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Dr. Supriyo Ghose

Chief & Professor


Born in 1947, he studied at St. Xavier’s Calcutta till 1962 and after an academic career par excellence with several distinctions and prizes in school, he was offered the National Scholarship in 1963. With an MBBS in 1st Division from Medical College Calcutta in 1969 with College Scholarships and Certificates of Honours.

Dr. Supriyo Ghose joined the Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS in 1971, from where he topped in his MD in Ophthalmology in 1974 as well as in the MAMS in 1975. His earlier interests were in Ophthalmoplasty, Trauma, Glaucoma and microsurgery under the influence of Prof Y Dayal & N N Sood; Prof L P Agarwal encouraged him to focus his attention on Paediatric Ophthalmology especially its more obscure areas. Since 1977, Dr. Ghose has been looking after this Clinic at Dr. R P Centre, AIIMS, where he is currently Professor of Ophthalmology in charge of the Paediatric Ophthalmology and Ophthalmoplasty Services since 1993.

His wide interests encompassing autorefractometers and refraction, and basic sciences including ocular pathology, microbiology and pharmacology in relation to the eye, are embodied in over 140 papers including about 50 publications in diverse foreign journals; chapters on eye problems and ocular emergencies in children especially in the IAP publications; and over 200 presentations in several forums and conferences in the country and abroad. It is one of these delivered at the Ahmedabad AIOS Golden Jubilee Conference, which gave him the coveted Hanumantha Reddy Award. He has had the honour of being invited to serve at various places in diverse capacities of speaker, panelist, instructor, moderator, convenor, Guest Faculty, Session Chairman, Selection Committee member, technical expert, as well as paper setter for postgraduate and postdoctoral examinations, and thesis evaluator and external examiner for MS in Ophthalmology. He has attended several International Congresses and chaired sessions in them.  Amongst others, he has been earlier awarded the S K Biswas Memorial Oration & the Best Poster Award at AIOS, and recently the C L Malhotra Research Prize in Pharmacology & Allied Sciences for their work on centbucridine, a newer local anaesthetic.

To the All India Ophthalmological Soc (and to his local Society at Delhi too), he has contributed in various humble capacities. He is keenly interested in sports with several earlier awards to his credit. After having been Chairman of Acad and Research Committee at the   Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre, he is presently Chairman of the Medical Board for appeal cases, besides being Chairman too of the Sports Committee. He has actively participated in meetings of ophthalmic microbiology & pathology, and chaired sessions and symposia on ocular pharmacology.  Amongst many other speciality workshops, Prof. Ghose has organised since 1980 four comprehensive Post-Doctoral National Workshops in Paediatric Ophthalmology at AIIMS, besides such meets in other states of the country also.