Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association is more than fifty year old association of ophthalmologists with over 1300 members. The Association works for the benefit of the Ophthalmic community and is affiliated to the All India Ophthalmological Society.
The TNOA organises annual and mid term conferences offering an opportunity to its members to interact with each other and update their knowledge in various scientific sessions at these conferences.
The TNOA also publishes an academic Journal which is circulated to all members and members are encouraged to submit articles to this journal.
The Academic and Research Committee offers fellowship and travel scholarships to encourage its younger members to participate in training programs and update sessions.
This website offers a large amount of technical information to registered members of the Society and also patient education information to the general public.
Dr.Kalam's Oath for Ophthalmologist ::
I, as an eye care professional realize by removing darkness and giving light to the patient is indeed God's mission.
Based on the experience and my core competence as a Doctor, I am capable of diagnosing the exact disease at right time. ....read more.
President's Message ::
Our eye care community has successfully reduced some of the common blindness problems during the last two decades. The cataract blindness has reduced from 80% to 60% by increasing the number of cataract surgeries from 1.5 lakh to 4.8 lakh cataract surgeries annually and the refractive error blindness has reduced from 20% to 7%........read more
