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(left photo) A vision health
course at Emory’s Rollins
School of Public Health
gives students insight into
the complexities of eye
surgery and the burden of eye
disease on populations around
the world.
(right photo) Pediatric
ophthalmologist Scott
Lambert, who co-directed
the International Congenital
Cataract Symposium of 2014
with colleague Phoebe Lenhart,
updates attendees about
current methods and differing
treatments for children with
cataracts throughout the
world. Childhood cataracts are
a leading cause of preventable
childhood blindness in
many developing countries.
Participants discussed
ways of improving cataract
management and visual
outcomes in these children.
treatments, and Lenhart performed
surgeries on children in the region.
Hoping to make this a long-term
initiative, GO-Emory made meaningful
connections with governmental and
academic organizations, including
the Malagasy Ophthalmology Society,
the Residency Eye Program in Tana
and the non-communicable disease
department of the Ministry of Health.
Note: Funding for the trip to
Madagascar was made possible by
Emory Eye Center Advisory Board
member Gordon Knight and by
Marguerite Kimball, of Atlanta.
Advisory Board member Charles
Ginden also provided support for
the project.
Ethiopia—Third-year
ophthalmology resident Christopher
Skelton joined previous residency
program \