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...
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 fees as our team transported...
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...
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...
Second Sights on Health 2019 Mission: John Shanley M.D. M.P.H. Medical & Eye Care Mission
July 1-5th Sacred Valley, Peru The Sights on Health team just returned from their John Shanley M.D. M.P.H. Medical & Eye Care Mission in the Sacred Valley of Peru. It was an extremely successful mission; 815 people were examined in the medical and eye clinics. The clinics were held in the Ministry of Health (MOH)...
Blog By Kaitlin Monroig – 2019 Mission to Peru
DAY 1: What do they say about best laid plans? Date: June 29th, 2019 Location: New York, NY By Kaitlin Monroig Our blogger for the John Shanley M.D. M.P.H. 2019 Medical Mission was Kaitlyn Monroig. She is a rising second year medical student from Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook, NY. After several months of planning,...
Thank you from us to Lucky and Laura Bhalla of Ascot Properties NYC, LLC.
Great news to share!! Sights on Health/A Promise to Peru received an incredible donation of $ 4,235.77…. this donation will cover the cost of the medications, supplies and equipment purchased for the 2019 John Shanley M.D. M.P.H. Medical and Eye Care Mission THANK YOU from all of the team in Peru to Lucky and Laura Bhalla of...
¡Hasta luego, Peru!
Date: July 5th, 2019 Location: Urubamba, Peru By Kaitlin Monroig And just like that we finished our last day of clinic! We set up in Urubamba for the last time this week. Although we were only able to stay for a half day, we saw over sixty patients! Over the entire week we saw over 750...
Thank you to our AMAZING U.S.A. team
Today is the last day of our Peru 2019 John Shanley M.D. M.P.H. Medical & Eye Care Mission…..Thank you to our AMAZING U.S.A. team for donating their time & talents to make the mission so successful…. Dr George Coritsidis – Medical Director & team leader from NY Mike Cipoletti, FNE, Int’l – In country logistics...