1997

In World Medicine

The White Night’s Congress of Ophthalmology; workshops on the care and handling of surgical Instruments, b-scan ultrasonography, automated visual fields and techniques for indirect ophthalmoscopy.  First training ever in Russia using ultrasonography.  538 Russian physicians and surgeons attended from Russia, CIS and Mongolia. Charitable clinics conducted and voluntary faculty performed surgery for Russian patients in need.  Interviews with Russian press on how GlazMed’s program impacted Russian health care.