Leaving for the Retina Congress 2009, New York

A COMBINED MEETING of the American Society of Retina Specialists,

 The Macula Society, and The Retina Society

Sept. 30–Oct. 4, 2009

Sheraton New York

Hotel & Towers

New York City, NY

Eye Donation - Aishwarya at Aditya Jyot

YOU CAN DO IT

Annual conference of Bombay Ophthalmologists Association & MOS : FOCUS 2009

The Annual Conference of MOS and BOA Focus 2009

 from 25th to 27th September 09

The Latest Scientific Program : 

Focus 2009 Program

EID MUBARAK !!

Eid ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر ‘Īdu ul-Fiṭr‎), often abbreviated to Eid,  that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity", while Fiṭr means "to break fast"; and so the holiday symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period

EID MUBARAK TO ALL OF YOU 

The Gandhian Philosophy of Customer Satsfaction - Our Patient Service Motto

A customer (Patient) is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption in our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider in our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him. He is doing us a favor by giving us an opportunity to do so.

Mahatma Gandhi

A 10yr old Girl's Interesting Question to me

A 10 yr old girl asked me yesterday :
"Doctor, why do we see coloured lights moving inside the eye when we keep a torch on our closed eyes ?"

Her curiosity amazed me and here is a video simulating the colours seen and the mystery behind this.......
Itz called The Entoptic Phenomenon......





Entoptic phenomena are visual effects whose source is within the eye itself. Under suitable conditions light falling on the eye may render visible certain objects within the eye itself. These perceptions are called entoptical.


When a torch is placed on the closed eye it illuminates the inside of the eye and the blood flowing in the vessels and the liquid inside the eye is visible as different colours.

Phosphene

A phosphene is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye. The word phosphene comes from the Greek words phos (light) and phainein (to show).^[1] Phosphenes can be directly induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation of the retina or visual cortex as well as by random firing of cells in the visual system. Phosphenes have also been reported by meditators,^[2] people who go for long periods without visual stimulation (also known as the prisoner's cinema) or who are under the influence of drugs, especially a hallucinogen.

The most common phosphenes are pressure phosphenes, caused by rubbing the closed eyes. They have been known since antiquity, and described by the Greeks.^[3] The pressure mechanically stimulates the cells of the retina. Experiences include a darkening of the visual field that moves against the rubbing, a diffuse colored patch that also moves against the rubbing, a scintillating and ever-changing and deforming light grid with occasional dark spots (like a crumpling fly-spotted flyscreen), and a sparse field of intense blue points of light. 

The name "phosphene" was coined by JBH Savigny, better known as the ship's surgeon of the wrecked Medusa.^[7] It was first employed by Serre d'Uzes to test retinal function prior to cataract surgery.^[8]

Most vision researchers believe that phosphenes result from the normal activity of the visual system after stimulation of one of its parts from some stimulus other than light.

Mahatama is Obama's Hero !!

An article from The Hindu, Chennai,10th Sep 09.

Washington : US President barack Obama has said if given a chance he would like to have a meal with his real hero Mahatama Gandhi although the apostle of peace did not eat a lot.

Mr. Obama's response came to a question from a ninth grader at the Wakefield High school an Virginia, who asked him if he could have diner with anyone dead or alive who would it be.

"Dinner with anyone dead or alive ? Well you know dead or alive, that's a pretty big list", he said amidst laughter. "You know, I  think that it might be Gandhi who is a real hero of mine', Mr Obama said.

He said Gandhi was someone who has inspired people across the world for the past several generations. He had inspired Dr. Martin Luther King so if it hadn't been for the non violent movement in india you might have not sen the same non vioent movement for civil rghts here in the United States, he said.

Gandhiji, Obama said ended up changing the world just by the power of his ethics." I am always interested in people who are able to bring about change, not through violence, not through money, but through the force of their personality and ethical and moral stances. I would love to sit down and talk to him.

Aditya Jyot Retina CME Today @ 7 pm

CME  Proramme on 10th Sep @7pm
Venue : Adityajyot Auditorium, 3rd Floor.

1. CSCR and current trends in management - Dr. Priyank Garg
2. Spectral Domain OCT Imaging of Macular Pathologies-
     Dr. Arindam Chakravarti
3. Cystoid Macular Edema and its management - Dr. Sunita Pathak
4. Guest Lecture - Dr. Thea Herbort, Frankfurt.
5. Macular Hole & its Management - Dr. S Natarajan
6. Talk - Mrs. Surekha Mehta c/o Mrs Vasanthi Badrinath
     (Sankara Nethralaya Women's Auxilary)

FOLLOWED BY DINNER.

A Great Gandhian dies after 21 day fast.........My deepest condolences

Dr. Dwarkadas Joshi a 94 yr old Gandhian eye surgeon was on Ganga Jal ever since he fractured his leg on August 15th. He wanted to leave this world jus like Vinobha Bhave died in 1982. His funeral was attended by scores of people whose lives he had touched in some way or the other and the Gujarat government gave him a guard of honour

He had left Mumbai in 1940's to settle in Vadnagar. His son Dr. Mihir Joshi is now a practising ophthalmologist in Vadnagar and now the 3rd generation is into Ophthalmology. His grandson Vithan is a Senior working Optometrist in  Aditya Jyot.

My deepest condolences to the Joshi family.

Living a life that matters - An Inspiring Poem Sent by my friends Dr. Buror & Dr. Rita

by Michael Josephson used with permission of the author Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations and jealousies will finally disappear. So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans and to-do lists will expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. It won't matter where you came from or what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant. So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you bought but what you built, not what you got but what you gave. What will matter is not your success but your significance. What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught. What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example. What will matter is not your competence but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when your gone. What will matter is not your memories but the memories that live in those who loved you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what. Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice. Choose to live a life that matters.

Adityajyot Celebrates Teachers Day

Teacher’s day is celebrated on 5th of September. The birthday of the second President of India Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan is observed as teacher’s day in India. Dr, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a renowned educationist, a scholar and a teacher. It is his birth anniversary that is celebrated as teacher’s day throughout the country.

All my fellows,DNB Students and Optometrists celebrated Teacers Day at Adityajyot today. 

Birthday Wishes Greeting cards