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, 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 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
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...
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 4 to 5 days 3-4 MDS...
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...
World Sight Day 2024
This day serves as a reminder of the need for regular eye examinations to screen for cataracts, glaucoma, and other chronic eye conditions to prevent blindness or sight impairment. Sights on Health’s volunteers and supporters are part of the global effort to eliminate preventable blindness.
Thanks to a generous donation from Bombas Socks.
Sights on Health has distributed 1,600 pairs of their socks to: ~525 pairs to people living on Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota ~ 100 pairs to Huntington Family Service League, NY for homeless men, housed in a local motel ~ 400 pairs to a NYC Homeless ministry ~ 600 pairs to a Homeless Shelter in Riverhead, NY Thank...
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 medical students and local physicians....
lecture series 2024
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 medical students and local physicians....
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 early teenage years he developed...
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, we saw 250 adults and...