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“Second Suns” book features HCP Co-Founders Drs. Geoff Tabin & Sanduk Ruit
Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives shines a light on the work of HCP ophthalmologists Dr. Geoff Tabin and Dr. Sanduk Ruit. Learn more about the Second Suns book and Drs. Ruit and Tabin.
HCP completes its largest cataract campaign
A team was recently in northern Ethiopia, where they provided more than 1,300 sight-restoring surgeries in 11 days! See video & photos of the patients’ joyful reactions.
Highlights of 2012
Highlights of 2012 achievements with statistics, images and anecdotes. Read more.
CNN interview features Dr. Geoff Tabin
Dr. Geoff Tabin was interviewed on CNN and he discussed his international eye care work. Watch this and other videos.
HCP News and Events
Ethiopian ophthalmologist in the U.S. for clinical exchange
Dr. Yared Wolde of Gondar University in Ethiopia arrived for a clinical exchange with HCP affiliated ophthalmologists.[more]
Informational Series: Inside an Outreach Clinic
To reach as many under-served blind patients as possible, HCP and its partners carry out events called outreach microsurgical eye clinics (OMEC). Learn more about them.[more]
Ghanaian ophthalmologist finishes glaucoma observership in Nebraska
Dr. Angelina Ampong from Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, HCP’s partner in Kumasi, Ghana, is finishing her three-month glaucoma observership.[more]
Bhutanese pediatric ophthalmologist presents at AAPOS
Bhutan’s first pediatric ophthalmologist attended the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus meeting.[more]
HCP in the Media
Recent Headlines
“Duk County” documentary has been selected for Mountainfilm
This Jordan Campbell film stars HCP Co-Director Dr. Geoff Tabin, Dr. Alan Crandall, John Dau & others. It follows an eye care mission to South Sudan.[more]
Outside Magazine gives “Second Suns” a rave review!
“Second Suns should be required reading for anybody with an interest in humanitarian philanthropy...”[more]
Ophthalmic technology company, Optos, highlights HCP
Optos, a retinal imaging tech company and supporter of the HCP, highlighted HCP's work in a blog post.[more]
New article & film clip on National Geographic Adventure Blog
"Restoring Vision and Peace in the New South Sudan" on the National Geographic Adventure Blog was written by Jordan Campbell.[more]
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”
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)
National Geographic Explorer Television and its host Lisa Ling followed the HCP team into mountain villages in Nepal for an episode called “Miracle Doctors.”
Outside magazine featured HCP's challenging work in Nepal in “The Light of Seven Mountain Suns”
Publications
Manual for SICS is now available on iTunes
"Standard Operating Procedure Manual For Modern Small Incision Cataract Surgery (SICS)" was written in 2006 by the Tilganga Eye Center for The Fred Hollows Foundation & Himalayan Cataract Project.[more]
2011 & 2010 HCP Audited Financial Statements (PDF, 112 Kb)
Download HCP’s 2011 & 2010 audited financial statements
Academic Articles from HCP Authors
Randomized study of lenses manufactured at Tilganga finds no signficiant differences
“A Randomized, Single-Center Study of Equivalence of 2 Intraocular Lenses Used in Cataract Surgery,” published in Ophthalmology in 2013.[more]
“Turning the tide of corneal blindness”
Published in Indian Journal of Ophthalmology in 2012.[more]
“Complication rates of phacoemulsification and manual small-incision cataract surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital”
Published in Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in 2012.[more]
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