Thought this might be of interest to some folks.  -Alice Bugman

**Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals
**Unite For Sight's Fourth Annual International Health Conference*_
*    APRIL 14-15, 2007 - STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,
CALIFORNIA, USA
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*When:* April 14-15, 2007
*Where:* Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
*Theme:* "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global
Goals"
*Who should attend?*Anyone interested in eye care, international health,
medicine, health education, health promotion, public health,
international service, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, or
microenterprise
*Conference Goal: *To exchange ideas across disciplines about best
practices in public health, medicine and research, and international
health and development.  Conference topics range from/ "The Right to
Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin
America"/ and /"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and
Quality in the Developing World"/ to /"Global Progress in Preventing the
Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella"/
and /"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"/**

    * Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from
      5 continents
    * More than 230 speakers about eye care, public health,
      international development, entrepreneurship, microfinance, policy
      and advocacy, bioethics, and medicine
    * Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals in
      health and development


        _LIST OF CONFERENCE SESSIONS ARE LISTED BELOW_


        ·         General Topics With Conference Sessions


        a.      Global Health


        b.      Overseas Volunteering


        c.       Health and Human Rights


        d.      Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship


        e.       Refugee Health


        f.       HIV/AIDS


        g.      Infectious Disease


        h.      International Health and Development By Region


        i.        Global Eye Care


        j.        Glaucoma Symposium


GLOBAL HEALTH -- SESSIONS

Partnerships in Public Health
"Partnerships in Public Health", Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH,
President, International Trachoma Initiative
"International Trachoma Initiative - Public/Private Partnership To
Eradicate Blinding Trachoma", Joe Feczko, MD, Chief Medical Officer;
President, Worldwide Development, Pfizer Inc.
"Public Private Partnerships to Provide Safe Drinking Water in Africa",
Greg Allgood, PhD, Director, Children's Safe Drinking Water, Procter &
Gamble
"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected
Disease", Christopher Elias, MD, MPH, President of PATH

Health As If People Mattered
"Health As If People Mattered: Development With A Human Face", John
Hammock, PhD, The Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public
Policy, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science
and Policy and The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former Executive
Director, Oxfam America; former Executive Director, ACCION
International; Founder and Former Director, Feinstein International
Famine Center, Tufts University; Consultant, Women's World Banking and USAID
"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward a Shared Vision of Healthy
Communities", George Rupp, PhD, President and CEO, International Rescue
Committee

Health and Development in the 21st Century
"Young Leaders In Action: Tomorrow's Leaders But Also Today's", William
Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century", Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA,
Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at
Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
"Challenges in Public Health: From Smallpox and Polio Eradication to
SARS and Avian Influenza", David Heymann, MD, MPH, Former Executive
Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization

Global Health, Economic Unions, and The State
"Global Health and Economic Unions", Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH, Senior
Lecturer, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community
Medicine
"Global Rationalities and Local Disasters: Reconsidering the Role of the
State in Global Public Health", Craig Janes, PhD, Associate Dean,
Education, Faculty of Health Sciences Office of the Dean, Simon Fraser
University

Humanitarian Emergencies
"Title To Be Announced", Stephen Tomlin, Vice President of Program,
Policy and Planning, International Medical Corps

International Community Health
"Community Programs With Vision", David Werner, PhD, Co-Founder,
Director of HealthWrights (Workgroup for People's Health and Rights);
Visiting Professor at Boston University International School of Public
Health; Author, "Where There Is No Doctor"
"The Philosophies of International Care: Do No Harm", Cliff OCallahan,
MD, PhD, Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Program

Perspectives on Global Health
"Traingulation: Using Existing Data For Program Improvement and Policy
Recommendations - The Case of Botswana and Malawi", Karen White, MBA,
MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
"Title To Be Announced", Farshad Rastegar, MD, President and CEO, Relief
International
"Title To Be Announced", Jim Smith, Executive Director, American
International Health Alliance Inc.
"Title To Be Announced", Sarah Shannon, Executive Director, Hesperian
Foundation

Innovative Programs and Organizations
"The Emergence of a New Type of Physician: Lessons Learned From
International Experiences", Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H, Associate
Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New York
University School of Medicine
"From Strong Innovative Programs to Strong Innovative Organizations",
Bjorg Palsdottir, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder and Associate Director of
the Center for Global Health at New York Unive

Beyond Firewood: Basic Needs in Developing Countries
"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization - Addressing Two Basic
Needs in Developing Countries", Robert Metcalf, PhD, Professor
Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer,
Solar Cookers International
"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced By
Conflict and Natural Disasters", Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive
Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee
Women and Children

Childhood Diseases
"Expanding Community Case Management for Childhood Diseases in
Conflict-Affected Countries: Scale and Impact in Rwanda and South
Sudan", Emmanuel dHarcourt, Senior Child Survival Technical
"Tears of a Dying Child: An Insight into Child Mortality From Disease in
Ghana", Samuel Edusa, MD Candidate, University of Ghana Medical School;
Chairman, LifeSavers Initiative NGO
"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for Public
Health Ophthalmology", Mohammad Muhit, MD, Clinical Research Fellow,
International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and
Tropical Medicine
"Childhood Blindness in Sri Lanka", Habiba Rawoof, MBBS, DOphth,
M.Sc.CEH, Ophthalmologist, Sri Lanka

Children, Global Health and Development
"Challenges of Partnering to Achieve Global Health Goals Impacting
Children", Andrea Gay, MA, MCP, Director, Children's Health Program,
United Nations Foundation
"How To Help Children in Humanitarian Emergencies", Marisa Herran, MD,
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University;
Co-Director, Rainbow Center for Global Child Health

Education and International Development
"Education in Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?", Joel Samoff,
Consulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford University
"Creating a Real Learning Environment in a Rural School in South India",
Mason Byles, former executive, Hewlett Packard

Leadership of Youth-Led Global NGOs: A Special Workshop
"Leadership of Student-Led Global NGOs", Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH,
Director of Rockefeller Foundation's Program on Global Health

Technology and Telemedicine: New Innovations in Health Care
"Case Studies of the Interactions between Governance and Healthcare
Technology Solutions", Kathryn McDonald, Executive Director and Senior
Scholar, Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes
Research, Stanford University
"Deploying a Low Cost, Long Distance WiFi-based Teleophthalmology
Network in Rural India: The Aravind Experience", Sonesh Surana, PhD
Candidate, University of California at Berkeley
"Project ECHO: Telemedicine Extension For Community Healthcare
Outcomes", Sanjeev Arora, MD, Executive Vice Chairman, Department of
Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
"RICE: Remote Interaction, Consultation, and Epidemiology - A New Use
For Cell Phones", Eliot Grigg, MD Candidate, George Washington
University School of Medicine

Global Health Ethics
"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts", Anvar
Velji, MD, Co-Founder and Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium;
Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento;
Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis
"Socially Responsible and Financially Just Global Health Electives",
Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family
Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
School of Medicine

Community Health and Activism
"Advocacy and Community Health", Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of
Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford
University School of Medicine
"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting The World To Eliminate Hepatitis B and
Liver Cancer", Samuel So, MD, Lui Lac Minh Professor of Surgery;
Director, Asian Livery Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program, Stanford
University School of Medicine
"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response and Disease Specific
Activism", David Katzenstein, Professor of Medicine, Infectious Disease,
Stanford University School of Medicine
"Bringing Public Health's Voice to Sustainable Trade and Development",
Ellen Shaffer, PhD, MPH, Co-Director, CPATH; Assistant Clinical
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California at
San Francisco

Global Food Systems
"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat Threaten Food Security For
Low-Income Countries?", Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Edyth H. Schoenrich
Professor of Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for Professional
Practice and Programs; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns
Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Cathy Skoula, Executive Director, Action
Against Hunger-USA

Engaging in Community-Based Health Programs I
"Bridging The Gap Between Providers and Vulnerable Groups: Reducing
Stigma and Discrimination in VCT/STI Services", Rebecka Lundgren, MPH,
Director of Operations and Behavioral Research, Institute for
Reproductive Health, Georgetown University
"Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health Education in El Salvador",
Gabriel Brat, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine

Engaging in Community-Based Health Programs II
"Engaging a Participatory Process for the Development of an Integrated
Microcredit Program in Nogales, Mexico", Eva Shaw, MPH, Research
Technician, University of Arizona's Southwest Institute for Research on
Women
"Project Bokonon: Public Health in Action", Rosita Najmi, Co-Founder,
Project Bokonon

Global Health Workforce and the Brain Drain Problem
"Globalization and the Health Workforce: Historical Perspectives, Future
Challenges", Tom Hall, MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"The African Brain Drain: Creating Solutions to the Problem One Mission
at a Time", Constance Nduaguba, MD, Clinical Instructor, Glaucoma
Service, University of Pennsylvania Scheie Eye Institute

Sanitation and Water Use
"Ecological Sanitation in Rural Haiti: An Interdisciplinary Approach to
Sanitation, Public Health and Soil Fertility", Sasha Kramer, PhD,
Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford Collaboratory For Research on Global
Projects, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Visiting Scholar,
Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences

Global Cardiovascular Health
"Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian Immigrants: Apo A-I Gene
Mutations", Sunita Dodani, MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of
Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pitts
"Hypertension Control in Primary Control Settings in the Republic of
Georgia", Fred Tavill, MD, DpH, Senior Program Consultant, Center for
International health
"Social Capital and Hypertension in Rural Haitian Women", Cris Malino, MPH

Strategies to Sustainable Healthcare
"Pursuing a Ghost: Fostering Sustainable Health Care in Developing
Countries", Salvador Baldizon, MD, MA, MPH, Health Protection
Specialist, Free From Hunger

Surgery and Global Health
"Interplast: Using Innovative Technology to Improve Surgical Care in
Developing Countries", Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interplast
"Surgery and Global Health: A Mandate for Research, Training, and
Service", Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, Chief Resident in General Surgery,
University of California at San Francisco, and William P. Schecter, MD,
Professor of Clinical Surgery at UCSF, Vice Chair of the Department of
Surgery at UCSF, and Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital

OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERING

Real-Life Lessons in Cultural Competency
"The Ground Meat Parable: Real-life Lessons from Africa for
International Volunteers", Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN, University of
Nebraska Medical Center
"Hold Your Breath: A Film on Cultural Competency", Maren
Grainger-Monsen, MD, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical
Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine
"Cultural Competence in Global Health: Linguistic Solutions to
Cross-Cultural Complications", T.S. Harvey, PhD, Assistant Professor of
Linguistic Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University

Engaging Students in International Health I
"Engaging Students in International Health: A Case Study", Robert David
Siegel, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in
Human Biology, and Center for African Studies, Stanford University
"Phacos, 115 Degrees, and Marriage Proposals? Stories and Lessons From
Volunteering in Bihar, India", Anna Cooper, MPH Candidate, University of
Rochester School of Public Health
"Perspectives on Tamale From A Unite For Sight Volunteer", Nicholas
Greene, Unite For Sight Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana

Engaging Students and Universities in International Health
"Stanford Medicine and Global Health: An Evolving Partnership", Philip
Pizzo, MD, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine; Carl and
Elizabeth Naumann Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford
School of Medicine
"Teaching Health Profession Students Global Health: Resources, Methods,
Opportunities", Tom Hall., MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"Innovations in Global Health Education", Thomas Novotny, MD, MPH,
Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology
and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"Title To Be Announced", Ana Carolina Victoria, MD Candidate, Albert
Einstein School of Medicine

Preparing To Volunteer Overseas

"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip & Evaluating The Ill-Returned
Traveler", D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease
and Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
"Preparing To Volunteer in Ghana", Nicholas Greene., Unite For Sight
Volunteer in Tamale, Ghana
An Eye Opener in Chennai, India: A Unite For Sight Film

HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS -- SESSIONS

Health and Human Rights
"The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care
in Latin America", Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of
Social Medicine, Academic Director; Program in Infectious Disease and
Scoial Change, Harvard Medica School / Partners in Heath
"Health and Human Rights: The Impact of War on Vision and Ocular
Health", Derek Mladenovich, OD, FAAO, MPH Candidate, Fellow, World
Council of Optometry; External Examiner, International Rescue Committee,
Thailand
"Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research Matter", Daniel
Bausch, MD, MPH,&TM Associate Professor, Tulane University School of
Public Health and Tropical Medicine
"Is Women's Health a Human Right?", Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant
Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health

Children, Blindness, and Human Rights
"The Human Rights of Blind Children in India", Mini Murthy., MD, MPH,
Assistant Professor, Behavioral Science and Community Health, New York
Medical College School of Public Health
"Confidence Building Measure in a Blind Girls School in Bihar, India",
Ajit Sinha., MBBS, Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former
President, All India Ophthalmological Society
"Improvement of the Quality of Life of the Blind Children in West Bengal
India", Sudipta Dey, Director, Eye Micro Surgery and Diagnostic Center,
Kolkata, West Bengal, India

MICROFINANCE AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- SESSIONS

Changing The World Through Social Entrepreneurship
"Technology Social Entrepreneurship", Jim Fruchterman, Chairman and
Founder, The Benetech Initiative

Global Youth Entrepreneurship
"Global Youth Entrepreneurship", James Toole, PhD, President, Compass
Institute

Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
"Title To Be Announced", Melanie Edwards, CEO, MobileMedia; Lecturer of
Social Entrepreneurship at Stanford University
"Title To Be Announced", Jane Leu, Founder and Executive Director,
Upwardly Global

Microfinance and Sustainable Development
"Title To Be Announced", Alex Counts, President, Grameen Foundation USA
"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance", Brian Lehnen, Executive
Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund
"Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the Business of International
Development", Philip Berber, Founder, Chairman, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

Microfinance, Fair Trade, and International Development
"Fair Trade and the Dignity of Work in Rural African Communities",
Lindsay M. Harris, Managing Director, A Bridge for Africa Foundation
"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable Development and
Program Expansion", Jim DeVries, MD, Senior Vice President of Programs,
Heifer International
"Workshop Title: Increasing Income, Confidence and Business Growth
Through Effective Business Education for Low Income People", Fiona
Macaulay, Founder and President, Making Cents

Entrepreneurial Social Innovation
"Atrocities and Social Entrepreneurship", Zachary Kaufman, MPhil, DPhil,
JD Candidate, Yale University Law School
"Cinepolis: A Vision For Social Responsiblity", Alejandro Ramirez
Magana, Director General, Cinepolis
"Healthcare Needs and Opportunities in Afghanistan - Collaborating
Across The Sectors", Kulsum Janmohamed, MD, MPH
"Priming Entrepreneurial Social Innovation to Stem the Tide of Penury
and Epidemics in Africa", BT Costantinos, PhD, MBA, Chairman, Ethiopica
Infrastructure and Tunnelling Holdings; President and Chief Research
Consultant, Ceter For Human Environment

Entrepreneurship and Health
"Global/Social Entrepreneurship", Kamran Elahian, , MS, Chairman,
Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst
Foundation and Schools Online
"Social Impact Through Public Private Partnerships in Entrepreneurship
and Health", Georgia Sambunaris, Financial Sector Specialist,
USAID/EGAT, Office of Economic Growth

Social Learning and Civic Engagement
"The Role of Indigenous Faith-Based and Civil Society Organizations in
Health Services Development in East and Southern Africa", Mark E.
Anderson, President and CEO, Center For International Health
"Social Learning and Civic Engagement: Global Applications and
Experiences Using A Faith-Based Model", Daniel J. West, PhD, Professor
and Chairman, Department of Health Administration and Human Resources,
University of Scranton
"Preparing Undergraduates to Address Global Public Health Needs: The
Development of a Multi-national, Interdisciplinary Comparative Study
Program", Christina T. Holt, Assistant Clinical Professor, University of
Vermont Medical School

REFUGEE HEALTH -- SESSIONS
The Health of Refugee Women I
"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health with Liberian Refugee Women",
Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
"Addressing Psychosocial Needs of Refugee & Immigrant Women: >From
Surviving to Thriving", Lorrie L. King, MPH, Founder, Executive
Director, Just Cause, Inc.

The Health of Refugee Women II
"Addressing The Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced By
Conflict and Natural Disasters", Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive
Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Listening to Women's Voices: Lessons Learned from Congolese Refugee
Women in Rwanda", Carol Pavlish, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, UCLA
School of Nursing
"Demonstration of a Reproductive Health Assessment Toolkit for
Conflict-Affected Women", Marianne E. Zotti, DrPH, MS, FAAN, Lead Health
Scientist and Team Leader, Services Management, Research and Translation
Team, Division of Reproductive Health at the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention

The Health of Refugees
"Community Based Rehabilitation Projects in Politically Volatile
Regions: Setting the Foundations for Peacebuilding", Kathryn Azevedo,
PhD, ATRIC, CMP, Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Research, Stanford
University School of Medicine
"Mobilizing War-Torn African Communities to Improve Public
Health,"Cornelius Pratt, MA, PhD, Presidential Professor and Strategic
and Organizational Communication, Temple University, and E. Lincoln
James, PhD, Washington State University

INFECTIOUS DISEASE - SESSIONS

Disease Control Strategies in the Developing World
"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS Epidemic", Peter R. Lamptey,
MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS
"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and Elimination
Campaigns", Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor,
Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine
"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other
Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella", Stephen L. Cochi, MD, MPH,
Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National Immunization
Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of Azithromycin For
Trachoma Control", Sam Abbenyi, MD, MSc, Director, Program Planning and
Analysis, International Trachoma Initiative

Malaria Prevention and Treatment Strategies
"Preventing Malaria During Pregnancy: Intermittent Preventative
Treatment on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea", Josephine Czechowicz, MD
Candidate, Stanford University
"Protecting Border Security and Health: Effective Strategies for
Monitoring and Treating Malaria among Burma's IDPs", Emily Whichard,
Program Officer, Global Health Access Program, Berkeley School of Public
Health

Towards Disease Eradication
"Is Global Elimination of a Bacterial Disease a Feasible Goal? Trachoma
3000 Years Later", Bruce Gaynor, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of
Ophthalmology, FI Proctor Foundation and Department of Ophthalmology,
University of California at San Francisco
"The Polio Eradication Partnership: Some Lessons Learned", Carol Pandak,
Manager, Division of PolioPlus, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary
International

HIV/AIDS -- SESSIONS

HIV/AIDS in Low Resource Settings
"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV Therapy", Paul Volberding, MD,
Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief, Medical
Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI
Center for AIDS Research
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the
Developing World", Terry Blaschke, MD, Professor of Medicine and
Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University
"Global HIV Prevention From Mother To Child: Challenges for Low Resource
Settings", Landry Tsague, MD, William H. Foege Fellow, Department of
Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health

HIV/AIDS Community Needs and Strategies
"Kasensero: The Forgotten Village Coming Out of the Shadow", Kiran V.
Patel, MD, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University
School of Medicine
"Acceptance of and Barriers to Voluntary HIV Counseling and Testing
Among Adults in Guizhou Province, China", Wei Ma, MS; PhD Candidate,
UCLA/Fogarty AIDS International Training and Research Program, UCLA

Important Perspectives on HIV/AIDS
"The HIV Pandemic in the Developing World", John McGoldrick, Executive
Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact", George Guimaraes,
President and CEO, Project Concern International
"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart", Mark Kline, MD, President, Baylor
International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics; Head,
Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine
"Healing through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response to the
HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa", Jamie McLaren Lachman, Project
Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders

HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care
"AIDS, Eyes, and Africa: A View of Zambia Health Care Through The Eyes
of an American Ophthalmologist Working For CBMI at the Lusaka Eye
Hospital, Zambia", Tom Beggins, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon,
Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia
"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African Villages
Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups", William W. Rankin, PhD,
President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health to End
HIV/AIDS", Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health
Coalition
"HIV/AIDS in China", Jessica Haberer, MD, Research Advisor, Clinton
Foundation

Community HIV Prevention Programs
"Arm's Reach Care: A Community Network Model for Pediatric HIV Care and
Treatment", Joy Amulya, EdD, AM, EdM, Research Associate and Lecturer,
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
"Optimizing Prevention: A Comprehensive PMTCT Program in Mombasa,
Kenya", Lara Christine Bishay and Nicholas Gavin, MD Candidate, New York
University School of Medicine

Community Strategies for HIV/AIDS
"Rapid Skill Transfer Through Clinical Mentoring: A Universal, Fast
Approach To Scaling Up HIV Practical Expertise in Developing Countries",
Marie Charles, MD, MIA, Founder and President, International Center for
Equal Healthcare Access; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School
of International and Public Affairs; Henry Crown Fellow, The Aspen Institute
"Building Foundations for Sustainable Local Response to HIV/AIDS", Debra
Miller, MSN, Country Director - Kenya, CHF International

WOMEN'S HEALTH -- SESSIONS

Examining Women's Health
"Women and Health", Ana Langer, MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth
"The Challenge of Treating Complex Obstetric Fistula in Eritrea", Amreen
Husain, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University
"Women and Eye Disease", Ilene Gipson, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology,
Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health Task Force Executive
Committee
"A Comparative Study of Sociocultural Factors Contributing to Maternal
Mortality in Urban and Rural Areas of Southern Part of Edo State,
Nigeria", Chinwe Lucy Marchie, PhD, MEd, MHPM, School of Nursing,
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Perspectives on Reproductive Health
"Cross-Cultural Partnerships for Reproductive Health", Dian Harrison,
President and CEO, Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
"Quality of Care Gives Bolivian Indigenous Women Opportunities for a New
Future", Lynn Johnson, Bolivia Country Director, EngenderHealth

Growing Big, Healthy Babies
"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled Maternity Care", Jill Sheffield,
President, Family Care International
"Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach to Nutritional Support
for Pregnant Women in the Republic of Guinea", Jennifer Peterson,
Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International

Preventing Obstetric Emergencies
"Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO)", Lee T. Dresang, MD,
Associate Professor, Department Maternity Care Clinical Coordinator,
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
"Training Nigerian Health Workers on the Use of Non-Pneumatic
Anti-Schock Garment For Obstetric Hemorrhage", Shola Olorunnipa, MD
Candidate, Stanford University
"Preventing Postpartum Hemorrhage: Training Indigenous Health Workers To
Use Misoprostol in IDP Settings", Susan Tuddenham, MSc IR; MD Candidate,
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA and Catherine Lee, MPH

Obstetric Fistula Film Campaign
"Love, Labor, Loss Film Campaign on Obstetric Fistula", Lisa Russell,
MPH, Filmmaker

Cervical Cancer
"Cervical Cancer", Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and
Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO Corporation
"Partnering For Prevention: The "State" of Cervical Cancer in the US",
Sarah Wells, Senior Director of Public Policy, Women in Government

INTERNATIONAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT BY REGION - SESSIONS

Community-Based Medical Care in Africa
"Title To Be Announced", Jessie Stone, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath,
Uganda
"Emergency Medical Care Systems in Low and Middle Income Countries",
Scott Sasser, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine,
Emory University School of Medicine
"Developing A Regional School of Nursing in South Africa", Tanya
Whitehead, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
"Healthcare in the Horn of Africa: Reaching Somalis through Interactive
Radio Instruction", Kit Yasin, EdD, MS, Center Director, Center for
Latin America, the Caribbean and the Horn of Africa, Education
Development Center

Public Health in Latin America
"Honduran Health Alliance: Blending Community-Oriented Primary Care with
Public Health in Rural Honduras", Bonzo Reddick, MD, Clinical
Instructor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina
- Chapel Hill
"Stemming the Rise of Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Amazon", Betsy Fuller
Matambanadzo., Program Director, Child Family Health International
"Making Mental Health a Priority in Belize", Cheryl Killion, PhD, RN,
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University
"Emphasis on Empowerment: The Evolution of a Flexible Approach for
Improving Maternal and Child Health", Kristen Kanerva Richards, RN, and
Mary Fifield, Executive Director, Global Pediatric Alliance

Health Care in the Caribbean
"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti", Ian Rawson, Hopital
Albert Schweitzer Haiti
"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane
Plantations", Ulrick Gaillard, JD, CEO, Batey Relief Alliance
"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New Eyesight)--Building on
a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care Collaboration in the
Caribbean", Kevin Treacy, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's
Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical
School-Duluth
"Title To Be Announced", Ken Onu, MD

Health Care in Uganda
"The Impact of Health Care Costs on Household Spending in Uganda",
William Herrin, MA, PhD, Senior Economist, Federal Housing Finance
Board; Professor of Economics, University of the Pacific
"A South-South Strategy to Achieve 'Health for All' in Uganda: Building
human resource capacity to implement the Ugandan National Minimum Health
Care Package (UNMCHP)", Marion Billings, MSc, Executive Director, Global
Health Through Education, Training and Service

Healthcare in Thailand
"Reproductive Health Knowledge and Gender Equality in a Thai Ethnic
Minority: Revelations and Reflections", Romeo Arca Jr, MA, Senior
Program Officer, Asia Regional Office, Planned Parenthood Federation of
America-International
"HIV Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Behavior Among Migrant Workers
Living on the Thai-Burma Border", Meghan Gallagher, MPH
"Cultural and Behavioral Precursors to "Severe" Malaria on the Thai -
Myanmar Border", Peter Kundstadter, PhD, University of California, San
Francisco (retired)
"Prevalence of Refractive Error in a Refugee Population in Thailand",
Alex Ilechie, OD, Department of Optometry, Faculty of Science,
University of Cape Coast

Healthcare In Vietnam
"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future", Peter A. Singer, MD,
Chairman, East Meets West Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of
Southern California
"To Save Newborn Lives", Quynh Kieu, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of
Pediatrics, University of California at Irvine
"Title To Be Announced", Daniel Schainholz, MD

Public Health in Eastern Europe
"The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care
Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine", William Selezinka, MD,
Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD

GLOBAL EYE CARE - SESSIONS

Vision2020: Needs, Challenges, and Solutions
"Title To Be Announced", Gullapalli N. Rao, MD, President, International
Agency for the Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye
Health, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
"Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana", James Afful
Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs", Seth
Wanye, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India", Ajit Sinha, MBBS,
Founder and Director, AB Eye Institute; Former President, All India
Ophthalmological Society

Leprosy: The Disease, Ocular Effects, and Rehabilitation
"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy", David M. Scollard, MD, PhD,
Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Louisiana
State University
"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study", Ebenezer
Daniel, M.B.B.S.M.S.D.O.M.P.H.M.A.M.S, Division of Ocular Immunology,
Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India", Robert A. Chase, MD, Emile Holman
Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Leprosy & HIV/AIDS: History Repeats", Betsy Fuller Matambanadzo,
Program Director, Child Family Health International

Eye Care in the Developing World
"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation in Education in the
Developing World", Jay Enoch, OD, PhD, Professor of the Graduate School;
Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, Berkeley School of Optometry
"Improving Surgical Eye Care in Ecuador: Corneal Transplantation,
Cataract and Pterygium Surgery", Ronald N. Gaster, MD, Adjunct
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, Irvine
Unite For Sight Worldwide: A Film and Discussion With Eye Clinics Worldwide

Examining Needs and Solutions in International Eye Care
"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function", Bruce Spivey, MD,
President, International Council of Ophthalmology
"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A
Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide",
Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, President International Council of
Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye Institute,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
"Eye Care in Ghana, the Challenges and the Way Forward", Thomas Tontie
Baah, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
"Achieving Vision2020 Targets In The Midst of Poverty - Experience >From
The Bawku Eyecare Program in Ghana", Michael Ekuoba Gyasi, MD,
Ophthalmologist and Director of the Bawku Eye Care Program, Ghana

Globalization of Community Ophthalmology
"Continental Diversities in Community Ophthalmology", Satyajit Sinha,
MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency", Harry S.
Brown, MD, Founder and President, SEE International
"The Globalization of Ophthalmology", Dunbar Hoskins, MD, Executive
Director, American Academy of Ophthalmology

Himalayan Cataract Project; Repeats Every 1 Hour
"Himalayan Cataract Project", National Geographic Film

Cornea Transplants in the Developed and Developing World
"Advances in Cornea Transplantation", Shachar Tauber, MD, Director of
Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of
Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics
"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana", James Clarke, MD,
Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
"Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact and Therapeutic
Challenges", Stephen McLeod, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD
Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of
Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
"A Safe and Inexpensive Artificial Cornea for the Developing World? The
Boston Initiative", Claes H. Dohlman, MD, PhD, Professor of
Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School - Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute

Eye Care in Post Conflict Settings
"Mission Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African Mission Eye
Clinic", Cathy Schanzer, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon,
Southern Eye Associates
"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia, West
Africa", Glenn Strauss, MD, Vice President of International Health Care
and Programs, Mercy Ships International
"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda", Egide Gisagara, Medical
Student, National University of Rwanda

Eye Diseases of Artists
"Eye Disease and Art", Michael Marmor, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology,
Stanford University

Assistive Technology for Developing Countries
"Title To Be Announced", Ralf Hotchkiss, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and
Principal Instructor, Whirlwind Wheelchair International
"Operation Catalyst: Action Research Concerning The Use of Assistive
Technology To Increase Independence and Improve Attitudes Toward
Disability in Developing Countries", Emily Moore, PhD, Adjunct
Professor, Sociology, San Diego State University

The Interface Between Research and Communities
"One Earth: The Interface Between Biomedical Research and Communities",
Anna Cooper., MPH Candidate, University of Rochester School of Public Health
"RPE Transplantation in Macular Degeneration", Boris Stanzel, MD,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford
University School of Medicine
"Patterned Scanning Laser Photocoagulation: a New Approach to Retinal
Treatment", Yannis Paulus, MD Candidate, Stanford University

The Retina: Research For Developed and Developing Countries
"Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract Surgery", Pooja Sinha, MBBS,
Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"Statins and Diabetic Retinopathy: A Study in Patna, India", Rajen
Desai, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity",
William Good, MD
"Inheritance of Blinding Disease: Pathways to the Cause of Glaucoma and
Macular Degeneration", R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of
Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center

The Aravind Model of Eye Care in India
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye
Care System", Pavithra Krishnan, Filmmaker
"Beyond Screening Camps in Southern India/Telemedicine-Assisted Vision
Centers: Aravind's New Rural Community Eyecare Strategy", Christine
Melton, MD, MS, Friends of Aravind Association

Corneas and Artificial Corneas
"Histology of the Eye", Pat Cross, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for
Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine
"Biominetic Artificial Cornea", Christopher Ta, MD, Assistant Professor
of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

Visioning Tibet
"Visioning Tibet", Mark Lieberman, MD, Founder and Medical Director,
Tibet Vision Project

Providing Eye Care Where There Was None
"Examining Glaucoma at Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana", Sally Ong, BS
Candidate, Duke University
"Remote Eye Care in the Himalayas", Vinay Yagnik, BS Candidate,
University of California at Berkeley

Ophthalmic Training in Developing Countries
"To Visit or to Stay?" That is the question! Ophthalmic Education at
King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital and aboard the Orbis DC-Flying Eye
Hospital", Rosalind Stevens, Professor of Surgery (Ophthalmology),
Dartmouth Medical School
"Principles in Training for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Care
in Developing Countries", T. Otis Paul, MD, Oakland's Children Hospital

Lions Club and Eye Care
"Special Olympics Lions Clubs International Opening Eyes - A Model For
Increasing Access to Eye Care Through Education and Screening", Sandy
Block, OD, MEd, Illinois College of Optometry
"Glaucoma and Volunteerism", Roger Martin, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma
Screening Activist

Perspectives on Eye Care in India
"Eye Care in Chennai, India", Pradeep Mettu, MD Candidate, University of
Kentucky College of Medicine
"Unite For Sight in Patna, India", Kristin Ow

Cataracts in India
"World Bank-Assisted Cataract Blindness Control Project in India",
Eirini Iliaki, MD, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health
"Title To Be Announced", Muralidharan Krishnamurthy, President, Sankara
Eye Foundation

Building Sustainable Eye Programs
"Leadership Development For Blindness Prevention: Building Programs That
Deliver Results", Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health
"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global
Resource", Kovin Naidoo, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director International
Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa

Technology For Eye Care
"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction; New Appropriate
Technology and Clinical Methodology", Ian Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH,
Founding President, InFOCUS
"Low Cost Lenses and Instruments For Eye Camps", Rizvi Rawoof, Ed in B
Mgmt, MBA, FBIM, Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka

A New Vision For The Future, Eye Health Integration: A Federal, State,
and Organization Perspective
"Eye Health Integration; "A New Vision For The Future"", Michael R.
Duenas, OD, Health Scientist/Project Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation and National
Vision Program; Christopher Maylahn, MPH, Epidemiologist, Chronic
Disease Division of New York State Department of Health; Jeff Todd, JD,
Vice President Programs and Public Health, Prevent Blindness America

Nutrition and Eye Care
"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and
Mitochondria", Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of
Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surge
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts", Heskel Haddad,
MD, New York Medical College

Eye Care Services: Dilemmas and Successes
"Title To Be Announced", Satya B. Verma, OD, Pennsylvania College of
Optometry
"Title To Be Announced", Mohammed Kabir, Optometrist, Kumasi School of
Optometry, Ghana
"Eye Care Services to Malnourished Tribal Children in Tribal Belt of
Western Part of India: A Success Story of an NGO", Nagesh S. Tekale,
PhD, President, Navdrushti
"Mobilizing a Profession Toward Philanthropic Giving: The Patient Giving
Program To End Global Refractive Error", Pamela Capaldi, Director of
Operations and Development, Optometry Giving Sight

Eyes and Infectious Disease: Combatting River Blindness
"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future Control/Elimination
Strategies", Moses Katabarwa, BSc, MPH, MA, PhD, Program Epidemiologist,
River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs,
Carter Center
"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs", Ken Gustavsen,
Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co, Inc
"The Strategic Reorganization of Community-Directed Treatment with
Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra Leone",
Mustapha Sonnie, Eye Care Technician, Sierra Leone, Helen Keller
International
"Using the Successful Onchocerciasis Control Program Model for Planning
and Implementing Vision 2020 Initiatives", Jeffrey Watson, , MS,
Director of Overseas Operations, Christian Blind Mission International - USA

Strategies For Community Eye Health
"Eye Care in India: A Bird's Eye View", Vasudev Kanade, MD, St.
Raphael's Hospital
"Unite For Sight in Chennai, India", T. Senthil, MBBS, Consulting
Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India
"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience", Jasvir Grewal, MD,
Ophthalmologist, UK
"Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with ORBIS", Gordon
Douglas, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International

GLAUCOMA SYMPOSIUM

Glaucoma in Ghana
"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know", Donald
Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public
Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana", Peter Egbert,
MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology

Glaucoma Research
"Title To Be Announced", Syril Dorairaj, MD, Glaucoma Service at New
York Eye & Ear Infirmary
"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems Analysis
of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data", Val Shestopalov, PhD, Assistant
Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute

Making A Difference in Glaucoma
"Caring For Glaucoma Globally: Five Important Issues", M. Roy Wilson,
MD, MS, Chancellor, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences
Center
"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management", Andrew Iwach, MD, Glaucoma
Research & Education Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Secretary
for Communications
"Screening for Glaucoma Among a Predominantly Mexican American Urban
Population", William Sponsel, MD, Professor, UTHSCSA, San Antonio, Texas
"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program: How Do You Make a Difference in
Glaucoma?", Richard Wilson, MD, Gaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital

Glaucoma in the Developing World
"Title To Be Announced", Alan Robin, MD, Associate Professor of
Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing World?",
Kuldev Singh, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Glaucoma
Service, Stanford University
"Title To Be Announced", Bradford Lee, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford
University