Dr. Anujeet Paul, Eye Surgeon, B B Eye Foundation, KOLKATA (2025)

19/05/2025

Paying it forward.

8 years ago, we laid the seed for Doctors For A Cause (DFC), a NGO, by medical students, for medical students.

Today, DFC is has truly expanded beyond its four walls in include students from all disciplines, doctors, paramedicals, and most importantly, change-makers.

We’ve had 120+ Health Camps across the country, recruited 700+ volunteers and have had an impact on 20000+ lives globally.

This year, it was time to introduce our flagship event, DFC Open House — to bring forward, Health Equity, Through Collaboration.

Eight years of hardwork with a global team; has allowed us to reach far, and wide — open the minds of the 20+ year old generation today to think about the healthcare of the country; and aid to make it accessible in every form.

Delay in diagnosis, delay in treatment and lack of follow-up care is the bane of any health care system, especially with the population in India that we are dealing with. Here’s where Doctors For A Cause, has been able to reach into the depths of society to bring together accessible healthcare.

Get in touch with me if you would like to be the next change-maker at DFC, collaborate with us or volunteer with us. We perform regular health camps, awareness drives, educational programmes, volunteer programmes with bases in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Goa, Jaipur to name a few cities!

We would have happy to have you!

12/05/2025

A whirlwind trip to Bangalore over the weekend turned out to be one of my most memorable experiences!

Words do fall short as I express my gratitude to sir, .supriyasriganesh, sir and the entire team at for inviting me and being impeccable hosts for one of their flagship CMEs — Through the Master’s Lens.

I am no master, but however was overjoyed and overwhelmed be invited to perform live cataract surgery there in front of an audience of 300+ attendees. Needless to say, Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital is one of the mecca’s for cataract surgery in the world, and their operation theatre, is nothing short of a work of art.

Premium cataract surgery today, is an understanding beyond premium IOLs, premium machines — and begins with the choices we make from the moment the patient enters our OPD, optimising for outcomes, based on the needs, wants, desires of the patient, not only to give them clear vision, but also an elevated quality of life.

I would also like to pay my regards to Dr. Nitin Balakrishnan sir, Dr. Ramamurthy Dandapani sir, Dr. Chitra Ramamurthy ma’am for their encouragement and insights. Dr. Anurag Mishra sir, has been a silent and watchful guardian during my last couple of live surgeries and I am ever grateful to him for that.

Last but certainly not the least, thank you to the entire staff at Nethradhama Super Speciality Eye Hospital and HOYA Surgical Optics for all their work behind their scenes.

At the end of the day, what I take home is not the skill and the technology from meets like this, but a home grown connection, build on trust, kindness, collaboration and support.

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06/05/2025

A few snippets from Ophtha Karnival: Cataract Bootcamp, a two day skill training, teaching and knowledge sharing CME on cataract surgery hosted jointly by Kar Vision Eye Hospital, Orissa Ophthalmic Society and Young Ophthalmologists Society of India.

— it was a honour and pleasure to construct a scientific programme from scratch tuned towards learning cataract surgery which included, lectures, discussion sessions, live surgery and skill training courses on Phacoemulsification, Biometry, IOL loading, and much more, supported by Alcon Fidelis, and Argos.

🌟 Here are a few highlights!

1. Only two faculty talks per hour with emphasis on discussion. Faculty asked to prepare video based teaching modules.

2. Residents asked to present their surgeries — complete or incomplete, for discussion; expert panel asked to dissect and discuss how steps can be improved.

3. YOSI GuruSamman: homage and felicitation to our teachers of the state.

4. Live Surgery focus on teaching over showmanship! Emphasis made on correct technique and instruments usage. Included three debutants — Dr. Sunandini Bose, Dr. Sameer Chaudhary and Dr. Soumya PP.

5. Sponsored talks cut down to 3-5 minutes to deliver the essence of the product with use cases.

6. No discrimination with lanyards and badges between faculty and delegates. Everyone is here to learn!

7. Wet Labs - Alcon Fidelis, Argus, goat’s eyes, IOL loading, hands on surgical skill training.

8. UNIQUE session — understanding the phaco machine, fluidics, foot pedal, tuning and tuning; LIVE in front of the machine.

9. 100+ resident participation!

10. 200+ audience with 28 faculty — back to the good old days!

Organising such a mammoth event in a totally different city was a herculean task, but I am glad I went ahead with it! There has been soo much to learn. Additionally performed my third live surgery which remains an experience like no other.

All this would not have been possible without the unvavering support of — Dr. Ashok Nanda sir, Dr. Anurag Mishra sir, Diva Kant Misra sir, Karan Bhatia sir, Dr Nilesh Kumar sir, Lipi Mittal and Aishwarya Rathod.

29/04/2025

𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲:

10. Diabetic patient with non-dilating pupil. Hypertensive patient who has a subconjunctival hemorrhage on instrument touch — though absolutely predictable, just hate it when it happens.

9. Large side port — leaks all throughout surgery, and need copious amounts of OVD — soo easy to avoid but gets the better of us sometimes.

8. Iris touch with either left or right hand instrument — constriction of pupil + patient wincing in pain — working outside the safe zone; happens sometimes with unpredictable results, though we escape most of the time.

7. Inadvertent forced use of ultrasound energy on the endonucleus — turns the cataract into a bowl with only epinucleus and cortex; difficult to remove — age old problem, but hard to saw which softie will become a bowl!

6. Inability to crack posterior plate in harder cataracts — some of them just refuse to! Can predict till the first attempt.

Top 5! 👇🏻

5. Intumescent cataract — runaway rhexis or Argentinian Flag Sign — can predict till the first puncture and a few clock hours of hard work!

4. Posterior capsular rupture — during nucleus emulsification / IA / IOL delivery — multifactorial!

3. Poor IOL loading — comes out upside down or flips in the bag — just one of those days when the IOL has a mind of its own when implanting itself into the eye!

2. Poor hydrodissection — large epinucleus plate; difficult to grasp with phaco tip + unable to achieve vacuum with IA. Just too stubborn!

1. IFIS — Iris prolapse from main and side port right after injecting OVD.

In my opinion, IFIS can behave in soo many different ways that it’s almost impossible to predict it going in for the surgery. This makes it the number one most inpredictable sign in cataract surgery. Always approach with extreme caution!

Do you agree with the list? Share your thoughts!

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24/04/2025

Milestone! Thrilled to share that I’m the first surgeon to implant the Rayner RayOne Galaxy IOL (+ toric variant) in West Bengal, second in the east, and fifth in the country, at B B Eye Foundation, Kolkata. Two implants, back to back!

The science here is interesting. This is first AI designed Spiral Optic IOL, designed for full range of vision, seamless transition from distance to near, with minimal halos. With a larger fraction of our patients seeking presbyopia correction and spectacle independence after cataract surgery, this innovation coupled with RayOne’s time tested design + preloaded injector system — is a win.

The need of the hour. 👇🏻

For hesitant patients — in present day, cataract surgery is a quality of life procedure, and the correct IOL, after close discussion with your surgeon, plays a vital role in your visual outcome. The Galaxy design gives me the flexibility to recommend the IOL to a wide range of patients.

For hesitant surgeons — I have to look very hard to find a surgeon who has not used any RayOne IOL. Adopting Galaxy, gives you the flexibility to offer a bit more, to patients willing to accept it.

First impressions. 👇🏻

Seamless implantation, for both IOLs. I’ve shared two immediate intraop photos right after implantation; they look fantastic — looking forward to the postoperative outcome. Watch this space!

10/04/2025

200+ LIVE 🚨 attendees!
30+ questions! 30 minutes of just Q&A.

Numbers you NEVER hear in a webinar.

Thank you. 🙏🏻

08/04/2025

My most heartwarming moment at 2025. A tribute to my professor.

I was fortunate to be Dr. Kirti Nath Jha sir’s postgraduate during residency. Fondly called, ‘Jha sir’ — he was the Unit 2 Chief and a man of high moral principle and ethics. He would always try to instill into us the right values to have, not only as an Ophthalmologist but, more so as a human being. In clinics and rounds, he always insisted that teaching should be precise and to the point.

In fact, it was him who introduced us to AAO BCSC, and always implored us to follow standard guidelines for treatment (there was no beating around the bush with him!). What made sir stand out was his love for the subject and his constant desire to keep learning; his openness to learn from his PGs!

During COVID, sir decided to retire and shift from Pondicherry to Bangalore. While leaving he insisted that if we ever visited Bangalore — we must have a meal with him at home!

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This APAO, I met sir after five long years, but he hasn’t aged a day! Neither in body, nor in mind. He still greeted me with the same firm handshake, and smile that took me back to my residency days. He mentioned that he’s come after quite a few years and he’s elated to meet his students. Once again, he invited me to Bangalore!

Sir, I hope you continue to remain an umbrella ☂️ for all us, supporting us, and helping us grow, in your own silent way. What a memory to take back home!

04/04/2025

I’ve always loved the influential power a photo can carry on its shoulders — a love that transitioned slowly into to Ophthalmic Imaging and Photography, over the years.

Extremely grateful to finally receive an award for an image taken by myself — for a national competition, on an international platform. Grateful to my teachers and mentors! 🏆

31/03/2025

Optimising for outcomes!

It is a fact that the same cataract surgery, performed with controlled fluidics can give a vastly superior outcome for our patients.

Here are a few ways you can optimise your phacoemulsification machine:

👉🏻 Shifting to active fluidics, from gravity dependent fluidics is a game changer. In an active fluidics system, pressure is directly applied to the irrigation bag, which is connected to a peristaltic pump. This enables the machine to make even miniscule changes to the intraocular pressure allow to machine to provide a stable anterior chamber even at low, close to physiological IOPs. I’m currently operating at 28mmHg.

👉🏻 This stable chamber allows one to operate at higher aspiration flow rates, with higher vaccum. This makes the machine much more responsive to the foot pedal with a faster build-up, and little to none post-occlusion surge. A vaccum of 500-600mmHg is currently what I am working with.

👉🏻 Finally, these changes allow one to lower the ultrasound energy - minimal torsional with zero longitudinal energy, where in softer cataract we can go for a vaccum driven surgery over a phaco power driven one. Most CDE times range from 1-5.

A stable chamber with high vacuum and minimal power, results in faster emulsification with less chatter and surge. The machine works so that you don’t have to. Enjoy the vaccum! Cut the power.

Results? No wound burn, lesser BSS pouches consumed, less turbulence in the eye, minimal endothelial loss, and with a clear cornea the next day the patient is extremely satisfied. Only because we have optimised the machine for outcomes!

29/03/2025

Today studio art generator is yet another example of how Deep Learning and Generative AI has undergone a radical transformation in just a year. With a single prompt, complex images are being read, transcribed and recreated!

In this case the AI model has deciphered complex objects like microscopes, the phaco machine, tubing of instruments, OT gowns to generate an atmosphere of its own, from each unique OT setting!

Fantastic!

Hope you enjoy the theatre recreation as much as I did!

24/03/2025

Honoured and grateful to receive the Prof. Ranjan Roy Young Ophthalmologist Free Paper Award (2024) by The Kolkata Association of Ophthalmologists at the Annual Congress this year. 🌟

Plus, rubbing shoulders with a galaxy of Glaucoma giants from all around the county - a whirlwind weekend comes to an end.

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