Celebrating 50 years of service
Medical Personnel Exchange Program
<p class="font_8">Drs. Rachele Amedee and Osnel Milon, ophthalmologists from Port au Prince, Haiti participated in the WCF Medical Personnel Exchange Program earlier this year. They each spent two months in Memphis observing local ophthalmologists, the teamwork approach to sugery and clinic management. One of the highlights of the program is time spent with Dr. Ivan Marais in the</p>
<p class="font_8">Skills Transfer Center at Hamilton Eye Institute. The doctors are invited to use the cataract surgical simulators, indirect ophthalmoscope simulator and cataract traiing dry/lab kit. The computer-based surgical simulator offers different surgical scenarios, provides immediate feedback and tracks their progress while here.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Their schedules are uniquely created to highlight their invidual interests. Observations are arranged with specialists in their subspecialty fields of interest.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Dr. Carl Dumas was our first visiting ophthalmologist from Haiti in early 2015. He arrived in Memphis recently to begin a two week "tune up." WCF is delighted to welcome Dr. Dumas back to Memphis.</p>
<p class="font_8">Drs. Rachele Amedee and Osnel Milon, ophthalmologists from Port au Prince, Haiti participated in the WCF Medical Personnel Exchange Program earlier this year. They each spent two months in Memphis observing local ophthalmologists, the teamwork approach to sugery and clinic management. One of the highlights of the program is time spent with Dr. Ivan Marais in the</p>
<p class="font_8">Skills Transfer Center at Hamilton Eye Institute. The doctors are invited to use the cataract surgical simulators, indirect ophthalmoscope simulator and cataract traiing dry/lab kit. The computer-based surgical simulator offers different surgical scenarios, provides immediate feedback and tracks their progress while here.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Their schedules are uniquely created to highlight their invidual interests. Observations are arranged with specialists in their subspecialty fields of interest.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Dr. Carl Dumas was our first visiting ophthalmologist from Haiti in early 2015. He arrived in Memphis recently to begin a two week "tune up." WCF is delighted to welcome Dr. Dumas back to Memphis.</p>