APOS New & Views, Issue 1, 2010 EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial Warm greetings from the editorial board of APOS NEWS & VIEWS. We have great pleasure in bringing you the first issue of this magazine. We believe that this provides a platform to express your views and experiences which will be shared by the ophthalmic fraternity. Professional bodies like IMA, AIOS and Dr. I. Venkata Rao Dr. Santhosh G Honavar APOS should become stronger and formulate guidelines to its 984 830 4001 970 184 1299 members for a better practice environment. Knowledge and
[email protected] [email protected] experience should be dissiminated so that they supplement and guide individual practices. With a rich blend of scientific and general information about the day to day practice, this magazine should generate interest among the readers. However your contributions by way of articles, clinical and surgical experiences would provide a good base for the future issues. Dr. C.V. Gopala Raju Running a magazine of this nature with three issues every 988 511 6262 year is no mean job. We spare no effort at our end to make this
[email protected] magazine interesting, informative and self sustaining . Sustained efforts are made by all world communities to manage and reduce the incidence of blindness. We are all aware of the leading causes of blindness viz Glaucoma, Diabetes, ARMD and Cataract to mention a few. Rapid inudstrialization has fall outs like pollution and accidents. Thanks to the Dr. K. Ravi Kumar Reddy Dr. Rishi Swarup multicentric studies which provide a plethora of valuable 924 652 1643 988 581 2617 information in dealing these maladies.