Dr. R. Kim, DO. DNB, working as a Chief Consultant of Vitreo-Retinal Services, Aravind Eye Hospital & Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology, Madurai. He has undergone fellowship training in the vitreo-retinal specialty under Dr. P. Namperuamlsamy, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai and later on under Late Dr. George F Hilton, University of California, USA. He also underwent training at Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University, USA. Now he heads the Department of Retina & Vitreous Services, Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai and runs an active Vitreoretinal fellowship program where he trains many aspiring Vitreoretinal specialists. He is also the Co-Ordinator for the TIFAC-CORE in Diabetic Retinopathy Project (Center of Relevance & Excellence) supported by the Govt. of India. He is the program director of Aravind Telemedicine Network which is doing innovative work in delivering eye care to the unreached. He has implemented telemedicine practice at the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary level for eyecare.
He has lot of publications to his credit. He has contributed to Chapter in a Text Book on “Teleophthalmology” Volume XXVIII, 306, 2006 p., published by Springer. He has published articles on Teleophthalmology in various journals.
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