NEW YORK (TIP): Goutami Eye Institute and Eye Foundation of America in association with Young Ophthalmologists Society of India (YOSI) under the aegis of Indian Medical Association, Rajahmundry – Andhra Pradesh, India organized a conference on “Anybody Can Research and Innovate’ on January 7, 2024 at GSL Medical College, Rajahmundry.

Dr. V.K. Raju, Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at West Virginia University and founder and president of The Eye Foundation of America and Goutami Eye Institute welcomed the guests. Mr V V Kumar gave the welcome address. Padma Bhushan Dr K I Vara Prasad Reddy, Founder and Chairman of Shantha Biotechnics, Hyderabad, was the Chief guest. A record number of prominent ophthalmologists from all over India and delegates participated in the conference.

There were three sessions in the daylong conference. The first session started with a panel discussion moderated by Dr Karan Bhatia. The panelists were Dr (Maj Gen) V S Gurunadh, Dr Y Srinivas Reddy, and Dr Kandula Satish. Some of the topics discussed were ‘How to plan a clinical trial’ by Dr Mithun Thulasidas and ‘How to write a case report’ by Dr Amanjot Kaur.

After that, Dr R D Ravindran, Chairman of Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai delivered the ‘Dhanvantari Oration’ on ‘Epidemiology of Cataract and Cataract Surgery Trends in India.’

Session 2 started with a free paper competitive session where each participant got 8 minutes for presentation and 7 minutes for discussion. Dr R D Ravindran, Dr Jyotirmay Biswas, Dr Y Srinivas Reddy, Dr A Prashanth Kumar, And Dr Sabyasachi Sengupta were the judges. Then there were discussions on various topics by Dr Akshay Wagh, Dr Anjali Maheshwari, Dr Ipsita Barman, among others.

Then Dr Jyotirmay Biswas, Director of Uveitis and Ocular Pathology Department of Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai delivered the Susrutha Oration’ on ‘Polymerase Chain Reaction in Ocular Infection – Three decades of our Research.’

The last session, which was chaired by Dr V K Raju, had a panel discussion with Dr R D Ravindran, Dr Jyotirmay Biswas, And Dr P Viswa Mithra and moderated by Dr Divyansh Mishra. The conference came to an end with vote of thanks from Dr Prashanth Kumar.