Background
Ruit, Sanduk was born on September 4, 1954.
Ruit, Sanduk was born on September 4, 1954.
Attended, King George's Medical College, Lucknow, India, 1970—1976.
Post graduate Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, India, 1980—1981. Resident, ophthalmology Doctor Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences (RP Center), ARMS, New Delhi, 1981—1984. Training, eye bank Amsterdam Medical Centre, Netherlands, 1984—1985.
Additional ophthalmic training Wilmer Eye Institute, John Hopkins University School Medicine and University Michigan. Fellowship with Professor Fred Hollows University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1986—1987. Co-director Himalayan Cataract Project, since 1994.
Opended Tilganga Eye Center, 1994, medical director, since 1994. Medical officer Bir Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1977—1980, World Health Organization Nepal Blindness Survey, 1980. In-charge, ophthalmic assistant training program Nepal Eye Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1984—1985, registrar, 1984—1985.
Coordinator Rural Surgical Eye Camps (ECCE-IOL) sponsored by the Nepal Eye Program Australia (NEPA), 1988—1992. Member meeting on Prevention of Blindness in Nepal, Northern Engineering Industries, Washington, 1988—1992. Consultant ophthalmologist doing anterior segment work, 1988—1992.
International director International Federation of Tissue and Eye Banks (United States of America), 2003. Susruta Lecturer Asia-Pacific Academy Ophthalmology Conference, 2006.
Volunteer Fred Hollows Foundation Cataract Program International, 1988—1992, Nepal Eye Program Australia (NEPA) activities in Nepal, 1988—1992. Carrying out programmes for the Fred Hollows Foundation in Nepal, Vietnam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Africa, China, Pakistan, Thailand and Bangladesh, 1992—1994. Member of American Academy Ophthalmology (International member), Societe Francaise d'Ophthalmologic (honorary).
Married Nanda Ruit; children: Sagar, Serabla, Satenla.