L V Prasad Eye Institute ACTIVITY REPORT 2015-2016 Copyright © 2016 All rights reserved Editors: Dr Sreedevi Yadavalli, Neha Hassija Design: Y Yedukondalu, N Kishore Kumar Assistance: V Srinivasa Raju, Vamshi Inagan, Sharmila and Lakshmi Sakuntala Photography: SBN Chary and Naresh Gua; Dr Srinivas Marmamula; and LVPEI Archives Donor Relaons: Sam J Balasundaram Printers: Praga Offset Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad Department of Communicaons Level 3 L V Prasad Eye Instute Kallam Anji Reddy Campus L V Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills Hyderabad - 500034, India Ph: +91 40 30612317, +91 40 30612372 Email: [email protected] Contents The LVPEI Network .................................................................... 02 Foreword ................................................................................... 03 The Year at a Glance ................................................................. 04 Awards and Honours ................................................................ 06 Network News ........................................................................... 12 Events Across the Network ....................................................... 14 Campus News ........................................................................... 19 Kallam Anji Reddy Campus, Hyderabad Bhubaneswar Campus GMR Varalakshmi Campus, Visakhapatnam Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus, Vijayawada Vision Rehabilitation ................................................................. 28 Patient Care Services ................................................................ 32 Eye Banking .............................................................................. 35 Academy of Eye Care Education ............................................... 38 Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care ............................................. 42 Srujana Centre for Innovation .................................................. 53 Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre ................................... 56 Our Support .............................................................................. 85 Our Team .................................................................................. 104 Boards of Management ............................................................ 106 Abbreviations Used KAR - Kallam Anji Reddy Campus RIEB - Ramayamma International Eye Bank GMRV - GMR Varalakshmi Campus GPR-ICARE - Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International KVC - Kode Venkatadri Chowdary Campus Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care AP - Andhra Pradesh The LVPEI Network (As of 31 March 2016 ) Sundargarh Jharsuguda Mayurbhanj Deogarh Keonjhar Bargarh Sambalpur Balasore Bhadrak Subarnapur Angul Dhenkanal Jajpur Balangir Baudh ODISHA Cuttack Kendrapara Naupada Nayagarh Jagatsinghpur Kandhamal Bhubaneswar Khurda Kalahandi Puri Ganjam Rayagada Nabarangpur Gajapati Koraput Centre of Excellence 50 million population Malkangiri Tertiary Centres TELANGANA 5 million population Bidar Visakhapatnam Secondary Care Service Centres 500,000–1 million Population Hyderabad Gulbarga Primary Care Service Centres 50,000 Population Bijapur Yadgir Vijayawada Vision Health Guardians Bagalkot 5,000 Population Belgaum Raichur Koppal Dharwad Gadag ANDHRA Uttara PRADESH Kannada KARNATAKA Haveri Davanagere Chitradurga Shimoga Chikballapur Udupi Chikmagalur Tumkur Bangalore Rural Hassan Kolar Dakshina Bangalore Kannada Mandya Ramanagara Kodagu Mysore Satellite Centres (15) Chamrajanagar Partner Centres (9) Centre of Primary Care Centres (133) Excellence Hyderabad Tertiary Care Tertiary Care Tertiary Care Centre Centre Centre Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Bhubaneswar This year, two new secondary centres and 18 primary care vision centres were inaugurated. With this LVPEI is now spread across a network of 4 tertiary and advanced tertiary centres, 15 secondary eye care centres and 133 primary eye care centres in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka. (For more details, refer page 107) Foreword Excellence, Expansion and Extension “Excellence, Expansion and Extension” are the words that come to mind to describe this past year at our Institute, closely inter-linked with each other. Excellence is the foundational value on which the Institute was built and continues to be our driving force. Progress on all the “Institutes of Excellence” conceived as part of our Vision “Next 25” (our vision for the second 25 years), was notable. Entrepreneur-philanthropist, Tej Kohli’s major commitment led to the inauguration of the “Tej Kohli Cornea Institute (TKCI)” that will encompass all aspects of our endeavours related to corneal disease and blindness, across all levels of service delivery, education, research and advocacy both within and outside our network. Millions of corneal blind globally will be the ultimate beneficiaries of this munificence. The “Aurobindo Geriatric Eye Centre” and the “Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer” were other similar programmes that were launched this year. These, together with Child Sight Institute, Centre of Excellence in Eye Banking and Academy for Eye Care Education, will touch millions in the coming years. The concept behind is to continue our efforts at excellence in all facets, and foster our culture of crosspollination further among our clinicians, basic and public health scientists. Saluting the establishment of TKCI, our Ramayamma International Eye Bank came up with news of a record performance this year - distributing 25,000 transplantable corneas since inception, besides conducting the first ever corneal transplant surgery in a rural secondary centre, laudable efforts by our Cornea Team indeed. Another major expansion was that of our flagship Kallam Anji Reddy campus in Hyderabad. The new “green” building looks spectacular integrating features of patient comfort, safety, accessibility, and literally sits on a strong foundation (the boulders unearthed were found to be 2.6 billion years old). The expansion of each service is designed to cover greater volume with enhanced quality. The support for this project is again a great reflection of how well our Institute is regarded, with many among our friends and family contributing generously for its completion. The building is named “Velamati Soubhagyavatamma”, after the mother of the major donor. All the outpatient and surgical services are accommodated in this facility, extending our capacity by about 70 percent. The inaugural building where the Institute was founded in 1987 will now house facilities for education, research, innovation and administration, with considerable expansion of space for the former two. In recognition of her major contributions on a number of fronts since inception, this building is named in honour of Gullapalli Pratibha Rao. Education activities expanded to our tertiary centre in Vijayawada, enhancing our training capacity in ophthalmology, optometry and nursing. New and better facilities will be created that will help meet the ever increasing demand for education programmes from all over the world. Strengthening our efforts at continuing education with increased utilization of advanced technology for better quality and reach, were the other features of education this year. The vibrancy of research is quite evident from the publication record during the year. Our group received many new grants and innumerable laurels. The impact of the translational component of research is continuing to expand. My compliments to the many individuals who were recipients of special recognition, and well deserved honors. The Rehabilitation group continues to make us proud. More than a hundred of our clients secured job placements in reputed organisations, and the students among our clients recorded excellent scholastic performances during this year. Our rural eye health component has become bigger and better with our presence in more than 140 rural and tribal locations, touching the most neglected segments of our population with high quality eye care. I want to place on record our greatest appreciation to the LVPEI team contributing to this difficult endeavour. Another striking feature that surfaced was the depth of talent among the younger generation with a rich blend of professional excellence and leadership traits. The great expertise that we have on our Boards and their contributions is a constant source of encouragement to meet the ever increasing demands. This, coupled with a growing flow of support in all forms, made this year once again a very productive one. We are indeed indebted to all these people. While the year ended on a very positive note, the loss of two great friends and supporters of the Institute was deeply felt. Former President of India, who touched the hearts of millions, Dr. Kalam was a source of guidance and inspiration for us for nearly a quarter of a century. Brien Holden has been the biggest supporter ever. His fondness and friendship will be remembered by many in the Institute. Both these stalwarts helped us in focusing on excellence, and guided and supported us through much of our growth. We share the immensity of their loss with their near and dear ones. Gullapalli N Rao Chair, Board of Trustees The year at a glance (April 2015 to March 2016) Patient Care Service Delivery 1,655,246 people served including 152,075 children 1,123,787 non paying & 531,459 paying 98,367 major surgical procedures Vision Rehabilitation 28,216 people availed the sight enhancement and vision rehabilitation services 2695 people provided community based rehabilitation