SIGHTLINES: A new video and podcast series

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 International YouTube page.

EPISODE 4: AVIATION FOR GOOD

Our guests this week are Maurice Geary and Bruce Johnson, Operations Director for the Flying Eye Hospital. Maurice and Bruce explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital and discuss the new learning models that have evolved in response to the pandemic.

Episode 4

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 and the new learning model developed by our Flying Eye Hospital team.

Episode 3

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.

Episode 2

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.

Episode 1

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.

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