Doctors Arun Patel and Richard Klein traveled to Myanmar with iCare recently to conduct surgeries and training sessions for the local population. Below are some photos depicting them with their colleagues and work.
Dr. Lee was privileged to partner with the hospital, Loma de Luz,
to provide orbit and oculoplastic care for patients in this rural community. He was amazed by the surgeons there, and learned a lot from the dedication and service to their patients.
The entrance to the hospital Dr. McKenney founded
Danely, a beautiful girl with XP who had to have her eye removed because of cancer
A child with Cruzon sydnrome
At the invitation of the Macedonian Ministry of Health, Dr. Lee was able to teach at the University Main Govt Hospital in Skopje, Macedonia. Through the kind hospitality of the department of ophthalmology, Dr. Hristian Duma, Dr. Andy Sanders and many others, Dr. Lee was privileged to partner with the doctors to advance ophthalmic and oculoplastic surgical care in Macedonia. The 1st endoscopic DCR was done in the country with doctors from ENT/ophthalmology learning, as well as the 1st fornix reconstruction with palatal and labial grafts, 1st complex orbit and lid reconstructions, tumor resections, and the 1st use of amniotic membrane with the outstanding and amazing surgeons of macedonia. Attached are some of the photos from the doctors.
Clinic is busy
Doctors and Resident of the University Eye Hospital, Govt clinic
Clinic as you walk. Dr Duma is a busy man
Eyelid reconstruction patient
1st endoscopic DCR in the country of macedonia with ENT and ophthalmology doctors
Condition of Haiti residences
Orientation for local medical staff
Right eye bulging
Infection in left eye
Dr. Lee conducting surgeries
Dr. Lee receiving thanks after week of service.
iCare and students conducted a vision screening clinic at the bay area rescue mission in Richmond, CA in May 2014.
Patients waiting in line to be examined
Sheena checking visual acuity
Kathryn conducting ophthalmoscopy
Lindsay checking stereopsis
Jina taking a medical history
Dr. Lee examining a patient with direct ophthalmoscopy
2 patients!
Thank you everyone who came out!
Ophthalmology clinic in cyrillic font(October 2013).
Significant pathology.
Preop for exenteration.
Preparing for surgery.
Teaching orbit surgery to the residents and attending in Skopje, Macedonia.
Multi team plastics cases.
Grand rounds: Orbit surgery.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Residents and Attendings of Luoyang, Henin province
Teaching exenteration with STSG flap from leg
Dr. Lee teaching residents.
Local hospital staff
Eye clinic in Yanji, northeast rural china
Operating room
Visual field room in multiple languages with large north korean population
Teaching Moroccan residents oculoplastic surgery
Team of volunteers from VCS, Madame Naima, Khalid Salaheldin and Brandon Boylan
Sunrise over Morocco sand dune
For sustainable care, training is key.
Besides providing direct eyecare to the needy, iCare also seeks to to train local ophthalmologists in the communities that it visits. After all, it is these individuals who will be able to provide sustainable and long-term care after iCare volunteers leave. Sharing our resources, whether it be in public health or surgical training, is one of the ways iCare empowers grassroots eyecare. For example, in 2009, iCare doctors were able to train local Cambodian ophthalmologists. An oculoplastics teaching course demonstrated advanced techniques in orbital, lacrimal, and eyelid surgery.
The training continues in Swaziland.
In 2010, in Swaziland, by the invitation of the government of Swaziland, and the ministry of health, in a country with only two ophthalmologists, iCare was able to provide training in basic oculoplastic surgery. In a country with only 2 ophthalmologists, it is imperative that they be trained in as large a breadth of surgery as possible.
One of the clinics in Kenya that iCare supports.
iCare also helps support eye clinics, such as the one pictured to the right in Kenya. The establishment and continual support of such eye clinics through training and monetary donations is a key component of iCare’s effort to improve the vision health of people around the world. Donating to iCare helps us support these crucial eye clinics and provide sustainable ophthalmic care around the world. We invite you to invest and partner with us in our endeavors around the world.
iCare has just submitted its application for the prestigious Healthy Vision Community Award, part of the National Eye Institute’s National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) Here’s a description of the grant:
The National Eye Institute (NEI) recognizes the importance of strengthening the capabilities of community-based organizations to develop innovative eye health education and promotion projects. The Healthy Vision Community Awards Program provides awards of up to $10,000 each and is intended to stimulate collaborative initiatives that address eye health issues including: Age-related macular degeneration, Diabetic Eye Disease, Glaucoma, Occupational Eye Safety, Vision Rehabilitation.
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