Ophthalmology and Beyond-The MOS podcast

Glaucoma management is undergoing lots of change, especially in last few years. On the one hand we have new molecules and on the other we have new surgical techniques like MIGS. This special episode is released on the eve of World Glaucoma Week to be clebrated from 12-19 March, 2023. This episode features 3 eminent Glaucoma specialist from India, Dr Vinay Nangia, Suraj Eye Institute, Nagpur, Dr Ganesh Raman, HOD, Dept.of Glaucoam, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and Dr Sachin Dharwadkar, Samartha Eye Clinic, Andheri, Mumbai. The episode host is Dr Mandar Paranjpe, Paranjpe Eye Surgery Centre, Pune.

For diagnosis of any pathology insitu, imaging is the most important tool. For diagnosing retinal pathologies, retinal imaging has played a very critical role. It started with introduction of FFA in early 60’s and after a 3 decade hiatus a pathbreaking technology-OCT was introduced in early 90’s.

We have yet another episode of this season. We are celebrating DR awareness fortnight. This episode is a focus on DR and public health. Diabetes is a major health problem. Worldwide and especially in a developing nation like ours, it has assumed gigantic proportions leading to major burden on individual patients and society at large. As an ophthalmologist we deal with diabetic patients or rather, one of its complications routinely, Diabetic retinopathy. This is a difficult disease to manage from public health perspective. It remains silent in the background and when it does manifest, through vision debility, it is a challenge to manage in many patients, given its social/psychological & financial implications.

Given the systematic nature of this disease, DR needs team management, apart from eye care professionals, diabetologist/physician/GP, nutritional experts but most importantly participation of society at large.

This podcast episode, is a discussion on improving this network to deliver effective prophylactic care to our patients, focusing the most important aspect of care, of involvement of patient/care givers and society to lessen the burden of this ever increasing problem.

This episode features Dr Rajeev Raman, Vitreo-retina surgeon, Sankara Netralaya, Chennai, Dr Kuldeep Dole, Comminity Ophthalmologist, H V Desai Eye Hospital, Pune and Dr Unnikrishnan A G, Endocrinologist and Diabetologist, Chellaram Diabetes Centre, Pune. The podcast host is Dr Mandar Paranjpe, Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, Pune

Welcome to season 2 episode 1 of O&B The MOS podcast. Counselling is a special way of communication through which doctors not only convey facts about disease, its treatment and prognosis but also help reduce anxiety and alleviate fear from minds of patients and relatives. We clinician do it knowingly, but mostly unknowingly throughout our carriers. Infact apart from our clinical skills this is the most important faculty which decides the success or failure of us as a Practioner. Yet how many amongst us know that Counselling is a specialised subject, at post graduate level? Our guest for this episode is one such clinician/ophthalmologist who has recently done his masters in Counselling from Mumbai University.  Dr Mayur Morekar is a Uveitis and Neuro-ophthalmology specialist, who has finished hid MA (Counselling). He talks to us about the various aspects of counselling, the techniques, handling complex scenarios. The host for this episode is Dr Mandar Paranjpe.

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Do you have an innovative idea and do you want to patent it? How to get patents? What is the process? How much is the cost? Get answers to this and many more questions on patents. The guest for this episode are Dr Jagdeep Kakadiya, Ophthalmologist, Innovator and Entrepreneur from Bhavnagar, Gujrat and Mr Girish Karvande, Engineer, Innovator and Patent Lawyer from Mumbai, Maharashtra. This episode is hosted by Dr Priti Kamdar, Glaucoma Specialist, Mumbai, Maharashtra. This episode is produced and edited by Dr Mandar Paranjpe, Pune, Maharashtra

Research forms bedrock of progress. Medicine in general has advanced only because tremendous research work done by dedicated clinicians/scientists over the centuries. The recent pandemic & subsequent vaccines development is a testament of that.

Ophthalmology is a dynamic evolving specialty with lots of research work in various subspecialty.

In this episode me and my cohost Dr Priti Kamdar talk to 3 very eminent clinician-scientists from India on there views about where does research in ophthalmology stand in India and what more can be done to take it further.

We have Dr Barun Nayak, who is immediate past President of AIOS. An accomplished glaucoma & cataract surgeon practicing in Mumbai at P D Hinduja Hospital as HOD for last 4 decades, he also served as Editor, IJO for 6 years. So in essence he has a birds eye view of research in our speciality over last many decades. He did hid PG training at AIIMS, New Delhi and a Glaucoma Fellowship in Perth, Australia.

We also have Dr Lingam Gopal. An accomplished vitreo retinal surgeon, who built his carrier at Sankara Netralaya, Chennai. He then shifted base to Singapore at the National University Hospital, Singapore, where he did some fundamental research in vitreoretina. He now serves both institutes as a clinician-scientists. He also did Master in Public Health from London School of Tropical Medicine.

The third guest is Dr Namrata Sharma. She is a professor at AIIMS, New Delhi. She specializes in cornea, cataract and refractive surgery. As a full time academic she has mentored scores of PG students at arguably one of the best medical institutes in our country. She also serves as General secretary of AIOS and Regional Secretary and Research Committee member, APAO. She has 2 patents to her name.

All 3 guests have worked on many research projects and published extensively.

My cohost Dr Priti Kamdar is a renowned glaucoma specialist from Mumbai, who trained at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.

Squint is a challenging clinical scenario with myriad manifestations and treatment options. In this special episode on Squint, 3 Paediatric Ophthalmologist discuss various types of squint and there treatment options, aimed at educating comprehensive ophthalmologist. The episode features Dr Pradeep Sharma, Ex-Head of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Neuro-Ophthalmology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India and currently Director, Paediatric & Neuro-Ophthalmology at Centre for Sight, New Delhi, Dr Hemalini Samant, Paediatric and Neuro-Ophthalmologist at Eye Associates, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and also consultant at Jaslok Hospital & Narayan Netralaya Children Hospital as well as Associate Professor, Sir.J.J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai. The episode anchor is Dr Nishita Beke Borde, Paediatric Ophthalmologist, Deenanath Mageshkar Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Vision Care Centre, Shirur, Maharashtra and Lions Club of Poona Eye Foundation, Pune. Episode Editor is Dr Mandar Paranjpe, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Send your suggestions and feedback to [email protected].

AIOC Special Episode. DREAMCON 2022, the 80th annual conference of All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) will be held from 2nd to 5th June 2022 at the sparkling new Jio World Convention Centre, in the dream city, Mumbai. This episode gives a sneak peak in the history and working of AIOS and the planning and preparation for this mega annual conference  being held after a gap of 2 years, courtesy the covid pandemic. The guest featured on this episode are Dr T P Lahane, Organizing Chairman, LOC, DREAMCON '22, Dr Barun K Nayak, President AIOS & Organizing Secretary, AIOC DREAMCON '22, Dr Lalit Verma, President Elect, AIOS, Dr Namrata Sharma, Secretary, AIOS, Dr Rajesh Sinha, Treasurer, AIOS, Dr Jignesh Taswala, President, MOS & Dr Rajesh Joshi, Secretary, MOS. The guest anchor is Dr Quresh Maskati, Organising Treasurer, LOC, AIOC DREAMCON '22. Episode editor is Dr Mandar Paranjpe 

This episode features conversation with three of most experienced ophthalmologist in India- Dr Keiki Mehta, Chief Surgeon & Director, Mehta International Eye Institute, Colaba, Mumbai, Dr Milind Killedar, Director, Anuradha Superspeciality Eye Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra and Dr Rajesh Sinha, Professor, Cornea, Refractive & Lens, R P Centre, AIIMS,  New Delhi on the topic of Presbyopic IOL or also called Multifocal IOL. The episode anchor and editor is Dr Mandar Paranjpe, Pune, Maharashtra. This episodes is a panel discussion on clinical practice of MFIOL/Presbyopic IOL.