Specialties of Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
Qualification of Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
Experience of Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
- Former additional Professor DR RP CENTRE AIIMS, FELLOW UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO PERFORMS MOST COMPLICATED SURGERIES IN GLAUCOMA including shunts and valves, combined cataract and glaucoma surgeries and most difficult laser surgeries of Glaucoma
- Director Glaucoma Services.
- 41+Years Senior Residency : Glaucoma and Oculoplastic Surgery (January 1986-December 1988) Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi.
- Best Resident Award (1987) for outstanding clinical and
research performance. - Intraocular Lens Implantation, (Jan 1989 -July 89) AIIMS
- Uvea & Vitreo Retina Unit, July 1989 to 1993.
- Pediatric Ophthalmology & Oculoplastics after 1993
- Glaucoma & Anterior Segment after 1999.
- ECFMG Fellowship : Jan 1996 to June 1996.
- Superspeciality training in Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
- At University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.
- 42+Years, including shunts and valves, combined cataract and glaucoma surgeries and most difficult laser surgeries of Glaucoma
Research and Designation of Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
- 71 Indexed Publications.
- 3 Books Many Chapters.
- 24 Thesis Supervision.
- 10 Laser Procedures Invented For The First Time In The World
- CUTTING ADHESIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN LENS IN THE EYE AND THE IRIS by YAG laser–( Iridolenticular Synichiolysis)
- Cleaning the front SURFACE OF THE INTRAOCULAR LENS when it gets plastered by pigments due to inflammation ( YAG laser sweeping)
- Cleaning the posterior SURFACE OF LENS which can be clogged by products of inflamation.
- CUTTING THE SUTURES IN A CATARACT SURGERY BY ARGON LASERS
- DEEPENING THE CHAMBER IN AN ACUTE ATTACK OF GLAUCOMA BY A COMBINATION OF YAG AND ARGON LASERS.
- DELIMITING THE RAISED PORTION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA AFTER GLAUCOMA SURGERY ( bleb delimitation by Argon Laser)
- BURNING THE PROJECTING SUTURES BY LASERS.
- CUTTING THE IRIS BY LASER TO VISUALISE THE RETINA IN RIGID PUPIL BY A COMBINATION OF ARGON AND YAG LASER.
- LASER ASSISTED REDIRECTION OF LOWER LID TO PREVENT WATERING.
- ALL THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN PRINTED IN PEER REVIEWED INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS.
Awards and Recognition of Dr. Harsh Kumar (Padma Shri Awardee)
- PADMA SHRI 2015 WHO FELLOWSHIP International EYE Foundation Award, ECFMG fellowship, GOLD MEDAL IN MBBS,AIIMS. MD,AIIMS BodhRaj Sabharwal medal, BEST SENIOR RESIDENT AWARD, AC AGGARWAL TROPHY, ICON of the ETHICAL HEALTHCARE AWARD by Speak India, PRATAP NARAIN MEMORIAL LECTURE, B.C CHANDRA ORATION, A.N PANDEYA ORATION PRESIDENT GLAUCOMA SOCITY OF INDIA 2010-12. SECRETARY DELHI OPTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2001-3.
- -AWARDED PADMA SHRI BY THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA ON 30TH MARCH 2015 GOLDEN APPLE AWARD at annual I focus Hyderabad 2024.
- -ICON OF ETHICAL HEALTHCARE AWARD at health conclave of SPEAK INDIA Chandigarh march 3 2019
- -Dr Ranjan Akhaury Oration at 7th annual Patna conference April 2022
- -NN Sood ORATION LECTURE at 56th RP Centre foundation day on 11th march 2023
- -Elected president glaucoma society of India 2010-12.
- Elected Secretary DELHI OPHTHALMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 2001-3
- – DB Chandra oration on 25 th Nov 2007 for outstanding work in glaucoma given by the Alumni aassociation of Allahabad University.
- – Awarded the AN Pandeya oration award in the 44th Bihar Ophtalmological Society meeting held at Bodh Gaya in aug 2010
- – Awarded an “International Eye Foundation” (IEF) Project entitled “ComprehensiveManagement and Health Education for Prevention of ROP Blindness” for 25000 US $ (1999).
- – Awarded the IMSP (International Medical Scholars Programme) award given by ECFMG (Educational commission for Foreign Medical Graduates) in 1995. This award is given only to 20 people all over world every alternate year.
- – Awarded WHO Fellowship 1996-97.
- – Award for Humanitarian Service (maximum number of cataract cases done in any eye camp) given by Lion club, North India Region 1995.
- – PN Taneja Award for best paper on Retinopathy of prematurity read at Annual Pediatric society conference 1994 December.
- – Awarded Certificate of Merit for the best paper presentation at the Annual DOS conference, Delhi, April 1994.z
- – First prize in Ophthalmic Quiz held at the qAIOS Conference 1990/1988.
- -A.C. Aggarwal Trophy (1988) best paper presentation in annual meeting of Delhi
- Ophthalmological society.
- – Best Resident Award (1987) outstanding clinical & Research performance in senior residency.
- -Bodh Raj Sabharwal Medal (1985). First position in MD (Post Graduation) and maximum marks obtained in two consecutive MD batches.
- -ICMR (1985) Fellowship for medical research.
- – Gold Medal in PSM (Preventive and Social Medicine) in final MBBS at AIIMS (1982).
- -Senior Science Talent Scholarship (1975).
- -Best Talk of the year award from DOS in year 1997.
- -BEST CLINICAL TALK at the annual DOS MEETING 2007.
- – PRATAP NARAIN MEMORIAL LECTURE GIVEN TO Ghaziabad ophthalmic society.2008
- -Resource teacher for the DOS number of years regularly
- MOST NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS IN TEACHING & RESEARCH and patient management
- Besides sincere & diligent patient care, teaching, research and various administrative responsibilities, I
- have contributed to the advancement of ophthalmology and patient care especially by:
- a) I have been Awarded a Project entitled “Comprehensive Management and Health Education for the Prevention of ROP Blindness” for 25,000 US $ by the International Eye Foundation (I.E.F.) U.S.A.
- b) Awarded the International Medical Scholar’s Programme award (IMSP) by ECFMG-USA, an award given only to 20 faculties from all Medical disciplines, round the world in alternate years. The award was given for superspeciality training in ROP.
- c) First person to start screening for neonates of AIIMS nursery for ROP (Retinopathy of Prematurity), having launched this programme at AIIMS I have popularised this screening to other Delhi & North Indian Hospitals by number of lectures at important fora. This screening detects treatable ROP disease and has saved large number of infants who would have otherwise become blind since birth.
- d) Was first to describe a new technique for removing pigments from the anterior surface of IOL called YAG Sweeping.
- e) Was the first in the world literature to describe the technique of Iridolenticular Synichiolysis by YAG laser.
- f) I was the Coordinator for a WHO-Ministry of Health project to disseminate the knowledge regarding ROP. Under this scheme we are organising workshops of Paeditrician/Ophthalmologist combination all over India, which would actually benefit the masses.
- g) Started a multispeciality Retinoblastoma clinic which collaborates the Radiotherapist, Paediatric Oncologist with Ophthalmologist. This has benefited the patients immensely as joint multispeciality check-ups are hastened and decision making for therapy is swift.
- h) I have prepared a manual to guide the District Ophthalmologist in screening & management of Glaucoma under the agies of Ministry of Health.
- i) A book on ROP first of its kind is released and got world wide acclaim.
- j) I initiated the formation of ROP clinic and screening programme at AIIMS, Safdarjang and lady Hardinge Medical college which has helped save the sight of innumerable babies.
Cataract Eye Surgery
