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Sirs ,i wouldlike to be part of that conference and my topic is
TREATMENT LITERACY IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES-Uganda (Nanyombi Sandra
Ketreane-Resource and training centre officer COMMUNITY HEALTH AND
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> _*Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global
Goals
> **Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference*_
> * APRIL 14-15, 2007 - STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
> CALIFORNIA, USA
>
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> *How to submit an abstract for poster or oral presentation
(_ABSTRACT_
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> http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php
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> Abstract Categories:
>
> 1. International Medicine and International Health
> 2. Public Health
> 3. Eye Care
> 4. Scientific and Medical Research
> 5. Advocacy and Health Policy
> 6. Social innovation and entrepreneurship
> 7. International Development
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> *Register Today For A Reduced Rate! (Current Rate is $35 Students/
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> *When:* April 14-15, 2007
> *Where:* Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto,
California, USA
> *Theme:* "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve
Global
> Goals"
> *Who should attend?*Anyone interested in eye care, international
health,
> medicine, health education, health promotion, public health,
> international service, nonprofits, or microenterprise
> *Conference Goal: *To exchange ideas across disciplines about best
> practices in public health, medicine and research, and
international
> health and development. Conference topics range from/ "The Right
to
> Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in
Latin
> America"/ and /"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and
> Quality in the Developing World"/ to /"Global Progress in
Preventing the
> Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and
Rubella"/
> and /"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"/**
>
> * Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and
students from
> 5 continents
> * More than 150 speakers about eye care, public health,
> international development, entrepreneurship, microfinance,
policy
> and advocacy, bioethics, and medicine
> * Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals
in
> health and development
>
>
> Confirmed Speakers in Global Health, International
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> Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy
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>
>
> Global Health, International Development, Public Health,
Medicine,
> Health Policy and Advocacy**
>
> *Nancy Aossey*, President and CEO, International Medical Corps**
> **"*Project ECHO: Telemedicine Extension For Community Healthcare
> Outcomes," **Sanjeev Arora, *MD, Executive Vice Chairman,
Department of
> Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine*
> "Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research Matter,"
Daniel
> Bausch*, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of
> Public Health and Tropical Medicine
> **"*Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the Business of
> International Development," **Philip Berber*, Founders, A Glimmer
of
> Hope Foundation
> *Stephen Bezruchka*, MD, MPH, Senior Lecturer, University of
Washington
> School of Public Health and Community Medicine
> *"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and
Elimination
> Campaigns," Brian Blackburn*, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor,
> Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine
> *"Health Care in Georgia," Trish Blair*, MD, President, A Call To
Serve
> International
> *"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in
the
> Developing World," Terry Blaschke*, MD, Professor of Medicine and
> Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University
> *"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal*,
MD,
> MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of
> Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University
Medical
> Center
> **"*Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health Education in El
> Salvador,"* *Gabriel Brat, *MD Candidate, Stanford University
School of
> Medicine*
> "Creating a Rural Learning Environment in a Rural School in South
> India," Mason Byles*, former executive at Hewlett Packard
> *"The Right To Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal
Health
> Care in Latin America," Arachu Castro*, PhD, MPH, Assistant
Professor of
> Social Medicine; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change,
> Harvard School of Medicine
> *"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India," Robert A. Chase, *MD, Emile
Holman
> Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Stanford University School of
Medicine
> *"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other
> Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella," Stephen L. Cochi*, MD,
MPH,
> Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National
Immunization
> Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
> *Alex Counts,* President and CEO, Grameen Foundation USA
> *"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable
Development and
> Program Expansion," Jim DeVries*, MD, Senior Vice President of
Programs,
> Heifer International
> **"*Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian Immigrants: Apo A-I
Gene
> Mutations," ***Sun*ita Dodani*, MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of
> Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of
Pittsburgh
> *Kamran Elahian*, MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst
Partners;
> Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online
> *"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for
Neglected
> Disease," Christopher Elias*, MD, MPH, President of PATH
> *"The Ground Meat Parable: Real-Life Lessons From Africa For
> International Volunteers," Valda Ford, *MPH, MS, RN, Director,
Community
> and Multicultural Affairs, University of Nebraska Medical Center
> *"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane
> Plantations," Ulrick Gaillard*, JD, CEO of Batey Relief Alliance
> *"Advocacy and Community Health," Gabriel Garcia*, MD, Professor
of
> Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford
> University School of Medicine
> *"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health
to End
> HIV/AIDS," Adrienne Germain*, President, International Women's
Health
> Coalition
> *"Hold Your Breath: Cultural Competency," Maren Grainger-Monsen*,
MD,
> Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford
School
> of Medicine
> *"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact," George Guimaraes*,
> President and CEO, Project Concern International
> *"HIV/AIDS in China," Jessica Haberer*, MD, Research Advisor,
Clinton
> Foundation
> *Lee Hall, *MD, PhD, Chief, Parasitology and International
Programs
> Branch, NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
> *"Health As If People Mattered: Development With A Human Face,"
John
> Hammock*, PhD, The Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of
Public
> Policy, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition
Science
> and Policy and The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former
Executive
> Director, Oxfam America; former Executive Director, ACCION
> International; Founder and Former Director, Feinstein
International
> Famine Center, Tufts University; Consultant, Women's World Banking
and USAID
> *"Fair Trade and the Dignity of Work in Rural African
Communities,"
> Lindsay M. Harris*, Managing Director, A Bridge for Africa
Foundation
> *Polly F Harrison*, PhD, Director, Alliance for Microbicide
Development
> *"Interplast: Using Innovative Technology to Improve Surgical
Care in
> Developing Countries," Susan Hayes,* President and CEO, Interplast
> *"Dilemmas in Public Health," David Heymann*, MD, MPH, Former
Executive
> Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization
> *Ralf Hotchkiss, *PhD, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and Principal
> Instructor, Whirlwind Wheelchair International
> *Amreen Husain*, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology,
> Stanford University
> *Roy Jacobstein, *MD, MPH, Medical Director, EngenderHealth;
Director,
> ACQUIRE Project
> *Evaleen Jones*, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director,
Child
> Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor,
Stanford
> University School of Medicine
> *Judith Justice*, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medical
Anthropology
> and Health Policy in Residence, Department of Epidemiology and
> Biostatistics, UCSF
> *"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response, and Disease Specific
> Activism," David Katzenstein, MD, *Professor, Division of
Infectious
> Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine
> *"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart," Mark W. Kline*, MD, President,
Baylor
> International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics
and
> Head, Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine
> *"Addressing the Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced
by
> Conflict and Natural Disasters," Sandra Krause*, MPH, BSN,
Reproductive
> Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and
Children
> **"*Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies
for
> Displaced Women and Girls,"* *Sandra Krause*, MPH, BSN,
Reproductive
> Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and
Children
> *"Partnerships in Public Health," Jacob Kumaresan*, MD, MPH,
Dr.PH,
> President, International Trachoma Initiative
> *"Healing Through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response
to the
> HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa," Jamie Mclaren Lachman*,
Project
> Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders
> *"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS Epidemic," Peter R.
Lamptey*,
> MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for
HIV/AIDS
> *"Women and Health," Ana Langer*, MD, President and CEO,
EngenderHealth
> *"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat Threaten Food Security For
> Low-Income Countries?" Robert S. Lawrence*, MD, Edyth H.
Schoenrich
> Professor of Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for
Professional
> Practice and Programs; Director, Center for a Livable Future,
Johns
> Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
> *"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance," Brian Lehnen*,
Executive
> Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund
> *Fiona Macaulay,* President, Making Cents International
> *Jane Maxwell*, Editor, Hesperian Foundation
> *Carol Medlin, PhD, MPA,* Senior Researcher, Institute for Global
> Health, UCSF
> *"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization - Addressing Two
Basic
> Needs in Developing Countries," Robert Metcalf*, PhD, Professor
> Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento;
Treasurer,
> Solar Cookers International
> *John McGoldrick, *Executive Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb*
> "Is Women's Health A Human Right?" Mini Murthy*, MD, MPH, MS,
Assistant
> Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public
Health
> *"The Emergence of a New Type of Physician: Lessons Learned From
> International Experiences," Andre-Jacques Neusy*, MD, DTM&H,
Associate
> Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New
York
> University School of Medicine
> *"Innovations in Global Health Education," Thomas Novotny*, MD,
MPH,
> Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence,
Epidemiology
> and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
> *"From Strong Innovative Programs to Strong Innovative
Organizations,"
> Bjorg Palsdottir*, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder and Associate
Director of
> the Center for Global Health at New York University
> *"The Polio Eradication Partnership: A Model For Public-Private
> Partnership," Carol Pandak,* Manager, Division of PolioPlus, The
Rotary
> Foundation of Rotary International
> *"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health With Liberian Refugee
Women,"
> Rena Patel*, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
> **"*Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach to
Nutritional
> Support for Pregnant Women in the Republic of Guinea*,***"
***Jenni*fer
> Peterson*, Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller
> International
> *Philip Pizzo*, MD, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine
> *Jonathan D. Quick*, MD, MPH, President & Chief Executive Officer,
> Management Sciences for Health
> *"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African
Villages
> Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups," William W.
Rankin*, PhD,
> President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
> *Farshad Rastegar*, MD, President and CEO, Relief International
> *"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti," Ian Rawson*,
Hopital
> Albert Schweitzer Haiti
> *William Reese*, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
> *"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward A Shared Vision of Health
> Communities," George Rupp*, PhD, President and CEO, International
Rescue
> Committee
> *"Love, Labor, Loss: A Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell*,
MPH,
> Filmmaker
> *"Education in Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?" *Joel Samoff,
> Consulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford
University
> *Harshad Sanghvi*, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Neonatal
Health
> Program, JHPIEGO
> *Scott Sasser*, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency
> Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
> *Karen Sendelback*, President and CEO, Friends of the World Food
Program
> *"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled Maternity Care" Jill
Sheffield*,
> President, Family Care International
> *Robert David Siegel*, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and
> Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for African
Studies,
> Stanford University
> *Lilit Simonyan*, MPA Candidate; Founder, Former CEO,
International
> Director, Stepanavan Youth Center NGO Armenia
> *"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future," Peter A.
Singer*, MD,
> Chairman, East Meets West Foundation; Professor of Clinical
Medicine,
> Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University
of
> Southern California
> *"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy," David M. Scollard,
*MD,
> PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease
Programs,
> Louisiana State University
> *Cathy Skoula*, Executive Director, Action Against Hunger-USA
> *"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip & Evaluating The Ill
Returned
> Traveler," D. Scott Smith*, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious
Disease
> & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
> *"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting the World To Eliminate Hepatitis B
and
> Liver Cancer," Samuel So,* MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery;
> Director, Asian Liver Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program,
Stanford
> University School of Medicine
> *Jim Smith*, Executive Director, American International Health
Alliance Inc
> *Jessie Stone*, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda
> *James Toole, *PhD, President, Compass Institute; Professor,
School of
> Social Work, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota
> *"Global HIV Prevention From Mother to Child: Challenges for Low
> Resource Settings," Landry Tsague*, MD, William H. Foege Fellow,
> Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public
Health
> *"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts,"
Anvar
> Velji*, MD, Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium; Chief
of
> Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento;
Clinical
> Professor, University of California at Davis
> *"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV Therapy," Paul
Volberding*, MD,
> Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief,
Medical
> Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI
> Center for AIDS Research
> *"Community Programs With Vision," David Werner, PhD, *Co-Founder,
> Director of HealthWrights; Visiting Professor, Boston University
> International School of Public Health; Author, "Where There Is No
Doctor"
> *Karen White*, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global
Health,
> UCSF
> *"Developing A Regional School of Nursing in South Africa," Tanya
> Whitehead*, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
> *Elliott Wolfe*, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford
> University School of Medicine
> *"Leadership of Global Health NGOs," Derek Yach*, MBChB, MPH,
Director
> of Rockefeller Foundation's Program on Global Health
>
>
> Global Eye Care and Research**
>
> *"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of Azithromycin
For
> Trachoma Control," Sam Abbenyi,* MS, MSc, Director, Program
Planning and
> Analysis, International Trachoma Initiative
> *R. Rand Allingham*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director,
Glaucoma
> Service, Duke University Eye Center
> *"Eye Care in Ghana, The Challenges and Way Forward," Thomas
Tontie
> Baah*, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
> *"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction: New Appropriate
> Technology and Clinical Methodology," Ian B. Berger*, M.D., M.P.H.
> Dr.PH, Founding President, InFOCUS
> *Tom Beggins*, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon, Lusaka Eye
> Hospital, Zambia
> *Sandy Block*, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
> *"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency,"
Harry S.
> Brown*, MD, Founder and President, SEE International
> *"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know,"
Donald
> Budenz*, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and
Public
> Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
> *"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana," James Clarke*,
MD,
> Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana**
> *Pat Cross*, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student
> Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine
> *"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study,"
> Ebenezer Daniel*, M.B.B.S.M.S.D.O.M.P.H.M.A.M.S, Division of
Ocular
> Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins
University
> School of Medicines
> *Osei Darkwa*, PhD, MCSE, CCNA, Founder and President, Ghana
Computer
> Literacy and Distance Education; Founder, Asante Akim Multipurpose
> Community Telecentre; Unite For Sight Ghana Program Coordinator
> *Syril Dorairaj*, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear
Infirmary
> **"*Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with ORBIS,"
***Go*rdon
> Douglas*, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International
> *"Eye Health Integration; 'A New Vision For The Future," Michael
R.
> Duenas*, OD, Health Scientist/Project Officer, Centers for Disease
> Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention
> and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation and
National
> Vision Program
> *"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana," Peter
> Egbert*, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology
> *"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation in Education in the
> Developing World," Jay Enoch*, OD, PhD, Professor of the Graduate
> School; Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, Berkeley School of
Optometry
> *"International Trachoma Initiative - Public/Private Partnership
To
> Eradicate Blinding Trachoma," Joe Feczko*, MD, Vice President,
Pfizer
> Inc., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and
Development,
> and President, Worldwide Development
> *"Women and Eye Disease," Ilene Gipson*, PhD, Professor of
> Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health
Task
> Force Executive Committee
> *"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience," Jasvir
Grewal*, MD,
> Ophthalmologist, UK
> *"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda," Egide Gisagara,
*Medical
> Student, National University of Rwanda
> *Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of
Prematurity,"
> William Good*, MD
> *"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs," Ken
Gustavsen,
> *Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co., Inc
> *"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts,"* *Heskel
> Haddad*, MD, New York Medical College
> *"Globalization of Ophthalmology," Dunbar Hoskins,* MD, Executive
Vice
> President, American Academy of Ophthalmology
> *"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management," Andrew Iwach*, MD,
> Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American Academy of
Ophthalmology
> Committee of Secretaries
> *Mohammed Kabir*, Optometrist, Kumasi School of Optometry, Ghana
> *Vasudev Kanade*, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital
> *"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future
> Control/Elimination," Moses Katabarwa*, BSc, MPH MA, PhD, Program
> Epidemiologist, River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and
> Schistosomiasis Programs, Carter Center**
> *Murali Krishnamurthy*, President, Sankara Eye Foundation
> *"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the
Aravind Eye
> Care System," Pavithra Krishnan*, Filmmaker**
> *Bradford Lee*, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University**
> *"Visioning Tibet," Marc Lieberman*, MD, Founder and Medical
Director,
> Tibet Vision Project
> *"Eye Disease and Art," Michael Marmor*, MD, Professor of
Ophthalmology,
> Stanford University
> *"Glaucoma and Volunteerism," Roger Martin*, Allergan/Lumigan
Glaucoma
> Screening Activist
> **"*Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact and
Therapeutic
> Challenges," ***Ste*phen McLeod*, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M.
Caygill MD
> Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman,
Department of
> Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
> **"*Beyond Screening Camps in Southern India/Telemedicine-Assisted
> Vision Centers: Aravind's New Rural Community Eyecare Strategy,"
> **Christine Melton*, MD, Friends of Aravind Association
> *Eydie Miller*, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scheie Eye
Institute,
> University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
> *"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for
Public
> Health Ophthalmology," Mohammed Muhit*, MD, Clinical Research
Fellow,
> International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and
> Tropical Medicine
> *"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global
> Resource," Kovin Naidoo*, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director
International
> Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa****
> *Alejandro Ramirez Magana*, Director General, Cinepolis
> *Gullapalli N. Rao*, MD, President, International Agency for the
> Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, L.V.
Prasad
> Eye Institute
> *"Entrepreneurship and Ophthalmic Equipment," Rizvi Rawoof*,
Director,
> Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka
> *Hannah Reddick*, Guinea Program Assistant, Helen Keller
International
> *Alan Robin*, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye
> Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
> *"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and
> Mitochondria," Alfredo A. Sadun*, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair
of
> Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological
Surgery,
> University of Southern California
> *"Mission Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African Mission
Eye
> Clinic," Cathy Schanzer*, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon,
> Southern Eye Associates, and Tom Lewis
> **"*The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate
Vision
> Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,"* *William
Selezinka*,
> MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD
> *"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil*, MBBS, Consulting
> Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India
> *Chirag Shah*, MD, MPH, Wills Eye Hospital
> *"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems
> Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data," Val Shestopalov*,
PhD,
> Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
> *"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing World?"
> Kuldev Singh*, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
> *"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India," Ajit Sinha,*
**MBBS,
> Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India; Former President,
All
> India Ophthalmological Society*
> "Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract Surgery," Pooja Sinha*,
MBBS,
> Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
> *"Continental Diversities in Community Ophthalmology," Satyajit
Sinha*,
> MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
> *"The Strategic Reorganization of Community Directed Treatment
With
> Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra
> Leone,"*Mustapha Sonnie, Eye Care Technician, Helen Keller, Sierra
Leone
> *"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function," Bruce
Spivey*,
> MD, President, International Council of Ophthalmology
> *"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A
> Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide,"
> Bradley R. Straatsma*, MD, JD, President International Council of
> Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye
Institute,
> David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
> *"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia,
West
> Africa," Glenn Strauss*, MD, Vice President of International
Health Care
> and Programs, Mercy Ships International
> *"Biominetic Artificial Cornea," Christopher Ta*, MD, Assistant
> Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
> *"Advances in Cornea Transplantation," Shachar Tauber*, MD,
Director of
> Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department
of
> Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics
> *Jeff Todd*, MS, JD, Vice President Programs and Public Health,
Prevent
> Blindness America
> *"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New Eyesight)--
Building
> on a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care Collaboration
in the
> Caribbean," Kevin Treacy*, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's
> Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Medical
> School-Duluth**
> *"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs"
Seth
> Wanye*, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
> *Jachin Williams*, Community Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute,
India
> *M. Roy Wilson*, MD, Chancellor, University of Colorado HSC
> *"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program: How Do You Make a Difference in
> Glaucoma?" Richard Wilson*, MD, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye
Hospital
>