Experience

LV PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE HYDERABAD

• Consultant

  • Feb 2003 - Present

• Associate Director

  • Feb 2011 - Present

  Dr Rohit C Khanna has completed Residency in ophthalmology from Government Medical College, Nagpur and did a Comprehensive Fellowship at L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI). Subsequently, he did a Masters in Community Eye Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a Masters in Public Health from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at school of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester, USA and Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His clinical areas of interest are cataract and glaucoma. Apart from his clinical responsibility, he is also involved in Public Health training and research. He is the Course Convenor for the Diploma and Masters program in Community Eye Health programs and was involved in designing the Masters Program in Community Eye Health, in collaboration with the University of New South Wales (UNSW). In research, he is involved with outcomes of different interventions as well as Geriatric and Child Eye Health and have published extensively in this area. As a Principal Investigator, he has led multiple studies, including the cohort of Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study (APEDS). He is a on the Editorial Board of several journals too. He is a member on numerous Working Group for the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) as well as serves on Board of Trustee of IAPB. He was involved in capacity building of different hospitals and Institutes, both Nationally and Internationally. He has also worked on various consulting projects, for many National and International Organizations, including IAPB and WHO. He is recipient of several grants and awards too. Show less

• Director, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Center for Advancement of Rural Eyecare (ICARE)

  • Feb 2011 - Present

• Associate Opthalmologist

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2010

• Assistant Opthalmologist

  • Feb 2005 - Feb 2007

• Junior Opthalmologist

  • Feb 2003 - Feb 2005



International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB)

• United Kingdom
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IAPB South East Asia Regional Chair

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Member - Human Resources for Eye Health and Diabetic Retinopathy working group

  • 2017 - Present

• Member, Human Resources for Eye Health and Diabetic Retinopathy Working Group - IAPB

  • Sep 2018 - Present

• Member IAPB Board of Trustees

  • Sep 2018 - Present

• Coordinator IAPB Council of Members (CoM)

  • Sep 2018 - Sep 2018



Various Journals

• External Reviewer

  • 2014 - Present

  Lancet Global Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS ONE, Scientific Reports, BMJ Open, Ophthalmology, IOVS, Survey Ophthalmology, Eye, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Clinical Ophthalmology, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Lancet Global Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS ONE, Scientific Reports, BMJ Open, Ophthalmology, IOVS, Survey Ophthalmology, Eye, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Clinical Ophthalmology, Indian Journal of Ophthalmology



World Health Organization

• Bangladesh
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Expert Consultant

  • Jun 2016 - Present

  Working with WHO as a part of WHO collaborating Centre. Invited as an expert consultant on 'Cataract', WHO Geneva 29th June - 1st July 2016 Organized workshop ' Accelerating Actions for Prevention of Blindness' WHO meeting on Regional Expert Group consultation, Hyderabad, 13th - 15th December 2016 Invited to attend the 'WHO World Report on Vision' consultation meeting, Bangkok, 15th-16th March 2018 Coordinated and conducted WHO workshop ' Patient Safety and Treatment Outcomes', 13th September 2018 Organized WHO-IAPB South-East Asia (SEA) Regional workshop, 18th -20th November Show less


Journal of Population Health Management
• Academic Editor

  • 2013 - Present

Community Eye Health Journal South Asia Edition
• Academic Editor

  • 2013 - Present

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• Academic Editor

  • 2013 - Present

BMC Opthalmology
• Academic Editor

  • 2015 - Present

Public Library of Science (PLOS)
• Academic Editor

  • 2016 - Present


UNSW

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Course Convenor - Masters in Community Eye Health

  • 2009 - Present

• Senior Visiting Fellow

  • 2009 - Present


University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
• United States
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Adjunct Professor of Opthalmology

  • 2009 - Present
• Programme Committee 10th IAPB General Assembly

  • Sep 2016 - Sep 2016

Consultant
• United States
• Advertising Services
• Glaucoma Consultant

  • Feb 2000 - Feb 2003

L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE
• India
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Adjunct Faculty

  • Nov 1999 - Feb 2000