North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health & Medical Science doctor bags award for best research
Prof. Tanie Natung and his team from NEIGRIHMS received the ‘Best of Indian journal of ophthalmology award’ during the 40th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress
- DIMAPUR — Prof.
Tanie Natung and his team from North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute
of Health & Medical Science (NEIGRIHMS) received the ‘Best of Indian
journal of ophthalmology award’ during the 40th Asia-Pacific Academy of
Ophthalmology Congress in conjunction with the 83rd annual conference of the
All-India Ophthalmological Society held from April 3 to the 6th in New Delhi.
- Over 13500 delegates from different countries participated
and exchanged their scientific knowledge, experiences, learning and outcomes of
scientific researches in the combined APAO-AIOS conference.
- An update from the institute stated that the prestigious
award was given for the research study, which compared two techniques in
selecting the most appropriate lens power calculation formula for cataract
cases thereby improving the vision outcomes for patients with least possible
errors.
- Prof. Natung added that the research would surely guide
ophthalmologist around the world to provide best outcomes in cataract surgeries.
- Dr. Ishita Pandey, Dr. Benjamin Nongrum and Dr. Ester K
Sekhose from the department of Ophthalmology at NEIGRIHMS conducted the study
and guided by Prof. Tanie Natung.
- The director of NEIGRIHMS, Prof. Nalin Mehta, congratulated
Prof. Tanie Natung and team for their efforts in adding quality scientific
research in the field of ophthalmology with aim improve the patient outcomes.
- It mentioned that the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology is a
prestigious and widely circulated medical journal with good impact factor. The
Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology is the largest body of ophthalmologists
of the Asia Pacific region and All India Ophthalmological Society is the
largest body of medical societies of any specialty with about 27000 members at
present.
