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Virtual Eye Hospital Opens

We are very excited to open the Red Rover Ventures Eye Simulation Center.  Thank you all of our supporters and our new board. We have a great opportunity to train and retrain physicians, technicians, medical students, nurses in both diagnostics and surgery. We are thrilled to positively partner with our surgical and simulation partners. Thank […] → Continue Reading Virtual Eye Hospital Opens

Virtual Eye Hospital at Global Retina Institute Coming in 2023

We are half way to our goal of opening our educational training arm–a Virtual Eye Hospital. We received a capital gift for the Eyesi direct ophthalmoscope and the Eysei slit lamp simulator (below). We are very grateful to our patients, our family and our extended network of volunteers and friends. Please help us continue our […] → Continue Reading Virtual Eye Hospital at Global Retina Institute Coming in 2023

Why a retinal surgeon cares about uncorrected refractive error–the “rest of the story”–reading glasses

I recently shared pictures sent to me by my colleagues at One World Surgery in the Dominican Republic–requesting that we send more reading glasses. My staff and I (in addition to my family) had faithfully packed up reading glasses starting in March of 2022 and sent them all summer long. Remarkably, we had sent boxes […] → Continue Reading Why a retinal surgeon cares about uncorrected refractive error–the “rest of the story”–reading glasses

Vision 2020: Beyond COVID–Developing an Ophthalmology Simulation Center for Global Health in Arizona

In 2013, God gave me a vision for an ophthalmology simulation center  for global health–I now  appreciate the story of Noah  building  the Ark.  God’s directives are sometimes monumental because he cares so deeply about the details. The magnitude: In 1995 when I finished my ophthalmology training, we had 280 million blind in the world. […] → Continue Reading Vision 2020: Beyond COVID–Developing an Ophthalmology Simulation Center for Global Health in Arizona

VISION 2020 PHOENIX

The world has changed. In November 2019, we received the PayPal Gives Grant to aid our medical students at University of Arizona College of Medicine where I teach Global Health and Ophthalmology. Normally, I travel to the Dominican Republic at the end of every May. Our volunteer faculty and I take 15 eager first year […] → Continue Reading VISION 2020 PHOENIX

RED ROVER VENTURES RECEIVES PAYPAL GIVES GRANT FOR VISION 2020 PHOENIX

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 22, 2019 RED ROVER VENTURES RECEIVES PAYPAL GIVES GRANT FOR VISION 2020 PHOENIX Scottsdale, Arizona: USA -Red Rover Ventures, an organization committed to preventing blindness, announced today that it has been awarded a $10,000 grant from PayPal Gives . The grant was recommended by PayPal’s employee-volunteer led Scottsdale GIVE Team, and […] → Continue Reading RED ROVER VENTURES RECEIVES PAYPAL GIVES GRANT FOR VISION 2020 PHOENIX

Haiti-No More Blind Babies

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) affects babies born prematurely or less than 32 weeks gestational age. It is a devastating blinding condition and affects babies’ retinas. The retina doesn’t develop normal blood vessels until full term. So babies born prematurely have undeveloped retinas and bad blood vessels grown on top of the retina and detached it, […] → Continue Reading Haiti-No More Blind Babies

Dominican Republic with University of Arizona College of Medical School Students

We examined 315 people in the Dominican Republic recently with the first year medical students http://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/about/news/student-brings-diagnostic-tools-rural-villages This past year, we re-opened our store with a smaller footprint adjacent to our private practice. The store includes artisan products from 34 countries and hundreds of artisans. Through the proceeds, we were able to purchase reading glasses from […] → Continue Reading Dominican Republic with University of Arizona College of Medical School Students