New! India Elective Rotation

The Department of Ophthalmology is pleased to announce the establishment of an elective rotation of our senior residents to the prestigious L.V. Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad, India.  Founded in October 1986 by the preeminent ophthalmologist, Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, LVPEI has evolved into a world renowned organization, with six main areas of focus: comprehensive patient care, clinical research, sight enhancement and rehabilitation, community eye health, education, and product development.  LVPEI's charter aims at providing 50 percent of its surgical services free of cost to the economically disadvantaged. In collaboration with the World Health Organization and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, LVPEI has designed and implemented many innovative community eye health programs.

The residents on this one month elective rotation to LVPEI will gain medical and surgical experience in all the ophthalmic subspecialty areas.  They will also have a substantial surgical experience as primary surgeon, primarily in cataract surgery.  One of the four weeks will be at an outlying rural satellite eye clinic operated by LVPEI with additional surgical experience.    There also will be research opportunities with the LVPEI faculty that may continue when the resident returns to Case, promoting our joint research program between the two institutions.  To start off the first year of this elective, three of our six residents will be going to LVEPI with our first resident starting in December 2006. 

We are pleased that this elective is being supported by institutional funds from both UH Case Medical Center and LVPEI, the Ophthalmology Education Worldwide, a Cleveland-based foundation, and by Bausch & Lomb International, including travel expenses and cataract surgery supplies.