I founded and was the Medical Director of a Corneal Transplant Eye Bank in Santa Rosa.The Medical Director of Seva Foundation Chundak Tenzing asked me to help complete the training cycle for this yet-to-be-launched corneal transplant program in Western Nepal.In the two-thirds of the country west of Kathmandu, ...
At age 20, I went to India for a Williams College-sponsored semester of Indian Art and Religion. During the five months, I witnessed so much blindness that I redirected my studies to medicine. For 40 years, I have dedicated myself to working in India, Nepal, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Having ...
Ozempic (semaglutide) has gained widespread attention as a treatment for type 2 diabetes and, more recently, for weight loss. Its popularity has surged due to its effectiveness in helping patients control blood sugar levels and reduce body weight. However, with the increasing use of Ozempic, there has been ...
THE SETTING: Tikapur High School Yard, Nepal BBH EYE FOUNDATION 100 Cataract/Implant Surgeries a Day in a Classroom? A surgical team in four-wheel drives took a three-hour trip from the city of Dhangadhi to a high school site for a large cataract surgery camp. The patients had ...
Understanding Cataracts and Traditional TreatmentCataracts, characterized by the clouding of the eye's natural lens, affect millions of people worldwide, causing impaired vision and, in severe cases, blindness. Cataracts occur when proteins in the eye's lens clump together, leading to a loss of transparency and subsequently blurring vision. Traditionally, ...
