HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

I would like to wish everyone a very happy new year 2013. Wish you lesser visits to the doctor, lesser surgeries and more happiness and good health. Axis eye clinic had done well in the last year. We have been able to help many and have earned the good wishes and the blessings of all. 

We have been able to perform well academically and have been winning many awards and accolades for our work. We also have many satisfied patients. We have been able to get many referrals from India and abroad. 
Our scope of work includes oculoplasty, squint, childrens eye care, artificial eyes and low vision aids.  We have been able to innovate and make newer instruments and devices...

Overall a good year and we look forward to performing better and helping many more patients in the coming year.

THE YEAR GONE BY

The year 2012 has been a great year academically and in terms of achievements and awards. We have done well and got recognition in the form of awards for our surgical work and clinical expertise. 

We have seen many complicated clinical patients and have been able to give gratifying results in all cases. God has been kind to us in this regard.

The clinic has grown many fold with a substantial increase in surgeries and outpatient work. 

We are getting referrals from all branches of medicine and many consultants in the city are recognizing us for the work that we perform. 

We hope we can keep up the good work in the coming year...

with the blessings and good wishes of everyone...

AWARD

I am glad to let you all know that I received two awards yesterday

Best Video Award in the 5^th Annual Conference of the Poona Ophthalmological Society, Pune, 23^rd December 2012.

Second Prize in Mrs Shubhada Narayan Kulkarni Quiz competition, 5^th Annual Conference of the Poona Ophthalmological Society, Pune, 23^rd December 2012. ( this was a squint surgical video)

There is hard work involved but the recognition I receive is reassuring....

EXCELLENCE AWARD

Receiving the Excellence Award from the Strabismological Society of India 

for outstanding contribution to Strabismus ( Squint ) in India was a happy 

occasion. This was on the 1st of December 2012 at the Annual meeting of the 

Strabismological Society of India meeting at Rohtak Haryana.   

 

I am not seeing more and more complicated patients with strabismus ( squint) and have been able to do justice and giving tremedous relief and even cure many of these patients completely.

Most recently I have improved the field of binocular single vision for a patient with Internuclear ophthalmoplegia and also treated a patient with medial rectus muscle injury with diplopia following endoscopic sinus surgery. It feels good to make the lives of these people better.

Implications of Squint

There have been various studies which have studied the social implications of squint. Squint is not only a functional impairment due to loss of binocularity but also a cosmetic blemish. The person with squint is less likely to land a job at an interview, less likely to be promoted as he is considered inept or disabled. However good you are if you have squint, you are less likely to get recognition as compared to your peers. 

It is difficult for the person in front to make eye contact with you and hence interactions are less likely and therefore opportunities get limited.

Squint surgery is very successful and alignment is perfect in most cases. Patients are very happy with the outcomes of surgery and it is always a life changing experience.

Technology - putting it to good use

I wonder how best I can use technology to make my work better and improve the care to my patients. While there is a lot out there in the internet world, many a times this information is misleading and creates more tensions for the patient who reads it.

I have a paperless office, I also send patients pictures and reports by email. There is a lot of information available online also about the work I do. I really want the masses to know more about the potential and newer innovations in ophthalmic surgery especially in the field of ophthalmic plastic surgery that have come up.

Patients can communicate with me via my website and we can answer all their queries immediately. Maybe cloud computing will be the next step and offering access to patients to their records online or to their doctors.

For the moment I think I need a phone upgrade...

POST DIWALI

The enthusiasm for crackers seems to have lessened. Surprisingly I did not get a single call for a trauma following a cracker burst. I am happy that no major casualities have come so far. Otherwise it is quite unpleasant to see the injuries. 

But then things are much better now, even in cases of major trauma. We have newer methods of surgery, better techniques and more advanced treatment options. Custom made artificial eyes makes a lot of difference in these patients - in their look and appearance. Oculoplasty has become more skilful and successful. Results are better and the recreation can be as natural as before.

 

COSMETIC SURGERY

I have been doing a lot of surgery especially for cosmetic improvement. It is very challenging and technically quite difficult.. Achieving perfection becomes the goal and every step and action during surgery is well rehearsed in the mind before execution. I cannot deny the role of experience especially when it comes to surgery. Experience makes one wiser and I guess I am able to give good results and satisfy my patients due to the experience I have gained over the last 10 years...

The more you perform surgery the more you reflect on it and then try to make it better next time. Providence or luck and destiny are very important factors which decide many things. Patience and attention to detail are crucial to get good outcomes in surgery..

The challenge is the reward I guess in this field..

HAPPY DIWALI

HAPPY DIWALI