| Dr Fogla attended the 2nd Corneal Collagen Crosslinking Congress at Hotel Hilton, Zurich, 8 - 9th December 2006. 270 delegates from 45 countries attended this meeting. Corneal Collagen Crosslinking is a new modality of treatment that helps arrest progression of keratoconus. Treatment involves application of riboflavin eyedrops followed by exposure to UV light of 365nm. This treatment increases the strength of the cornea upto 300%. This treatment is now available at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India. |
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| Dr Fogla with Prof Theo Seiler, one of the pioneers of the work done on Corneal Collagen Crosslinking treatment for Keratoconus. |
| Dr Fogla with Dr Mark Terry, USA (on the right), Dr Mohammed Anwar, Jeddah (on the left), & Dr Sheraz Daya, UK, at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting at Las Vegas, 11 -14 Nov 2006. Dr Fogla participated as a co instructor in the skills transfer course on Anterior and Posterior lamellar Corneal Surgery. Doctors attending this course were taught how to perform lamellar corneal surgery on animal eyes. |
| Dr Fogla also the good fortune to dine at the Caeser's Palace with Dr Ionnais Pallikaris, one of the pioneers of LASIK (invented the technique of LASIK). Seen in the picture Dr Pallikaris and his lovely wife. |
| Dr Fogla with Dr William Reinhart (USA), & Dr Mohammed Anwar (Jeddah), at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting at Las Vegas, 11 -14 Nov 2006. Dr Fogla participated as a co instructor in the instruction course on "Big Bubble technique of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty" with his two colleagues, Dr Reinhart & Dr Anwar. |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a faculty to participate in a CME on Cornea, Refractive Sugery, & Ocular surface disorders at Aravind Hospitals, Madurai, 14 -15 October 2006. He gave lectures on Computer vision syndrome, Anterior and Posterior corneal lamellar surgery, and Iatrogenic Keratectasia following LASIK and its management. |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a faculty to participate in a CME programme on Cornea and External Diseases, at Dr Nagpal's hospital, Retina Foundation, Ahmedabad, India, 7 -8th October 2006 Dr Fogla gave presentations on unusual corneal infections, Ocular surface reconstruction, Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, and Endothelial keratoplasty. He also performed Live Surgery to demonstrate the technique of Descemet's Stripping Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK) at the meeting. |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a faculty to participate in a one day CME meeting conducted by Prakash Nethra Kendra, Lucknow, India, 1st October 2006 Dr Fogla spoke on " Current trends on Corneal Surgery" |
| Dr Fogla participated in the annual meeting of Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India, as an invited faculty. New Delhi, India, 1 -3rd September 2006 Dr Fogla spoke on Wavefront analysis, Iatrogenic keratectasia, and Endothelial Keratoplasty. |
| 13th August 2006. Dr Rajesh Fogla - Invited as guest speaker at Symposium at Thind Eye Hospital, Jalandhar, India. Dr Fogla spoke on " Recent advances in Corneal Lamellar Surgery" |
| 15 - 16th July 2006. Dr Rajesh Fogla - Invited as a guest faculty to participate in a CME meeting on Ocular Surface sponsored by Allergan, at Vedic Village, Kolkata, India Dr Fogla spoke on " clinical diagnosis of Dry Eye" and "Recent advances in Corneal Lamellar Surgery" |
Cornea Clinic
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| Tel 91 40 23607777, Fax 91 40 23608050 ,24 hours emergency services call 1066 |
| Cornea Clinic - Eye Department - Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad 500 033, A P, INDIA |
| Cornea Clinic - toll free number 1600 345 1066, other numbers 91 40 23608333 / 23548888 / 23606655 |
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| Dr Fogla was invited as a faculty for International Advanced Eye Refractive Symposium, 6th & 7th January 2007, Mumbai Dr Fogla spoke on " Post LASIK ectasia and its management". Dr Fogla's video on "Management of post LASIK wrinkles" won an award in the Refractive film festival. |
| Dr Fogla conducted an instruction course on "Endothelial Keratoplasty" for the second consecutive year at the 65th All India Ophthalmic Society meeting at Hyderabad, India, February 2007. Dr Fogla was also invited to speak on "Clinical features of Dry Eye Syndrome" and " Interesting corneal cases". He was also one of the judges for free paper Cornea Session. |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a guest speaker at a symposium on Recent Advances in Eye Surgery, at Joseph Eye Hospital, Trichy. February 2007. Dr Fogla demonstrated live surgery on Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty, and Endothelial Keratoplasty at this meeting. |
| Dr Fogla was awarded the "Dr Om Prakash Oration Award" by Punjab Ophthalmological Society for overall brilliance in the field of Cornea. Dr Fogla received this award at the annual POS meeting in Patiala, December 2007 |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a guest faculty for CME on corneal diseases organized by Sameep Eye Clinic, Vadodara in November 2007. Dr Fogla performed live corneal surgeries including, deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty, Endothelial Keratoplasty, INTACS implantation, and Collagen Crosslinking treatment. He also delivered lectures on the various procedures performed. |
| Dr Fogla attended the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting held in New Orleans, USA in November 2007. He conducted instruction course on Big Bubble technique of Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty along with Dr Mohammed Anwar, Jeddah. He was also a surgical instructor for the wet lab course on anterior and posterior lamellar keratoplasty. He also designed instruments for DALK procedure for Bausch & Lomb. |
| Dr Fogla was invited as a guest faculty at CME programme conducted by the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune on the 13 -14th of October 2007. Dr Fogla spoke on Recent advances in Corneal Surgery. |
| Dr Fogla conducted instruction course on Interesting Corneal Disorders at the annual meeting of Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmic Society, held at Tirupathi October 2007. |
| Dr Fogla was invited to participate as guest faculty at CME meeting in Jalandhar conducted by Thind Eye Hospital, October 2007. Dr Fogla performed live surgery demonstrating Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty surgery. He also spoke on Recent advances in Corneal Surgery. |
| Dr Fogla was invited to participate as guest faculty at CME meeting in Vishakapatnam October 2007, conducted by Vishaka Eye Hospital on eyebanking. Dr Fogla spoke on Newer modalities of Corneal Surgery. |