Dr Somdutt Prasad, a well-known ophthalmologist and retinal specialist, was a distinguished speaker at ACOIN Sixth District CME (Session 2015-16) for Purva Medinipore district on 3rd January 2016. The CME was held at Aloy Phera Eye Hospital, Contai, Purva Medinipur.

Several ophthalmologists and members of different NGO Eye hospitals in the district participated in the CME whose theme was "In Search of Comprehensive Eye Health Care Problem in the Community — ACOIN Contribution for a Situation Analysis".

Dr Prasad spoke on Diabetic Retinopathy in the CME. Representing i4vision, Dr Prasad highlighted initiatives undertaken by i4vision to provide quality eye care. Other speakers were:

• Dr Abhijit Chatterjee (Childhood Blindness)
• Dr Asim Sil (Corneal Blindness & Eye Bank)
• Dr Purban Ganguly (Refractive Error)
• Prof Amitabha Roychowdhury (Glaucoma)
• Dr Siddhartha Neogi (Primary Eye Care through PHC in West Bengal under NPCB)
• Mr Debashish Maity (Primary Eye Care through PHC in Purva Medinipur under NPCB)
• Mr Hrishikesh Panda (Primary Eye Care through PHC in Purva Medinipur under NPCB)
• Dr Swapan K Samanta (Community Eye Health Survey Methodology & Data Collection & Up of the Session & Quest Answer and distribution of Proforma)

Srimat Swami Biswanathanandaji Maharaj, Dr Sisir Kumar Maity, Dr Jagadish Chandra Kuila, Mr Sukumar Samanta, Dr Santosh Kumar Dey, Prof Prabhu Ram Khatua, Sardar Jit Singh, Shri Binoy Kr Pattanayakk and Shri Gour Hari Samanta were felicitated at the CME.

[b]About Dr Somdutt Prasad[/b]

Dr Somdutt Prasad — MS, FRCSEd, FRCOphth, FACS and MFMLM — is a consultant ophthalmologist and retinal specialist at i4vision, AMRI, Fortis, Divyadrishti and Emic. He has also held key positions in the past at the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (UK), United Kingdom & Ireland Society of & Surgeons (UKISCRS) and British & EIRE Association of Vitreo-Retinal Surgeons (BEAVRS).

Dr Prasad has an extensive experience in vitrectomy surgeries and before settling in India, he as was treating nearly 1000 patients in the UK each year suffering from retinal conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, venous occlusions and other conditions of the retina.

He has also concentrated on training allied professionals to empower them to take on expanded roles. He has trained optometrists to undertake follow-up assessments for macular degeneration patients. Visit http://www.somduttprasad.com/ for more.

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