Padmashri – chief of AIIMS Opthalmic sciences Dr.J.S.Titiyal retires amid tears
SUNIL NEGI
The chief of the Opthalmic Sciences of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Dr. J.S.TITIYAL recipient of Padma Shree for his outstanding contribution credited with first live Corneal transplant surgery has tearfully retired as the chief of Opthalmic Sciences after rendering several decades of services earning tremendous appreciation and accolades.
During his farewell every doctor was in tears including Dr. Titiyal himself who always served as the chief of AIIMS Opthalmic Sciences cooperating with his junior with love and affection treating every patient with special care and adoration.
Thousands of eye patients arrive to AIIMS Opthalmic Sciences from all over the India including Delhi and seek satisfactory treatment of their eye’ ailments with hundreds of surgeries conducted every day.
Padam Shri Prof. J. S. Titiyal considered to be the Proud of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand was born at Tidang Village, Dharchula, Dist. Pithoragarh,Uttarakhand,
An eminent Opthalmologist and chief of AIIMS eye wing, Opthalmic Sciences, recipient of the g guest civilian award Padmashree Padama Shri Jeewan Singh Titiyal is an Indian ophthalmologist, is credited with the first live cornea transplant surgery by an Indian doctor. He was honoured by the Government of India, in 2014, by bestowing on him the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the field of medicine.
Titiyal is the first Indian eye surgeon who conducted live cornea transplantation at American Academy, two years ago and got international fame.
Jeewan Singh Titiyal was born at Tidang, a small village in Dharchula, Pithoragarh district, along the Indo-Nepalese border in Uttarakhand state in India and did his early schooling at a local school in Dharchula Choosing a career in medicine, Titiyal graduated from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and did his higher studies in ophthalmology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS. He completed his senior residency in cornea and refractive unit from the same institute. Dr. Titiyal, on completion of his senior residency, joined the faculty of Dr. RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences itself, January 1991, to kick start his career and has been working there ever since. Rising up the ranks, he is now a Professor there, head of unit in the cornea and refractive surgery division.
Achievements and legacy
Dr. J. S. Titiyal, as a specialist in Keratoplasty, Refractive surgery, Stem Cell transplantation, Contact lens, Low Vision Aid and Cataract including Phaco emulsification and Pediatric cataract, has several notable achievements during his career. He is reported to have performed the first live cornea transplantation surgery among Indian surgeons. He is credited with the first Intacs procedure for complex corneal problems. He has done successful surgeries on many eminent personalitities such as Dalai Lama, Manmohan Singh, former Indian Prime Minister, Sheila Dikshit, former Chief Minister of Delhi, Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi and Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister of Punjab, among others.
Dr. Titiyal delivered the first Dr. B. D. Joshi Oration on Therapeutic Contact Lenses in June 1999, organized by Vidarbha Ophthalmic Society. He has organized three international conferences on ophthalmology, the most notable one being the Orbis International, at New Delhi, in 1999. He regularly takes part in national and international conferences to give lectures and live surgical demonstrations.] He has conducted various free eye camps across the country. Kudos.
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@aiims_newdelhi ! Dr. J.S. Titiyal, Padma Shri awardee and pioneer in live corneal surgery, retires as Chief of the RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences. Faculty members applaud with heartfelt respect, their eyes brimming with tears and honors.
