Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital
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| Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Wadala, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Hospital type | Speciality eye hospital |
| Affiliated university | National Board of Examinations, New Delhi (DNB) |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 27 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1990 |
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| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in India |
Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital (AJEH) is a Mumbai eye hospitals and it was rated as 'the best eye hospital in Mumbai' by Outlook, an Indian weekly news magazine in its July 2002 issue.[1]
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History
- It was established by chairman and managing director Prof. Dr. S. Natarajan in 1990 in Dadar[2] and shifted to its current location in Wadala.
- President of India has approved S. Natarajan's name for conferment of Padmashri in recognition for distinguished service in the field of medicine.
- It also houses the Aditya Jyot Eye Bank and Aditya Jyot Optometry Institute.
- Consultants affiliated with Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital include S. Natarajan, cornea specialist Kavita Rao, Pandurang Kulkarni, Kruti Mody, Mihir Kothari, Ruvit Nikam and Anupam Deshpande. M. M. Sharma is a senior anesthesiologist at the institute; Radhika Srinivasan, also an anesthesiologist, is the CEO of Aditya Jyot Foundation of Twinkling Little Eyes.
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital has been visited by the former President of India A.P.J.Abdul Kalam, former Governor of Maharashtra S. M. Krishna and the chief minister of Maharashtra, Vilasrao Deshmukh.[3]
Education
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital trains medical graduates in ophthalmology. It is a recognized institute for DNB Diplomate of National Board (DNB).[4]
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital also offers fellowships to Indian and foreign ophthalmic post graduates in Vitreoretinal surgery and anterior segment surgery.
Patient facilities
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital is one of the first eye hospitals in Mumbai to offer LASIK to patients.[5]
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital is the only eye care hospital which is open 24 hours a day.
- Botox or botulinium toxin treatment is also offered under the supervision of a trained oculoplastic surgeon.[6]
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital also runs charitable wings totally free of cost at different parts of Mumbai, namely Dharavi and Mahalakshmi.
Recent advances and achievements
- Aditya Jyot has a Pinterest account.[7]
- S. Natarajan's interview was telecast on Jaya TV Kaalai Malar program on 20 May 2013 at 8:10 am IST.[8]
- PadmaShri award to be conferred to S. Natarajan and will be telecast on YouTube page of Indian Doordarshan National Channel on 20 April at 11:30 am.
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital launched the latest fourth-generation optical coherence tomography (OCT) which will combine evaluation of retina, cornea and glaucoma in one.[9]
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital is the first hospital in Asia to introduce the retinal endoscope and the Preferential hyperacuity perimeter.[10]
- S. Natarajan, chairman and Managing Director, was appointed the honorary ophthalmic surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra.[11]
- Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital is one of the institutes in India which transplants stem cells grown in a culture medium in the lab into patients suffering from chemical burns and ocular diseases which need such stem cells.[12]
- In February 2006, NCRM (Nichi-in Centre for Regenerative Medicine) signed a memorandum of understanding with Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital for a collaborative research on retinal stem cells in the presence of the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, R. R. Patil and Hyosuke Yasui, the consul general of Japan.[13]
Positions held by the consultants
S. Natarajan,[14] chairman of AJEH, holds a wide variety of posts in various organisations, both within India and internationally currently, such as
- President, Bombay Ophthalmologists Association[15]
- President, Vitreo Retinal Society of India[16]
- Vice president of Ocular Trauma Society of India[17]
- Chairman, Academic Research Committee, All India Ophthalmological Society[18]
- President, Maharashtra Ophthalmological Society[17]
- Honorary Ophthalmic Surgeon to Governor of Maharashtra.[11]
- Regional Managing Editor of EyeWorld Ophthalmology, the news magazine of the Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS)[19]
- Patron of the International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS)[20]
- Reviewer for the Indian Journal Of Ophthalmology[21]
- Patron, National Society for Prevention of Blindness in India, Maharashtra Branch.[17]
Vandana Jain, cornea specialist is a
- Reviewer for Ophthalmology - The American Academy of Ophthalmology flagship Journal.[Dr. Shome and Dr. Jain are reviewer for Ophthalmology][22]
- Reviewer for Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.[23]
References
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- ↑ Kaalai Malar
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- ↑ http://www.adityajyoteyehospital.org/eye-hospitals-mumbai/eye-hospitals.htm
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- ↑ http://www.expresshealthcaremgmt.com/200704/coverstory01.shtml
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- ↑ [APACRS : Asia Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons]http://www.ascrsmedia.com/index.cfm?page=23
- ↑ http://ismsics.com/officebearers.html
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