Hawaiian Eye Foundation Inc

HAWAIIAN EYE FOUNDATION PROMOTES THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF VISION FOR PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC THROUGH SERVICE, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH.

DIRECT CARE SERVICES. IN 2019, HEF SPONSORED 40 EVENTS IN TOTAL CONSISTING OF 6 SUB-SPECIALTY TRAININGS, 9 MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY (MSICS) TRAININGS, 24 RURAL SURGERY MISSIONS TOTALING 209 DAYS IN THE FOLLOWING 19 COUNTRIES/LOCATIONS: MEXICO, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, COSTA RICA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, FIJI, PALAU, YAP, COOK ISLANDS, TONGA, VIET NAM, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA, MYANMAR, INDONESIA, TANZANIA, SOUTH AFRICA, JAMAICA AND THE USA. CONDUCTED 2,178 SURGERIES AND 8,151 EXAMINATIONS. AS A PART OF THESE EXPEDITIONS, 1,815 DOCTORS AND 386 OTHER VOLUNTEER ASSISTANTS WERE TRAINED. HEF ALSO SUPPORTED EYE CARE OUTREACH SERVICES IN HAWAII WITH THE 3RD CATARACT DAYS HAWAII EVENT CONDUCTING 14 SURGERIES AND 56 EXAMS.

OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES - . IN 2019, HEF PROVIDED THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A TOTAL OF $500 AWARDS AT THE HAWAII STATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR. HEF ALSO FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 3 DOCTORS, ONE FROM VIET NAM, ONE FROM MYANMAR, AND ONE FROM INDONESIA TO ATTEND THE 2019 LANCASTER COURSE AT COLBY COLLEGE IN WATERVILLE, MAINE, AND ARRANGED FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN CLINICAL OBSERVERSHIPS ELSEWHERE IN THE US. HEF HELD ITS 3RD CATARACT DAYS HAWAII EVENT, SERVING LOW- AND NO-INCOME FAMILIES, THOSE WITH NO INSURANCE, OR UNABLE TO AFFORD THE CO-INSURANCE, HOMELESS, VA MEMBERS, AND OTHERS FINANCIALLY CHALLENGED AND UNABLE TO AFFORD EYE CARE, FROM ALL ISLANDS. FREE EYE EXAMS AND FREE CATARACT SURGERIES WERE DONE. IN ADDITION, HEF PROVIDED EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH INTERFACE AT LOCAL SCHOOLS, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS, INTERNET WEBSITE, E-NEWSLETTERS, BROCHURES AND PRESS RELEASES.

SOUTHEAST ASIA TRAINING PROGRAMS. IN 2019, OPHTHALMIC TRAINING PROGRAMS WERE CONDUCTED IN YANGON, MYANMAR. AND BALI INDONESIA. HEF PARTNERED WITH THE AMERICAN EYE CENTER VIETNAM AND HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY, ALONG WITH HUE CENTRAL HOSPITAL TO CONDUCT 5 VIETNAMESE AMERICAN OPHTHALMOLOGY SYMPOSIUM (VAOS) MEETINGS THROUGHOUT 2019 IN HO CHI MINH CITY AND HUE, VIET NAM, ATTENDED BY APPROXIMATELY 106 VIETNAMESE EYE DOCTORS. SPECIFIC EVENTS: 3/10-3/15/19 - OCULOPLASTICS - HCMC AND MEKONG DELTA CENTER - DR. PHILIP CUSTER - 2 SURGERIES, 8 EXAMS, 32 ATTENDEES; 6/1 - 6/9/19 - CORNEA AND PHACO - HUE - DR. ED KONDROT AND DR. RON PELTON - 52 SURGERIES, 259 EXAMS, 3 ATTENDEES; 7/1-7/5/19-STRABISMUS AND PTOSIS - HANOI - DR. KONDROT AND DR. PELTON - 24 SURGERIES,105 EXAMS, 28 ATTENDEES; 9/8-9/18/19 - DR. SHLOMO MELAMED - GLAUCOMA - HCMC - HANOI AND MEKONG DELTA/CAN THO - 17 SURGERIES, 68 EXAMS, 30 ATTENDEES; 9/23-9/27/20 - PHACO-HUE-DR. YU AND DR. TUYEN - 50 SURGERIES, 200 EXAMS, 3 ATTENDEES

ROYAL HAWAIIAN EYE MEETING (RHEM) IS NOW CALLED HAWAIIAN EYE & RETINA. SINCE 1984, HEF HAS BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANNUAL HAWAIIAN EYE MEETING, A TRAINING CONFERENCE PRIMARILY FOR US EYE SURGEONS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATED WITHIN OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY. AT THE JANUARY 2019 MEETING, HEF COORDINATED AN AWARD PRESENTATION, SPONSORED A WORKSHOP FOR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS ON MANUAL SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY (MSICS), AND OTHERWISE PROMOTED INTERNATIONAL, HUMANITARIAN EYE WORK.