Dr. Parijat Chandra MD, DNB, MNAMS, MIMSA
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Dr. Parijat Chandra completed his M.B.B.S. from the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS), Delhi. He was awarded the Sridharan Gold medal in Anatomy, Sridharan Gold medal with distinction in Pharmacology; silver medals with distinction in Physiology, Biochemistry; and silver medal in Preventive & Social medicine. He was awarded silver medals for overall ranking in first and final MBBS.
He completed his M.D. (Ophthalmology) from the prestigious R.P. Centre, AIIMS in the year 2000. He was also awarded degree of D.N.B. (Ophthalmology) by National Board of Examinations. He completed his senior residency training in vitreoretinal surgery from R.P. Centre, AIIMS. Thereafter he joined the faculty in Dr. R.P. Centre, AIIMS and is currently working as Professor of Ophthalmology.
His key area of work is in research, management and surgery of paediatric vitreoretinal diseases, especially Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). He is a regular speaker at national and international conferences, and has 150+ peer-reviewed Pubmed indexed publications. He has been engaged in screening and management of ROP including ROP Surgery in AIIMS since last 24 years.
He has conducted nationwide ROP training workshops. He was Co-PI of the Sightsaver’s National ROP Project (2013-2016). He was organizing secretary of the 2nd World ROP Congress in New Delhi (2009) and Chief Scientific Program Coordinator of the 3rd World ROP Congress in Shanghai, China (2012). He organized the National ROP Summit supported by QEDJT (2013). He was awarded the prestigious Michael Trese Oration from the Indian ROP Society (2023) and ACOIN Felicitation Award (2016). He has been member of committees from NNF, WHO, RBSK Govt of India for formulation ROP related guidelines. He is member of the National ROP Task Force under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
He has been a coinvestigator in many multicentric international clinical trials like DEGAS, MONET, IMROP, MONET, SHIELD, RAINBOW. He mentors quality improvement teams in AIIMS and is AIIMS chapter leader at Institute of Healthcare Improvement USA at IHI.org.
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