A privilege and honor to represent APACRS – Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons and speak on ‘Bhattacharjee Rings – the Next Gen Pupil Expansion Device’ at the ‘Combined Symposia of Cataract and Refractive Societies (CSCRS)’ during the 2015 ASCRS (American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery) meeting at San Diego on 19th April.
26th April 2014.
The paper titled ‘Notches & Flanges: The Next Pupil Dilating device’ by Dr. Suven Bhattacharjee from INDIA, was adjudged the Best Paper of the Session at 2014 ASCRS meeeting at Boston USA.
Click on this link to watch a video of the device & the interview regarding this new invention:
This week’s ASCRS Clinical Spotlight features a presentation by Suven Bhattacharjee, MS, DO titled “IFIS: Intra Operative Floppy Iris Syndrome & Small Pupil.” This presentation was a part of the ASCRScourse 21-109: “Phaco Pearls for the Beginner.”
Nayan Eye Centre (including Phone Lines) will remain closed from 18th to 21st August 2022
2020
January 5: ARC AIOS CME arranged by IROPA. Sagar Railway Club
January 11 – 12: Amritsar, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, India, Mid Term meeting.
January 18 – 19: Bangalore, Netradhama Superspeciality Eye Hospital – Phaco Festival 2018.
February 13 – 16: Gurugram, All India Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference.
Feb 29 – March 1: Live Surgery Conference. Sankara Eye Hospital. Samarjhola, Ganjam, Odisha.
April 3 – 5: Delhi, DOSCON Delhi ophthalmological Society Conference (Tentative)
April 11 – 12: Kolkata Retina Debate. Sankara Nethralaya Kolkata.
April 18 – 19:Bangalore, Narayana Nethralaya . Complex Cataract & Refractive Surgery Livewire
May 15 – 19: Boston, USA, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Meeting (Tentative)
June 6 – 7: Cataract Catalyst. 2020. Sankra Nethralaya, Chennai. Bridge over Troubled waters – Managment of Complicated Cataracts.
July 4 -5: Chennai, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, India, meeting.
August 5 – 9: Xiamen, China. Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting. (Tentative)
2019
January 13: Kolkata, Kolkata Academy of Ophthalmology Meeting.
January 19 – 20: Amritsar, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society , India (IIRSI) Mid Term meeting.
January 27: Rajkot, All Gujarat Ophthalmological society (AGOS), West Zone CME.
February 13 – 17: Indore, All India Ophthalmological Society Annual Conference 2019.
March 15 – 16: Chitrakoot, Sadguru Conclave (Sadguriu Netra Chikitsalaya), FUSION 2019
March 26 – Apr 7: Personal Work
April 13 – 14: Delhi, DOSCON Delhi ophthalmological Society Conference
May 3 – 7: San Diego, USA, American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Meeting
May 18 – 19: Bengaluru, Narayana Nethralaya Science 2 Clinix
July 6 -7: Chennai, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, India, meeting.
September 7 – 8: Delhi, Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society, India, meeting.
September 13 – 17: Paris, European Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons meeting.
Dr Suven Bhattacharjee was awarded the prestigious P Siva Reddy Award by the All India Ophthalmological Society for outstanding International work. This is the highest award for academics & research by All India Ophthalmological society. This was in recognition of his work on the ‘B-HEX Pupil Expander’ which has made challenging small pupil (non-dilating pupil) cataract surgery safer, easier and affordable.
At the All India Ophthalmological Conference 2014 which concluded on 9th Feb at Agra, Eye Surgeon from Kolkata, Dr. Suven Bhattacharjee bagged the Col. Rangachari award for the best overall paper in Ophthalmology and the Sante Vision award for the best paper in Cataract. These are the highest competitive awards given by the All India Ophthalmological Society in recognition of research in these fields. The invention ‘Bhattacharjee Ring’ is a new pupil expansion device that can enlarge the pupil during cataract and other eye surgery when it does not dilate with medications. This device is superior to existing devices in requiring much smaller incisions for insertion and removal and its simple design also allows it to be produced by inexpensive methods. This in turn will reduce the cost of cataract surgery in these difficult situations and also save the country thousands & thousands of dollars that are spent in procuring existing pupil expansion devices.This device is likely to gain global acceptance and become the standard of care for cataract surgery in certain difficult situations. Dr. Bhattacharjee has been in practice in Kolkata for over 30 years.
These awards are all the more special because never has a solo practitioner with limited research facilities (almost none) ever ventured anywhere near these. Dr. Bhattacharjee had competition from some of the best institutes in the country – AIIMS, Sankara Nethralaya, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Aravind Eye Hospitals etc. etc. These are Ophthalmology institutes with the best research facilities and dedicated teams & unrestricted funding. Dr. Bhattacharjee had only hard work, family support, midnight oil to burn, limited funds & a modest set up.
With India scoring very low on innovation, an invention that might change the way some difficult cataract surgery will be done globally is something to reckon with.