Biography
Dr Avinash Pathengay is the Network Director of Education at LVPEI and heads the Standard Chartered – LVPEI Academy for Eye Care Education. LVPEI’s ‘Just A Minute (JAM) clinical pearls,’ a digital learning emailer in ophthalmology and optometry, which received a phenomenal response from the global eye care fraternity, is his brainchild.
He conceptualized several other innovative learning tools and, under his leadership, LVPEI’s education training programs and collaborations have been further strengthened with a strong digital component. He has been associated with LVPEI since 2001 and played an integral role in establishing the retina services at the institute’s GMR Varalakshmi Campus in Visakhapatnam.
After graduating from the Stanley Medical College, Dr Pathengay did his ophthalmology residency at Madras Medical College. He subsequently pursued a fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery at Sankara Nethralaya, followed by a one-year fellowship with Dr Harry Flynn at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA.
Dr Pathengay is a co-founder of RETNETINDIA, a group with over 950 retinal surgeons in India. He has delivered over 100 presentations at international and national conferences, published 147 peer-reviewed papers, and authored nine chapters in various textbooks.
He was honoured as an Outstanding International Scholar by the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, USA, and ranked in second position as an expert in endophthalmitis by the Expertscape Daily Experts. He has also received several awards for his presentations at forums such as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Asia Pacific Ophthalmological Society, and the World Ophthalmology Congress.
With a keen interest in botany, Dr Pathengay enjoys engaging discussions on plants and gardening. The Sensory and Mobility Park at LVPEI’s Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus in Vijayawada and the award-winning gardens at the GMR Varalakshmi campus in Visakhapatnam are among his notable contributions to the Institute.