Dr. Suryasnata Rath is currently Head of the Mithu Tulsi Chanrai (MTC) campus of L V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar, and of the Ophthalmic Plastics, Orbit and Oncology Services at MTC. Following his basic medical training in Odisha, he completed long-term fellowships (2001-3 & 2005-6) at the LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad before joining the faculty there in July 2006.

He became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FRCS), Glasgow in 2004. Since his training in oculoplastics with Peter Dolman at the University of British Columbia, Canada in 2011-12, he has developed a keen interest in thyroid eye disease and endonasal lacrimal surgery. Suryasnat is the principal investigator of several ongoing projects, including a multi-center randomized trial on orbital radiotherapy in thyroid eye disease and a DBT-funded project to explore the role of infection in ocular adnexal lymphoma. Suryasnat recently stepped into the realm of innovation as a recipient of the BIRAC-BIG grant to develop a device for the minimally invasive treatment of chronic dacryocystitis. He has written 42 peer-reviewed, indexed publications and several chapters on non-endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy.

Dr Milind N, Naik completed his post-graduate training in ophthalmology at the Christian Medical College, Vellore. In 2001, he became a fellow in ophthalmic plastic surgery at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. He completed his orbit-ofacial plastic surgery fellowship at the Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles in 2006-07. His areas of interest include thyroid eye disease, aesthetic orbito-facial surgery, and minimally invasive ophthalmic plastic surgery.

He received the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Senior Achievement Award in 2015 and is a member of the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS). He served as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Society of Ophthalmic Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (APSOPRS) from 2010 to 12.

Dr Naik has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles in international journals, and lectures extensively around the globe in the field of ophthalmic plastic surgery and facial aesthetics. Dr Naik currently heads the Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery Services at LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. He also serves as Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Rochester, New York, USA.