Hyderabad, February 7, 2019: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), India and the Antonio Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal for advancing the treatment of eye cancer. The collaboration will aim to seek innovative and pioneering eye cancer treatment solutions, and also allow for genetic, molecular and cellular analysis. Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown’s (CCU) cancer program is the most advanced in the world.
The formal MoU was signed by Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder-Chair, LVPEI and Dr Leonor Beleza, President, Antonio Champalimaud Foundation. Also present were Mr Joao Botelho, Vice President and Prof Antonio Parreira, Clinical Director, Champalimaud Foundation, and Dr S Shivaji, Director of Research, LVPEI.
Specialized eye cancer treatment is a highly advanced subspecialty clinical eye care service provided at the LVPEI. The Institute’s “Operation Eyesight Institute for Eye Cancer” is led by a dedicated and experienced team that provides state of the art care for eye cancer of all types.
The goal of this program is to understand and prevent cancer. This is particularly critical for India, as eye cancer (Retinoblastoma) is most common in children. This collaboration will hopefully bring new insights and therapeutic approaches to the problem of eye cancer.
About L V Prasad Eye Institute
The L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) was established in 1987 at Hyderabad as a not-for-profit, non-government, public-spirited, comprehensive eye care institution. LVPEI is governed by two trusts: the Hyderabad Eye Institute and the Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation. The Institute is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness and a Global Resource Centre for VISION 2020: The Right to Sight initiative. LVPEI has ten active arms to its areas of operations: Clinical Services, Education, Research, Vision Rehabilitation, Rural and Community Eye Health, Eye Banking, Advocacy and Policy Planning, Capacity Building, Innovation and Product Development.
The LVPEI pyramidal model of eye care delivery currently includes a Centre of Excellence in Hyderabad, 3 tertiary centres in Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, 19 secondary and 178 primary care vision centres that cover the remotest rural areas in the four states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Sreedevi Yadavalli
Head - Communications & Corporate Relations, L V Prasad Eye Institute
Tel: +91 040 23547254, +91 040 30612444; Mobile: +91 9849171895
Email: ysreedevi@lvpei.org
Website: http://www.lvpei.org