Catalyst is a group that was formed with Dr Srinivas K Rao as the Mentor and includes Dr Nidhi Gupta, Dr Sharon D’Souza and Dr Aditya Pradhan as the co-organizers. This is a virtual online platform that deals with topics of interest to Ophthalmologists – from the Ocular Surface.
This was the sixth Program in the Series and focussed on an important topic in the Indian context – Allergic eye diseases. These are now increasingly common today, especially in children and although multi-factorial in etiology, are possibly related to the increasing levels of pollution.
The program is from 6 to 8 PM on Saturday and Sunday and included this time an International expert of Allergic Disease – Dr Andrea Leonardi from Padua, Italy. There was also a talk by an Allergist – Dr Moitra from Kolkata, apart from the Ophthalmologist speakers.
These Programs are held once in 2 months and are much appreciated by the audience which includes both practising Ophthalmologists and Post-graduates. Being a virtual platform, there is a considerable international audience and the total number generally numbers about a 1000.
Dr Srinivas K Rao was an Expert Panelist on both days of the Program.