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The Department of Ophthalmology is recognized all over the country and is carrying out advanced surgical techniques in cataract surgery, oculoplastics, orbital and lacrimal surgery and retinal & vitreous surgery. The Department is fully equipped with the latest state of the art equipment and has an extremely eminent faculty.

The Department has been a pioneer in the field of phacoemulsification carrying out sutureless cataract surgery without injectable anaesthesia (anaesthesia by eye drops) successfully for the last five years. The Department has state of the art equipment for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The hospital has an active eye bank carrying out corneal grafting surgery and various combined surgical procedures along with keratoplasty. The Eye Bank has been actively involved in Hospital Corneal Retrieval Programme and has been very successful. The Department was the first to acquire lasers for retinal and anterior segment work in the private sector in the capital. A number of oculoplastic surgical procedures are being done exclusively in this department and the pioneering work of the department has received nation wide recognition.

The Department has played an important part in the activities of the All India Ophthalmological Society and Society for Prevention of Blindness in India and the national sub-specialty societies. The Department has also been playing a prominent role in the academic and research activities of Indian Ophthalmology.

The Department has been a centre for conducting the fellowship examination of the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons (Glasgow) for the last four years and has also been designated as an examination centre by the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO).

• Total Surgeries: 1689

• Phacoemulsification with foldable IOL implant: 895

• Other Surgeries: 794

• Fundus Fluorescein Angiography: 830

• Laser (Argon): 218

• Laser (YAG): 63

• Automated Perimetry: 238

The Department of Ophthalmology is fully equipped with the latest state of the art equipments.

Slit Lamp Biomicroscope	Auto Refractometer
Operating Microscope	Yag Laser
Ultrasound biomicroscopy	Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

 

Specialty Services

• DNB (Ophthalmology)

• The Department is recognized by the National Board of Examinations for 2 DNB seats every year.

• Academic Programme

The department has an on going research in various specialties.

• Comparison Of Pyrex tube versus Polythene tubes in Conjunctivo DCR- A Prospective Randomized Trial in the Indian Population

• Role of Optic Capture in Congenital Cataract in eyes undergoing Phacoaspiration with PCCC with Anterior Vitectomy and Acrysof IOL implantation- A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

• Toric IOLs- First Indian Study

• Bifocal IOLs ( Diffractive) - Visual Outcome after Phacoemulsification

• Ophthalmic Profile in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension ( Pseudotumour Cerebri)

• Comparative evaluation of Acrysof Multipiece and Acrysof Single piece Intraocular lenses- A Prospective Randomised Controlled Trial.

The department has been very active in the academic field and has numerous publications and presentations in national and international conferences to its credit. The faculty has edited /authored books and contributed various chapters.

Book Edited

• Grover AK, Editor - Oculoplastic Surgery - Practical Guidelines, New Delhi, All India Ophthalmological Society, CME Series No.5; 2000

• Harbansh Lal, Anita Sethi , Editors- Manual Of Phaco Technique - A Text and Atlas, CBS Publishers, New Delhi, 2002

Examination Centre

The Department conducts the following international examinations

• FRCS (Glasgow)

  • FRCS Part A and FRCS Part B Examination in Ophthalmology

  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

The examinations are usually held in September/October every year, for further details you are suggested to visit their website. (www.rcpsg.ac.uk)

• International Council of Ophthalmology

  • Part A- Basic Sciences and Optics and Refraction

  • Part B- Clinical Ophthalmology

This exam is held in March/April every year, for further details you are requested to visit the website of International Council of Ophthalmology. (www.icoph.org)

The department has been very active in the field of Community eye care.