Dr. Rajiv Choudhary

• Director – Rajas Eye & Retina Research Centre, Indore. & Choudhary Eye & Retina Research Centre, Indore.
• Running training programme in IOL & phaco surgery for junior ophthalmic surgeons.
• Running charitable eye unit for poor patients.

• Junior consultant in Rotary Eye Institute, Navsari (Gujarat) for 3 years.
• Observer Moorsfields Eye Hospital, London.
• Observer Cambridge Eye Hospital, Cambridge.
• Observer Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford.
• Demonstrator – 2 years at M.G.M. Medical College, Indore from 1981-1983.
• Teaching experience – 2 years at M.G.M. Medical College, Indore from 1981-1983.

10,0000 phaco surgeries & 2,000 Retino Vitreal surgeries in last 10 years.

1. Guest Surgeon & performed live surgery at -

• Performed live surgery at Bombay ophthalmic Society( BOA)
• Performed live surgery at Delhi ophthalmic Society (DOS)
• Phaco workshop at Jabalpur held by Jabalpur Divisional Ophthalmic Society in 1997.
• Phaco workshop held in Medical college, Bhopal in 2000.
• Phaco workshop held at Sankalp Hospital, Bhopal in 2001.
• Workshop organized by Ujjain Divisional Ophthalmic Society in 2000.
• Workshop at Bhagyoday Eye Hospital, Sagar (M.P.) in 2000.
• Workshop at Bhagyoday Eye Hospital, Sagar (M.P.) in 2001.
• Workshop organized by Armed Forces Medical College, Pune (Maharashtra) in 2001.
• Phaco workshop at Jabalpur held by Jabalpur Divisional Ophthalmic Society in 1996.

2. Performed live surgery at phaco workshop organized by Indore Divisional Ophthalmic Society & conference ‘Vision 2000’.

3. Guest speaker at phaco workshop organized by Choithram Trust Hospital, Indore in 1999.

4. Paper / Work presented / Publication –

• At International conference held in Rome in 1986.
• 18 papers presented at AIOS, M.P.S.O.S & other subspeciality conferences.
• Comparative Evaluation of Manual Phaco and Phaco in Highlights of Ophthalmology (No. 1) year 2000.

5. Moderator & Co-Chairman at various subspeciality & M.P. state conferences.

6. Conferences attended –

• International conference held in Rome in 1986.
• American society of cataract & refractive surgery, Boston in 2000.
• Regularly attending annual AIOS conferences & M.P. state society conferences as well as various subspeciality conferences.

7. Phaco workshop at Maharashtra State Ophthalmic Society’s annual conference in 2003, held at Jalna.

8. Phaco workshop held at Sitapur in 2004.

9. Chief Instructor in AIOC Instruction Courses since last 11 years.

10. Co- Instructor in AIOC around 25-30.

Developed a simulator software for Capsulorhexis which enables a surgeon to practice Capsulorhexis on computer. (Copyright no.30/04-COSW).

Developed a unique technique of using Subconjunctival Anaesthesia in Phacoemulsification, presented at AIOS Conference – 2004, Varanasi.

Specially developed on Simulator project eye surgeons to give practice to surgeons on computer, for different eye surgeries developed

Member – Scientific Committee of ‘All India Ophthalmic Society’. Twice year 2002-2005 and 2005-2007.

Honorary secretary – Indore Divisional Ophthalmic Society in 1992.

Organising secretary – II Central zone Ophthalmic Conference held in 1992.

President – Masonic Lodge (Central) Indore.

Executive Member - Indore Divisional Ophthalmic Society for last 9 years.

Executive Member - M.P. State Ophthalmic Society.

Scientific committee Chairman & Member in various academic yearly activities of I.D.O.S.

Member – Scientific committee of I.D.O.S. for Glaucoma Society of India at Indore.

Executive Member – District Blindness Control Society, Indore.

Life member – All India Ophthalmic Society.

American Society of cataract & refractive surgery.

Managing Trustee – Choudhary Charitable Trust.

Sir Raibahadur Pandit Memorial Award.

Awarded “Gold Medal” from Indian Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, at Pune on 20-21 Aug.2005 at National Conference

Chief instructor in AIOC for following courses :

Co-instructor in AIOC for following courses:

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