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EW NEWS & OPINION 14 September 2015 The ASCRS Foundation and the Mo- ran Eye Center physicians combined perform thousands of free surgeries every year for patients in the U.S., Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Ad- ditionally, they provide training and equipment, and bring more than a dozen international surgeons to the U.S. for advanced training. "Our goal is to help physicians in developing countries provide care that is equivalent to what patients would receive at a first-rate hospital in the United States. We seek out talented and dedicated young oph- thalmologists in underserved areas and help build the skills they need to deliver high quality care after we've left. Our focus is on spreading knowledge and helping the people who are already providing care in these communities to become lead- ers and teachers themselves," said Alan S. Crandall, MD, co-director of the Moran Eye Center Outreach Division, and senior vice-chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. "The ASCRS Foundation and the Moran Eye Center are uniquely qual- ified in their ability to mobilize a top notch international outreach team," said David F. Chang, MD, chair of the ASCRS Foundation International Committee, which co-sponsored the trip. "When Sen. Paul approached our organization in 2014 about planning a charitable internation- al surgical trip, we recommended having the Moran Eye Center or- ganize it," Dr. Chang said. "Widely acknowledged as having one of the best international divisions among academic ophthalmology depart- ments in the U.S., the Moran Eye Center is able to mobilize an entire team of volunteer surgeons, nurses, and coordinators to do high vol- ume and high quality surgery, while teaching local ophthalmologists in the process. Operating in the de- veloping world presents formidable medical and logistical challenges, and the Moran Eye Center has the most experienced and best-orga- nized team that I have ever worked with." EW Reference 1. Statistics from the World Health Organization Contact information Elliott: aelliott@ascrs.org The long-term goal in Haiti is to create a second ophthalmolo- gy residency program for Haitian medical students, allowing the coun- try to graduate more eye doctors. Beginning in 2016, the Moran Eye Center will also begin sponsoring fellowship training for a graduate of Haiti's only current ophthalmology residency program. The selected Haitian ophthalmologist will receive further training in a specific area of care, such as glaucoma, which af- flicts nearly one-third of the nation's residents. The solution lies in training more ophthalmologists The global impact of blindness is staggering. Ninety percent of the world's 39 million blind individuals live in poverty in developing countries. For every blind person, 2.5 individuals are lost from the workforce as others must stop work or school to care for their vision-im- paired relatives. The loss of produc- tivity adds up to $2.7 trillion each year. 1 Four out of 5 blind people could be cured; however, many parts of the world don't have enough phy- sicians to reach all patients in need. Sen. Paul continued from page 13 THE PRESBYOPIA SOLUTION THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. The KAMRA inlay provides a full range of vision and long-term performance, while leaving the natural lens in place. Indications for Use: The KAMRA inlay is indicated for intrastromal corneal implantation to improve near vision by extending the depth of focus in the non-dominant eye of phakic, presbyopic patients between the ages of 45 and 60 years old who have cycloplegic refractive spherical equivalent of +0.50 D to -0.75 D with less than or equal to 0.75 D of refractive cylinder, who do not require glasses or contact lenses for clear distance vision, and who require near correction of +1.00 D to +2.50 D of reading add. KAMRA; the KAMRA logo; Across the page. Across the room. Across the years; and The Presbyopia Solution are trademarks of AcuFocus, Inc. ©2015 AcuFocus, Inc. MKU-157 Rev D Mean near acuity improved about 3 lines to 20/25 at 1 month and was maintained over the 5 year follow-up. The US pivotal clinical study data reported an average gain of about 3 lines of near visual acuity.** *Dexl AK et al. Long-term outcomes after monocular corneal inlay implantation for the surgical compensation of presbyopia. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2015 Mar;41 (3):566-75. **PMA data on file at AcuFocus, Inc. 20/200 20/125 20/80 20/50 20/32 20/20 20/12.5 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 SNELLEN ACUITY MONTH UNCORRECTED NEAR VISUAL ACUITY (INLAY EYE ONLY)* INLAY EYE J2 Across the page. Across the room. Across the years. Visit us at AAO Booth #728 ®

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