Abadan Khan Amitava
Professor
Opthalmology
Algiers University
India
Biography
Prof Amitava completed his graduation and masters in ophthalmology from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. In between, he did a 5-year stint in the Army Medical Corps. Subsequently, he served as a consultant in the Gandhi Eye Hospital for 3 years, and looked after their Community Outreach program; also being exposed to a month long fund raising pan-Canadian Lecture tour. He has been teaching since 1995, with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals, concentrating essentially on strabismus. Two novel approaches have included true muscle transplantation for large angle strabismus, and re-attaching rectus muscles with cyanoacrylate and demonstrating the feasibility of a suture-less option. His other interests involve medical statistics and medical education technology.
Research Interest
Strabismology, Biostatistics
Publications
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Amitava AK, Grover S, Kumari N. Stiffened hang-back: A suggested modification using cyanoacrylate glue. Oman J Ophthalmol 2015;8:217-8
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Kumari N, Amitava AK, Akram SM, Grover S. Direct, spontaneous carotid-cavernous fistula with a contracted kidney: A rare association. Indian J Ophthalmol 2016;64:323-5
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Khan AA, Rizvi SW, Adidravid A, Amitava AK, Siddiqui Z. Central corneal thickness and severity of visual field loss in primary open-angle glaucoma. Sudanese J Ophthalmol 2016;8:26-9
