3rd International Health Symposium

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.

Physicians from A Promise to Peru, Inc were invited to participate in the ” 3rd International Health Symposium in the Sacred Valley, Peru” at the Urubamba Hospital on July 3, 2014. The Lecture symposium was organized by Peruvian physician Dr Francisco Morales. It was a three day lecture symposium working with the Peru Health Outreach Project, Cleveland Clinic and Wiñaypaq Association Pro Human Development. Dr George Coritsidis of Elmhurst/Mount Sinai Medical Center, NY lectured to a group of Peruvian physicians and health care workers about Diabetes and Renal Complications, Dr Rita Rossi Foulkes of University of Chicago gave a lecture on Asthma and Dr Sid Dante of University of Chicago gave a lecture on Eczema, Dry skin care and sun protection. The lecture series was well attended.

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