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Opening Session and Awards

Public Health and Eye Care: Challenges and Solutions for Marginalized Populations in Asia and Africa

"Impossible Dreams - The First Ascent of the East Face of Mt. Everest and Eradicating Blindness in Mountainous Asia", Geoffrey Tabin, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Director of the Division of International Ophthalmology, John A. Moran Eye Center, University of Utah; Co-Director and Founder, Himalayan Cataract Project
"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana", James Afful Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs", Seth Wanye, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
"Problems With Glaucoma Care Delivery in a Developing Nation", Alan Robin, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Medical Care in Developing Countries

"The Perfect Storm? - XDR TB (extensively drug-resistant TB) and HIV/AIDS", Timothy Holtz, MD, MPH, FACP, International Research and Programs Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
"Emergency Medical Care Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries", Scott Sasser, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
"Life Sciences and Health in Africa", A.S. Daar, DPhil, FRCP, FRCS, FRCSC, Senior Scientist, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto; Co-Director, Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health; Director of Ethics and Policy, McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine; Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto
"Microbicides for HIV and STI Prevention: Opportunities and Challenges", Polly F. Harrison, PhD, Director, Alliance for Microbicide Development

Healthcare and HIV/AIDS in Low Resource Settings

"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti", Venkita Suresh and Ian Rawson, MD, CEO/Directeur General, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
"Access to Antiretroviral Medicines: The Brazilian Case", Katia de Souza Alves, MD, MPH, Clinical Science Research Associate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Global Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Challenges for Low Resource Settings", Landry Tsague, MD, William H. Foege Fellow, Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health
"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV Therapy", Paul Volberding, 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

Childhood Diseases: Morbidity and Mortality

"Bringing Child Survival to Scale: The Achievement and Promises of Community Treatment in Three Post-Conflict Countries", Emmanuel dHarcourt, Senior Child Survival Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee
"Tears of a Dying Child: An Insight into Child Mortality From Disease in Ghana", Samuel Edusa, MD Candidate, University of Ghana Medical School; Chairman, LifeSavers Initiative NGO
"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for Public Health Ophthalmology", Mohammad Muhit, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
"Childhood Blindness in Sri Lanka", Habiba Rawoof, MBBS, DOphth, M.Sc.CEH, Ophthalmologist, Sri Lanka

Public Health in Latin America

"Honduran Health Alliance: Blending Community-Oriented Primary Care with Public Health in Rural Honduras", Bonzo Reddick, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
"Emphasis on Empowerment: The Evolution of a Flexible Approach for Improving Maternal and Child Health", Kristen Kanerva Richards, RN and Mary Fifield Executive Director, Global Pediatric Alliance
"Quality of Care Gives Bolivian Indigenous Women Opportunities for a New Future", Lynn Johnson, Bolivia Country Director, EngenderHealth
"Making Mental Health a Priority in Belize", Cheryl Killion, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University

Social Entrepreneurship, Microfinance, and Sustainable Development

"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance", Brian Lehnen, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund
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"Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth Through Effective Business Education for Low Income People", Fiona Macaulay, Founder and President, Making Cents
"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable Development and Program Expansion", Jim DeVries, MD, Senior Vice President of Programs, Heifer International

Technology and Telemedicine: New Innovations in Health Care

"Case Studies of the Interactions between Governance and Healthcare Technology Solutions", Kathryn McDonald, Executive Director and Senior Scholar, Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University
"Deploying a Low Cost, Long Distance WiFi-based Teleophthalmology Network in Rural India: The Aravind Experience", Sonesh Surana, PhD Candidate, University of California at Berkeley
"Project ECHO: Using "Knowledge Networks" For Complex Disease Care to Under Served Populations", Sanjeev Arora, MD, Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
"RICE: Remote Interaction, Consultation, and Epidemiology - A New Use For Cell Phones", Eliot Grigg, MD Candidate, George Washington University School of Medicine

The Health of Women and Babies

"Women With Disabilities Show The Way: How Women With Disabilities in 42 Countries Wrote A Health Handbook Together", Jane Maxwell, MPH, Editor, Hesperian
"A Comparative Study of Sociocultural Factors Contributing to Maternal Mortality in Urban and Rural Areas of Southern Part of Edo State, Nigeria", Chinwe Lucy Marchie, PhD, MEd, MHPM, School of Nursing, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria
"Cross-Cultural Partnerships for Reproductive Health", Anne Foster-Rosales, MD, Chief Medical Officer
"Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach to Nutritional Support for Pregnant Women in the Republic of Guinea", Jennifer Peterson, Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International

Community Health and Research

"One Earth: The Interface Between Biomedical Research and Communities", Anna Cooper., MPH Candidate, University of Rochester School of Public Health
"HBV: The Untold Story of an Asian Epidemic", Steven Lin, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Public Private Partnership on Health Sector Reforms in Indian Context", Sarang Samal, MA, Director, NYSASDRI
"The Global Micro-Clinic Project: Health Care from the Bottom Up", Daniel Zoughbie, Founder and Executive Director, Global Micro-Clinic Project

Public Health in the 21st Century

"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century", Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
"Challenges in Public Health: From Smallpox and Polio Eradication to SARS and Avian Influenza", David Heymann, MD, MPH, Former Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization

Global Connections and International Development

"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat Threaten Food Security For Low-Income Countries?", Robert S. Lawrence, 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
"Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the Business of International Development", Philip Berber, Founder, Chairman, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

Volunteers Inspired To Humanitarian Action: Going Beyond The Call of Duty

"Perspectives on Tamale From A Unite For Sight Volunteer", Nicholas Greene, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
"Project Phokas: Photography, Film, and Eye Care", Michael Nedelman, BS Candidate, Yale University

Glaucoma in the Developing World

"Caring For Glaucoma Globally: Five Important Issues", M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, Chancellor, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing World?", Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Glaucoma Service, Stanford University

Malaria Prevention and Treatment Strategies

"Preventing Malaria During Pregnancy: Intermittent Preventative Treatment on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea", Josephine Czechowicz, MD Candidate, Stanford University
"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for Monitoring and Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs", Emily Whichard, Program Officer, Global Health Access Program, Berkeley School of Public Health

Eyes and Infectious Disease: Combatting River Blindness

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"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs", Ken Gustavsen, Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co, Inc

Beyond Firewood: Basic Needs in Developing Countries

"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced By Conflict and Natural Disasters", Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization - Addressing Two Basic Needs in Developing Countries", Robert Metcalf, PhD, Professor Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers International

Health Care in Uganda

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"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)", Marion Billings, MSc, Executive Director, Global Health Through Education, Training and Service

Eye Care in the Developing World

"Improving Surgical Eye Care in Ecuador: Corneal Transplantation, Cataract and Pterygium Surgery", Ronald N. Gaster, MD, Adjunct Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine
"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation in Education in the Developing World", Jay Enoch, OD, PhD, Professor of the Graduate School; Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, Berkeley School of Optometry

Unite For Sight Worldwide: A Film and Discussion With Eye Clinics Worldwide

Health As If People Mattered

"Health As If People Mattered: Development With A Human Face", John Hammock, 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
"The Philosophies of International Care: Do No Harm", Cliff OCallahan, MD, PhD, Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Program; Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on International Child Health

What Eye Diseases Afflicted Van Gogh and Monet?

"Eye Disease and Art", Michael Marmor, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

Towards Disease Eradication: The Cases of Trachoma and Polio

"Is Global Elimination of a Bacterial Disease a Feasible Goal? Trachoma 3000 Years Later", Bruce Gaynor, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, FI Proctor Foundation and Department of Ophthalmology, University of California at San Francisco
"The Polio Eradication Partnership: Some Lessons Learned", Carol Pandak, Manager, Division of PolioPlus, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International

Strategy For Infectious Disease: The Case of River Blindness

"The Strategic Reorganization of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra Leone", Mustapha Sonnie, Eye Care Technician, Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International
"Using the Successful Onchocerciasis Control Program Model for Planning and Implementing Vision 2020 Initiatives", Jeffrey Watson, , MS, Director of Overseas Operations, Christian Blind Mission International - USA

The Essence of Communication in Health

"The Essence of Communication in Medical Practice", Elliott Wolfe, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Cultural Competence in Global Health: Linguistic Solutions to Cross-Cultural Complications", T.S. Harvey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University

Maternal and Child Health

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"Internationalizing The Broselow Pediatric Emergency Tape: How Reliable is Weight Estimation in Indian Children?", Naresh Ramarajan, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine

Exchanging Ideas Across Continents: A Discussion With Ophthalmologists From Ghana, India, and United States

Brain Drain and Restricted Access to Resources

"Globalization and the Health Workforce: Historical Perspectives, Future Challenges", Tom Hall, MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"Restricted Access to the Medical Literature: A Global Health Crisis", Gavin Yamey, MD, MRCP, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine; Consulting Editor, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Strategies to Sustainable Healthcare

"Pursuing a Ghost: Fostering Sustainable Health Care in Developing Countries", Salvador Baldizon, MD, MA, MPH, Health Protection Specialist, Free From Hunger
"Maximizing the Available Resources: The Intersections of the Individual Human Right to Health and Collective Right to Development", Benjamin Mason Meier, , JD, LLM; PhD Candidate, IGERT-International Development and Globalization Fellow and Ashley M. Fox

Surgery and Global Health

"Interplast: Using Innovative Technology to Improve Surgical Care in Developing Countries", Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interplast
"Surgery and Global Health: A Mandate for Research, Training, and Service", Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, Chief Resident in General Surgery, University of California at San Francisco 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

Assistive Technology for Developing Countries

"Operation Catalyst: Action Research Concerning The Use of Assistive Technology To Increase Independence and Improve Attitudes Toward Disability in Developing Countries", Emily Moore, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Sociology, San Diego State University
"Trickle Up: Breakthroughs in Wheelchair Technology from Developing Countries", Ralf Hotchkiss, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and Principal Instructor, Whirlwind Wheelchair International

Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

"Global/Social Entrepreneurship", Kamran Elahian, , MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online
"Social Impact Through Public Private Partnerships in Entrepreneurship and Health", Georgia Sambunaris, MA, Financial Sector Specialist, USAID/EGAT, Office of Economic Growth

Advancing Research in Glaucoma

"Changing Trends in Glaucoma Diagnosis", Syril Dorairaj, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary

Sanitation and Water Use

"Analysis of Water Quality in Villages Within The East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea", Helena Horak, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Ecological Sanitation in Rural Haiti: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sanitation, Public Health and Soil Fertility", Sasha Kramer, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford Collaboratory For Research on Global Projects, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences

Ophthalmic Training in Developing Countries

"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", Rosalind Stevens, Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology), Dartmouth Medical School
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Examining Needs and Solutions in International Eye Care

"The Globalization of Ophthalmology", Dunbar Hoskins, MD, Executive Director, American Academy of Ophthalmology
"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function", Bruce Spivey, MD, President, International Council of Ophthalmology
"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide", Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, President International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

The Voice of Public Health

"Bringing Public Health’s Voice to Sustainable Trade and Development", Ellen Shaffer, PhD, MPH, Co-Director, CPATH; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California at San Francisco
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"What America Knows: A National Telephone Survey on Eye Health and Disease", Rosemary Janiszewski, MS, CHES, Deputy Director, Office of Communication, Health Education and Public Liaison; Director, National Eye Health Eucation Program, National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of Health

Public Health in Eastern Europe

"Capacity building for HIV prevention, treatment, and care in the Ural Region of the Russian Federation", Linda Frank, PhD, MSN, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh
"Public Health and Economic Outreach Accomplishments in Croatia", Carol Cotton, PhD, MEd, Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia College o and Rusty Brooks, PhD, Professor and Assistant Director of the International Center for Democratic G
"The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine", William Selezinka, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD

International Relief and Local Disasters

"International Medical Relief NGOs: Following the Money, the Wars & the Government Contracts--Trying to Do Good While Maintaining Your Integrity", Richard M. Walden, President & CEO, Operation USA; former Commissioner of Hospitals, State of California; Civil Rights and International Lawyer
"Innovations in Developmental Relief", Dave Eastman, MPH, MBA, Emergency Response Coordinator, Relief International
"Global Rationalities and Local Disasters: Reconsidering the Role of the State in Global Public Health", Craig Janes, PhD, Associate Dean, Education, Faculty of Health Sciences Office of the Dean, Simon Fraser University

Children and Human Rights

"The Human Rights of Children in India", Mini Murthy., MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health
"Confidence Building Measure in a Blind Girls School in Bihar, India", Ajit Sinha., MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society
"Improvement of the Quality of Life of the Blind Children in West Bengal India", Sudipta Dey, Director, Eye Micro Surgery and Diagnostic Center, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

A New Vision For The Future, Eye Health Integration: A Federal, State, and Organization Perspective

"Eye Health Integration: A New Vision For The Future", Michael R. Duenas, 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 Vision Health Initiative; Christopher Maylahn, MPH, Epidemiologist, Chronic Disease Division of New York State Department of Health; Jeff Todd, JD, Senior Vice President, Prevent Blindness America

Obstetric Fistula

"Love, Labor, Loss, and a Day in the Life: Two Film-Based Campaigns Addressing Obstetric and Traumatic Fistula in Niger, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Burkina Faso", Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
"The Challenge of Treating Complex Obstetric Fistula in Eritrea", Amreen Husain, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University

The Retina: Diagnosis and Treatment in Developed and Developing Countries

"Inheritance of Blinding Disease: Pathways to the Cause of Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration", R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity", William Good, MD
"Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract Surgery", Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

Global Cardiovascular Health

"Hypertension Control in Primary Control Settings in the Republic of Georgia", Fred Tavill, MD, DpH, Senior Program Consultant, Center for International health
"Opportunities For Prevention of Rheumatic Heart Disease: A Picture of RHD in India", Rajesh Krishnamoorthi, MD, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai, India
"Social Capital and Hypertension in Rural Haitian Women", Cris Malino, MPH

Visioning Tibet

"Visioning Tibet", Melvyn D. Bert, MD, F.A.C.S., Director, Lhasa Eye Program, Tibet Vision Project; Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco; Distinguished AOA Professor, S.U.N.Y Upstate Medical University

Partnerships in Public Health

"Millennium Development Goals, Partnerships, and Eye Care (By Prepared Videotape)", Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development; Professor of Health Policy and Management; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
"Partnerships in Public Health", Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, President, International Trachoma Initiative
"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected Disease", Christopher Elias, MD, MPH, President of PATH
"Public Private Partnerships to Provide Safe Drinking Water in Africa", Greg Allgood, PhD, Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water, Procter & Gamble

Global Youth Entrepreneurship and Volunteerism

"Developing a Global Ecosystem to Foster Youth Social Entrepreneurs", William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
"Constructing a Curriculum for Global Youth Social Entrepreneurship", James Toole, PhD, President, Compass Institute; University of Minnesota
"Volunteerism and Vision2020: Eliminating Preventable Blindness", Satyajit and Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologists, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

Making An Impact Through Community-Based Health Programs

"Interactive Teaching AIDS: Promoting Awareness Despite Social Barriers", Piya Sorcar, MA, PhD Candidate, Stanford University
"Bridging The Gap Between Providers and Vulnerable Groups: Reducing Stigma and Discrimination in VCT/STI Services", Rebecka Lundgren, MPH, Director of Operations and Behavioral Research, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
"Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health Education in El Salvador", Gabriel Brat, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Engaging a Participatory Process for the Development of an Integrated Microcredit Program in Nogales, Mexico", Eva Shaw, MPH, Research Technician, University of Arizona's Southwest Institute for Research on Women

Strategies For Community Eye Health in Africa and Asia

"Title To Be Announced", Thomas Baah, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
"Manual SICS vs. Phaco - Randomized Prospective Trial in a Nepalse Cataract Camp", David Chang, MD
"Techniques For Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery", Peter Egbert, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology
"Unite For Sight in Chennai, India", T. Senthil, MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India

Developing Programs and Policies

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"Traingulation: Using Existing Data For Program Improvement and Policy Recommendations - The Case of Botswana and Malawi", Karen White, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
"Service Learning for College Students: Cross-Cultural Partnerships", Tanya Whitehead, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
"Teaching In Another Culture: Nursing and Midwifery Education in Liberia", Carolyn A. Miller

Student Volunteering Abroad

"Factors Associated with Poor Follow-up in Glaucoma Patients in South India", Bradford Lee, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University
"Phacos, 115 Degrees, and Marriage Proposals? Stories and Lessons From Volunteering in Bihar, India", Anna Cooper, MPH Candidate, University of Rochester School of Public Health
"Unite For Sight Eye Care Programs in Chennai, India", Pradeep Mettu, MD Candidate, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
"Preparing To Volunteer in Ghana", Nicholas Greene., Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

Achieving Global Goals For Eye Clinics in Africa

"Achieving Vision2020 Targets In The Midst of Poverty - Experience From The Bawku Eyecare Program in Ghana", Michael Ekuoba Gyasi, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana
"Title To Be Announced", Margaret Duah-Mensah., Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Lessons from the Kenya Mombasa Lighthouse Eye Clinic - Creating a Sustainable Eye Center in the Third World, a New Model for Philanthropy", Scott Lee, MD, MPH
"Mission Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African Mission Eye Clinic", Cathy Schanzer, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, Southern Eye Associates

Making A Difference in Glaucoma

"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management", Andrew Iwach, MD, Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretary for Communications
"Screening for Glaucoma Among a Predominantly Mexican American Urban Population", William Sponsel, MD, Professor, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas
"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program: How Do You Make a Difference in Glaucoma?", Robert Stamper, MD
"Pediatric Glaucoma", Sarwat Salim, MD

The Health of Refugees and Post-Conflict Communities

"Community Based Rehabilitation: Setting the Foundations for Peacebuilding", Kathryn Azevedo, Ph.D., ATRIC, CMP
"Mobilizing War-Torn African Communities to Improve Public Health", Cornelius Pratt, MA, PhD, Presidential Professor of Strategic and Organizational Communication, Temp and E. Lincoln James, PhD, Washington State University
"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda", Egide Gisagara, Medical Student, National University of Rwanda
"The State of Health Care and Education in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone", Alex P. Columbus, Peace Pals Education Network, Sierra Leone

Preventive Services Workshop

"Preventive Services ToolKit Workshop: How To Get The Bureacracy and Legislature To Do What You Want Them To Do", Joel Nitzkin, MD, MPH, DPA, Principal Investigator and Project Manager, AAPHP Preventive Services ToolKit Project

Health and Human Rights

"International Women's Health and Human Rights", Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, The Global Fund for Women; Consulting Professor, Human Biology Program, Stanford University
"Is Women's Health a Human Right?", Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, New York Medical College School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Margaret Duah-Mensah., Ophthalmic Nurse, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Health and Human Rights: The Impact of War on Vision and Ocular Health", Derek Mladenovich, OD, MPH Candidate, Fellow, World Council of Optometry; External Examiner, International Rescue Committee, Thailand

Healthcare in Thailand and Vietnam

"Cultural and Behavioral Precursors to "Severe" Malaria on the Thai - Myanmar Border", Peter Kunstadter, PhD, University of California, San Francisco (retired)
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"To Save Newborn Lives", Quynh Kieu, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at Irvine

Cornea Transplants and Eye Banks in the Developed and Developing World

"Histology of the Eye", Pat Cross, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine
"Advances in Cornea Transplantation", Shachar Tauber, MD, Director of Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics
"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana", James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"International Eye Banking", Allen Brown, Executive Director, Connecticut Eye Bank and Visual Research Foundation, Tissue Banks International

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care

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"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African Villages Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups", Ellen S. Schell, RN, PhD, International programs Director, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health to End HIV/AIDS", Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition
"HIV/AIDS in China", Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSF

Engaging Universities, Students, and Communities in International Health

"Engaging Students in International Health: A Case Study", Robert David Siegel, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for African Studies, Stanford University
"Innovations in Global Health Education", Thomas Novotny, MD, MPH, Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"The Role of Student Volunteerism to Achieve Vision2020 in Ghana", Seth Wanye., MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
"Changing Latitudes and Attitudes: Measuring the Impact of Global Health Immersion", Steven Schmidbauer, Executive Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine

Student Perspectives on Volunteering Abroad

"A Vision in Chennai", Prachi Mayenkar, BA/MD Candidate, University of Missouri-Columbia
"Remote Eye Care in the Himalayas", Vinay Yagnik, BS Candidate, University of California at Berkeley
"Volunteering With Unite For Sight in New Delhi", Sidhant Nagrani, MD Candidate, Medical College of Georgia
"Unite For Sight in Chennai, India", Preethi Ravichandran, DO Candidate, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Eye Care Services: Dilemmas and Successes

"Eye Care Services to Malnourished Tribal Children in Tribal Belt of Western Part of India: A Success Story of an NGO", Nagesh S. Tekale, PhD, President, Navdrushti
"A Medical Student's Perspective on Volunteering With Unite For Sight", Ana Carolina Victoria, MD Candidate, Albert Einstein School of Medicine
"Mobilizing a Profession Toward Philanthropic Giving: The Practice Giving Program To End Global Refractive Error Blindness", Pamela Capaldi, Bsc, AAS, Director of Operations and Development, Optometry Giving Sight
"Ophthalmic Disaster Preparedness", Daniel Schainholz, MD

Himalayan Cataract Project

"Light of the Himalayas", Himalayan Cataract Project

Changing The World Through Social Entrepreneurship

"Technology Social Entrepreneurship", Jim Fruchterman, Chairman and Founder, The Benetech Initiative
"New Approaches to Social Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development", Martha Campbell, PhD, President and Founder, Venture Strategies for Health and Development; Lecturer and Co-Director, CEIHD, Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Community Health and Activism I

"Advocacy and Community Health", Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting The World To Eliminate Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer", Samuel So, MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery; Director, Asian Liver Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program, Stanford University School of Medicine

Volunteers Supporting Physicians in India

"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience", Jasvir Grewal, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK
"Providing Eye Care in Patna, India", Leigha Winters, BA Candidate, Stanford University

HIV/AIDS Community Needs and Strategies

"Kasensero: The Forgotten Village Coming Out of the Shadow", Kiran V. Patel, MD, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
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"Optimizing Prevention: A Comprehensive PMTCT Program in Mombasa, Kenya", Lara Christine Bishay, and Nicholas Gavin, MD Candidate, New York University School of Medicine

Preventing Blindness and Restoring Sight in India

"World Bank-Assisted Cataract Blindness Control Project in India", Eirini Iliaki, MD, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
"Community Eye Care - The Right Solution For The Growing Need", Muralidharan Krishnamurthy, President, Sankara Eye Foundation

Eye Care in the Caribbean

"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New Eyesight)--Building on a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care Collaboration in the Caribbean", Kevin Treacy, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth
"Working Towards a Brighter Tomorrow", Ken Onu, MD

Cervical Cancer: Prevention and Partnership

"Preventing Cervical Cancer in Low Resource Settings: It Is About The Vision Thing", Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO Corporation
"Partnering For Progress: The "State" of Cervical Cancer Prevention in the US", Sarah Wells, MA, Associate Director, Women in Government

How To Start a Unite For Sight Chapter at Your University

"How To Start a Unite For Sight Chapter at Your University", Sachin Jain, MPH, MD Candidate, Rush University; Unite For Sight Director of North America Initiatives

The Evolution of Sight

"The Evolution of Sight", Elliott Wolfe., MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

Sustainable Development

"Microfinance and Health: New Synergies and Opportunities", Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation USA
"Education in Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?", Joel Samoff, Consulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford University

Community Health and Activism II

"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response and Disease Specific Activism", David Katzenstein, Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Medical Discovery and Social Justice: Linking Child Health with Child Rights", Paul Wise, MD, MPH, Richard E. Berhman Professor of Child Health and Society, Stanford University

Cataracts, Challenges, and the Way Forward

"Eye Care in Ghana, the Challenges and the Way Forward", Thomas Tontie Baah, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency", Harry S. Brown, MD, Founder and President, SEE International

Community Strategies for HIV/AIDS

"Rapid Skill Transfer Through Clinical Mentoring: A Universal, Fast Approach To Scaling Up HIV Practical Expertise in Developing Countries", Katie Graves-Abe, MIA, Director of Operations, International Center for Equal Healthcare Access
"Building Capacity for a Local Response to HIV/AIDS in Kenya", Debra Millar, BSN, MSN, PHN, RN, Country Director - Kenya, CHF International

Volunteering Abroad: The Volunteer Perspective

"Bihar Summer Unite For Sight Volunteer: Perspiration, Inspiration and Mangoes", Kristin Ow
"Volunteering With Unite For Sight in Chennai", Shawn Lin, BS Candidate, University of Wisconsin

Vision Care in the Developing World

"Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with ORBIS", Gordon Douglas, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International
"Vision Care in the Developing World - What Kind, if any, Compromise Do We Want To Make On Quality? Quality is in Equality", Paul Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes

Leprosy: The Disease and Rehabilitation

"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India", Robert A. Chase, MD, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Leprosy & HIV/AIDS: History Repeats", W.S. Bhatki, MD, Mumbai District AIDS Control Society, Mumbai Medical Director, Child Family Health International

Social Activism and Creating Change Through Nonprofit Organizations

"Social Activism: An Informal Discussion About Creating Change Through Nonprofit Organizations", Anne Firth Murray, Founding President, The Global Fund for Women; Consulting Professor, Human Biology Program, Stanford University

Retina Research

"Patterned Scanning Laser Photocoagulation: a New Approach to Retinal Treatment", Yannis Paulus, MD Candidate, Stanford University
"RPE Transplantation in Macular Degeneration", Boris Stanzel, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University School of Medicine

Perspectives on Eliminating Preventable Blindness

"A Global Perspective for Vision Research", Paul Sieving, MD, PhD, Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India", Ajit Sinha, MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society

The Health of Refugee Women I

"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health with Liberian Refugee Women", Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
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Examining Women's Health

"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled Maternity Care", Jill Sheffield, President, Family Care International
"Sexual and Reproductive Health 12 Years After Cairo: Successes, Setbacks and Challenges", Ana Langer, MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth

Sustainable Disease Control Strategies in the Developing World

"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and Elimination Campaigns", Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine
"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of Azithromycin For Trachoma Control", Sam Abbenyi, MD, MSc, Director, Program Planning and Analysis, International Trachoma Initiative

Health Care Needs in Africa

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"Building A Foundation For Success in Northern Ghana - The Possibilities and Challenges of Community Outreach Projects", Joseph Bergsten, BS Candidate, University of New Mexico

Children, Global Health and Development

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"How To Help Children in Humanitarian Emergencies", Marisa Herran, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director, Rainbow Center for Global Child Health

Travel and Wilderness Medicine

"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip & Evaluating The Ill-Returned Traveler", D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease and Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
"Wilderness and Environmental Medicine", Eric A. Weiss, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine; Chair, Disaster Preparedness Committee and Bioterrorism Taskforce; Director, Wilderness Medicine Fellowship; Stanford University School of Medicine

Community Vision Programs

"Low Cost Lenses and Instruments For Eye Camps", Rizvi Rawoof, Ed in B Mgmt, MBA, FBIM, Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka
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Lions Club, Special Olympics, and Eye Care

"Vision Care in the Developing World - What Kind, if any, Compromise Do We Want To Make On Quality? Quality is in Equality", Paul Berman, OD, FAAO, Senior Global Clinical Advisor and Founder, Special Olympics Lions Clubs, International Opening Eyes
"Glaucoma and Volunteerism", Roger Martin, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist

Diseases and Human Rights

"Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research Matter", Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH,&TM Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
"The Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Promise For Their Control", Peter Hotez, MD, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University
"Continental Diversities in Community Ophthalmology", Satyajit Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India

The Health of Refugee Women II

"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced By Conflict and Natural Disasters", Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Listening to Women's Voices: Lessons Learned from Congolese Refugee Women in Rwanda", Carol Pavlish, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, UCLA School of Nursing
"Demonstration of a Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for Conflict-Affected Women", Marianne E. Zotti, 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

Preventing Obstetric Emergencies

"Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)", Lee T. Dresang, MD, Associate Professor, Department Maternity Care Clinical Coordinator, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage, Training Indigenous Health Workers To Use Misoprostol in IDP Settings", Susan Tuddenham, , MSc IR, MD Candidate, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA and Catherine Lee, MPH
"Training Nigerian Health Workers on the Use of the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment For Obstetric Hemorrhage", Shola Olorunnipa, MD Candidate, Stanford University

Social Entrepreneurship and Health

"Title To Be Announced", James Phills, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior; Louise and Claude N. Rosenberg Jr. Director of the Center for Social Innovation; Director of the Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations Executive Program, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Global Health Education and Ethics

"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts", Anvar Velji, 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
"Socially Responsible and Financially Just Global Health Electives", Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Teaching Health Profession Students Global Health: Resources, Methods, Opportunities", Tom Hall., MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine

Corneas and Artificial Corneas in the Developed and Developing World

"Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact and Therapeutic Challenges", Stephen McLeod, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD Endowed Chair; Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
"A Safe and Inexpensive Artificial Cornea for the Developing World? The Boston Initiative", Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute
"Biominetic Artificial Cornea", Christopher Ta, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

Volunteering Abroad To Make A Difference

"A Volunteer Journey in Chennai, India", Ravin Bastiampillai, BSc Candidate, University of Alberta
"Perspectives on Volunteering in Ghana", Hafeezah Omar, BS Candidate, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
"Tamale Eye Clinic: What We Did, What We Couldn Not Do, and What We Are Doing", Kim N. Tran, BA Candidate, Dartmouth College

Aravind: An Eye Clinic Inspired By McDonald's

"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System", Pavithra Krishnan, Filmmaker
"Beyond Screening Camps in Southern India/Telemedicine-Assisted Vision Centers: Aravind's New Rural Community Eyecare Strategy", Christine Melton, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind Association

Nutrition and Eye Care

"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria", Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surge
"Metabolic and Nutritional Cataract", Heskel Haddad, MD, New York Medical College

Social Learning and Civic Engagement

"Social Learning and Civic Engagement: Global Applications and Experiences Using A Faith-Based Model", Daniel J. West, PhD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Health Administration and Human Resources, and Steve Szydlowski, MBA, MHA, PhD Candidate, Medical University of South Carolina
"The Role of Indigenous Faith-Based and Civil Society Organizations in Health Services Development in East and Southern Africa", Mark E. Anderson, President and CEO, Center For International Health
"Why Wait Until Graduate School? Developing Global Public Health Training For Undergraduates Through A Multi-National, Interdisciplinary Comparative Study Program", Christina T. Holt, MD, MSc, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Vermont Medical School

Important Perspectives on HIV/AIDS

"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS Epidemic", Peter R. Lamptey, MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS
"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact", George Guimaraes, President and CEO, Project Concern International
"The HIV Pandemic in the Developing World", John McGoldrick, Senior Vice President, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
"Healing through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa", Jamie McLaren Lachman, Project Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders

Entrepreneurial Social Innovation

"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship", Zachary Kaufman, MPhil in International Relations; DPhil candidate in International Relations, University of Oxford; JD candidate, Yale University Law School.
"A Company's Vision For Social Responsibility: The Case of Cinepolis in Mexico", Alejandro Ramirez Magana, Director General, Cinepolis
"Healthcare Needs and Opportunities in Afghanistan - Collaborating Across The Sectors", Kulsum Janmohamed, MD, MPH
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The Burden of Blindness and Vision Impairment Among Refugees and IDPs

"The Estimated Burden of Blindness and Vision Impairment Among Refugees and Displaced Populations", Jerry Vincent, OD, MPH, International Rescue Committee - Health Unit; Blindness Prevention Consultant
"Eye Care at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana", James Clarke., MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Examining Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana", Sally Ong, BS Candidate, Duke University
"Delivery Mechanisms For The Prevention of Blindness in Difficult Environments", Stephen Tomlin, Vice President of Program, Policy and Planning, International Medical Corps

Leadership of Youth-Led Global NGOs: A Special Workshop

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Providing Eye Care Where There Was None: Western Thailand

"Surgical and Ophthalmic Needs in Western Thailand", Tamilarasan Senthil, MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India
"Prevalence of Refractive Error in a Refugee Population in Thailand", Alex Ilechie, OD, Department of Optometry, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Coast
"Perspectives on Volunteering in Western Thailand", Maria Cuellar, BA Candidate, Reed College
"Helping the Mon People of Western Thailand", Sameer Ali, MD Candidate, Wright State School of Medicine

An Eye Opener in Chennai, India

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