SIGHTLINES: EDUCATIONAL EYE HEALTH MEDICAL PODCASTS
October 2020
SIGHTLINES is a new Orbis Video Podcast series hosted by our very own Dr. Hunter Cherwek, Vice President of Clinical Services. The series will discuss the global fight against blindness, how COVID-19 is impacting that fight, and how Orbis is innovating to overcome and move forward.
SIGHTLINES: A MEDICAL PODCAST THAT DISCUSSES EYE HEALTH
You can subscribe to Sightlines on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the podcast provider of your choice. You can watch the video version below or by subscribing to the Orbis Hong Kong YouTube page.
SIGHTLINES Episode 7: The New Normal in Eye Care
In the first half of this episode, our guests Dr. Umang Mathur, Executive Director at Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi, and Dr. Rishi Raj Borah, Orbis Country Director in India, discuss COVID’s impact on eye care in India and how they are adapting.。
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SIGHTLINES Episode 6: Women Changing the World
In this episode, guest experts Julia Anderson and Dr. Suzannah Bell help us explore this gender disparity in eye health, and discuss how women will play a critical role in the fight against global blindness as we forge ahead in avery different health landscape.
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SIGHTLINES Episode 5: Unseen Challenges of COVID-19
Our guests this week are Bulgan Orgilsaikhan, Dr. Carlos Solarte, Carolyn Collantes, a consultant for our Latin America programs, and Elisa Urruchi, staff nurse on the Flying Eye Hospital. This episode explores the clinical implications of the delay in service resulting from COVID-19 safety measures.
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SIGHTLINES Episode 4: Aviation for Good
Guests Maurice Geary and Bruce Johnson explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital, the new learning model developed to serve the communities where FEH projects have been postponed, and how this new model might be used to supplement FEH training projects in the future.
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SIGHTLINES Episode 3: A New Flight Plan
Guests Maurice Geary, Director of the Flying Eye Hospital, and Lucia Nadaf, Country Director of Orbis Zambia, explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital.
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SIGHTLINES Episode 2: The Orbis Spirit of Innovation
Dr. Andrea Molinari, Dr. Daniel Neely, and Dr. Eugene Helveston explore how Orbis’s pioneering use of telemedicine is proving invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis and how our innovative spirit is helping us adapt on the ground.
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SIGHTLINES EPISODE 1: TRACHOMA AND COVID-19: TACKLING INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Dr. Danny Haddad, Orbis Chief of Program, and Dr. Alemayehu Sisay, Orbis Ethiopia Country Director, discuss techniques for treating infectious diseases like Trachoma during COVID-19 restrictions.
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SERIES TRAILER
The spirit of innovation that has defined Orbis for four decades has never been more important. Join us as we navigate the COVID-19 crisis — creating solutions that allow us to safely deliver urgent eye care in 2020 while preparing for the “new normal” of the future.