TKCI provides treatment for all corneal diseases under various subspecialties across its 3 tertiary centres at Bhubaneswar, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam and the Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad. The range of treatment includes corneal transplantation, dry eye end stage ocular surface diseases, corneal diseases in children, infections and cutting edge laser surgery.
Basic research is conducted into the genetic, molecular and cellular biology, microbiology, pathology, eyebanking and stem cells aspects of corneal disorders. Clinical research includes clinical trials and public health research, particularly epidemiology, on the incidence and prevalence of various corneal conditions.
The Tej Kohli Foundation was founded in 2005 by Tej Kohli and his wife Wendy as an autonomous, non-profit organization. The Foundation’s road map is to eliminate blindness by 2030. The Tej Kohli Foundation is funding the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute (TKCI) where advances in ophthalmology and treatment are being undertaken to eliminate blindness.
Visual impairment is a public health problem of global proportions, affecting 285 million people across the world out of which 39 million people are blind. Ninety percent of those affected by blindness and severe visual impairment live in the poorest countries in the world, where healthcare resources and infrastructure are limited or poorly distributed. The problem of access and affordability can be tackled only through systematic, long-term efforts that result in widespread availability of high quality facilities for eye care, delivered by people who have the technical skills, the resources and the compassion to handle diverse population segments.
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To create awareness about various eye diseases among the general public, TKCI has installed Free Telephone Boxes. A first of its kind initiative, these boxes have been installed at Pebbair near Wanaparthy in Telangana and at Tada, a small town on the border of Andhra Pradesh.
Imagine a world where waking up was the same as sleeping, eternal darkness, with no end in sight. Luckily, if you’re reading this, then you are not one of the 36 million people in the world who are blind as of 2015
TKCI faculty member Dr Sayan Basu visited Ho Chi Minh City Eye Hospital (HCMCEH) in Vietnam to conduct a three-day workshop, 29 July - 3 August 2018, on simple limbal epithelial transplantation (SLET), the most-recent advancement in corneal stem cell transplantation
Last week, the entire clinical faculty of TKCI today a weekend off from family to spend together and come up with key focus areas in research, education, clinical care, eyebanking and preventive cornea care
Syed Nayeemuddin, 38 is a painter by profession and a resident of Golkonda, Hyderabad.
Master Shukri Murhad Sarhan, a 10 year old boy from Yemen, was suffering from advanced keratoconous
As many of you may be aware, for our founder, Tej Kohli, robotics and AI have a vital
Improving the health of people’s eyes is one of the core goals of the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute
As 2017 draws to a close, and the promise and opportunity of a whole new year beckons
Here at the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, we’ve spoken before on the difficulties.
A new technology has the potential to create biocompatible cornea grafts, customised towards patient’s individual needs.
New research has highlighted the extent to which many people are using their contact lenses incorrectly – increasing the risk of eye infections and further, more damaging complications.
Using a single cornea, two corneal transplant surgeries were performed for two different patients.
Following criticism of the amount of corneas that go to waste, Mumbai eye banks may soon begin refusing donations from the over 80s.
Artificial Intelligence may once have been firmly rooted in the world of science fiction, but it is becoming more of a reality with every...
Here at the Tej Kohli Cornea Institute, we’ve always got our eyes peeled for developments in the world of ocular science –so we’ve been reviewing the spate of
The medical science behind organ donation is progressing at an unprecedented rate – but it is still vital to overcome the public’s reluctance to register their eyes for donation.
The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute is committed to the treatment and prevention of corneal blindness, and our work often takes the form of providing patients with corneal transplants.
An important initiative by TKCI is to support partner hospitals in Asia and Africa to increase the number of corneal transplantations in their countries.Dr. Merle Fernandes's visit to Myanmar to train the surgeon in MEENT Hospital, Mandalay was a step in this direction.
We all understand on an intuitive level that prevention is better than cure, and that’s especially true in the field of public health.
The 37th Low Vision Awareness Program (LAP), held 31 March - 1 April 2017, in collaboration with the India Vision Institute, had 47 delegates from across India, Ghana, Mozambique and Nigeria.
Cataracts account for about half of all cases ofblindness in the world. What’s worse, almost all of us will develop cataracts eventually, as long as we live long enough –the vast majority of the population will get them at least by their eighties or nineties.
TKCI is aggressively pursuing the goal of eliminating corneal blindness globally by enabling partners across the world to perform corneal surgeries.
L V Prasad Eye Institute is the only centre with 2000 plus cornea transplants in a single year. A total of nearly 24,000 cornea transplants till date from inception
Tej Kohli Cornea Institute at LVPEI, Hyderabad performed 2000 corneal transplants in a year (April 2016- March 2017). This is the highest number of corneal transplants to be performed by an Eye Hospital/ Institute in the world in a year!!
Our founder, Tej Kohli, has made it his mission to channel his high net worth into eliminating preventable blindness. Nearly 80% of corneal disease is entirely avoidable – and yet there remain 285 million people with
In February, we achieved a milestone with the launch of ECHO clinics- a technology based solution to provide expert clinical opinion to treating ophthalmologists in distant locations. Many international cornea specialists have shown interest in joining this virtual clinic.
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Tej Kohli Cornea Institute (TKCI) was formed by L V Prasad Eye Institute by partnering with the Tej Kohli Foundation on 11 December 2015, with a vision to reduce the burden of corneal blindness around the world.
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Dr Virender Singh Sangwan has done his MS Ophthalmology from Maharshi Dayanand University, Haryana. He has completed his fellowship in Cornea & Anterior Segment at L V Prasad Eye Institute, and a fellowship in Immunology & Uveitis Services at Harvard Medical School, USA.
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Tej Kohli Cornea Institute (TKCI) was formed by L V Prasad Eye Institute on partnering with the Tej Kohli Foundation on 11 December 2015, with a vision to reduce the burden of corneal blindness around the world.
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It’s never been easy to speak out about poor mental health – no-one wants to thought of as crazy, and society hasn’t always been kind to the mentally ill. But we’ve come a long way since the days of Bedlam – so why is it still so difficult to discuss male mental health?
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Myanmar’s had a difficult time over the past century or so. With political upheavals and turbulent civil conflict being the norm it has, to a certain extent, missed much of the advances of the modern world.
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Continuing to enhance real life impact through technology, Microsoft India, in collaboration with L V Prasad Eye Institute, today launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE).
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This is a mission-driven global consortium of like-minded commercial, research and academic institutions who have joined hands to apply artificial intelligence to help in the elimination of avoidable blindness
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With an aim to help millions of visually impaired through artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft India and LV Prasad Eye Institute on Monday launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE).
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Microsoft India, in collaboration with L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, on Monday launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE).
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Hyderabad, Dec 19 (PTI) Microsoft India, in collaboration with L V Prasad Eye Institute, today launched Microsoft Intelligent Network for Eyecare (MINE).
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An insight into what went on at the TKCI on the 2nd and 3rd of December 2016, including: TKCI Day of Celebration and TKCI Partnership Meeting.
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What a busy year it has been for TKCI! Find out all about TKCI's collaborations and connections throughout 2016.
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Treating paediatric corneal disease is a primary focus area at TKCI, and this month’s newsletter is all about the prevention and cure of children’s corneal blindness.
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Dr Varsha Rathi, Dr Pravin Krishna Vaddavalli, Dr Somarsheila Murthy and Dr Jagedesh Reddy discuss the benefits of having free eye care facilities in India.
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Very few people can afford the costs of eye care treatment and the subsequent costs of travelling for follow up treatment. Dr. Pravin Krishna Vaddavalli discusses these issues and provides an insight in to what goes on at the LVPEI Centre at Dhulipala.
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Over the last year, our work here at TejKohli Cornea Institute and LV Prasad Institute has broken new ground: we’ve been making a focused effort to extend our reach, branching out to ensure our eye care is available amongst the rural communities who need it the most.
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London, 5th July 2016: The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute [TKCI] in partnership with world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) is proud to announce the launch of the TKCI Srujana Innovation Award. The award encourages ideas that will lead to the next big breakthrough in treatment of corneal blindness.
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You might think that business and philanthropy are as different as milk and chili, but, like the aforementioned foodstuffs, they have a unique and complementary relationship. Business and charity may have different motivations, but they both have the same aims – to keep costs low and efficiency high, while maximising profit.
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"We are proud of our long standing history and global reputation in the area of ophthalmology. We have spent over 27 years working with leading specialists in their given field, to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients. This is a vital opportunity to extend this work as new technologies can be implemented to help in reducing corneal blindness. L V Prasad Eye Institute has created history in the field of Corneal Transplantation by becoming the first single Institute ever in the world to achieve 20,000 corneal transplants across its network. Through the new Tej Kohli Cornea Institute we hope to enhance our activities significantly both directly and indirectly as well as developing a Global Resource Centre for corneal blindness. This means being able to increase the number of surgeries we can undertake and work towards our own goal of eliminating avoidable blindness. This philanthropic gesture of Mr Kohli opens up all these possibilities."
"There is an estimated 23 million individuals worldwide who have unilateral corneal blindness while 4.9 million are bilaterally blind. Corneal blindness may be treated by donor cornea transplantation but there is a severe shortage: 53% of the global population has no access to human donor corneas; 12.7 million individuals are awaiting transplantation, and only one out of 70 individuals are transplanted. The Tej Kohli Cornea Institute’s efforts to eliminate cornea blindness range from community health and prevention, expansion of eye banking efforts, excellent medical care, to development of regenerative medicine technologies such as stem cell therapy to bioengineered corneas to supplement the huge shortage of donor corneas and treat patients who cannot be helped by conventional donor transplantation."
“Currently, for people who are blighted by blindness and other ophthalmic issues. It prevents them from participating in society and for many it means being cast out due to their lack of ability to contribute financially. We must not allow this to continue in the 21st century. It is our duty to step in and support with passion, pride, hard work and guarantee of financial commitment.”
Sheikh Abdul Hameed was compelled to seek voluntary retirement from his job at a dairy factory, owing to his failing vision. After a local doctor in Kurnool referred him to LVPEI, he underwent glaucoma surgery in his left eye that allowed for the restoration of some vision, and diligently sought follow up care with Dr Anil Mandal for nearly a decade. Unfortunately, his only seeing eye was hit by a stone as he was watching some children at play.
The injury led to infection and cataract (loss of transparency in the eye lens) and he had to be operated upon for cataract removal. Dr Mandal also referred him to Dr Muralidhar Ramappa to see if anything could be done about his right eye that had developed a white opacity for over 10 years. Dr Ramappa performed two surgeries to Hameed’s right eye; corneal replacement and cataract removal respectively. To Hameed and his wife’s sheer delight, vision was indeed restored in his right eye. Hameed is thrilled to be able to lead an independent life in his autumn years, even as he wonders as to his premature decision to seek voluntary retirement, losing 11 earning years!
Soniya Kishanlal is a young woman from Punjab. On her first visit to LVPEI, she underwent eyelid surgery performed by Dr Tarjani Dave and her team to separate her eyelids that had fused after acid was thrown on her face by an irate neighbour over an argument. She underwent a second surgery by Dr Sayan Basu and his team for an Auro Kpro, a corneal prosthesis used to replace a small, round portion of the patient's damaged cornea.
Soniya today is a transformed woman; a far cry from the tantrum-throwing, haunted woman constantly wailing about her loss. Today she acknowledges that she is lucky. With vision restored a little in her left eye, hope has stirred once again of a new future with her ever attentive and affectionate husband Kishanlal whom she is now able to see again. She is grateful for that and very thankful to her doctors at LVPEI.
Krishna, 25, from a humble family in Madhya Pradesh has an MBA in Finance. His preparation for a banking career suffered a blow due to eye injury and subsequent vision loss. Krishna has hemophilia, a rare genetic disorder in which the blood does not clot and results in excessive bleeding. At LVPEI, a team effort by his doctors first focused on controlling his hemophilia before treating him - completely free of cost.
From Dr Archana Bhargava's persistent efforts to convince the Delhi Hemophilia Society to provide the expensive Factor VIII injections to Krishna free of cost, to Dr Pavan Karla's diligence in administering these injections twice daily for seven days at 2pm and 2am, and to Dr Bhupesh Bagga's skill in performing the Hyphema drainage surgery early in February, everything went like clockwork. “I came to LVPEI with high expectations and it has lived up to its reputation. The pain has subsided drastically; my vision is still blurred but I have been told further course of treatment will be planned. I am hopeful the doctors save my vision and I can resume my preparation for bank exams,” says a grateful Krishna.
