Cataract & Medical Mission: Peru 2026 — Be Part of the Team
We are preparing for our Cataract Surgical and Medical Mission 2026 to Peru. Would you like to join our team? March 21-28, 2026 Volunteers needed: Medicine team: they will travel to communities for 4 to 5 days 3-4 MDS of various specialties 1-2RNs 1 pharmacist 1 medical resident & 1 medical student 1 administrative assistant 1-2 translators Surgical Eye Team:patients will be...
Wish List for Medical & Cataract Surgical Mission to Peru March 2026
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...
World Sight Day: Put People at the Heart of Eye Care
World Sight Day is Thursday, October 9, 2025, a global call to make eye care accessible, available, and affordable for everyone. This year’s IAPB theme—#LoveYourEyes—asks all of us to put people at the center of eye health, from local clinics to national policy. At Sights on Health, this mission is personal. We’re a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) delivering cataract...
A Vision of Hope: Watch the Cataract And Medical Mission in Action – Riobamba, Ecuador
Thank you FIBUSPAM and PACH for creating these wonderful recap videos! Cataract Surgical Mission 2025, Riobamba, Ecuador Medical Mission 2025, Riobamba, Ecuador
A Vision of Hope: Watch the Cataract And Medical Mission in Action – Riobamba, Ecuador
Thank you FIBUSPAM and PACH for creating these wonderful recap videos! Cataract Surgical Mission 2025, Riobamba, Ecuador Medical Mission 2025, Riobamba, Ecuador
Day 5: Ecuador Mission 2025
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 - Medical and Surgical team saw patients closer to the home base in Riobamba. Ofcourse it was a busy day, but it was also the last day of patient care. After all was said and done, the medical/pediatric/optometry/dental team will have seen over 700 patients that would not have gotten care...
Day 4: Ecuador Mission 2025
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 – Day 4 – Preparing for 20 surgeries today. The 14-year-old boy came back today for his 1st evaluation post-op. He went from just being able to see light or dark to now 20/70. Imagine how life-changing that will be for a teenager who was practically blind and not able to...
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 19th, 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
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
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
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...