1. The Best Retina Practice “10-year of dream” Department of Ophthalmology Prince of Songkla University

2. Background Retina diseases medical cases surgical cases investigations instruments Treatments surgery (laser,PDT)

3. 3 steps to the dream standard retina unit Retina excellent service Retina excellent center

4. standard retina unit (start 1998)  established the unit, standard investigations & treatments 1998 Established unit 2000 first well-trained retina specialist 2001 Introduced digital fundus camera and FA 2002-2003 Introduced modern vitrectomy machines 2003 First international publication with impact factor Set up retina special clinic and FFA clinic first well-trained retina specialist Introduced digital fundus camera and FFA

5. Retina excellent service  set up new treatments, high standard surgery 2003 Introduced new Tx : PDT 2004 Complicated surgery Retina excellent center plan

6. Retina excellent center plan (since 2004, revised 2006 & 2008) Start the formal plan since 2004  now To be the center and leader of the region  country 4 parts 1. excellent service 2. excellent training 3. excellent research 4. excellent education and meeting

7. Excellent Service Teams (staff, nurses, assistants, etc) Facilities - clinic and better surgery - equipments (FFA, ICG, OCT, ERG,….) - LAN system in all rooms Refer assistant KPI; patients increase 10%/ year √ patient satisfaction √ success rate in RRD (difficult cases) √ waiting list decrease ? x

8. angiography

9. Optical coherence tomography

10. electroretinography

11. OR

12. LAN system

13. Excellent training Fellowship program (start 2004)  4 new retina specialists ; already trained Resident teaching  retina club, conference, exam, etc KPI; resident and fellow pass the exam √

14. Excellent research Research club R to R, upgrade the facilities for excellent data LAN system, data collection 2 research assistants and assistant system Research plan  department plan Fellow research, yearly reported KPI; published researches 1-2 /year √ international researches 1/year √

15. Excellent education and meeting Educational meeting for general ophthalmologist in the south Special retina meeting KPI; general meeting 1 time/year √ retina meeting 1 time/year √

16. “ we have come a long way but we have a long way to go” thank you