12a-based diagnostic tool, culture, PCR, and next-generation sequencing for the diagnosis of fungal endophthalmitis (Poster presentation in retina)
Dr. Haripriya, Chief, Cataract Services, Aravind-Chennai
- Aravind pseudoexfoliation (APEX) study: Ten-year postoperative results (Best paper at the cataract session)
- From soil to sight: An inconceivable invasion (Video presentation)
- MSICS in challenging cases (Course Co-Instructor)
- Cataract spotlight symposium (Panelist)
- HelpMeSee simulator exhibit – Simulation in cataract surgery (Panelist)
Dr. Ganesh Venkataraman, Medical Consultant, Glaucoma Service, Aravind – Coimbatore
- Elusive glaucoma: Strategies for busy eye programmes, (Speaker)
- Limbus-based conjunctival flap with patchless technique of AADI implantation: A retrospective comparative study (Scientific poster presentation – Senior author)
- The first study on fixed-dose combination of Timolol + Brimonidine + Brinzolamide eye drops for OAG/Ocular hypertension (Poster presentation: Dr. Ganesh – Co-author and Dr. Manjula S. – Senior author)
19th International Conference of TSI and 27th ISfTeH International Conference
Goa, 3–4 November 2023
Dr. R. Kim, Director, IT, AECS, & CMO, Aravind-Madurai, was elected as the president of the Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) for the year 2023-2024.
Dr. Usha Kim, Head, Vision Centres
- Tech-enabled vision centres and their role in achieving universal eye health