July 2016

The Operation Eyesight UniversalInstitute for Eye Cancer

AIMAchieve life salvage: So that all m

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Achieve eye salvage: So that all may keep their eyes

Achieve vision salvage: So that all may see

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Dear friends,

India needs more trained ophthalmic/ocular oncologists. With an aim to increase awareness about this subspecialty among budding ophthalmologists, educate them about various types of eye cancers, and to create a common platform for discussion for all practicing ophthalmic/ocular oncologists, The Operation Universal Institute for Eye Cancer conducted the first-ever exclusive ophthalmic/ocular oncology meeting on 9 July 2016. This meeting not only attracted participants from across India but also from the neighbouring countries including Bangladesh, Nepal and Indonesia. World renowned leader in Ocular Surface Tumors, Dr Carol L Karp from Bascom Palmer Eye Institute was the keynote speaker, and enlightened the delegates about the recent advances in Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia.Film actress and Television host, Ms Simi Garewal and Film Producer and Board of Trustee, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Shri Ramesh Prasad formally inaugurated the “Wall of Hope” on 18 July 2016. With newfound treatment modalities and support, we wish that one day we will have “Wall of Sight” - when all our patients with eye cancer will not only survive but also retain their eye and vision, and hopefully that day is not too far!We are also happy to begin the ICO three-month fellowship for diagnosis and treatment of retinoblastoma from this month. Our first candidate for this training comes from Bangladesh. The month of July that focused on education and training in addition to patient care, was indeed a very productive month. We now look forward to an equally productive month of August 2016.

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A meeting exclusively on eye cancer was organized by The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute at LVPEI on 9 July 2016. Dr Carol L Karp, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Florida, USA, a leader in the management of ocular surface aquamous neoplasia delivered the keynote lecture on - Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Novel approaches to diagnosis, imaging and treatment. The case presentations, case based lectures and debates made the meeting highly interactive and it was very well appreciated by all the participants. Around 125 delegates from across India and the neighbouring countries participated in the meeting.

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Actor and Talk Show host Simi Garewal inaugurated the “Wall of Hope” – a collage of handprints of children who survived eye cancer at LVPEI on 18 July 2016. “I have seen children who have survived cancer and are now leading a normal life. I was very moved when I saw the wall and it is truly a wall of triumph - not only for these children alone, but also for the doctors who have made this possible,” said Simi. Also present during the inauguration was Mr Ramesh Prasad, Managing Director, Prasad Film Laboratories and Board Member, LVPEI.

Wall of Hope Inaugurated at LVPEI

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Clinic Visits and Surgical Procedures Total

Patients diagnosed with eye tumors 143

Eye tumor related surgeries 110

Examination under anesthesia 99

Children received chemotherapy 73

Ocular prosthesis dispensed 7

Tumor related pathology specimens studied 163

Total Cases - 143

New Cases118

Follow up25

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Paying 96

Non Paying47

Male 82

Female61

Below 1650

Above 1693

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Now, I Shall Fly

Rounak Prajapthi, a charming 3-year-old boy was diagnosed with retinoblastoma in both eyes. His left eye had to be removed, but his right eye was salvaged with a total of 12 cycles of systemic chemotherapy. His parents were delighted that he was doing well until one day, he complained of decreased vision in his only seeing eye at the age of 4.

Rounak was rushed to The Operation Eye Sight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He was now diagnosed with recurrence of tumour in his only seeing eye and the parents were

devastated to hear this news. Rounak’s only question was “Mama, will I be able to see you again?” Dr Swathi Kaliki had prolonged discussions with the parents and decided to go ahead with a new treatment - intra-arterial chemotherapy. A small puncture was made into an artery in his right thigh and through it he received chemotherapy directly to his right eye. After receiving 4 cycles of intra-arterial chemotherapy he now is declared disease free.

With the support of The Operation Eye Sight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer, he was provided this treatment completely free of cost which otherwise would have costed his parents a lot. “I am a daily wage worker and wouldn’t have been able to afford this treatment. I am indebted to the institute for not only saving my child’s life but also his eye and vision. He is now a happy child and has started going to school,” says the delighted father.

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Wall of Hope in the Making

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WALL OF HOPE

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Publications

Presentations

1. Bothra N, Mittal R, Tripathy D.Scleromalacia Perforans from Long-Standing Bulbar Conjunctival Rhinosporidiosis.Ophthalmology. 2016 Jul;123(7):1493.

2. Ganguly A, Kaliki S, Mohammad FA, Mishra DK, Vanajakshi S, Reddy VA. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia as second primary tumor in a patient with retinoblastoma. Oman J Ophthalmol. 2016 May-Aug;9(2):116-8.

3. Ali MJ, Naik MN, Kaliki S, Dave TV. Interactive navigation-guided ophthalmic plastic surgery: The usefulness of CT angiographic image guidance. Ophthal Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Ruchi Mittal:1. Looking Beyond the Eye, Vishakhapatnam, Moderator and Faculty; Oncology Session2. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Faculty: Tumors of Eyelid and Conjunctiva3. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator; Ophthalmic Pathology: Case Presentations

Samir Mohapatra:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator for case presentations: Eyelid Tumors 2. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Case presentation: Medulloepithelioma: The silent creeper

Suryasnata Rath:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator for The Big Debate: Surgical management verus topical/

injection interferon for ocular surface squamous neoplasia. Which is better?2. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Faculty presentation: TNM staging in ocular adnexal lymphoma

Tarjani Dave:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator for The Big Debate: Intralesional steroids versus oral

propranolol for eyelid hemangioma. My preferred practice

Milind Naik:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator for The Big Debate: This is the era of navigation-assisted

surgery for orbital tumors

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Vijay Anand Reddy:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Faculty presentation: Role of radiation oncologist in the management of

ophthalmic tumors

Swathi Kaliki:1. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Moderator for The Big Debate: Intra-arterial chemotherapy or systemic

chemotherapy for retinoblastoma 2. EYE CANcer 2016, Hyderabad, Faculty presentation: Ocular surface squamous neoplasia: Misdiagnosis

and missed diagnosis 3. Mid-Term OPAI 2016: Video presentation on Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation in ocular surface

squamous neoplasia 4. IERG-ARVO 2016: Poster: Patel A, Kaliki S, Mishra DK. Lesions simulating ocular surface squamous

neoplasia clinically: A histopathologic analysis of 195 lesions

Anamika Patel, Ocular Oncology Research Fellow presenting Poster at IERG-ARVO 2016 12

• Integratedmulti-specialityapproach• Integratedcancersurgeryandcosmeticreconstruction• Semiconductordiodelaser• Transpupillarythermotherapy• Photodynamictherapy• Frequency-doubledNd:YAGlaserphotocoagulation• Cryotherapy• Bloodlessradiofrequency-assistedsurgery• Navigation-guidedorbitalsurgery• Externalbeamradiotherapy-IMRT,IGRT,RapidArcandStereotacticRadiosurgery(incollaboration)• Ruthenium106plaquebrachytherapy• Systemicchemotherapyforophthalmic/intraoculartumors• Intravitrealchemotherapy• Intraarterialchemotherapy(incollaboration)• Neurosurgical,ENTandheadandneckoncosurgicalsupport• Custommadeocularprosthesis

• AandB-scanultrasonography• Ultrasoundbiomicroscopy• Digitalfundusandslit-lampcamera• Wide-anglefundusphotography(RetCam)• Digitalfluoresceinangiography,andIndocyaninggreenangiography• Opticalcoherencetomography• Computedtomography(CT),Magneticresonanceimaging(MRI),Positronemissiontomography(PET-CT),

Radionucleotidestudies(incollaboration)• OphthalmiconcopathologywithRapidintraoperativediagnosticfacilityincludingfrozensection• OphthalmicGeneticsandMolecularBiology

Services Provided at The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer

Special Investigative Diagnostics

Cutting-edge Treatment

Education & Training

Cutting-edge Eye Cancer Research

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Samir MohapatraConsultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Vishakhapatnam

Anasua GangulyConsultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Vijayawada

Vishal R Raval Consultant

Retina and intraocular tumorsVijayawada

Mohammad Javed AliConsultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services, Hyderabad

Milind N NaikHead of the Oculoplasty Service

Consultant, Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Hyderabad

Suryasnata Rath Consultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Bhubaneswar

Devjyoti TripathyConsultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Bhubaneswar

Ruchi MittalConsultant

Ophthalmic pathology laboratory, Bhubaneswar,

Vishakhapatnam, Vijayawada

P Vijay Anand Reddy Medical and Radiation Oncologist Director, Apollo Cancer Hospital,

HyderabadVisiting consultant,

L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad

Swathi KalikiHead, The Operation Eyesight Universal

Institute for Eye CancerConsultant, Oncology services,

Hyderabad

Tarjani DaveConsultant

Oculoplasty, Oncology, and Dacryology services,

Hyderabad

Clinicians

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Ravi Shankar ChaudharyConsultant optometrist, Ocular

prosthesis clinic, Hyderabad

Arunima MishraConsultant optometrist, Ocular prosthesis clinic, Bhubaneswar

Annie HassanConsultant genetic counsellor,

Hyderabad

Akhilesh Pujar Consultant genetic counsellor,

Hyderabad

Indumati MariappanResearch Scientist, Sudhakar &

Sreekanth Ravi Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Hyderabad

Chitra Kannabiran Scientist, Kallam Anji Reddy

Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Hyderabad

Mamatha ReddyResearch Scientist,

Bhubaneswar

Genetic Counsellors

Basic Research Scientists

Ocular Prosthesis Consultants

Yashwanth GoudConsultant optometrist,

Hyderabad

Sadiya Iram Consultant optometrist,

Hyderabad

Dharani Tripuraneni Consultant optometrist,

Hyderabad

Consultant Optometrists

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HyderabadKallam Anji Reddy CampusL V Prasad Marg, Banjara HillsHyderabad - 500 034Telangana, India

BhubaneshwarPatiaBhubaneshwar - 751 024Odisha, India

VisakhapatnamGMR Varalakshmi Campus11-113/1, Hanumanthawaka JunctionVisakhapatnam - 530 040Andhra Pradesh, India

VijaywadaKode Venkatadri Chowdary CampusTadigadapaVijayawada - 521 137Andhra Pradesh, India

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• An exclusive institute for eye cancer that is one of its kind in the world

• The oncology services at LVPEI can claim to have more than a decade’s experience in offering plaque radiation therapy and treatment to all types of ophthalmic/ocular tumors. We continue to provide this service at ‘The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer’

• Entire value chain of services for eye cancer offered under one roof - patient care, research, education and rehabilitation

• Equipped with in-house chemotherapy unit for children

• The first and the only Institute in India to perform Navigation-assisted surgery for complex orbital tumors

• The first and the only Institute in India to offer exclusive ICO three-month fellowship for diagnosis and treatment of retinoblastoma

• Based on the socio-economic criteria, more than 50% patients are offered the same quality treatment entirely free-of-cost

Unique Features of ‘The Operation Eyesight Universal Institute for Eye Cancer’:

To book an appointment, reach us at: T: +91 91 7032700389; 40 39892020F: +91 40 2354 8339 E: oncology@lvpei.org, www.lvpei.org

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