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Academic Institutions

Current faculty in good standing from these esteemed institutions lead clinical and classroom training to build local capacity in our partner countries. They donate their time and expertise to further advance the field by training the next generation of doctors through surgical outreaches that provide direct patient care and through training sessions that enhance clinical knowledge.

These esteemed instructors also mentor medical students and early career doctors from across sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
 

Learn about our partnership with the Byers Eye Institute at Stanford.

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North America
Byers Eye Institute Department of Ophthalmology (Stanford University)
Duke Ophthalmology (Duke University School of Medicine)
Kellogg Eye Center (University of Michigan Medicine)
University of British Columbia


University of Iowa
University of Utah Moran Eye Center
University of Virginia
Wills Eye Hospital
UCSF Proctor Foundation

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University

Nepal
Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology

India
Aravind Eye Care System
LV Prasad Eye Institute
Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital

Clinical Advisory Board

As top-of-class clinicians, this distinct group is shaping the future of global ophthalmology through innovative thought leadership.

Srijana Adhikari, MD
Akwasi Boakye Agyeman Ahmed, MD
Paul S. Bernstein, MD, PhD
David F. Chang, MD
John Cropsey, MD
Prashant Garg, MD
Reeta Gurung, MD

Bob Hoffman, MD
Richard L. Litwin, MD
John Nkurikiye, MD, FC Ophth(SA), FC Ophth(ECSA)
Matt Oliva, MD
G.N. Rao, MD
R.D. Ravindran, MS, DO
Sanduk Ruit, MD

Virender Sangwan, MD
Sadik Taju Sherief, MD
Geoff Tabin, MD
Hugh Taylor, AC, MD FRANZCO
Kumale Tolesa Daba, MD, FCOECSA
Dechen Wangmo, MD

Volunteer Ophthalmologists

Dedicated volunteers who give selflessly of their time and talents at surgical outreaches and leading training opportunities. This group is invaluable to our mission of curing blindness.

Photo: © 2019 Christopher Briscoe

Jafer Kedir Ababora, MD
Manisha C. Acharya, MD
Anthony J. Aldave, MD
Menen Ayalew Shibeshi, MD
Sisay Bekele, MD
Michael Brush, MD
Matthew Bujak, MD PT FRCSC DABO
R. Samuel Cady, MD

Alan Crandall, MD (In memoriam)
Jason Dimmig, MD
Michael Feilmeier, MD
Matthew Geigengack, MD
Karl Golnik, MD, MEd
Anna Gushchin, MD
David Khorram, MD
Seth Krawitz, MD
James Lehmann, MD

Rahul Pandit, MD
Roberto Pineda, MD
Michael Richard, MD
David Rooney, MD
Audrey Talley Rostov, MD
Puspa Giri Shrestha, MD
Pravin Krishna Vaddavalli, MD
Lloyd B. Williams, MD, PhD