Board Members

Founder
Jerre Freeman, MD
Dr. Jerre Minor Freeman, a lifelong Memphian, has been in private practice since 1968, specializing in cataract surgery, intraocular lens implant surgery, laser vision correction surgery and other surgical procedures. He holds over 20 patents for lens implants and surgical instruments and is the designer of the Punctum Plug, a surgical insert to help correct dry eyes.
Before receiving his Medical Degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Dr. Freeman received engineering training from Auburn University and served as a pilot with the U.S. Navy. He had two Fellowships, including the Heed Fellowship, at Harvard Medical School and trained in intraocular lens implantation in the Netherlands. A clinical professor of ophthalmology at the University of Tennessee, Memphis, Dr. Freeman has served on the boards of numerous medical and eye organizations and journals. He is a past president of the Memphis Medical Society and a past president of the American Board of Eye Surgery (ABES). Dr. Freeman is also Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.
In 1978 Dr. Freeman founded the World Cataract Foundation and remains a driving force in the vision and growth of the WCF. Since 1970 he has been leading medical mission teams around the world to provide life-changing sight-restoring surgeries to the poor.
Dr. Freeman is internationally known as a speaker, author, inventor and surgeon.
Board of Directors

President, Gib Wilson
Lehman-Roberts Co.
Vice President, Richard Myers
Attorney, Glankler Brown
Treasurer, David Cuicchi, CPA
Cannon and Company, CPA’s
Secretary, Nikki McVean
Community Volunteer
Past President, Pat Beech
Owner/Broker, Arlena Enos. Realtor
Past President, Raleigh Crawford
McVean Trading & Investments, LLC
Noble Crigler
Low income Apartment Developer
James Christian Fleming, MD
FACS Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Hamilton Eye Institute,
University of Tennessee
John Freeman, MD
Memphis Eye & Cataract Associates
Kimberly Freeman, MD
Community Volunteer
Past President, Richard Grant
Retired Navy Captain
Former Commanding Officer
Naval Air Station, Memphis
Robert Lineberry
Leadership Developer
Decision-Strategy
Sandra Morris
Public Relations Executive/Philanthropist
Dow McVean
McVean Trading & Investments, LLC
Richard Myers
Attorney, Apperson and Crump
Patricia A. Sherman, MSN, RN
President, Unity Hospice Care
Nancy Wilson
St. Mary’s Episcopal School
Director Emeritus

Staff

Thomas C. Gettelfinger, MD.
Thomas C. Gettelfinger, MD.
Memphis Eye and Cataract Associates
K.C. Lam, CLU, ChFC, CFP
Financial Planning Group
John T. Van Dyck III, MD, FACS
Retired Ophthalmologist
Cristy Beech
Executive Director
Lori Hudson
Executive Director
Advisory Directors

Pan Awsumb
Past Executive Director, WCF
Living Waters for the World
Idelwild Presbyterian Church
Lawrence Madlock, MD
Past President, WCF
Memphis VA Medical Center
University of Tennessee
Medical Center
Williams C. Johns, DPh
Retired, Peoples Custom RX
Gerald Marshall
Past President, WCF
The Yiyang Company
International Advisory Board Members

Alfredo Amigo, MD
Tenerife, Spain
Gary Jerkins, MD
Ukraine
Mounir Kahlifa, MD
Tanta, Egypt
Meng Yogan, MD
Xi'an, China
Ariel Ramirez, MD
Acapulco, Mexico
Juan Carlos Carrera Sanchez, MD
Mexico City, Mexico
Shi Yu Ying, MD
Beijing, China