The annual conference of Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) is a supranational prestigious meeting. The most prominent eye doctors of Asia and Australia gather in this 4 day conference. The best of the doctors from Europe and North America are also invited for this meeting.
This year the meeting was held at Bali in Indonesia between 14th and 17th May 2009. Dr. D. Ramamurthy, (3rd from left ) Chairman, The Eye Foundation, Coimbatore & Tirupur was invited to perform live surgery in this prestigious meeting attended by over 3800 ophthalmologists from around the world. He was one of the two doctors from India who performed live surgery there. Using the most advanced Signature Fluidics Phacoemulsification System he performed two cataract surgeries. In one a new revolutionary design Multifocal intra ocular lens was implanted for the first time in Asia while for the other surgery he used a high definition aspheric intra ocular lens.
Apart from performing live surgery Dr. Ramamurthy and Dr. Chitra Ramamurthy were involved in various other sessions. Dr. Ramamurthy chaired a session apart from delivering 3 lectures. As the Chairman, Scientific Committee of All India Ophthalmological Society, he was also involved in various official deliberations to advance mutual cooperation and the science of ophthalmology in the Asia Pacific region.
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