Soumyava Basu
Head
Ophthomology
L V Prasad Eye Institute
India
Biography
Soumyava Basu heads the Retina and Uveitis Services at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, India and the Uveitis service of LVPEI network. He received his medical training from the University of Mumbai, followed by a retina fellowship at LVPEI, Hyderabad. He has completed three research sabbaticals – with Prof Narsing Rao at Doheny Eye Institute (2010), Prof Jay Ambati at University of Kentucky (2013-14), and Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan at University of Cambridge, UK (2016).
Research Interest
Dr Basu’s research interests lie in molecular diagnostics and immune-pathogenesis of ocular tuberculosis.