2023 SOH Highlights
Dear Sights on Health family & friends, Happy Holidays! 2022 has been a busy year for Sights on Health as we celebrated our TENTH ANNIVERSARY. Below are the year’s highlights… SOH provided three months of medical supplies to more than 40,000 Ukrainians Our team bicycled 42 miles through the five boroughs of NYC raising $37,068.83...
Thank to all of our supporters who helped make the 2022 cataract mission possible!
On our 10th Anniversary trip to Calca, Peru. Our first after the pandemic. We screened over 90 patients and took 50 of them to the operating room to give them back one of the 5 senses we take for granted every morning when we open our eyes… sight. Every member of the team dedicated not...
Giving People Renewed Hope
This 10 yr old dreamer was born at 28 weeks. Has some visual difficulties but also could not hear. Only a month ago did he finally get a hearing aid. His dream now is to be a physician to help others. When his mom, a translator for our team found out the Michael Sable, our...
Sight On Health In Peru – Day-to-day!
Day 1 (Started 1 day early to start making patients happy!) setting up and our first successful patient of the day! A dozen obstacles overcome and another dozen of patients DONE! Restored sight to 12 very special patients! And our very first patient of this mission came back for her next day follow up! Look...
THE SIGHTS ON HEALTH TEAM IS READY TO DEPART FOR PERU THIS FRIDAY!
18 suitcases and 5 carry on’s are packed and ready to transport a portable operating room & eye clinic from NY to Peru. There are enough supplies to provide 50 cataract surgeries, free of charge to those in need of this sight restoring surgery. In the photo below, Dr Francisco Morales, one of our partners...
Upstate Medical School Alumni Journal
Thank you to The Upstate Medical School Alumni Journal for the mention! Click here to view the full journal. “1983 – George N. Coritsidis, of Southold, NY, is the program director of critical care nephrology at Westchester Medical Center. In addition, he volunteers his time on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization, Sights on...
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
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- a team of 13 people...
Press Release – 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- a team of 13 people...
NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour In Support Of Medical Supplies For Ukraine
Dear friends and supporters of Sights on Health, Sights on Health has formed a team to bicycle 42 miles through the five boroughs of NYC on May 1st as part of the annual 5 Boro Bike Tour. Help us raise money to provide much-needed medical supplies to the people suffering in Ukraine and any donation will...
NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour In Support Of Medical Supplies For Ukraine
Dear friends and supporters of Sights on Health, Sights on Health has formed a team to bicycle 42 miles through the five boroughs of NYC on May 1st as part of the annual 5 Boro Bike Tour. Help us raise money to provide much-needed medical supplies to the people suffering in Ukraine and any donation will...
Virtual Board Meeting Recap
Thanks to Dr Ng, he worked his magic and brought us all together last night ( Wednesday Nov. 10,) for Sights on Health’s annual open board meeting. check out his photos… It was a productive meeting. Thank you to all of the attendees for their comments & insights as we plan our outreach strategy for 2022. More to...