July 2008
Guest Lecture by Dr J.Fielding Hejtmancik from National Institutes of health USA on 28-07-08
Dr J.Fielding Hejtmancik MD,PHD Ophthalmic Genetics and visual function branch from National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD Visited Sankara Nethralaya and gave a lecture on Autosomal Recessive Familial Exudative Vitreoretinopathy associated with mutations in LRP5.
Visitors from Lion Club on 23-07-2008
Lion Mahendra Amarasuriya, Immediate Past International President & Chairperson Lions Clubs International Foundation visited Sankara Nethralaya on 23-07-2008. Lions Dr K. Gireesh, Council Chair Person, M.D. 324, Dr K.S. Laksmi, Dist. Governor, 324A1, PDG & Project Chairman SF 683 G.V.Raman, K.Jayaraman, Project Chairman, S.F.865, S.N.Harinarayanan, Project Coordinator, SF 683&865. Balaji Ratnam, Cabinet Treasurer, Janaka Kotaiah, […]
Awards
Dr S.S Badrinath Chairman has received The Baroda sun lifetime achievement award given by Bank Of Baroda on 20-07-2008. Dr Sripriya Krishnamoorthy has received Dr K S Sanjivi award by Ciosa and Udhavum Ullangal. Sankara Nethralaya is one among the 35 Best Hospitals in south-Express Healthcare-July 2008.
SN Team At Mauritius
SN has successfully signed an MOU with the Mauritius Government for establishing a branch of Sankara Nethralaya at Mauritius.
Headache Clinic on 11-07-2008
One stop clinic for Headache In its continued search for excellence, Sankara Nethralaya has put together an exclusive headache clinic at the main campus. Everyone of us has experienced headache at one time or other. Headache is probably the most common health complaint of the human race, which affects the quality of daily life. There […]
Zambia visit for Cataract Surgery from 18-06-2008 to 08-07-2008
A team from Sankara Nethralaya went to Zambia for cataract surgery camp. The camp was conducted at Nchanga Hospital, Chingola. 172 cataract surgeries were performed by Dr Rashmin Gandhi and Dr Sandeep Mark Thirumalai. The team was ably supported by Dr Banulakshmi, Mr Banukumar, Ms Vijayalakshmi, Mr Suresh Balaji, Ms Subhashini, Ms Devi, Mr Palani […]
World Ophthalmic Congress in Hong Kong from 26-06-2008 to 02-07-2008
Dr J Biswas, Dr L.Vijaya, Dr E.Ravindra Mohan , Dr Amit Nagpal, Dr Mamta Agarwal, Dr Muna P Bhende attended conference course in “The design, conduct, and management of clinical trials in eye research by ARVO foundations for eye research”. They discussed principles of clinical trials, design of clinical trials, components of protocol, operational aspects […]