DR. ARAVIND ROY (R21267)

Abstract

A GLOBAL SURVEY ON KERATOPLASTY AND EYE BANKING CATEGORISED INDIA AS ‘ALMOST SUFFICIENT’ AND NOTED THAT 55% OF ALL CORNEAL TISSUES WORLDWIDE ARE RETRIEVED FROM UNITED STATES AND INDIA, THEREFORE IT IS IMPORTANT THAT OPHTHALMOLOGISTS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF EYE DONATION.

EYE BANKING INVOLVES- 1) COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORNEA, PRECUT DSEK AND DMEK SCROLLS AND PROCESSING OF OTHER TISSUES SUCH AS AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE AND SCLERA. 2) PREPARATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CORNEAL TISSUE STORAGE SOLUTIONS. 3) ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, CREATING AWARENESS, PROMOTING POLICY MAKING, MANPOWER TRAINING, QUALITY CONTROL, ADVOCACY AND PLANNING.

THIS COURSE WILL ASSIST THE ATTENDEE IN UNDERSTANDING COMPONENTS OF A MODEL EYE BANK, METHODS TO GENERATE AWARENESS ON EYE BANKING, PROCESSING AND EVALUATION OF TISSUES, OVERVIEW ON CORNEA STORAGE SOLUTIONS AND LONG TERM CORNEAL PRESERVATION

1	CREATING A MODEL EYE BANK- COMMUNITY, HCRP AND CERTIFICATION (10 mins)	Dr. SUJATA DAS	watch video
2	CORNEAL TISSUE STORAGE SOLUTIONS (10 mins)	Dr. Aravind Roy	watch video
3	ANTIFUNGAL SUPPLEMENTATION OF TISSUE STORAGE SOLUTIONS (10 mins)	Dr. SUJATA DAS	watch video
4	PRE-CUT DONOR TISSUE: PITFALLS AND BENEFITS (10 mins)	Dr. SUNITA CHAURASIA	watch video
5	BIOBANKING OF AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE AND SCLERA (10 mins)	Dr. Aravind Roy	watch video
	Panel Discussion : (15 mins.)