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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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<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 230 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><u>LIST OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS ARE LISTED BELOW<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
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Sessions</h4>
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Volunteering</h4>
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and Social Entrepreneurship</h4>
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Disease</h4>
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Health and Development By Region</h4>
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<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>GLOBAL HEALTH –
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Partnerships in Public Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Partnerships in Public Health"</strong>,
Jacob Kumaresan<em>, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, President, International Trachoma
Initiative</em><br>
<strong>"International Trachoma Initiative - Public/Private Partnership
To
Eradicate Blinding Trachoma"</strong>, Joe Feczko<em>, MD, Chief
Medical
Officer; President, Worldwide Development, Pfizer Inc.</em><br>
<strong>"Public Private Partnerships to Provide Safe Drinking Water in
Africa"</strong>, Greg Allgood<em>, PhD, Director, Children's Safe
Drinking Water, Procter & Gamble</em><br>
<strong>"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for
Neglected
Disease"</strong>, Christopher Elias<em>, MD, MPH, President of PATH</em></p>
<h4><u>Health As If People Mattered</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Health As If People Mattered: Development
With A
Human Face"</strong>, John Hammock<em>, 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</em><br>
<strong>"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward a Shared Vision of Healthy
Communities"</strong>, George Rupp<em>, PhD, President and CEO,
International Rescue Committee</em></p>
<h4><u>Health and Development in the 21st Century</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Young Leaders In Action: Tomorrow's Leaders
But
Also Today's"</strong>, William Reese<em>, President and CEO,
International Youth Foundation</em><br>
<strong>"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century"</strong>, Susan
Blumenthal<em>, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical
Professor
of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University
Medical
Center</em><br>
<strong>"Challenges in Public Health: From Smallpox and Polio
Eradication
to SARS and Avian Influenza"</strong>, David Heymann<em>, MD, MPH,
Former
Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization</em></p>
<h4><u>Global Health, Economic Unions, and The State</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Global Health and Economic Unions"</strong>,
Stephen Bezruchka<em>, MD, MPH, Senior Lecturer, University of
Washington
School of Public Health and Community Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Global Rationalities and Local Disasters: Reconsidering the
Role
of the State in Global Public Health"</strong>, Craig Janes<em>, PhD,
Associate Dean, Education, Faculty of Health Sciences Office of the
Dean, Simon
Fraser University</em></p>
<h4><u>Humanitarian Emergencies</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Stephen
Tomlin<em>, Vice President of Program, Policy and Planning,
International
Medical Corps</em></p>
<h4><u>International Community Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Community Programs With Vision"</strong>,
David Werner<em>, PhD, Co-Founder, Director of HealthWrights (Workgroup
for
People's Health and Rights); Visiting Professor at Boston University
International School of Public Health; Author, "Where There Is No
Doctor"</em><br>
<strong>"The Philosophies of International Care: Do No Harm"</strong>,
Cliff OCallahan<em>, MD, </em>PhD, Middlesex Hospital Family Practice
Program</p>
<h4><u>Perspectives on Global Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Traingulation: Using Existing Data For
Program
Improvement and Policy Recommendations - The Case of Botswana and
Malawi"</strong>,
Karen White<em>, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global
Health, UCSF</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Farshad Rastegar<em>, MD,
President and CEO, Relief International</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Jim Smith<em>, Executive
Director, American International Health Alliance Inc.</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Sarah Shannon<em>,
Executive Director, Hesperian Foundation</em></p>
<h4><u>Innovative Programs and Organizations</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Emergence of a New Type of Physician:
Lessons
Learned From International Experiences"</strong>, Andre-Jacques Neusy<em>,
MD, DTM&H, Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for
Global
Health, New York University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"From Strong Innovative Programs to Strong Innovative
Organizations"</strong>, Bjorg Palsdottir<em>, MPA, Consultant,
Co-Founder
and Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at New York Unive</em></p>
<h4><u>Beyond Firewood: Basic Needs in Developing Countries</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization
-
Addressing Two Basic Needs in Developing Countries"</strong>, Robert
Metcalf<em>, PhD, Professor Biological Sciences, California State
University,
Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers International</em><br>
<strong>"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women and Girls
Displaced
By Conflict and Natural Disasters"</strong>, Sandra Krause<em>, MPH,
BSN,
Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee
Women and
Children</em></p>
<h4><u>Childhood Diseases</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Expanding Community Case Management for
Childhood
Diseases in Conflict-Affected Countries: Scale and Impact in Rwanda and
South
Sudan"</strong>, Emmanuel dHarcourt<em>, Senior Child Survival Technical</em><br>
<strong>"Tears of a Dying Child: An Insight into Child Mortality From
Disease
in Ghana"</strong>, Samuel Edusa<em>, MD Candidate, University of Ghana
Medical School; Chairman, LifeSavers Initiative NGO</em><br>
<strong>"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for
Public
Health Ophthalmology"</strong>, Mohammad Muhit<em>, MD, Clinical
Research
Fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene
and
Tropical Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Childhood Blindness in Sri Lanka"</strong>, Habiba Rawoof<em>,
MBBS, DOphth, M.Sc.CEH, Ophthalmologist, Sri Lanka</em></p>
<h4><u>Children, Global Health and Development</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Challenges of Partnering to Achieve Global
Health
Goals Impacting Children"</strong>, Andrea Gay<em>, MA, MCP, Director,
Children's Health Program, United Nations Foundation</em><br>
<strong>"How To Help Children in Humanitarian Emergencies"</strong>,
Marisa Herran<em>, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western
Reserve
University; Co-Director, Rainbow Center for Global Child Health</em></p>
<h4><u>Education and International Development</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Education in
Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?"</strong>, Joel Samoff<em>,
Consulting
Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Creating a Real Learning Environment in a Rural School in
South
India"</strong>, Mason Byles<em>, former executive, Hewlett Packard</em></p>
<h4><u>Leadership of Youth-Led Global NGOs: A Special Workshop</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Leadership of Student-Led Global NGOs"</strong>,
Derek Yach<em>, MBChB, MPH, Director of Rockefeller Foundation's
Program on
Global Health</em></p>
<h4><u>Technology and Telemedicine: New Innovations in Health Care</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>"Case Studies of the Interactions between
Governance and Healthcare Technology Solutions"</strong>, Kathryn
McDonald<em>,
Executive Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Health Policy/Center
for
Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Deploying a Low Cost, Long Distance WiFi-based
Teleophthalmology
Network in Rural India: The Aravind Experience"</strong>, Sonesh Surana<em>,
PhD Candidate, University of California at Berkeley</em><br>
<strong>"Project ECHO: Telemedicine Extension For Community Healthcare
Outcomes"</strong>, Sanjeev Arora<em>, MD, Executive Vice Chairman,
Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"RICE: Remote Interaction, Consultation, and Epidemiology - A
New
Use For Cell Phones"</strong>, Eliot Grigg<em>, MD Candidate, George
Washington University School of Medicine</em></p>
<h4><u>Global Health Ethics</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium,
Evolving Concepts"</strong>, Anvar Velji<em>, MD, Co-Founder and
Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium; Chief of Infectious
Disease at
Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento; Clinical Professor, University of
California at Davis</em><br>
<strong>"Socially Responsible and Financially Just Global Health
Electives"</strong>, Evaleen Jones<em>, MD, Founder, President and
Medical
Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant
Professor,
Stanford University School of Medicine</em></p>
<h4><u>Community Health and Activism</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Advocacy and
Community Health"</strong>, Gabriel Garcia<em>, MD, Professor of
Medicine,
Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School
of
Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting The World To Eliminate Hepatitis
B
and Liver Cancer"</strong>, Samuel So<em>, MD, Lui Lac Minh Professor
of
Surgery; Director, Asian Livery Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program,
Stanford University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response and Disease Specific
Activism"</strong>, David Katzenstein<em>, Professor of Medicine,
Infectious Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Bringing Public Health's Voice to Sustainable Trade and
Development"</strong>,
Ellen Shaffer<em>, PhD, MPH, Co-Director, CPATH; Assistant Clinical
Professor,
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California at San
Francisco</em></p>
<h4><u>Global Food Systems</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat
Threaten
Food Security For Low-Income Countries?"</strong>, Robert S. Lawrence<em>,
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</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Cathy Skoula<em>, Executive
Director, Action Against Hunger-USA</em></p>
<h4><u>Engaging in Community-Based Health Programs I</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Bridging The
Gap
Between Providers and Vulnerable Groups: Reducing Stigma and
Discrimination in
VCT/STI Services"</strong>, Rebecka Lundgren<em>, MPH, Director of
Operations and Behavioral Research, Institute for Reproductive Health,
Georgetown University</em><br>
<strong>"Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health Education in El
Salvador"</strong>, Gabriel Brat<em>, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford
University School of Medicine</em></p>
<h4><u>Engaging in Community-Based Health Programs II</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Engaging a
Participatory Process for the Development of an Integrated Microcredit
Program
in <st1:city w:st="on">Nogales</st1:city>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>"</strong>,
Eva Shaw<em>, MPH, Research Technician, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype
w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Arizona</st1:placename></st1:place>'s
Southwest Institute for Research on Women</em><br>
<strong>"Project Bokonon: Public Health in Action"</strong>, Rosita
Najmi<em>, Co-Founder, Project Bokonon</em></p>
<h4><u>Global Health Workforce and the Brain Drain Problem</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Globalization and the Health Workforce:
Historical Perspectives, Future Challenges"</strong>, Tom Hall<em>, MD,
DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of
Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"The African Brain Drain: Creating Solutions to the Problem One
Mission at a Time"</strong>, Constance Nduaguba<em>, MD, Clinical
Instructor, Glaucoma Service, University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye
Institute</em></p>
<h4><u>Sanitation and Water Use</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Ecological Sanitation in Rural <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Haiti</st1:country-region></st1:place>:
An Interdisciplinary
Approach to Sanitation, Public Health and Soil Fertility"</strong>,
Sasha
Kramer<em>, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford Collaboratory For
Research
on Global Projects, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Visiting
Scholar,
Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences</em></p>
<h4><u>Global Cardiovascular Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian
Immigrants: Apo A-I Gene Mutations"</strong>, Sunita Dodani<em>, MD,
MS,
FCPS, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public
Health,
University of Pitts</em><br>
<strong>"Hypertension Control in Primary Control Settings in the
Republic
of Georgia"</strong>, Fred Tavill<em>, MD, DpH, Senior Program
Consultant,
Center for International health</em><br>
<strong>"Social Capital and Hypertension in Rural Haitian Women"</strong>,
Cris Malino<em>, MPH</em></p>
<h4><u>Strategies to Sustainable Healthcare</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Pursuing a Ghost: Fostering Sustainable
Health
Care in Developing Countries"</strong>, <st1:city w:st="on">Salvador</st1:city>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Baldizon</st1:city><em>, <st1:state
w:st="on">MD</st1:state></em></st1:place><em>, MA, MPH, Health
Protection
Specialist, Free From Hunger</em></p>
<h4><u>Surgery and Global Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Interplast: Using Innovative Technology to
Improve Surgical Care in Developing Countries"</strong>, Susan Hayes<em>,
President and CEO, Interplast</em><br>
<strong>"Surgery and Global Health: A Mandate for Research, Training,
and
Service"</strong>, Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, Chief Resident in General
Surgery, University of California at San Francisco<em>, and William P.
Schecter, MD, Professor of Clinical Surgery at UCSF, Vice Chair of the
Department of Surgery at UCSF, and Chief of Surgery at San Francisco
General
Hospital</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>OVERSEASE VOLUNTEERING<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Real-Life Lessons in Cultural Competency</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Ground Meat Parable: Real-life Lessons
from
Africa for International Volunteers"</strong>, Valda Ford<em>, MPH, MS,
RN, University of Nebraska Medical Center</em><br>
<strong>"Hold Your Breath: A Film on Cultural Competency"</strong>,
Maren Grainger-Monsen<em>, MD, Senior Research Scholar, Center for
Biomedical
Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Cultural Competence in Global Health: Linguistic Solutions to
Cross-Cultural Complications"</strong>, T.S. Harvey<em>, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Linguistic Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University</em></p>
<h4><u>Engaging Students in International Health I</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Engaging Students in International Health: A
Case
Study"</strong>, Robert David Siegel<em>, MD, PhD, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for
African
Studies, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Phacos, 115 Degrees, and Marriage Proposals? Stories and
Lessons
>From Volunteering in Bihar, India"</strong>, Anna Cooper<em>, MPH
Candidate, University of Rochester School of Public Health</em><br>
<strong>"Perspectives on Tamale From A Unite For Sight Volunteer"</strong>,
Nicholas Greene<em>, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana</em></p>
<h4><u>Engaging Students in International Health II</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Teaching Health Profession Students Global
Health: Resources, Methods, Opportunities"</strong>, Tom Hall.<em>, MD,
DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of
Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Innovations in Global Health Education"</strong>, Thomas
Novotny<em>, MD, MPH, Director of International Programs; Professor in
Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Ana Carolina Victoria<em>,
MD Candidate, Albert Einstein School of Medicine<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<h4><u>Preparing To Volunteer Overseas</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip &
Evaluating The Ill-Returned Traveler"</strong>, D. Scott Smith<em>, MD,
MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine,
Kaiser
Redwood City Hospital</em><br>
<strong>"Preparing To Volunteer in Ghana"</strong>, Nicholas Greene.<em>,
Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana</em></p>
<h4><u>An Eye Opener in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chennai</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">India: A Unite For Sight Film</st1:country-region></st1:place></u></h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>HEALTH AND HUMAN
RIGHTS –
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Health and Human Rights</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Right to Health: Towards Social
Inclusion and
Universal Health Care in Latin America"</strong>, Arachu Castro<em>,
PhD,
MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine, Academic Director; Program
in
Infectious Disease and Scoial Change, Harvard Medica School / Partners
in Heath</em><br>
<strong>"Health and Human Rights: The Impact of War on Vision and
Ocular
Health"</strong>, Derek Mladenovich<em>, OD, FAAO, MPH Candidate,
Fellow,
World Council of Optometry; External Examiner, International Rescue
Committee,
Thailand</em><br>
<strong>"Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research
Matter"</strong>, Daniel Bausch<em>, MD, MPH,&TM Associate
Professor,
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Is Women's Health a Human Right?"</strong>, Mini Murthy<em>,
MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Practice,New York Medical College
School of
Public Health</em></p>
<h4><u>Children, Blindness, and Human Rights</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Human Rights of Blind Children in India"</strong>,
Mini Murthy.<em>, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science and
Community Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health</em><br>
<strong>"Confidence Building Measure in a Blind Girls School in Bihar,
India"</strong>, Ajit Sinha.<em>, MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye
Institute; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society</em><br>
<strong>"Improvement of the Quality of Life of the Blind Children in
West
Bengal India"</strong>, Sudipta Dey<em>, Director, Eye Micro Surgery
and
Diagnostic Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>MICROFINANCE AND
SOCIAL
ENTREPRENEURSHIP – SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Global Youth Entrepreneurship</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Global Youth Entrepreneurship"</strong>,
James Toole<em>, PhD, President, Compass Institute</em></p>
<h4><u>Microfinance and Sustainable Development</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Alex Counts<em>,
President, Grameen Foundation <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></em><br>
<strong>"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance"</strong>, Brian
Lehnen<em>, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Village <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Enterprise</st1:city></st1:place> Fund</em><br>
<strong>"Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the Business of
International Development"</strong>, Philip Berber<em>, Founder,
Chairman,
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation</em></p>
<h4><u>Microfinance, Fair Trade, and International Development</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Fair Trade and the Dignity of Work in Rural
African Communities"</strong>, Lindsay M. Harris<em>, Managing
Director, A
Bridge for Africa Foundation</em><br>
<strong>"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable
Development
and Program Expansion"</strong>, Jim DeVries<em>, MD, Senior Vice
President of Programs, Heifer International</em><br>
<strong>"Workshop Title: Increasing Income, Confidence and Business
Growth
Through Effective Business Education for Low Income People"</strong>,
Fiona Macaulay<em>, Founder and President, Making Cents<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<h4><u>Entrepreneurial Social Innovation</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Atrocities
and
Social Entrepreneurship"</strong>, Zachary Kaufman<em>, MPhil, DPhil,
JD
Candidate, Yale University Law School</em><br>
<strong>"Cinepolis: A Vision For Social Responsiblity"</strong>,
Alejandro Ramirez Magana<em>, Director General, Cinepolis</em><br>
<strong>"Healthcare Needs and Opportunities in Afghanistan -
Collaborating
Across The Sectors"</strong>, Kulsum Janmohamed<em>, MD, MPH</em><br>
<strong>"Priming Entrepreneurial Social Innovation to Stem the Tide of
Penury and Epidemics in Africa"</strong>, BT Costantinos<em>, PhD, MBA,
Chairman, Ethiopica Infrastructure and Tunnelling Holdings; President
and Chief
Research Consultant, Ceter For Human Environment</em></p>
<h4><u>Entrepreneurship and Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Global/Social Entrepreneurship"</strong>,
Kamran Elahian<em>, , MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst
Partners;
Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online</em><br>
<strong>"Social Impact Through Public Private Partnerships in
Entrepreneurship and Health"</strong>, Georgia Sambunaris<em>,
Financial
Sector Specialist, USAID/EGAT, Office of Economic Growth</em></p>
<h4><u>Social Learning and Civic Engagement</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Role of Indigenous Faith-Based and Civil
Society Organizations in Health Services Development in East and
Southern
Africa"</strong>, Mark E. Anderson<em>, President and CEO, Center For
International Health</em><br>
<strong>"Social Learning and Civic Engagement: Global Applications and
Experiences Using A Faith-Based Model"</strong>, Daniel J. West<em>,
PhD,
Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Administration and Human
Resources,
University of Scranton</em><br>
<strong>"Preparing Undergraduates to Address Global Public Health
Needs:
The Development of a Multi-national, Interdisciplinary Comparative
Study
Program"</strong>, Christina T. Holt<em>, Assistant Clinical Professor,
University of Vermont Medical School</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>REFUGEE HEALTH –
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>The Health of Refugee Women I</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health
with
Liberian Refugee Women"</strong>, Rena Patel<em>, MPhil, BA, MD
Candidate,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Addressing Psychosocial Needs of Refugee & Immigrant
Women:
>From Surviving to Thriving"</strong>, Lorrie L. King<em>, MPH,
Founder,
Executive Director, Just Cause, Inc.</em></p>
<h4><u>The Health of Refugee Women II</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women
and
Girls Displaced By Conflict and Natural Disasters"</strong>, Sandra
Krause<em>,
MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for
Refugee
Women and Children</em><br>
<strong>"Listening to Women’s Voices: Lessons Learned from Congolese
Refugee Women in Rwanda"</strong>, Carol Pavlish<em>, PhD, RN,
Assistant
Professor, UCLA School of Nursing</em><br>
<strong>"Demonstration of a Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for
Conflict-Affected Women"</strong>, Marianne E. Zotti<em>, DrPH, MS,
FAAN,
Lead Health Scientist and Team Leader, Services Management, Research
and
Translation Team, Division of Reproductive Health at the Centers for
Disease
Control and Prevention</em></p>
<h4><u>The Health of Refugees</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Community Based Rehabilitation Projects in
Politically Volatile Regions: Setting the Foundations for Peacebuilding"</strong>,
Kathryn Azevedo<em>, PhD, ATRIC, CMP, Postdoctoral Fellowship in
Clinical
Research, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
of Medicine</em></p>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Mobilizing War-Torn African Communities to
Improve Public Health,"</strong><i style="">Cornelius
Pratt, MA, PhD, Presidential Professor and Strategic and Organizational
Communication,
Temple University, and E. Lincoln James, PhD, Washington State
University<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>INFECTIOUS DISEASE -
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Disease Control Strategies in the Developing World</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS
Epidemic"</strong>, Peter R. Lamptey<em>, MD, DrPH, President, Family
Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS</em><br>
<strong>"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and
Elimination Campaigns"</strong>, Brian Blackburn<em>, MD, Clinical
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and
Other
Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella"</strong>, Stephen L. Cochi<em>,
MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National
Immunization
Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</em><br>
<strong>"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of
Azithromycin
For Trachoma Control"</strong>, Sam Abbenyi<em>, MD, MSc, Director,
Program Planning and Analysis, International Trachoma Initiative</em></p>
<h4><u>Malaria Prevention and Treatment Strategies</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Preventing Malaria During Pregnancy:
Intermittent
Preventative Treatment on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea"</strong>,
Josephine Czechowicz<em>, MD Candidate, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies
for
Monitoring and Treating Malaria among Burma’s IDPs"</strong>, Emily
Whichard<em>, Program Officer, Global Health Access Program, Berkeley
School of
Public Health</em></p>
<h4><u>Towards Disease Eradication</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Is Global Elimination of a Bacterial Disease
a
Feasible Goal? Trachoma 3000 Years Later"</strong>, Bruce Gaynor<em>,
MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, FI Proctor Foundation
and
Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco</em><br>
<strong>"The Polio Eradication Partnership: Some Lessons Learned"</strong>,
Carol Pandak<em>, Manager, Division of PolioPlus, The Rotary Foundation
of
Rotary International</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>HIV/AIDS – SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>HIV/AIDS in Low Resource Settings</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV
Therapy"</strong>, Paul Volberding<em>, 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</em><br>
<strong>"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in
the
Developing World"</strong>, Terry Blaschke<em>, MD, Professor of
Medicine
and Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Global HIV Prevention From Mother To Child: Challenges for Low
Resource Settings"</strong>, Landry Tsague<em>, MD, William H. Foege
Fellow, Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public
Health</em></p>
<h4><u>HIV/AIDS Community Needs and Strategies</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Kasensero: The Forgotten Village Coming Out
of
the Shadow"</strong>, Kiran V. Patel<em>, MD, Resident, Department of
Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Acceptance of and Barriers to Voluntary HIV Counseling and
Testing Among Adults in Guizhou Province, China"</strong>, Wei Ma<em>,
MS;
PhD Candidate, UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research
Program,
UCLA</em></p>
<h4><u>Important Perspectives on HIV/AIDS</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The HIV Pandemic in the Developing World"</strong>,
John McGoldrick<em>, Executive Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb</em><br>
<strong>"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact"</strong>, George
Guimaraes<em>, President and CEO, Project Concern International</em><br>
<strong>"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart"</strong>, Mark Kline<em>, MD,
President, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of
Pediatrics; Head, Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Healing through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response
to
the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa"</strong>, Jamie McLaren Lachman<em>,
Project Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders</em></p>
<h4><u>HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"AIDS, Eyes, and Africa: A View of Zambia
Health Care
Through The Eyes of an American Ophthalmologist Working For CBMI at the
Lusaka
Eye Hospital, Zambia"</strong>, Tom Beggins<em>, MD, Former Medical
Director and Surgeon, Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia</em><br>
<strong>"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African
Villages Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups"</strong>,
William
W. Rankin<em>, PhD, President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance</em><br>
<strong>"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and
Health
to End HIV/AIDS"</strong>, Adrienne Germain<em>, President,
International
Women's Health Coalition</em><br>
<strong>"HIV/AIDS in China"</strong>, Jessica Haberer<em>, MD,
Research Advisor, Clinton Foundation</em></p>
<h4><u>Community HIV Prevention Programs</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Arm's Reach Care: A Community Network Model
for
Pediatric HIV Care and Treatment"</strong>, Joy Amulya<em>, EdD, AM,
EdM,
Research Associate and Lecturer, University of <st1:placename w:st="on">Colorado</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Health</st1:placename> <st1:placename
w:st="on">Sciences</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></em><br>
<strong>"Optimizing Prevention: A Comprehensive PMTCT Program in <st1:city
w:st="on">Mombasa</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region>"</strong>,
Lara Christine Bishay and Nicholas Gavin<em>, MD Candidate, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename> <st1:placetype
w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place>
of Medicine</em></p>
<h4><u>Community Strategies for HIV/AIDS</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Rapid Skill Transfer Through Clinical
Mentoring:
A Universal, Fast Approach To Scaling Up HIV Practical Expertise in
Developing
Countries"</strong>, Marie Charles<em>, MD, MIA, Founder and President,
International Center for Equal Healthcare Access; Adjunct Professor,
Columbia
University School of International and Public Affairs; Henry Crown
Fellow, The
Aspen Institute</em><br>
<strong>"Building Foundations for Sustainable Local Response to
HIV/AIDS"</strong>, Debra Miller<em>, MSN, Country Director - Kenya,
CHF
International</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>WOMEN’S HEALTH –
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Examining Women's Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Women and Health"</strong>, Ana Langer<em>,
MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth</em><br>
<strong>"The Challenge of Treating Complex Obstetric Fistula in
Eritrea"</strong>, Amreen Husain<em>, MD, Assistant Professor of
Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Women and Eye Disease"</strong>, Ilene Gipson<em>, PhD,
Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye
Health
Task Force Executive Committee</em><br>
<strong>"A Comparative Study of Sociocultural Factors Contributing to
Maternal Mortality in Urban and Rural Areas of Southern Part of Edo
State,
Nigeria"</strong>, Chinwe Lucy Marchie<em>, PhD, MEd, MHPM, School of
Nursing, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria</em></p>
<h4><u>Perspectives on Reproductive Health</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Cross-Cultural Partnerships for Reproductive
Health"</strong>, Dian Harrison<em>, President and CEO, Planned
Parenthood
Golden Gate</em><br>
<strong>"Quality of Care Gives Bolivian Indigenous Women Opportunities
for
a New Future"</strong>, <st1:city w:st="on">Lynn</st1:city> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Johnson</st1:city><em>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Bolivia</st1:country-region></em></st1:place><em> Country
Director,
EngenderHealth</em></p>
<h4><u>Growing Big, Healthy Babies</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled
Maternity
Care"</strong>, Jill Sheffield<em>, President, Family Care International</em><br>
<strong>"Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach to
Nutritional
Support for Pregnant Women in the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Republic</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Guinea</st1:placename>"</strong>, Jennifer
Peterson<em>, Country Director, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Guinea</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sierra Leone</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
Helen Keller International</em></p>
<h4><u>Preventing Obstetric Emergencies</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)"</strong>,
Lee T. Dresang<em>, MD, Associate Professor, Department Maternity Care
Clinical
Coordinator, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public
Health</em><br>
<strong>"Training Nigerian Health Workers on the Use of Non-Pneumatic
Anti-Schock Garment For Obstetric Hemorrhage"</strong>, Shola Olorunnipa<em>,
MD Candidate, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: Training Indigenous Health
Workers To Use Misoprostol in IDP Settings"</strong>, Susan Tuddenham,
MSc
IR; MD Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA and Catherine
Lee, MPH</p>
<h4><u>Obstetric Fistula Film Campaign</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Love, Labor, Loss Film Campaign on Obstetric
Fistula"</strong>, Lisa Russell<em>, MPH, Filmmaker</em></p>
<h4><u>Cervical Cancer</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Cervical Cancer"</strong>, <st1:city
w:st="on">Harshad Sanghvi</st1:city><em>, <st1:state w:st="on">MD</st1:state>,
Medical Director,
Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO Corporation</em><br>
<strong>"Partnering For Prevention: The "State" of Cervical
Cancer in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>"</strong>,
Sarah Wells<em>, Senior Director of Public Policy, Women in Government</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
AND
DEVELOPMENT BY REGION - SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Community-Based Medical Care in <st1:place w:st="on">Africa</st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Jessie
Stone<em>, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda</em><br>
<strong>"Emergency Medical Care Systems in Low and Middle Income
Countries"</strong>, Scott Sasser<em>, MD, Assistant Professor,
Department
of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Developing A Regional School of Nursing in South Africa"</strong>,
Tanya Whitehead<em>, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City</em><br>
<strong>"Healthcare in the Horn of Africa: Reaching Somalis through
Interactive
Radio Instruction"</strong>, Kit Yasin<em>, EdD, MS, Center Director,
Center for Latin America, the Caribbean and the Horn of Africa,
Education
Development Center<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<h4><u>Public Health in <st1:place w:st="on">Latin America</st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Honduran Health Alliance: Blending
Community-Oriented Primary Care with Public Health in Rural Honduras"</strong>,
Bonzo Reddick<em>, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Family
Medicine,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill</em><br>
<strong>"Stemming the Rise of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Amazon"</strong>,
Betsy Fuller Matambanadzo.<em>, Program Director, Child Family Health
International</em><br>
<strong>"Making Mental Health a Priority in Belize"</strong>, Cheryl
Killion<em>, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve
University</em><br>
<strong>"Emphasis on Empowerment: The Evolution of a Flexible Approach
for
Improving Maternal and Child Health"</strong>, Kristen Kanerva
Richards,
RN, and Mary Fifield<em>, Executive Director, Global Pediatric Alliance</em></p>
<h4><u>Health Care in the <st1:place w:st="on">Caribbean</st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in
Haiti"</strong>, Ian Rawson<em>, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti</em><br>
<strong>"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane
Plantations"</strong>, Ulrick Gaillard<em>, JD, CEO, Batey Relief
Alliance</em><br>
<strong>"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New
Eyesight)--Building on a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care
Collaboration in the Caribbean"</strong>, Kevin Treacy<em>, MD, Chief
of
Ophthalmology, St. Luke's Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor,
University of
Minnesota Medical School-Duluth</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Ken Onu<em>, MD</em></p>
<h4><u>Health Care in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region></st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"The Impact of Health Care Costs on Household
Spending in Uganda"</strong>, William Herrin<em>, MA, PhD, Senior
Economist, Federal Housing Finance Board; Professor of Economics,
University of
the Pacific</em><br>
<strong>"A South-South Strategy to Achieve 'Health for All' in Uganda:
Building human resource capacity to implement the Ugandan National
Minimum
Health Care Package (UNMCHP)"</strong>, Marion Billings<em>, MSc,
Executive Director, Global Health Through Education, Training and
Service</em></p>
<h4><u>Healthcare in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region></st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Reproductive Health Knowledge and Gender
Equality
in a Thai Ethnic Minority: Revelations and Reflections"</strong>, Romeo
Arca Jr<em>, MA, Senior Program Officer, Asia Regional Office, Planned
Parenthood Federation of America-International</em><br>
<strong>"HIV Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Behavior Among Migrant
Workers Living on the Thai-Burma Border"</strong>, Meghan Gallagher<em>,
MPH</em><br>
<strong>"Cultural and Behavioral Precursors to "Severe" Malaria
on the Thai - Myanmar Border"</strong>, Peter Kundstadter<em>, PhD,
University of California, San Francisco (retired)</em><br>
<strong>"Prevalence of Refractive Error in a Refugee Population in
Thailand"</strong>, Alex Ilechie<em>, OD, Department of Optometry,
Faculty
of Science, University of Cape Coast</em></p>
<h4><u>Healthcare In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region></st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and
Future"</strong>, Peter A. Singer<em>, MD, Chairman, East Meets West
Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief, Clinical
Endocrinology, Keck
School of Medicine, University of Southern California</em><br>
<strong>"To Save Newborn Lives"</strong>, Quynh Kieu<em>, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at
Irvine</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Daniel Schainholz<em>, MD</em></p>
<h4><u>Public Health in <st1:place w:st="on">Eastern Europe</st1:place></u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"The
Ukrainian Eye
Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Ivano-Frankivsk</st1:city>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region></st1:place>"</strong>, William
Selezinka<em>, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD</em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>GLOBAL EYE CARE -
SESSIONS<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Vision2020: Needs, Challenges, and Solutions</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Gullapalli
N. Rao<em>, MD, President, International Agency for the Prevention of
Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute</em><br>
<strong>"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"</strong>,
James Afful Clarke<em>, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director,
Crystal Eye
Clinic, Ghana</em><br>
<strong>"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of
NGOs"</strong>, Seth Wanye<em>, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching
Hospital, Ghana</em><br>
<strong>"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India"</strong>,
Ajit Sinha<em>, MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former
President,
All India Ophthalmological Society</em></p>
<h4><u>Leprosy: The Disease, Ocular Effects, and Rehabilitation</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy"</strong>,
David M. Scollard<em>, MD, PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National
Hansen's
Disease Programs, Louisiana State University</em><br>
<strong>"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal
Study"</strong>, Ebenezer Daniel<em>, 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 Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India"</strong>, Robert A. Chase<em>,
MD, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Stanford University
School of
Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Leprosy & HIV/AIDS: History Repeats"</strong>, Betsy
Fuller Matambanadzo<em>, Program Director, Child Family Health
International</em></p>
<h4><u>Eye Care in the Developing World</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation
in
Education in the Developing World"</strong>, Jay Enoch<em>, OD, PhD,
Professor of the Graduate School; Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry,
Berkeley
School of Optometry</em><br>
<strong>"Improving Surgical Eye Care in Ecuador: Corneal
Transplantation,
Cataract and Pterygium Surgery"</strong>, Ronald N. Gaster<em>, MD,
Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of
California,
Irvine</em></p>
<h4>Unite For Sight Worldwide: A Film and Discussion With Eye Clinics
Worldwide</h4>
<h4><u>Examining Needs and Solutions in International Eye Care</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"International Ophthalmology: Structure and
Function"</strong>, Bruce Spivey<em>, MD, President, International
Council
of Ophthalmology</em><br>
<strong>"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A
Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide"</strong>,
Bradley R. Straatsma<em>, MD, JD, President International Council of
Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye
Institute, David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA</em><br>
<strong>"Eye Care in Ghana, the Challenges and the Way Forward"</strong>,
Thomas Tontie Baah<em>, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana</em><br>
<strong>"Achieving Vision2020 Targets In The Midst of Poverty -
Experience
>From The Bawku Eyecare Program in Ghana"</strong>, Michael Ekuoba
Gyasi<em>,
MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana</em></p>
<h4><u>Globalization of Community Ophthalmology</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Continental Diversities in Community
Ophthalmology"</strong>, Satyajit Sinha<em>, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB
Eye
Institute, <st1:city w:st="on">Patna</st1:city>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">India</st1:country-region></em><br>
<strong>"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency"</strong>,
Harry S. Brown<em>, MD, Founder and President, SEE International</em><br>
<strong>"The Globalization of Ophthalmology"</strong>, Dunbar Hoskins<em>,
MD, Executive Director, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">American</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place> of
Ophthalmology</em></p>
<h4><u>Himalayan Cataract Project; Repeats Every 1 Hour</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Himalayan Cataract Project"</strong>,
National Geographic Film</p>
<h4><u>Cornea Transplants in the Developed and Developing World</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Advances in Cornea Transplantation"</strong>,
Shachar Tauber<em>, MD, Director of Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and
Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St.
John's
Hospital and Clinics</em><br>
<strong>"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana"</strong>,
James Clarke<em>, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye
Clinic,
Ghana</em><br>
<strong>"Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact and
Therapeutic
Challenges"</strong>, Stephen McLeod<em>, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M.
Caygill MD Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman,
Department
of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco</em><br>
<strong>"A Safe and Inexpensive Artificial Cornea for the Developing
World? The <st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city> Initiative"</strong>,
Claes H. Dohlman<em>, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, <st1:placename
w:st="on">Harvard</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Medical</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> - <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state
w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:state></st1:place> Eye and Ear Institute</em></p>
<h4><u>Eye Care in Post Conflict Settings</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Mission
Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African Mission Eye Clinic"</strong>,
Cathy Schanzer<em>, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, Southern
Eye Associates</em><br>
<strong>"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia,
West Africa"</strong>, Glenn Strauss<em>, MD, Vice President of
International Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships International</em><br>
<strong>"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda"</strong>, Egide
Gisagara<em>, Medical Student, National University of Rwanda</em></p>
<h4><u>Eye Diseases of Artists</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Eye Disease and Art"</strong>, Michael
Marmor<em>, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename
w:st="on">Stanford</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place></em></p>
<h4><u>Assistive Technology for Developing Countries</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Ralf
Hotchkiss<em>, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and Principal Instructor,
Whirlwind
Wheelchair International</em><br>
<strong>"Operation Catalyst: Action Research Concerning The Use of
Assistive Technology To Increase Independence and Improve Attitudes
Toward
Disability in Developing Countries"</strong>, Emily Moore<em>, PhD,
Adjunct Professor, Sociology, San Diego State University</em></p>
<h4><u>The Interface Between Research and Communities</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"One Earth: The Interface Between Biomedical
Research and Communities"</strong>, Anna Cooper.<em>, MPH Candidate,
University of Rochester School of Public Health</em><br>
<strong>"RPE Transplantation in Macular Degeneration"</strong>, Boris
Stanzel<em>, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of
Ophthalmology,
Stanford University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Patterned Scanning Laser Photocoagulation: a New Approach to
Retinal Treatment"</strong>, Yannis Paulus<em>, MD Candidate, Stanford
University</em></p>
<h4><u>The Retina: Research For Developed and Developing Countries</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract
Surgery"</strong>, Pooja Sinha<em>, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye
Institute, Patna, India</em><br>
<strong>"Statins and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Study in Patna, India"</strong>,
Rajen Desai<em>, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of
Prematurity"</strong>, William Good<em>, MD</em><br>
<strong>"Inheritance of Blinding Disease: Pathways to the Cause of
Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration"</strong>, R. Rand Allingham<em>, MD,
Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University
Eye
Center</em></p>
<h4><u>The Aravind Model of Eye Care in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr.
V(enkataswamy)
and the Aravind Eye Care System"</strong>, Pavithra Krishnan<em>,
Filmmaker</em><br>
<strong>"Beyond Screening Camps in Southern India/Telemedicine-Assisted
Vision Centers: Aravind's New Rural Community Eyecare Strategy"</strong>,
Christine Melton<em>, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind Association</em></p>
<h4><u>Corneas and Artificial Corneas</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Histology of the Eye"</strong>, Pat Cross<em>,
PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and
Scholarship,
Stanford School of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Biominetic Artificial Cornea"</strong>, Christopher Ta<em>,
MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University</em></p>
<h4><u>Visioning <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tibet</st1:place></st1:country-region></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Visioning <st1:country-region w:st="on">Tibet</st1:country-region>"</strong>,
Mark Lieberman<em>, MD, Founder and Medical Director, <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tibet</st1:place></st1:country-region>
Vision
Project</em></p>
<h4><u>Providing Eye Care Where There Was None</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Examining
Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ghana</st1:country-region>"</strong>,
Sally Ong<em>, BS Candidate, <st1:placename w:st="on">Duke</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype></em><br>
<strong>"Remote Eye Care in the Himalayas"</strong>, Vinay Yagnik<em>,
BS Candidate, <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename
w:st="on">California</st1:placename> at <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Berkeley</st1:place></st1:city></em></p>
<h4><u>Ophthalmic Training in Developing Countries</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"To Visit or to Stay?" That is the question!
Ophthalmic Education at King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital and aboard
the
Orbis DC-Flying Eye Hospital"</strong>, Rosalind Stevens<em>, Professor
of
Surgery (Ophthalmology), Dartmouth Medical School</em><br>
<strong>"Principles in Training for Pediatric Ophthalmology and
Strabismus
Care in Developing Countries"</strong>, T. Otis Paul<em>, MD, Oakland's
Children Hospital</em></p>
<h4><u>Lions Club and Eye Care</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Special Olympics Lions Clubs International
Opening Eyes - A Model For Increasing Access to Eye Care Through
Education and
Screening"</strong>, Sandy Block<em>, OD, MEd, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">College</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Optometry</st1:placename></st1:place></em><br>
<strong>"Glaucoma and Volunteerism"</strong>, Roger Martin<em>,
Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist</em></p>
<h4><u>Perspectives on Eye Care in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"Eye Care in
Chennai, India"</strong>, Pradeep Mettu<em>, MD Candidate, University
of
Kentucky College of Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"Unite For Sight in Patna, India"</strong>, Kristin Ow</p>
<h4><u>Cataracts in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"World Bank-Assisted Cataract Blindness
Control
Project in India"</strong>, Eirini Iliaki<em>, MD, MPH, Harvard School
of
Public Health</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Muralidharan Krishnamurthy<em>,
President, Sankara Eye Foundation</em></p>
<h4><u>Building Sustainable Eye Programs</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Leadership Development For Blindness
Prevention:
Building Programs That Deliver Results"</strong>, Jonathan D. Quick<em>,
MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for
Health</em><br>
<strong>"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global
Resource"</strong>, Kovin Naidoo<em>, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director
International Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa</em></p>
<h4><u>Technology For Eye Care</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Progress Towards Affordable Vision
Correction;
New Appropriate Technology and Clinical Methodology"</strong>, Ian
Berger<em>,
M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH, Founding President, InFOCUS</em><br>
<strong>"Low Cost Lenses and Instruments For Eye Camps"</strong>,
Rizvi Rawoof<em>, Ed in B Mgmt, MBA, FBIM, Director, Optiquip Surgical,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sri Lanka</st1:place></st1:country-region></em></p>
<h4><u>A New Vision For The Future, Eye Health Integration: A Federal,
State,
and Organization Perspective</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Eye Health Integration; "A New Vision For
The
Future""</strong>, Michael R. Duenas<em>, 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; Christopher Maylahn,
MPH,
Epidemiologist, Chronic Disease Division of New York State Department
of
Health; Jeff Todd, JD, Vice President Programs and Public Health,
Prevent
Blindness America</em></p>
<h4><u>Nutrition and Eye Care</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><strong>"An Epidemic
of
Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria"</strong>,
Alfredo A. Sadun<em>, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of Vision
Research,
Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surge</em><br>
<strong>"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts"</strong>,
Heskel Haddad<em>, MD, New York Medical College</em></p>
<h4><u>Eye Care Services: Dilemmas and Successes</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Satya B.
Verma<em>, OD, Pennsylvania College of Optometry</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Mohammed Kabir<em>,
Optometrist, Kumasi School of Optometry, Ghana</em><br>
<strong>"Eye Care Services to Malnourished Tribal Children in Tribal
Belt
of Western Part of India: A Success Story of an NGO"</strong>, Nagesh
S.
Tekale<em>, PhD, President, Navdrushti</em><br>
<strong>"Mobilizing a Profession Toward Philanthropic Giving: The
Patient
Giving Program To End Global Refractive Error"</strong>, Pamela Capaldi<em>,
Director of Operations and Development, Optometry Giving Sight</em></p>
<h4><u>Eyes and Infectious Disease: Combatting River Blindness</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and
Future Control/Elimination Strategies"</strong>, Moses Katabarwa<em>,
BSc,
MPH, MA, PhD, Program Epidemiologist, River Blindness, Lymphatic
Filariasis,
and Schistosomiasis Programs, Carter Center</em><br>
<strong>"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs"</strong>,
Ken Gustavsen<em>, Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co,
Inc</em><br>
<strong>"The Strategic Reorganization of Community-Directed Treatment
with
Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra Leone"</strong>,
Mustapha Sonnie<em>, Eye Care Technician, Sierra Leone, Helen Keller
International</em><br>
<strong>"Using the Successful Onchocerciasis Control Program Model for
Planning and Implementing Vision 2020 Initiatives"</strong>, Jeffrey
Watson<em>, , MS, Director of Overseas Operations, Christian Blind
Mission
International - USA</em></p>
<h4><u>Strategies For Community Eye Health</u></h4>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>"Eye Care in India: A Bird's Eye View"</strong>,
Vasudev Kanade<em>, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital</em><br>
<strong>"Unite For Sight in Chennai, India"</strong>, T. Senthil<em>,
MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India</em><br>
<strong>"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience"</strong>,
Jasvir Grewal<em>, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK</em><br>
<strong>"Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with ORBIS"</strong>,
Gordon Douglas<em>, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<h4 style="text-align: center;" align="center"><u>GLAUCOMA SYMPOSIUM<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<h4><u>Glaucoma in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ghana</st1:place></st1:country-region></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We
Need
To Know"</strong>, Donald Budenz<em>, MD, MPH, Professor of
Ophthalmology,
Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of
Medicine</em><br>
<strong>"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana"</strong>,
Peter Egbert<em>, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology<o:p></o:p></em></p>
<h4><u>Glaucoma Research</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Syril
Dorairaj<em>, MD, Glaucoma Service at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state
w:st="on">New York</st1:state></st1:place> Eye & Ear Infirmary</em><br>
<strong>"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems
Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data"</strong>, Val Shestopalov<em>,
PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute</em></p>
<h4><u>Making A Difference in Glaucoma<o:p></o:p></u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Caring For Glaucoma Globally: Five Important
Issues"</strong>, M. Roy Wilson<em>, MD, MS, Chancellor, University of
Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center</em><br>
<strong>"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management"</strong>, Andrew
Iwach<em>, MD, Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American
Academy of
Ophthalmology Secretary for Communications</em><br>
<strong>"Screening for Glaucoma Among a Predominantly Mexican American
Urban Population"</strong>, William Sponsel<em>, MD, Professor,
UTHSCSA,
San Antonio, Texas</em><br>
<strong>"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program: How Do You Make a Difference in
Glaucoma?"</strong>, Richard Wilson<em>, MD, Gaucoma Service, Wills Eye
Hospital</em></p>
<h4><u>Glaucoma in the Developing World</u></h4>
<p class="indent"><strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Alan Robin<em>,
MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns
Hopkins
Hospital</em><br>
<strong>"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing
World?"</strong>, Kuldev Singh<em>, MD, MPH, Professor of
Ophthalmology,
Director of Glaucoma Service, Stanford University</em><br>
<strong>"Title To Be Announced"</strong>, Bradford Lee<em>, MSc, MD
Candidate, Stanford University</em></p>
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