Ocular Trauma in Armed Conflicts

Col (Dr) Shrikant Waikar is presently Professor and Head of the Department of Ophthalmology at Institute of Naval Medicine, INHS Asvini, Colaba, Mumbai, India, and is a Senior Adviser to 16 armed forces hospitals across India. He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune, India, in 1989. After graduation, he actively participated as a medical officer with the fighting forces in various counter-terror operations. He has seen active armed operations at close quarters and managed multiple forms of trauma for three years before specializing in the field of ophthalmology from AFMC Pune (MS) followed by a Diplomate of National Board (DNB) and fellowship from Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai (FMRF). He is also a member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS). He has served as an ophthalmologist and anterior segment microsurgeon in various armed forces hospitals in India. He has vast experience in managing all forms of ocular trauma, both militaryand civil. He has been taking lectures on ocular trauma in various forums and organized a national level CME at Lucknow, India, for armed forces and civil ophthalmologists. He has several publications and has delivered numerous national and international conference presentations.

Col (Dr) Shrikant Waikar 目前是印度孟買科拉巴的海軍醫學研究所（INHS Asvini）眼科系的教授及系主任，同時也是全印度16家武裝部隊醫院的高級顧問。他於1989年畢業於印度武裝部隊醫學院（AFMC），位於浦那。畢業後，他作為醫療官積極參與各種反恐行動中的作戰部隊。他在近距離參與過活躍的武裝行動，並在專攻眼科之前，管理了多種創傷，持續了三年，隨後從AFMC浦那獲得眼科碩士學位（MS），並取得國家醫學委員會的文憑（DNB）及來自印度金奈的Sankara Nethralaya的研究所獎學金（FMRF）。他也是國家醫學科學院的成員（MNAMS）。他曾在印度的多家武裝部隊醫院擔任眼科醫生及前段顯微外科醫生，擁有處理各類眼部創傷的豐富經驗，包括軍事和民用。他在各種論壇上講授眼部創傷，並在印度勒克瑙為武裝部隊及民用眼科醫生組織了一場全國性持續醫學教育（CME）活動。他擁有多篇出版物，並在多個國內外會議上發表過演講。