PADMA SHRI 2015 WHO FELLOWSHIP International EYE F...
Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
Specialization
Qualification
- MBBS
- MD
- DNB
Experience
- Former additional Professor DR RP CENTRE AIIMS, FELLOW UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO PERFORMS MOST COMPLICATED SURGERIES IN GLAUCOMA including shunts and valves, combined cataract and glaucoma surgeries and most difficult laser surgeries of Glaucoma
- Director Glaucoma Services.
- 41+Years Senior Residency : Glaucoma and Oculoplastic Surgery (January 1986-December 1988) Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Best Resident Award (1987) for outstanding clinical and research performance.
- Intraocular Lens Implantation, (Jan 1989 -July 89) AIIMS
- Uvea & Vitreo Retina Unit, July 1989 to 1993.
- Pediatric Ophthalmology & Oculoplastics after 1993
- Glaucoma & Anterior Segment after 1999.
- ECFMG Fellowship : Jan 1996 to June 1996.
- Superspeciality training in Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- At University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.
- 42+Years, including shunts and valves, combined cataract and glaucoma surgeries and most difficult laser surgeries of Glaucoma
Research and Designation
- 71 Indexed Publications.
- 3 Books Many Chapters.
- 24 Thesis Supervision.
- 10 Laser Procedures Invented For The First Time In The World
- CUTTING ADHESIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN LENS IN THE EYE AND THE IRIS by YAG laser ( Iridolenticular Synichiolysis)
- Cleaning the front SURFACE OF THE INTRAOCULAR LENS when it gets plastered by pigments due to inflammation ( YAG laser sweeping)
- Cleaning the posterior SURFACE OF LENS which can be clogged by products of inflamation.
- CUTTING THE SUTURES IN A CATARACT SURGERY BY ARGON LASERS
- DEEPENING THE CHAMBER IN AN ACUTE ATTACK OF GLAUCOMA BY A COMBINATION OF YAG AND ARGON LASERS.
- DELIMITING THE RAISED PORTION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AFTER GLAUCOMA SURGERY ( bleb delimitation by Argon Laser)
- BURNING THE PROJECTING SUTURES BY LASERS.
- CUTTING THE IRIS BY LASER TO VISUALISE THE RETINA IN RIGID PUPIL BY A COMBINATION OF ARGON AND YAG LASER.
- LASER ASSISTED REDIRECTION OF LOWER LID TO PREVENT WATERING.
- ALL THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS.
Awards and Recognition
-AWARDED PADMA SHRI BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON 3...
-ICON OF ETHICAL HEALTHCARE AWARD at health concla...
-Dr Ranjan Akhaury Oration at 7th annual Patna con...
-NN Sood ORATION LECTURE at 56th RP Centre foundat...
-Elected president glaucoma society of India 2010-...
Elected Secretary DELHI OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2...
- DB Chandra oration on 25 th Nov 2007 for outstan...
- Awarded the AN Pandeya oration award in the 44th...
- Awarded an "International Eye Foundation" (IEF) ...
- Awarded the IMSP (International Medical Scholars...
- Awarded WHO Fellowship 1996-97.
- Award for Humanitarian Service (maximum number o...
- PN Taneja Award for best paper on Retinopathy of...
- Awarded Certificate of Merit for the best paper ...
- First prize in Ophthalmic Quiz held at the qAIOS...
-A.C. Aggarwal Trophy (1988) best paper presentati...
Ophthalmological society.
- Best Resident Award (1987) outstanding clinical ...
-Bodh Raj Sabharwal Medal (1985). First position i...
-ICMR (1985) Fellowship for medical research.
- Gold Medal in PSM (Preventive and Social Medicin...
-Senior Science Talent Scholarship (1975).
-Best Talk of the year award from DOS in year 1997...
-BEST CLINICAL TALK at the annual DOS MEETING 2007...
- PRATAP NARAIN MEMORIAL LECTURE GIVEN TO Ghaziaba...
-Resource teacher for the DOS number of years regu...
MOST NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN TEACHING & RESEARCH ...
Besides sincere & diligent patient care, teaching,...
have contributed to the advancement of ophthalmolo...
a) I have been Awarded a Project entitled "Compreh...
b) Awarded the International Medical Scholar's Pro...
c) First person to start screening for neonates of...
d) Was first to describe a new technique for remov...
e) Was the first in the world literature to descri...
f) I was the Coordinator for a WHO-Ministry of Hea...
g) Started a multispeciality Retinoblastoma clinic...
h) I have prepared a manual to guide the District ...
i) A book on ROP first of its kind is released and...
j) I initiated the formation of ROP clinic and scr...
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