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Uveitis comprises of diseases of diverse etiologies including infectious and non-infectious causes. The frequencies of these specific causes vary depending upon the population studied and geographical areas of these patient populations. The developing world has a large disease burden mainly because of high prevalence of several infectious diseases. Aravind Eye Care System opened a separate Uveitis Clinic in 1993. With great respect to all our teachers and colleagues, we are very happy to mention that it is 25 years since we started our Uveitis clinic at Madurai. It has been possible only because of whole hearted guidance and support from all our seniors and colleagues. As a part of the celebration, we are organizing a uveitis conference "UVEA 360°" on 28th and 29th of January 2017. The goal of this conference is to provide a holistic approach towards the diagnosis and management of uveitis. Dr. Narsing A Rao and Dr. Emmett Cunningham from US, Dr. Marion Munk, and Dr. Edoardo Baglivo from Switzerland are sharing their vast experiences. 17 national and 14 Aravind faculties from our centers have accepted our invitation. In addition, we have rheumatologist, radiologist and internist to give a complete understanding of the enigmas of uveitis.

At this important moment we are very thankful to our librarian Mrs. Kumaragurupari for bringing out collections of web links on uveitis. She has collected all web links on Definition, History, Types, Diagnosis, Types of uveitis, Treatment, Research and Awareness.

With warm regards

Dr. S.R. Rathinam



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Library Team
The Issue Features...
UVEA 360° [Jan.- Feb.2017 ]
Vol.14 No.1 January & February 2017
•  Definition & History
•  Magnitude
•  Diagnosis
•  Types of Uveitis
•  Treatment of Uveitis
•  Awareness & Uveitis Societies
•  Featured Personality
•  Narsing A. Rao, MD
•  Emmett Cunningham Jr., MD, PhD, MPH

•   Past Issues


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  • Dr. Rao is Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology at the Keck School of Medicine and Director of Uveitis Service. He is involved in the treatment of inflammatory ocular diseases affecting the uveal tract, vitreous, retina and sclera. He has received numerous honors and awards for his research endeavors on ocular inflammatory diseases from Research to Prevent Blindness and the National Institute of Health. He delivered several named lectures including visiting professorship at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale university, Washington university, University of California, San Francisco, University of Paris, France, Moorefields Eye Institute, London, University of Rome, Italy, Tokyo Medical University, Kyushu University in Fukoka , Japan and University of Sydney. Dr. Rao has published over 375 peer reviewed articles in the United States and in international journals, four books on ophthalmic diseases. For his outstanding contributions to Ophthalmology, he was awarded Lorenz E. Zimmerman medal from American Academy of Ophthalmology, Ramon L. Font medal from Pan American Society of Ophthalmology, International Ocular Inflammation Society Award and award from European Vision and Eye Research Association in 2006. Recently he was selected to receive a prestigious international medal, Bietti medal from International Council of Ophthalmology.




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  • Emmett T. Cunningham Jr, M.D., Ph.D., MPH, is currently director of the Uveitis Service at California Pacific Medical Center; adjunct clinical professor of ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine; research associate, The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine; partner at West Coast Retina Medical Group; and partner at Clarus Ventures, LLC.

    Dr. Cunningham received his M.D. and MPH degrees in epidemiology and statistics from the Johns Hopkins University and Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, San Diego for work done at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. He completed residency in ophthalmology and fellowship training in corneal disease, external disease, and uveitis at UCSF and The Francis I. Proctor Foundation, a medical retina and uveitis fellowship at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, and a fellowship in public health ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute.

    Dr. Cunningham founded and is Chairman of the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit. The Ophthalmology Innovation Summit brings together leading companies, clinicians, academics and investors in the ophthalmology space. Dr. Cunningham has served on the boards of several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

    Dr. Cunningham is an internationally recognized authority in the field of infectious and inflammatory eye disease and the author of over 300 publications.





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