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Midlife Crisis: Are You Having One? For $75K, You Can Impact a Nation.

  People do crazy things at midlife. We all know someone. In college, I took a class called “Sleep and Dreaming” by a world renowned Professor named William Dement who said, “Dreams are real while they last, can we say more of life?” He said, we would remember that quote along with a historical side […] → Continue Reading Midlife Crisis: Are You Having One? For $75K, You Can Impact a Nation.

WHO Visits Liberia

It was an honor to visit with Dr. Ian Crozier, World Health Organization Adviser to Clinical Care for Ebola Survivors, and to talk about eye care for Ebola Survivors this past week in Monrovia, Liberia.  His “Eye witness”, unique story (include link here) is one of triumph and reminds us all that the world is […] → Continue Reading WHO Visits Liberia

Red Rover Ventures Mobile Eye Clinic

Mobile Eye Care

Mobile Eye Care Telemedicine is here. I have a favorite painting in my office of a typewriter. Call me old fashioned but I left high school for college with a “new” Smith Corona typewriter with the ‘correcto’ lift off ribbon—pretty high tech for the day. I can’t tell you how many papers, I edited and […] → Continue Reading Mobile Eye Care

Donating the Retina Vitreous Center

In the last several years, we have battled many new healthcare obstacles together. Many of you know that my husband and I made several trips to Brazil to teach and establish a retinal operating room. On my last trip, one of my Brazilian colleagues taught me the’ legend of the hummingbird’ that has served as […] → Continue Reading Donating the Retina Vitreous Center

Dr. Robin Ross’ Favorite Childhood Book

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Novel by E. L. Konigsburg I adored this book! This book doused me my first “wow”. Imagination and cleverness overtook me and I had a “friend” in Claudia that I did not have in school. She was funny, witty, thoughtful and adventuress extraordinaire.  She was a […] → Continue Reading Dr. Robin Ross’ Favorite Childhood Book

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Red Rover Ventures Ophthalmic Care

Testimonials from some of our most enduring patients.

Retina Vitreous Center

Ophthalmology Training – Michigan

Red Rover Ventures brought the Brazilian doctors, Dr Lhano F. Adorno and Dr. Auato Borges to Michigan to receive further training in the area of retina under Robin D. Ross at the Retina Vitreous Center in Grand Blanc, Michigan and in the area of glaucoma under Sy Moroi M.D. at The University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center I Ann Arbor, Michigan. […] → Continue Reading Ophthalmology Training – Michigan

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Seim Reap, Cambodia – Doctors Without Borders/UCSF David Heiden M.D.

Red Rover Ventures purchased and donated several indirect ophthalmoscopes to use to teach the doctors in Seim Reap how to perform indirect ophthalmoscopy on eye care patients. During this medical mission over 400 AIDS patients with CMV Retinitis were treated and screened. […] → Continue Reading Seim Reap, Cambodia – Doctors Without Borders/UCSF David Heiden M.D.