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Dr. Sanduk Ruit wins award for promoting sutureless cataract surgery

Dr. Ruit doing cataract surgery

Himalayan Cataract Project Co-Founder Dr. Sanduk Ruit has won the CMO Asia Brand Builder of the Year Award for developing and promoting sutureless cataract surgery.

July 2010

California man bikes long distance to benefit HCP

Anthony Rosas

Anthony Rosas is biking from Port Angeles, Washington, back to his home in Vacaville, California, to raise funds for the HCP.

June 2010

HCP teams with SightLife to tackle Corneal Blindness in Nepal

The first ever Nepal Eye Bank and Corneal Transplantation Congress took place in April, 2010, hosted by HCP, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, and SightLife. Just prior to the conference, HCP’s Dr. Matt Oliva spent three days in Southeast Nepal.

April 2010

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HCP in the Media

HCP in National Geographic Adventure magazine

Highlights

National Geographic Adventure magazine featured Dr. Geoff Tabin and his work with HCP in a cover story called "The Visionary" in its December 2009 issue

TIME magazine wrote about HCP and co-director Dr. Geoff Tabin in its article called “A Global Coalition of Good”

HCP in Reader's Digest

Reader’s Digest published a profile of HCP co-director Dr. Sanduk Ruit when the publication named him “Asian of the Year 2007” (PDF, 267Kb)

HCP on National Geographic TV

National Geographic Explorer Television and its host Lisa Ling followed the HCP team into mountain villages in Nepal for an episode called “Miracle Doctors

HCP in Outside magazine

Outside magazine featured HCP's challenging work in Nepal in “The Light of Seven Mountain Suns”

Recent Headlines

Dr. Tabin featured in "adventure philanthropy" article

In an article on "adventure philanthropy," Elevation Outdoor lauded Dr. Geoff Tabin for founding HCP "to cure the blindness that plagued the people in

July 2010

Newspapers in Ghana report on new eye center

Newspapers in Ghana reported that Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and Himalayan Cataract Project will construct a $1 million eye center in Kumasi.

June 2010

Recent work in Ethiopia featured in Oregon newspaper

HCP Board Member Dr. Matthew Oliva and Affiliated Ophthalmologist Dr. Paul Imperia worked with HCP partner Dr. Tilahun Kiros to treat hundreds of pati

May 2010

Dr. Geoff Tabin is profiled in Utah's Deseret News

The newspaper follows Dr. Tabin on climbing outings and relates his experiences bringing life-altering eye care to unserved populations.

April 2010

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Video Clips

HCP Video by Serac Films: The life of an elder in Nepal is turned around through cataract surgery.



Eye Care in Ethiopia: HCP coordinates eye care camps and brings change to the lives of villagers in Ethiopia.

Eye Care in Nepal: Dr. Paul Yang of the John A. Moran Eye Center recently traveled to Nepal as a Freeman Fellow with support from the HCP. He participated in an Outreach Microsurgical Eye Clinic (OMEC) in Hetauda at the Community Hospital that HCP supports. Dr. Yang created a short video documenting the cataract program.

National Geographic Explorer: In this clip from "Miracle Doctors," Dr. Geoff Tabin shows Lisa Ling the rustic schoolhouse that is being transformed for eye surgery. See more NGE video clips.

Watch more videos on the HCP Channel on YouTube

 

Publications

HCP 2008 Annual Report (PDF, 1.6 Mb)

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November 2009

HCP's Form 990 for 2008 (PDF, 276 Kb)

Download 2008 Form 990

October 2009

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Academic Articles from HCP Authors

"Ocular telemedicine between Nepal and the USA: prevalence of vitreoretinal disease in rural Nepal"

Dr. Sanduk Ruit co-authored this article in the British Journal of Ophthalmology 2009

 

May 2009

"Seasonal hyper acute pan uveitis--recent scenario in Nepal"

Dr. Ruit co-authored this article published in the Nepal Medical College Journal 2008

September 2008

"Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy following a community screening for diabetes"

Dr. Ruit co-authored this article which was published in the Nepal Medical College Journal 2008

June 2008

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• HCP included on Charity Navigator's "10 Charities Worth Watching" in December 2007.