| PRESS RELEASE : Corneal Transplant Surgery at SKIMS Medical College |
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The Department of Ophthalmology, SKIMS Medical College & Hospital, Bemina has become the first centre in Jammu and Kashmir to start the much needed Corneal Transplantation Surgery. This facility was started on 28th September, 2014 and after that two more blind patients were successfully operated for corneal transplantation on 2nd October, 2014 by Surgeons Dr. Shiekh Sajad Ahmad and Dr. Imtiyaz Ahmad from the Department of Ophthalmology.The Director SKIMS/Principal SKIMS Medical College & Hospital, Bemina Prof. Showkat Ali Zargar has congratulated the department for achieving the greatest milestone which will help the poor and needy blind patients in restoration of vision. Dr. Showkat Ali Zargar said such surgeries will now be done on regular basis in the Department of Ophthalmology, SKIMS Medical College & Hospital, Bemina. |
DIRECTOR SKIMS
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| Prof. M. Ashraf Ganie |
| DM Endocrinology |
| Director SKIMS |
Dean Medical Faculty
| Dean Medical Faculty |
Medical Superintendent
| Prof. Farooq A. Jan |
| MD (Hospital Administration) |
| Medical Superintendent |
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
GRAND ROUND
Date: 27.06.2026 – Saturday 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM
Clinical Research Horizons : Realizing Better Health Outcomes.
Department: Department of Clinical Research & MRU.
Presenter: Dr. Rabbanie Tariq
(Adjunct Faculty – Clinical Research, SKIMS)
Consultant Incharge:
1. Dr. Syed Besina Yasin,
(Prof. & Head, Dept. of Pathology)
2. Dr. Muzafar M. Wani,
(Prof. & Head, Dept. of Nephrology)
Moderators:
- 1. Dr. Zulfiqar Ali,
(Additional Professor, Dept. of Anaesthesiology)
- 2. Dr. Mir Mohsin,
(Additional Professor, Dept. of Plastic Surgery).

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