Dr. Ittyerah Tholath  author of " Eye doctor out of the box" receive the  award for an  award                                                                                             from KSOS president Prof. Charles Scaria!

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     Kolkata 2016 AIOS conference

 Receiving the award during 2016 A.I.O.S. conference Kolkatta            (A.I.O.S. is the world's largest life member ophthalmologists society)   

In the 75 years  history of All India Ophthalmological Society  Dr. Ittyerah is the second person from the Kerala state  to receive the   life time achievement award of this national organisation of eye surgeons.

when I joined at Little flower hospital in the year 1975, Angamaly was a small village with a relatively large mission hospital  having a hypertrophied ophthalmic department.The growth rate of eye department in the following years  were much more than the growth of other departments. All the directors were very keen to get other departments also grow at the same speed as ophthalmic department.But the disproportionate growth continued and many persons were unhappy about it.The hospital had almost all major departments functioning fairly well.But often people called it as 'Angamaly Eye hospital' since eye department under Dr. Tony Fernandez was  attracting  patients from all over India and abroad.I am indeed happy to work in this hospital at various capacities  under  different directors  contributing to the growth and prosperity of the department and the hospital.

With cardinal Mar George Alenchery, other bishops & director L.F.Hospital Angamaly

                                                     41 years at Little Flower Hospital Angamaly

   2016 . A.I.O.S Kolkatta - Former editors & the emeritus editors of   I.J.O. 

 President of India A.P.J. Kalam honoring past chief editor of I.J.O. Dr. Ittyerah during the celebrations of  50 years of publication  at Hyderabad (19/01/2004) --The short yet valuable interaction with the honorable  president of India professor

Kalam gave wings to my big dreams . 

          Receiving the  Trichur academy of ophthalmology award & ponnada 2012 at Trichur Kerala

                           'Happiness from the bottom of the heart'
Several times rejected paper ( Is there an alternative to ageing and death?) was finally  published in the journal of American geriatric society in 2010. Failure is the real stepping stone to success! Many other failure (error) stories which  were rarely  discussed and exposed, were  presented during  the oration (untold experience) by the author of 'eye doctor out of the box'. From errors and mistakes  we learn a lot.

 To err is human ............ Do  gods commit errors? what are miscarriages and congenital anomalies?

 According to evolutionary developmental biologist  Sean B  Carroll " Look around you at all the beauty,  complexity, and variety of life , we live in a world of mistakes, governed by chance" 

Humans with amoebic heritage  can float effortlessly and live in water like the amoeba!
& swimming is the best exercise to almost all parts of the body. Plus it can save you from accidental drowning!
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Book review " Eye doctor out of the box" Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology March 2014. 

              T.K. Alexander memorial oration & gold medal from KSOS  on 30th November 2002