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<div align="center"><u><b>Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices
To
Achieve Global Goals<br>
</b><b>Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International
Health Conference</b></u><br>
<b> APRIL 14-15, 2007 - STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
CALIFORNIA, USA<br>
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<h4>Abstract Categories:</h4>
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<li>International Medicine and International Health</li>
<li>Public Health</li>
<li>Eye Care<br>
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<li>Scientific and Medical Research</li>
<li>Advocacy and Health Policy</li>
<li>Social innovation and entrepreneurship</li>
<li>International Development<br>
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<strong>When:</strong> April 14-15, 2007<br>
<strong>Where:</strong> Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo
Alto, California, USA<br>
<strong>Theme:</strong> "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To
Achieve Global Goals"<br>
<strong>Who should attend?</strong>Anyone
interested in eye care, international health, medicine,
health education, health promotion, public health, international
service, nonprofits, or microenterprise<br>
<strong>Conference Goal: </strong>To
exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices in public
health, medicine and research, and international health and
development. Conference topics range from<i> "The Right to Health:
Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America"</i>
and <i>"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in
the Developing World"</i> to <i>"Global Progress in Preventing the
Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella"</i>
and <i>"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"</i><strong></strong><br>
<ul>
<li>Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students
from 5 continents</li>
<li>More than 150 speakers about eye care, public health,
international
development, entrepreneurship, microfinance, policy and advocacy,
bioethics, and medicine</li>
<li>Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals in
health and development</li>
</ul>
<h4 style="text-align: center;"><a style=""
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php#sec1">Confirmed
Speakers in Global Health, International Development, Public Health,
Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy Sessions</a><br>
<a style=""
href="http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php#sec2">Confirmed
Speakers in Global Eye Care and Research Sessions</a></h4>
<h3 id="sec1">Global Health, International Development, Public Health,
Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy<strong></strong><br>
</h3>
<p>
<strong>Nancy Aossey</strong>, President and CEO, International Medical
Corps<strong></strong><br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Project ECHO: Telemedicine Extension For Community
Healthcare Outcomes," </b><strong>Sanjeev Arora, </strong>MD,
Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of New
Mexico School of Medicine<strong><br>
"Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research Matter,"
Daniel Bausch</strong>, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tulane
University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the
Business of International Development," </b><strong>Philip Berber</strong>,
Founders, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation<br>
<strong>Stephen Bezruchka</strong>, MD, MPH, Senior Lecturer,
University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine<br>
<strong>"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and
Elimination Campaigns," Brian Blackburn</strong>, MD, Clinical
Assistant Professor,
Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Health Care in Georgia," Trish Blair</strong>, MD, President,
A Call To Serve
International<br>
<strong>"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in
the Developing World," Terry Blaschke</strong>, MD, Professor of
Medicine and
Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University<br>
<strong>"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal</strong>,
MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon
General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of
Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health
Education in El Salvador,"</b> <strong>Gabriel Brat, </strong>MD
Candidate, Stanford University
School of Medicine<strong><br>
"Creating a Rural Learning Environment in a Rural School in
South India," Mason Byles</strong>, former executive at Hewlett Packard<br>
<strong>"The Right To Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal
Health Care in Latin America," Arachu Castro</strong>, PhD, MPH,
Assistant Professor of Social
Medicine; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard
School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India," Robert A. Chase, </strong>MD,
Emile Holman Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Stanford University School
of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness
and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella," Stephen L. Cochi</strong>,
MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global
Immunization Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention<br>
<strong>Alex Counts,</strong> President and CEO, Grameen Foundation USA<br>
<strong>"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable
Development and Program Expansion," Jim DeVries</strong>, MD, Senior
Vice President of Programs,
Heifer International<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian
Immigrants: Apo A-I Gene Mutations," </b><strong><b>Sun</b>ita Dodani</strong>,
MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of
Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh<br>
<strong>Kamran Elahian</strong>, MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global
Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools
Online<br>
<strong>"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for
Neglected Disease," Christopher Elias</strong>, MD, MPH, President of
PATH <br>
<b>"The Ground Meat Parable: Real-Life Lessons From Africa For
International Volunteers," Valda Ford, </b>MPH, MS, RN, Director,
Community and Multicultural Affairs, University of Nebraska Medical
Center<br>
<strong>"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane
Plantations," Ulrick Gaillard</strong>, JD, CEO of Batey Relief Alliance<br>
<strong>"Advocacy and Community Health," Gabriel Garcia</strong>, MD,
Professor of Medicine, Associate
Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of
Medicine<br>
<strong>"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and
Health to End HIV/AIDS," Adrienne Germain</strong>, President,
International Women's
Health Coalition<br>
<strong>"Hold Your Breath: Cultural Competency," Maren Grainger-Monsen</strong>,
MD, Senior Research Scholar,
Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact," George Guimaraes</strong>,
President and CEO, Project Concern
International<br>
<strong>"HIV/AIDS in China," Jessica Haberer</strong>, MD, Research
Advisor, Clinton
Foundation<br>
<strong>Lee Hall, </strong>MD, PhD, Chief, Parasitology and
International Programs Branch, NIAID Division of Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases<br>
<strong>"Health As If People Mattered: Development With A Human Face,"
John Hammock</strong>, 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<br>
<strong>"Fair Trade and the Dignity of Work in Rural African
Communities," Lindsay M. Harris</strong>, Managing Director, A Bridge
for
Africa Foundation<br>
<strong>Polly F Harrison</strong>, PhD, Director, Alliance for
Microbicide Development<br>
<strong>"Interplast: Using Innovative Technology to Improve Surgical
Care in Developing Countries," Susan Hayes,</strong> President and CEO,
Interplast<br>
<strong>"Dilemmas in Public Health," David Heymann</strong>, MD, MPH,
Former Executive Director for
Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization<br>
<strong>Ralf Hotchkiss, </strong>PhD, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and
Principal Instructor, Whirlwind Wheelchair International<br>
<strong>Amreen Husain</strong>, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic
Oncology, Stanford University<br>
<strong>Roy Jacobstein, </strong>MD, MPH, Medical Director,
EngenderHealth; Director, ACQUIRE Project<br>
<strong>Evaleen Jones</strong>, MD, Founder, President and Medical
Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant
Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>Judith Justice</strong>, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of
Medical Anthropology and Health Policy in Residence, Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF<br>
<strong>"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response, and Disease
Specific Activism," David Katzenstein, MD, </strong>Professor,
Division of
Infectious Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart," Mark W. Kline</strong>, MD,
President, Baylor International
Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics and Head, Section of
Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Addressing the Reproductive Health of Women and Girls
Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters," Sandra Krause</strong>,
MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project
Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection
Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls,"</b> <strong>Sandra Krause</strong>,
MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project
Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children<br>
<strong>"Partnerships in Public Health," Jacob Kumaresan</strong>, MD,
MPH, Dr.PH, President,
International Trachoma Initiative<br>
<strong>"Healing Through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response
to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa," Jamie Mclaren Lachman</strong>,
Project Njabulo Director,
Clowns Without Borders<br>
<strong>"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS Epidemic," Peter R.
Lamptey</strong>, MD, DrPH, President, Family Health
International Institute for HIV/AIDS<br>
<strong>"Women and Health," Ana Langer</strong>, MD, President and CEO,
EngenderHealth<br>
<strong>"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat Threaten Food Security
For Low-Income Countries?" Robert S. Lawrence</strong>, 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<br>
<strong>"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance," Brian Lehnen</strong>,
Executive Director and Co-Founder,
Village Enterprise Fund<br>
<strong>Fiona Macaulay,</strong> President, Making Cents
International<br>
<strong>Jane Maxwell</strong>, Editor, Hesperian Foundation<br>
<strong>Carol Medlin, PhD, MPA,</strong> Senior Researcher, Institute
for Global Health, UCSF<br>
<strong>"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization - Addressing Two
Basic Needs in Developing Countries," Robert Metcalf</strong>, PhD,
Professor Biological Sciences,
California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers
International<br>
<strong>John McGoldrick, </strong>Executive Vice President,
Bristol-Myers Squibb<strong><br>
"Is Women's Health A Human Right?" Mini Murthy</strong>, MD, MPH, MS,
Assistant Professor of
Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health<br>
<strong>"The Emergence of a New Type of Physician: Lessons Learned From
International Experiences," Andre-Jacques Neusy</strong>, MD,
DTM&H, Associate
Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New York
University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Innovations in Global Health Education," Thomas Novotny</strong>,
MD, MPH, Director of International
Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"From Strong Innovative Programs to Strong Innovative
Organizations," Bjorg Palsdottir</strong>, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder
and
Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at New York
University<br>
<strong>"The Polio Eradication Partnership: A Model For Public-Private
Partnership," Carol Pandak,</strong> Manager, Division of PolioPlus,
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International<br>
<strong>"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health With Liberian Refugee
Women," Rena Patel</strong>, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School
of Medicine<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach
to Nutritional
Support for Pregnant Women in the Republic of Guinea</b>,<b><strong></strong>"
</b><strong><b>Jenni</b>fer Peterson</strong>,
Country Director, Guinea and Sierra
Leone, Helen Keller International<br>
<strong>Philip Pizzo</strong>, MD, Dean of Stanford University School
of Medicine<br>
<strong>Jonathan D. Quick</strong>, MD, MPH, President & Chief
Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health<br>
<strong>"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African
Villages Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups," William W.
Rankin</strong>, PhD, President, Global AIDS
Interfaith Alliance<br>
<strong>Farshad Rastegar</strong>, MD, President and CEO, Relief
International<br>
<strong>"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti," Ian Rawson</strong>,
Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti<br>
<strong>William Reese</strong>, President and CEO, International Youth
Foundation<br>
<strong>"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward A Shared Vision of Health
Communities," George Rupp</strong>, PhD, President and CEO,
International
Rescue Committee<br>
<strong>"Love, Labor, Loss: A Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell</strong>,
MPH, Filmmaker<br>
<strong>"Education in Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?" </strong>Joel
Samoff, Consulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford
University<br>
<strong>Harshad Sanghvi</strong>, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and
Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO<br>
<strong>Scott Sasser</strong>, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of
Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>Karen Sendelback</strong>, President and CEO, Friends of the
World Food Program<br>
<strong>"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled Maternity Care"
Jill Sheffield</strong>, President, Family Care International<br>
<strong>Robert David Siegel</strong>, MD, PhD, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for
African Studies, Stanford University<br>
<strong>Lilit Simonyan</strong>, MPA Candidate; Founder, Former CEO,
International Director, Stepanavan Youth Center NGO Armenia<br>
<strong>"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future," Peter A.
Singer</strong>, MD, Chairman, East Meets West
Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief, Clinical
Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern
California<br>
<strong>"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy," David M. Scollard,
</strong>MD, PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease
Programs, Louisiana State University<br>
<strong>Cathy Skoula</strong>, Executive Director, Action Against
Hunger-USA<br>
<strong>"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip & Evaluating The Ill
Returned Traveler," D. Scott Smith</strong>, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief
of
Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City
Hospital<br>
<strong>"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting the World To Eliminate Hepatitis
B and Liver Cancer," Samuel So,</strong> MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of
Surgery; Director, Asian Liver Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program,
Stanford University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>Jim Smith</strong>, Executive Director, American International
Health Alliance Inc<br>
<strong>Jessie Stone</strong>, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda<br>
<strong>James Toole, </strong>PhD, President, Compass Institute;
Professor, School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology, University
of Minnesota<br>
<strong>"Global HIV Prevention From Mother to Child: Challenges for Low
Resource Settings," Landry Tsague</strong>, MD, William H. Foege
Fellow, Department
of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health<br>
<strong>"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts,"
Anvar Velji</strong>, MD, Treasurer, Global Health Education
Consortium; Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South
Sacramento; Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis<br>
<strong>"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV Therapy," Paul
Volberding</strong>, 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<br>
<strong>"Community Programs With Vision," David Werner, PhD, </strong>Co-Founder,
Director of HealthWrights; Visiting Professor, Boston University
International School of Public Health; Author, "Where There Is No
Doctor"<br>
<strong>Karen White</strong>, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute
for Global Health, UCSF<br>
<strong>"Developing A Regional School of Nursing in South Africa,"
Tanya Whitehead</strong>, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas
City<br>
<strong>Elliott Wolfe</strong>, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine,
Stanford University School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Leadership of Global Health NGOs," Derek Yach</strong>, MBChB,
MPH, Director of Rockefeller
Foundation's Program on Global Health</p>
<h3 id="sec2">Global Eye Care and Research<strong></strong><br>
</h3>
<p>
<strong>"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of
Azithromycin For Trachoma Control," Sam Abbenyi,</strong> MS, MSc,
Director, Program Planning and Analysis, International Trachoma
Initiative<br>
<strong>R. Rand Allingham</strong>, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology;
Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center<br>
<strong>"Eye Care in Ghana, The Challenges and Way Forward," Thomas
Tontie Baah</strong>, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic
Hospital, Ghana<br>
<strong>"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction: New Appropriate
Technology and Clinical Methodology," Ian B. Berger</strong>, M.D.,
M.P.H. Dr.PH, Founding President,
InFOCUS<br>
<strong>Tom Beggins</strong>, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon,
Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia<br>
<strong>Sandy Block</strong>, OD, Illinois College of Optometry<br>
<strong>"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency,"
Harry S. Brown</strong>, MD, Founder and President, SEE
International<br>
<strong>"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know,"
Donald Budenz</strong>, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology,
Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine<br>
<strong>"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana," James Clarke</strong>,
MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical
Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana<strong></strong><br>
<strong>Pat Cross</strong>, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for
Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study,"
Ebenezer Daniel</strong>, 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<br>
<strong>Osei Darkwa</strong>, PhD, MCSE, CCNA, Founder and President,
Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education; Founder, Asante Akim
Multipurpose Community Telecentre; Unite For Sight Ghana Program
Coordinator<br>
<strong>Syril Dorairaj</strong>, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye
& Ear Infirmary<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with
ORBIS," </b><strong><b>Go</b>rdon Douglas</strong>, MD, Medical
Director, Orbis
International<br>
<strong>"Eye Health Integration; 'A New Vision For The Future," Michael
R. Duenas</strong>, 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<br>
<strong>"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana," Peter
Egbert</strong>, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of
Ophthalmology<br>
<strong>"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation in Education in
the Developing World," Jay Enoch</strong>, OD, PhD, Professor of the
Graduate School; Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, Berkeley School of
Optometry<br>
<strong>"International Trachoma Initiative - Public/Private Partnership
To Eradicate Blinding Trachoma," Joe Feczko</strong>, MD, Vice
President, Pfizer Inc., Executive
Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development, and President,
Worldwide Development<br>
<strong>"Women and Eye Disease," Ilene Gipson</strong>, PhD, Professor
of Ophthalmology, Harvard
Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health Task Force Executive Committee<br>
<strong>"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience," Jasvir
Grewal</strong>, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK<br>
<strong>"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda," Egide Gisagara, </strong>Medical
Student, National University of Rwanda<br>
<strong>Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of
Prematurity," William Good</strong>, MD<br>
<strong>"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs," Ken
Gustavsen, </strong>Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck &
Co., Inc<br>
<b>"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts,"</b> <strong>Heskel
Haddad</strong>, MD, New York Medical College<br>
<strong>"Globalization of Ophthalmology," Dunbar Hoskins,</strong> MD,
Executive Vice President, American Academy of Ophthalmology<br>
<strong>"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management," Andrew Iwach</strong>,
MD, Glaucoma Research & Education
Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee of Secretaries<br>
<strong>Mohammed Kabir</strong>, Optometrist, Kumasi School of
Optometry, Ghana<br>
<strong>Vasudev Kanade</strong>, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital<br>
<strong>"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future
Control/Elimination," Moses Katabarwa</strong>, BSc, MPH MA, PhD,
Program Epidemiologist,
River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs,
Carter Center<strong></strong><br>
<strong>Murali Krishnamurthy</strong>, President, Sankara Eye Foundation<br>
<strong>"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the
Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan</strong>, Filmmaker<strong></strong><br>
<strong>Bradford Lee</strong>, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University<strong></strong><br>
<strong>"Visioning Tibet," Marc Lieberman</strong>, MD, Founder and
Medical Director,
Tibet Vision Project<br>
<strong>"Eye Disease and Art,"
Michael Marmor</strong>, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology,
Stanford University<br>
<strong>"Glaucoma and Volunteerism," Roger Martin</strong>,
Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening
Activist<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact
and Therapeutic Challenges," </b><strong><b>Ste</b>phen McLeod</strong>,
MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD
Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of
Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>Beyond Screening Camps in Southern
India/Telemedicine-Assisted Vision Centers: Aravind's New Rural
Community Eyecare Strategy," </b><strong>Christine Melton</strong>,
MD, Friends of Aravind Association<br>
<strong>Eydie Miller</strong>, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scheie
Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine<br>
<strong>"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for
Public Health Ophthalmology," Mohammed Muhit</strong>, MD, Clinical
Research Fellow,
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine<br>
<strong>"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global
Resource," Kovin Naidoo</strong>, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director
International Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa<b><strong></strong></b><br>
<strong>Alejandro Ramirez Magana</strong>, Director General, Cinepolis<br>
<strong>Gullapalli N. Rao</strong>, MD, President, International Agency
for the Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health,
L.V. Prasad Eye Institute<br>
<strong>"Entrepreneurship and Ophthalmic Equipment," Rizvi Rawoof</strong>,
Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka<br>
<strong>Hannah Reddick</strong>, Guinea Program Assistant, Helen Keller
International<br>
<strong>Alan Robin</strong>, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology,
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital<br>
<strong>"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and
Mitochondria," Alfredo A. Sadun</strong>, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton
Chair of
Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery,
University of Southern California<br>
<strong>"Mission Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African
Mission Eye Clinic," Cathy Schanzer</strong>, MD, Medical Director and
Chief
Surgeon, Southern Eye Associates, and Tom Lewis<br>
<b><strong>"</strong>The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To
Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine,"</b>
<strong>William Selezinka</strong>, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of
Ophthalmology, UCSD<br>
<strong>"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil</strong>, MBBS,
Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye
Clinic, India<br>
<strong>Chirag Shah</strong>, MD, MPH, Wills Eye Hospital<br>
<strong>"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems
Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data," Val Shestopalov</strong>,
PhD, Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute<br>
<strong>"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing
World?" Kuldev Singh</strong>, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford
University<br>
<strong>"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India," Ajit Sinha,<b>
</b></strong>MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute,
Patna, India; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society<strong><br>
"Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract Surgery," Pooja Sinha</strong>,
MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute,
Patna, India<br>
<strong>"Continental Diversities in Community Ophthalmology," Satyajit
Sinha</strong>, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye
Institute, Patna, India<br>
<strong>"The Strategic Reorganization of Community Directed Treatment
With Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra
Leone,"</strong>Mustapha Sonnie, Eye Care Technician, Helen Keller,
Sierra Leone<br>
<strong>"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function,"
Bruce
Spivey</strong>, MD, President, International Council of
Ophthalmology<br>
<strong>"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A
Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide,"
Bradley R. Straatsma</strong>, MD, JD, President International
Council of Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein
Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA<br>
<strong>"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia,
West Africa," Glenn Strauss</strong>, MD, Vice President of
International
Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships International<br>
<strong>"Biominetic Artificial Cornea," Christopher Ta</strong>, MD,
Assistant Professor of
Ophthalmology, Stanford University<br>
<strong>"Advances in Cornea Transplantation," Shachar Tauber</strong>,
MD, Director of Ophthalmology
Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology
and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics<br>
<strong>Jeff Todd</strong>, MS, JD, Vice President Programs and Public
Health, Prevent Blindness America<br>
<b>"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New
Eyesight)--Building on a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care
Collaboration in the Caribbean," Kevin Treacy</b>, MD, Chief of
Ophthalmology, St. Luke's Hospital;
Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical
School-Duluth<strong></strong><br>
<strong>"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs"
Seth Wanye</strong>, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching
Hospital, Ghana<br>
<strong>Jachin Williams</strong>, Community Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye
Institute, India<br>
<strong>M. Roy Wilson</strong>, MD, Chancellor, University of Colorado
HSC<br>
<strong>"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program: How Do You Make a Difference in
Glaucoma?" Richard Wilson</strong>, MD, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye
Hospital</p>
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