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Best practices in Operating a Tertiary Low Vision Center: Synopsis
Dr. G.N.Rao - Founder & Chairman, L.V.Prasad Eye Inst. Hyderabad, India
Dr. Gullapalli N Rao established the L V Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad 31 years ago and is the Founder & Chair of that Institute.
Academic and Research Achievements:
- Honorary Doctorates from the University of Melbourne and University of New South Wales, Australia, Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, India, University of Bradford, UK and GITAM University, India
- President of “Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis (AOI)”, group of 80 of the most eminent academicians in ophthalmology in the world
- Visiting professor to many Universities in the U.S, Europe, Australia, and Asia
- Published about 300 papers in peer-reviewed international journals
- Editorial Boards of several international journals of ophthalmology
- “Fellow qua surgeon” of the “Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons”, Glasgow
- Fellow of two of the Science Academies of India
- Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences.
Other Contributions:
- Former Secretary-General and later Chair of the Board and CEO of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) in which role played a pivotal role in developing and fostering the global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness along with WHO – VISION 2020: The Right to Sight in partnership with World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Board of Trustees, International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO)
- Leadership Position in many National and International eye care organizations
- Founder & Chair of L V Prasad Eye Institute, India
- Boards of many national and international organizations.
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Date: June 6th at 7:30 AM IST
(June 5th, 10 pm EST.)
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Session mode : Online
Registration fee: FREE
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