Ludhiana, June 24
The Ludhiana Ophthalmological Society (LOS) will create a history of sorts by holding the first ever online multicity phaconit (needle incision technique for the removal of cataract) conclave and live interaction with topmost specialists in the field here on June 26.
To be held simultaneously at Reliance Web World at Mall Road and Sarabha Nagar here, the programme would provide an opportunity to the ophthalmologists from Punjab for video interaction with eminent eye surgeons from Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
Giving this information at a press conference held here last evening, Dr Rajinder Singh, president and Dr Deepak K. Gupta, secretary of LOS informed that the CME, sponsored by Cipla Foresight, will have leading experts like Dr Amar Aggarwal, a pioneer of phaconit technique in the world (Chennai), Dr Mahipal S. Sachdev, an acclaimed eye specialist in phacoemulsification and lasik laser (AIIMS, New Delhi), Dr Kumar J. Doctor (Mumbai) and Dr Dipan Desai (Ahmedabad) as the faculty.
The participating surgeons would be able to interact with all four faculty members, all of them exponents in the field of phaconit, simultaneously through video-conferencing and update their knowledge by apprising themselves of latest techniques in ophthalmology.
Dr Rajinder Singh said the online CME would mark the commencement of a new chapter in the process of dissemination of scientific information through the amalgamation of latest in ophthalmic surgery with the latest in telecommunication technology.
He said the LOS, having received the award for being the ‘most active society’ in the region for the year 2004, had organised several state level phaco-workshops, including live demonstration of small incision cataract surgery, live phaco-surgeries and one glaucoma workshop with hands-on experience of the automated perimeter.
