Dear Colleagues,

It is with great pride and pleasure that we invite you to the temple city of Madurai for the XXVIII Annual Conference of Oculoplastic Association of India to be held at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai between 27th and 29th of October, 2017.

This conference is meant to be all inclusive, skills and knowledge shared by practicing oculoplastic surgeons for the practicing surgeons and beginners.

It is a challenge to promote true clinical evidence amidst those in practice on unresolved pressing issues and success stories. Hence this meet aims at reaching , up to date and agreed upon answers to ongoing debates through evidence based medicine and expert opinions, which can be leveraged from the rich clinical experience of the international and national experts well represented from all parts of the country and around, experts in the particular field.

The first few sessions focuses on the basics, keeping in mind the post graduates and the subsequent sessions become more progressive for the practitioners.

This meeting will have workshops, demonstrations, live surgeries, video assisted skill transfer, case based discussions, interesting debates, thought stimulating quiz , Effective Practice management and compliance to regulatory mandates.

The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University has positioned this meet under Category 1 and provided 30 Credit Points.

Needless to say we would also have fun activities at the end of the day.

Looking forward to your presence at our grounds to share success through sharing evidence.

Thanking you

With warm regards

Dr. Usha Kim Organising Secretary – OPAI2017Vice President – OPAIChief – Orbit, Oculoplasty, Ocular Oncology & Ocular Prosthetic ServicesAravind Eye HospitalMadurai, Tamilnadu

Office bearersOPAI – Executive Committee Members

Dr. Lakshmi MaheshPresident

Dr. Usha KimVice - President

Dr. Apjit KaurPast President

Dr. Mukesh SharmaSecretary

Dr. Jayanta Kumar DasTreasurer

Dr. Santosh G HonavarScientific Programme

Coordinator

Dr. Rahul DeshpandeJoint Secretary

MEMBERS

Dr. Debraj Shome

Dr. Ramesh Murthy

Dr. Senthil Nathan C

Dr. Vikas Menon

Dr. Surbhi Kapadia

Dr. Aparna Bhatnagar

Dr. Mangesh Dhobekar

Dr. Ritu Raj Baruah

International Faculty

Dr. Mark DuffyProfessor of OphthalmologyBay Care Clinic Eye Specialists - West Mason StreetGreen Bay, WISCONSIN-MADISON, USA

Dr. Audrey LooiProfessor of OphthalmologySenior ConsultantOculoplastic DepartmentSingapore National Eye CentreSingapore

Dr. Raghavan SampathProfessor of OphthalmologyUniversity Hospitals of Leicester

England, UK

Dr. Sarah CouplandHony. Consultant in PathologyInstitute of Translational MedicineUniversity of Liverpool, UK

National FacultyDr. A.K. Grover

Dr. Akash Shah

Dr. Akshay G. Nair

Dr. Ani Sreedhar

Dr. Aparna Bhatnagar

Dr. Apjit Kaur

Dr. Bhaskararajan

Dr. Bhagwati Wadwekar

Dr. Bipasha Mukherjee

Dr. Chandrasekhar D

Dr. Chandrasekhar Chawan

Dr. Chitaranjan Mishra

Dr. Dayakar Yadalla

Dr. Debraj Shome

Dr. Devjyoti Tripathy

Dr. Fairooz

Dr. Gagan Dudeja

Dr. Hrishikesh Tadwalkar

Dr. Ishan Acharya

Dr. Jayagayathri

Dr. Jayanta Kumar Das

Dr. Kamalpreet K Likhari

Dr. Kasturi Bhattacharjee

Dr. Lakshmi Mahesh

Dr. Maneesh Kumar

Dr. Maneksha

Dr. Marian Pauly

Dr. Md. Shahid Alam

Dr. Milind Kiledar

Dr. Mukesh Sharma

Dr. Nagendra B. Shah

Dr. Nirmala Subramaniam

Dr. Nitin V. Trivedi

Dr. P.M. Aravind

Dr. Pankaj Gupta

Dr. Poonam Jain

Dr. Priti Uday

Dr. Rahul Deshpande

Dr. Rajat D Maheshwari

Dr.Rajendra Prakash Maurya

Dr. Raksha Rao

Dr. Raman Mittal

Experts from allied subspecialityDr. Anand Kumar, Endocrinologist

Dr. K.G. Srinivasan, Radiologist

Dr. Parthiban, Dermatologist

Dr. Periakaruppan, Interventional Radiologist

Dr. Rajinikanth, ENT Surgeon

Dr. Shankar Mohan, Faciomaxillary Surgeon

Dr. Shanthi R., Pathologist

Dr. Subburam N, Neuro Surgeon

Dr. Ravindra Mohan

Dr. Rituraj Baruah

Dr. Roshmi Gupta

Dr. Rupali Sinha

Dr. Santosh G. Honavar

Dr. Saptagirish Rambhatla

Dr. Savari T.Desai

Dr. SenthilNathan C

Dr. Shaloo Bageja

Dr. Shashikant Shetty

Dr. Shivayogi R Kusagur

Dr. Shruti Tara

Dr. Suryasnath Rath

Dr. Svati Bansal

Dr. Swathi Kaliki

Dr. Tarjani Dave

Dr. Usha Kim

Dr. V.P. Gupta

Dr. Vidhya Shankar

Dr. Vidya N.

Dr. Viji Rangarajan

Dr. Y. Sujatha

Last Date for Registration : October 15, 2017Online Registration

http://aurovikas.co.in/opai/registration.aspx

Guidelines for Presentations • Allpresentersmustberegisteredforthemeetingasscientificparticipant

• ThepresentationsshouldbepreferablybroughtonaCD/USBdrivecontainingadistinctivefoldercontainingthepresentation as well as any video clips used. The video clips should be embedded in the powerpoint presentation with a command to start automatically with advancement of the slide. The source video files should be appropriately linked with the powerpoint slides.

• Donotexceedyourallottedtimeforpresentation,astheMikeandPCwillautomaticallyswitchoffafterthestipulatedtime. Kindly help the Moderator to keep up the time by adhering to the time allotted.

• Allpresentationsmustbehandedoveratthepreviewroomatleast3hoursbeforeyourpresentation.

• Appropriatetrialrunsandcheckinginthepreviewroomwillhelptoavoidanyhitch.

E-Poster and Video

Display Schedule :10.00 – 5.00 PM 28th October, 2017, Saturday

9.00 – 12.00 PM 29th October, 2017, Sunday

Guidelines to E-Poster Presentation• AnE-Posterisanelectronicversionofthetraditionalboards,andisdisplayedonmonitor

screens using Power Point slides.

• E-Postermayincludetext,goodqualityoffigures,tablesandimages.

• NOvideo/animations.

• E-Postersshouldconsistofamaximumof12MicrosoftPowerPointslides,includingtitleslide

and offering information on the following topics: Introduction, Material and Methods, Discu

sion, Conclusion

• UseonlyTimesNewRomanorArialFontwiththeminimumsizeof18;maximumnumberof

lines per slide – 10

• UsethefirstslidetodisplaythetitleoftheE-posterandauthorinformation

• Thefilesizeshouldbelessthan5MB

• ScientificE-Posters,ingeneral,havethefollowingcharacteristics:

o Are presented by individuals rather than organizations

o Present scientific material, usually new information

o Do not solicit members, or promote an organization

• TouploadselectedE-Posters,pleasegotothislinkhttp://aurovikas.co.in/opai/login.aspx

Guidelines to Video Presentation• Send3CDsofthevideo(withvoice)inMPEG1formatcodenumbertotheSecretariat–OPAI2017: Dr. Usha Kim Organizing Secretary – OPAI2017 Aravind Eye Hospital, 1, Anna Nagar Madurai – 625 020, Tamilnadu

• Videosshouldnotexceed8minutesduration.

• Videofilmcategory(Selecttheappropriateonethatbestdescribesyoursubmissionfromthedropdownbox):

• WewillnothaveaformalscreeningofselectedvideosbutKiosks(touchscreens)/Playstationswillbearranged,whereall selected videos will be loaded and the delegates can come and watch the same at their convenience throughout the duration of the Conference so that this will give maximum exposure for all the selected videos.

• VIDEOSwillbejudgedaccordingtoeducationalvalue,originality,andexpertuseofthemedium.

• NoVIDEOSwillbereturned.Hencekeepacopyforyourrecordandsend.Don’tsendtheoriginal.

AWARDS• BestFreePaperAwardfortheyoungOculoplasticsurgeon

• BestFreepaperAward(Dr.RamanMittalAward)

• BestFreepaperAward(Orbit)(Dr.M.SubrahmanyamAward)

• BestScientificPosterAward(Dr.RCGuptaAward)

• BestVideoAward

• BestPhotographAward

• OPAIQuizaward

Programme Overview

Scientific Programme Schedule

Dr. Rajendra PrakashMaurya

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