Prof. Jagat Ram

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh

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Dr. Jagat Ram is Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh and Professor of Ophthalmology at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Besides, he is in the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India since September 26, 2018 till now. He is also looking after the additional charge of Director, AIIMS, Bathinda and Bilaspur. He is recognized internationally for his outstanding contributions in the field of cataract and refractive surgery. He has conducted over 90,000 thousands surgical procedures with intraocular lens implantation on patients and over 9500 surgical procedures in children over a period of 40 years. He is recipient of 24 National and International Awards for his outstanding contribution and innovation, he is recipient of Most Prestigious Award Best of the Best Winner for A New Surgical Techniques Management of Double Crystalline Lens at American Society Cataract and Refractive Society (ASCRS) held at San Francisco, USA, 2013. Again on May 9, 2016, he received Best of the Best Award again at New Orleans, USA at the ASCRS which is an unique International honour. He received Oscar of Pediatric Ophthalmology at World Congress of Pediatric Ophthalmology in Barcelona in 2015. Prof. Jagat Ram has regularly offered his services as an Eye Surgeon free of cost in over 145 Eye Relief and Screening Camps and the most importantly organized for the poorest of poor patients. Prof. Jagat Ram has excelled as a teacher, being personally involved in training hundreds of postgraduate students and ophthalmologists in specialized cataract surgery deputed and selected from all over the country. As a researcher, he contributed over 300 research publications in the reputed indexed National and International Medical Journals including New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet. Prof. Ram is truly an inspiration and best known for his untiring devotion to both, patient care and teaching. He has been recognized by Indian medical community as a clinician par excellence, who provides quality care to members of every section of the society. His exceptional surgical qualities and skill have changed lives of thousands patients for which he was awarded Padma Shree by Hon. President of India in year 2019.

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