The Global Missions Health Conference convenes every year in November in Louisville, KY as a way to bring Christian healthcare professionals and stude...

Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery Course and Wet Lab June 29, 2013 ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2013 INNOVATIVE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CATARACT BLINDNESS IN DEVELOPING WORLD HAS PROMISE, NEEDS TO BE TESTED, RAND STU...

Dr. Hugh Taylor shared these wise tips for being involved in international mission work at our booth at the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

View this guide to learn some of what you can learn and do on the Globalsight website.  

The ultimate goal for GSA is to become a centralized, global portal for the cataract blindness community of NGOs, clinical researchers, ophthalmologis...

                       The Global Sight Alliance is a collaborative initiative of Mi...

At Global Sight Alliance, we are eager to engage with the many different eyecare professionals around the world that are involved in the fight against...

Below is my check list when visiting rural or isolated eye clinics. This is not a list for the O.R. but rather for outreach activities when seeing pat...

Many years ago while serving as a general medical officer at the National Leprosarium ( Carville ), I was privileged to work with Dr. Margaret Brand, ...

Here are some tips that I'd like to offer anyone who finds them useful.  They are in many different areas that I have found helpful.   &nb...

Cable News Network featured a story on river blindness in the world and how the Carter Center has been helping with the effort to eliminate the diseas...

Not too long ago I wrote here to ask for help with finding a retinal laser for our Honduras Mission Trip. I am thrilled to report that after months ...

ASCRS member, David L. Cooke, MD contributes this story after returning from a trip to Zimbabwe in January 2013.   "A friend of mine from youth...

It was great to return to Honduras for the third time, this time as a senior.  Of course I wrote down the day-to-day details in a small portabl...

Dr. Bob Arnold shares this video of training how to use what he has called the "Burma Vision Optic Kit".  It is a portable solution to refracting...

  Victoria Sheffield of International Eye Foundation shares this newsletter summarizing activities of the IEF from 2012.   ...

Hawaiian Eye Foundation Fall 2012 Newsletter download

Volunteers may work as ophthalmic surgeons for one week ( or less ) or work in clinic seeing cataract, glaucoma, corneal, diabetic, and pre-op patient...

The International Eye Foundation describe a model for sustainable eye care in Guatemala which is based around high volume, high quality and cost effec...