DARSHAN EYE CARE

Dr. Navin Jayakumar,
MBBS, FRCSEd
Ophthalmologist/ Eye Surgeon

Current Affiliations
Senior Consultant, Darshan Eye Care
Head of Neuro-ophthalmology Service, Sunetra Family Eye care Centre, Kolkata
Honorary Professor of Ophthalmology, Shantou Medical University, PRC
President, Indian Neuro- Ophthalmology Society
Member, Editor Board, Journal of Neuro- Ophthalmology, USA


Academic Background
School: La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata, 1976
College: Loyola College, Chennai, 1977
Madras Medical College, Chennai – MBBS (1984), DO (1988)
Post-Grad: Sankara Nethralaya – Fellowship (1992)

Experience:
Neuro-ophthalmology Training:
With Dr Neil Miller, Wilmer Eye Inst, Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA (1994)
With Prof William Hoyt, Prof Emeritus, UCSF, California, USA (1996)
With Dr Joel Glazer, Bascom Palmer Eye inst, Miami, Florida, USA (1994)
With Dr Steven Feldon and Dr Alfredo Sadun, Doheny Eye Institute, USA (1993)

Previous Professional Positions
Consultant & Director, Neuro-ophthalmology Dept. Sankara Nethralaya 1991 – 2005
6 month Visiting Scholar at the invitation of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in June
2000, to assist in the establishment of a Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology at The
Prince of Wales Hospital.
Senior faculty Dept of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Chinese University of Hong
Kong from 2005 – 2006.

Presentations at International Conferences
American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 1996
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 1997
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 2006
World Ophthalmology Congress 2008 – Chairperson and Speaker at the Neuroophthalmology Symposium
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 2009 – Asia Coordinator – Neuroophthalmology Sessions
Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology meeting 2010 – Asia Coordinator – Neuroophthalmology Sessions
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology from January 1, 201

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