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Biography
Suseela Prabhakaran is an Indian ophthalmologist and chief ophthalmic surgeon at Divya Prabha Eye Hospital. She started her career as a lecturer in Ophthalmology, in the Department of Medical Education, Government of Kerala, India.
She was actively involved with the improvement in health cares services in Kerala state, especially in the field of ophthalmology. Through NGO's like the WHO and Innerwheel she was able to introduce major advances in eye care to the people of Kerala.
Dr. Suseela Prabhakaran was instrumental in upgrading the Government Eye Hospital Trivandrum to a Regional Institute of Ophthalmology. She was also the Advisor in Ophthalmology to the Government of Kerala.
She established Divya Prabha Eye Hospital on leaving Government service.
Awards received
- Carapet Gold medal for securing 1st rank in the state for SSLC examination.
- Gold medallist for Final Year MBBS in Surgery from University of Kerala.
- WHO Fellowship Award in Ophthalmic Microsurgery in 1981
- Knight of the blind award of Lions Club International .
- Indian Red Cross Society Platinum Jubilee Award.
- Sevana Ratna award by Nethaji Smaraka Samithi
Scientific Contributions
- She has written several articles in scientific journals, lay press and visual media.
- She has been cited in the Indian Science Abstracts