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Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Born December 11, 1957) Founder Medical Director and the leader of TEAM MAHATME, is an eye surgeon. ''Vikas Mahatme'' has established a Mahatme Eye Bank & Eye Hospital run by SMM Eye welfare Charitable trust & is a Govt. recognized Eye Bank with maximum corneal retrieval & usage in the Nagpur, Maharashtra, region. Eye Bank was started in 1987. == Early and personal life == What began as his one-room, one-man operation in 1986 evolved into one of the most extensive charitable ophthalmic hospitals in the country, the Mahatme Eye Bank and Eye Hospital, in Nagpur. He married to Dr. Sunita Mahatme Dr. Mahatme received his medical degree in ophthalmology from Nagpur University in 1983. He lectured at the Government Medical College in Nagpur until 1985, then founded the Mahatme Eye Hospital in 1986. He is a member of many ophthalmological societies, including the All India Ophthalmological Society, the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Academy of Medical Sciences and the National Society for Prevention of Blindness. As a faculty surgeon, Dr. Mahatme has conducted innumerable phaco and skill-transfer workshops, and he has performed live surgical demonstrations in India and abroad. He has performed more than 70,000 cataract surgeries and 35,000 phaco cataract surgeries, and he has compiled his techniques into a book, Step by Step Phaco Tips & Tricks, published in 2005. He developed the woodcutter nucleus cracking†phacoemulsification technique, in which a phaco tip is used instead of a chopper to divide the nucleus. The technique works especially well on hard nuclei and is gaining popularity in India and abroad, he said. Other contributions to the field include a filtration-enhancing knot used in trabeculectomy, as well as developing pigment for cosmetic corneal tattooing. Dr. Mahatme also received the Colonel Rangachari Award and Gold Medal for his research on rectal mucous membrane graft for dry eye. In addition to clinical training courses, Dr. Mahatme runs training courses for ophthalmic technicians, hospital assistants and computer technicians. . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vikas Mahatme」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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