India Vision Institute in association with Brien
Holden Vision Pvt. Ltd. organized a one day seminar on ‘Harnessing your soft
contact lens skills’ on Tuesday, 24 February 2015. Focusing on enhancing
clinical practice and improving dispensing of soft contact lenses, the seminar
was designed to benefit optometry practitioners, educators and students alike.
Over 40 participants from Dr Rohatgi's Vision
Eye Hospital - Usha Opticals - Kolkata, Bausch & Lomb School of Optometry-
Hyderabad, School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Hyderabad and
SIHR & LC Karigiri Hospital - Vellore attended the seminar.
Various topics such as spherical and toric soft
contact lens selection and fitting, trouble shooting and product availability,
discussed at the seminar were widely appreciated.
Facilitated by Brien Holden Vision Pvt Ltd, the
panel comprised Dr Nagaraju Konda, Dr Kalika Bandamwar, Ms Arifa Begum, Mr
Rambabu Putta, Ms Aparna Vadlakonda from the Brien Holden Vision Pvt Ltd, India
and Mr Srikanth Dumpati - Associate Optometrist in Cornea and Contact Lens
services at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad.
India Vision Institute acknowledges the support
of ‘Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation’ and ‘Optometry Giving Sight’ in
funding the program.