Global Healthcare & Vision Restoration

Sights on Health, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is committed to providing quality, compassionate care for those whose geographical and/or social status limits their access to medical care. A dedicated group of physicians & healthcare professionals from across the U.S.A. volunteers their time to provide free cataract eye surgery, medical care & eye care to those in need in South America.
Support Our GoFundMe for the NYC Five Boro Bike Tour!

Support Our GoFundMe for the NYC Five Boro Bike Tour!

This May, 35 volunteer healthcare professionals will travel to Riobamba, Ecuador, to provide those in need with free cataract surgeries and medical (adult & pediatric) services. Since 2012, Sights on Health’s volunteer surgical team has performed more than 735 sight-restoring surgeries. This extraordinary mission also includes a volunteer medical team that examines adult...
Would you like to join our team?

Would you like to join our team?

We are preparing for our Cataract Surgical & Medical Mission 2025 Riobamba, Ecuador. Would you like to join our team? May 16-23, 2025 Flights: Round trip  JFK-Quito, Ecuador We are accepting donations through our PayPal  link to assist in purchasing medical & surgical supplies for the mission. Volunteers needed Medicine team: they will travel to communities for...
Lecture series hosted by Sights on Health

Lecture series hosted by Sights on Health

Physicians from Sights on Health hosted a lecture series for three evenings through the Asociación Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina at the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC). Thanks to Drs. Joseph Ng, George Coritsidis, Christina Rager and Carolina Pombar for their interesting & informative presentations to the...
Making an Impact

Making an Impact

Sights on Health was able to have a significant effect on so many people’s lives on this past mission to Cuzco, Peru. One story that comes to mind that had all of us so touched was about a 30-year-old patient. Due to a childhood illness he was deaf and in his...
2024 Cataract Surgical & Medical Mission Cuzco, Peru Recap

2024 Cataract Surgical & Medical Mission Cuzco, Peru Recap

Our mission concluded May 24, Sights on Health was able to perform a total of 78 cataract surgeries, 6 yag laser posterior capsulotomy ( removal of secondary cataract ) and 1 pterygium excision. These sight restoring procedures were done as part of this extraordinary 2024 mission to Peru In addition,...
Thank you LATAM Airlines

Thank you LATAM Airlines

Thanks to the incredible generosity of LATAM, our team of 22 members had their second luggage fee waived for all four flights for the round trip: NY to Lima, Lima to Cuzco.  That meant our fundraising dollars were spent on purchasing the necessary medical supplies & eye surgical supplies rather than paying luggage...
2023 5 Boro Bike Tour

2023 5 Boro Bike Tour

Want to join us in making a difference? Any donation will help make an impact in purchasing cataract surgical and medical supplies for the upcoming mission to Ecuador on October 7-14, 2023. The surgical team will provide free sight-restoring cataract surgery to 75 patients & the medical team will travel to...
Michael Sable, MD speaks to StonyBrook School of Medicine Alumni Association

Michael Sable, MD speaks to StonyBrook School of Medicine Alumni Association

Sights on Health’s surgical director, Michael Sable, MD speaks to StonyBrook School of Medicine Alumni Association about his experiences traveling to South America to perform sight restoring cataract surgery with the nonprofit organization Sights on Health, Inc.
SOH Celebrating Their Ten-year Anniversary, Returning to Peru

SOH Celebrating Their Ten-year Anniversary, Returning to Peru

Great News! Sights on Health, Inc. is celebrating its ten-year anniversary since their first cataract surgical mission to Peru by returning to Calca in the Sacred Valley, October 14-23, 2022 for its first cataract surgical mission since the start of the pandemic. It will be a smaller group than in years past-...
Sights on Health raises > $24,000 for campaign to feed our NY Frontline Heroes during Covid -19 Pandemic

Sights on Health raises > $24,000 for campaign to feed our NY Frontline Heroes during Covid -19 Pandemic

Imagine 3,576 healthy tasty meals appearing day and night in various New York area ICUs, emergency departments and hospital floors overflowing with critically ill covid-19 patients and their hardworking caregivers. We hope you can because that’s exactly what you were a part of! When you answered our call and gave so generously...
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Day 3: May 20th, Ecuador Mission

Day 3: May 20th, Ecuador Mission

Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 – What a blessing to have such giving and selfless professionals to work with. The Medical/Pediatric team traveled to Santiago de Quito, where they saw 64 optometry patients, 65 Adult patients, and 18 pediatric patients. There were lines of villagers in their colorful clothing waiting for the first doctor that some...
Day 2: Monday, May 19, Ecuador Mission

Day 2: Monday, May 19, Ecuador Mission

  Day 2 was quite a day! 21 cataract surgeries. A 25-year-old had his first eye done. He was basically blind in both eyes. We would see the next day that the surgery was successful and plan for his other eye. OR Room 1 – Dr. Michael Sable, Dr. David Krebs, Nurse Lorena Chinchilla, and...
Surgery Log, Bilateral Cataracts, Ecuador Mission 2025

Surgery Log, Bilateral Cataracts, Ecuador Mission 2025

Well, another successful cataract surgery mission trip to Ecuador is in the books. Too many unbelievable experiences to show in one post, so I will spread them over a few days. This is a 14 year old boy with a genetic disorder that gave him bilateral cataracts and severe nystagmus in both eyes. We decided...
Arrival and Day 1: Ecuador Mission 2025

Arrival and Day 1: Ecuador Mission 2025

Journal by Dr. Joseph Ng May 17th Arrival e all arrived at JFK around 6:00 a.m. today and finally made it to the hotel around 10:00 p.m. EST, ready for our first workday tomorrow. 2025 marks our 13th year, and we are fortunate to have over 40 participants joining us to provide care to those...
Retired Mather Hospital President Joins U.S. Medical Team to Restore Sight for Hundreds in Ecuador

Retired Mather Hospital President Joins U.S. Medical Team to Restore Sight for Hundreds in Ecuador

Photo: Left to Right: Kenneth Roberts, also a board member of SoH, Inc. a nonprofit; Varvara Boryushkina MD, Primary Care Mather Medical Group; Mahmoud Yaseen MD, Internal Medicine Resident; Manu Dwivedi MD, Internal Medicine Resident ; Iryna Ilyasova MD, Hospitalist; Kati Giacobbe RN, Emergency Department; Melissa Monaghan RN, Endoscopy; George Coritsidis MD, Chair of Internal...
Christina Carmi, RN, Memorial Sloan Kettering - Organizing Action!

Christina Carmi, RN, Memorial Sloan Kettering – Organizing Action!

  Christina Carmi – middle row, third from the left.   A big thank you to Christina Carmi (RN, Memorial Sloan Kettering) for organizing an NYC Pilates class that raised $600 for our Ecuador mission this upcoming May. And many thanks to SLT Studio (@sltnyc), the wonderful instructor Denita, and all the incredible women who joined...
Support 35 Volunteers for their Surgical & Medical Mission

Support 35 Volunteers for their Surgical & Medical Mission

This May, 35 volunteer healthcare professionals will travel to Riobamba, Ecuador, to provide those in need with free cataract surgeries and medical (adult & pediatric) services. Since 2012, Sights on Health’s volunteer surgical team has performed more than 735 sight-restoring surgeries. This extraordinary mission also includes a volunteer medical team that examines adult and pediatric patients, diagnosing and...
Celebrating Generosity -  Thank you Dr. Jessica Czechowski

Celebrating Generosity – Thank you Dr. Jessica Czechowski

Sights on Health expresses heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Jessica Czechowski for her generous donation of medical supplies for our Ecuador mission. Her donation of essential medical and surgical supplies sets us up for success in serving underserved communities. Dr. Czechowski’s contribution highlights her commitment to global health and provides a significant head start for our preparations....
Nicholas Chin’s Commitment to Service Helps Fund Life-Changing Eye Surgeries in South America

Nicholas Chin’s Commitment to Service Helps Fund Life-Changing Eye Surgeries in South America

Nicholas Chin, a 15 year old student from a high school on Long Island, NY, decided this past summer to create a GoFundMe Page to raise money to support Sights on Health’s goal of providing free cataract surgery to those in need in South America.  Since the summer, his GoFundMe page has raised $2,035 for...
Join Our Team > 2025 Five Boro Bike Tour

Join Our Team > 2025 Five Boro Bike Tour

Join us as we cycle through the five boros of NYC: Manhattan, Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn & Staten Island on Sunday May 4th, 2025. Registration is now open and Dr. Coritsidis, the team leader has registered and has created a Sights on Health Team. Make sure when you register for the bike tour, you join the...
Wish List for Medical & Cataract Surgical Mission to Ecuador May 2025

Wish List for Medical & Cataract Surgical Mission to Ecuador May 2025

Below are supplies our team will need in order to examine & treat patients… perhaps you would like to purchase an item as a holiday gift for a loved one! Below print your gift receipt.  There are all price ranges to fit everyone’s wallet… Sights On Health is a nonprofit tax exempt organization as described in...
Join our Team - 2025 Mission to Riobamba, Ecuador

Join our Team – 2025 Mission to Riobamba, Ecuador

We are preparing for our Cataract Surgical & Medical Mission 2025 Riobamba, Ecuador. Would you like to join our team? May 16-23, 2025 Flights: Round trip  JFK-Quito, Ecuador We are accepting donations to our paypal to cover the coast of airfare for the team. Volunteers needed Medicine team: they will travel to communities for 4 to...