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WAEH Projects

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​​WAEH is pleased to announce its sponsored projects aimed at improving eye care around the world. These are the following projects: 1. Assessing Evidence-based Management Practices and variations within WAEH member hospitals. This project was submitted by The Maastricht University Clinic for...

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Oriel celebrates breaking ground milestone

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News from our full member the Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust A special breaking ground celebration has been held today (Tuesday 11 July) to mark the start of construction to build Oriel, a new eye care, research and education centre in Camden. The integrated centre will be the...

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Patient perspective: Georgia Hall

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Georgia Hall was diagnosed and treated for choroidal melanoma in 2021 at Sydney Eye Hospital when she was 31 years old. She successfully received eye sparing plaque radiation therapy and now follows a rigorous scanning protocol at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre.  She is passionate about sharing...

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Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital: new full WAEH Member

A warm welcome to the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital from Pakistan as a full member of the WAEH! Al-Shifa Trust was established in 1985. It is a non-governmental, non-political, charitable organization. The board of trustees comprises retired service men, businessmen, bureaucrats and professionals. The...

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LV Prasad Eye Institute: new full WAEH Member

A warm welcome to the LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) from India as a full member of the WAEH! Established in 1987, LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness, is a comprehensive eye health facility. LVPEI’s mission is to...

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Bridging the Gap

News from our full member the Wilmer Eye Institute – Johns Hopkins Working with CASA and the Maryland Optometric Association, Bryce St. Clair, OD, FAAO has established a single point of service for immigrants and refugees in the Baltimore community to receive essential eye care.  More...

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Newsletter Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins

Dear friends and colleagues, A multi-center effort harnesses AI to develop a model for sustained drug delivery in the eye. A team of talented clinicians pools their expertise to address a particularly complex case. An intrepid optometrist partners with a community-based organization to provide...

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Consultation hour WAEH Members

Want to know more about the WAEH and meet your fellow-members? Join the WAEH Consultation hour! This consultation hour is especially for WAEH members to get to know the WAEH a bit better. During this consultation hour, you can pop up all your questions about the WAEH activities like the WAEH Annual...

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WAEH Newsletter – April 2023

17th Annual Meeting – Invitation Dear all, The WAEH 17th Annual Meeting is coming up from Tuesday October the 10th till Saturday October the 14th! The 17th Annual Meeting will be hosted by the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital from Melbourne, Australia, and the Sydney Eye Hospital...

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Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital: new full WAEH member

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The Beirut Eye & ENT Specialist Hospital (BESH) is the reference eye specialty hospital in the Middle East that aspires to provide excellence in both medical and surgical eye care while operating in line with the highest international standards.  In 2022 BESH accommodated over 5,500 surgeries...

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News from Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins

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Arevalo Receives Alvaro Rodriguez Medal Congratulations to J. Fernando Arevalo, M.D., Ph.D., the Edmund F. and Virginia Ball Professor of Ophthalmology, on receiving the 2023 Alvaro Rodriguez Medal in Bogata, Colombia Jan. 21. Dr. Avevalo gave the accompanying lecture, “From Hypotheses to Clinical...

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Invitation from AIER during ARVO

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This invitation is included on the website on behalf of Mr. Li LI, CEO and co-founder of AIER Eye Hospital Group, board member of WAEH. On behalf of AIER Eye Hospital Group, we cordially invite you to join us for the AIER Alumni and Friends Party, which will be held on 25 April 2023,...

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Book Launch Treatment of Dry Eye

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News from Aier – Full Member of the WAEH The English version of Treatment of Dry Eye is the first joint-work book by Aier China mainland and Aier Southeast Asia, now it has officially published internationally!  The Chinese version was first written by Prof. Qingyan ZENG, vice president of...

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Community of Practice – Human Resources 

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Are you a Human Resources professional and working in an eyehospital? Join the Communities of Practice about Human Resources. This is a meet up via zoom of one hour in which we share ideas, brainstorm about any topics related to Human Resources. Members: Human Resources professionals working in eyehospitals...

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Research news from Wilmer Eye – Johns Hopkins

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Deep Learning Models May Help Identify Visual Field Worsening A study by Jithin Yohannan, M.D., M.P.H.; Jasdeep Sabharwal, M.D., Ph.D.; Chris Bradley, Ph.D.; Pradeep Ramulu, M.D., Ph.D., the Sheila K. West Professor of Ophthalmology and colleagues demonstrated that a deep learning model trained...

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Newsletter Wills Eye – Full Member of the WAEH

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Read more about the Wills Eye, in the newsletter below: Eye Level – Winter 2023 Welcome to the Winter 2023 edition of Eye Level! We hope you enjoy reading about all of the wonderful people and meaningful stories that are coming out of Wills Eye Hospital.  Your generosity is enabling...

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Happy 39th Anniversary to our full member JEC

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To all JEC Doctors, management and staffs, it is a pleasure to wish JEC a Happy 39th Anniversary. Success comes with strong determination and with great hard work, which is what we see for sure in JEC. We wish you many more years of innovations and accomplishments! Once again, Happy 39th&nb...

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2022 Wilmer Annual Report

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The eye, which is more easily accessible than organs shielded by skin and muscle, often reveals insights into a patient’s overall state of health. The Wilmer Eye Institute’s Annual Report details stories of lifesaving discoveries, innovative educational initiatives, and groundbreaking research that...

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WAEH – Deadline Projects January 2023

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REMINDER: Call for Projects Interested in funding for a project? The WAEH can finance two to three projects per year with 7.500,- euro. You can use the following WAEH project format to send in your project proposal: WAEH project proposal.Round 1 – Deadline 31 January 2023– Incoming...

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Saving lives, eyes and vision through education

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Eye cancer is a terrible disease and there are not enough ocular oncologists in the world. Training takes time and money. The Victoria Cohen Eye Cancer Charitable Trust provides scholarships to support aspiring ocular oncologists through their training and education. The deadline for applications...

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The Year That Was

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Dear friends and colleagues, 2022 saw us able to resume many in-person activities, including WRA Day, the Wilmer Research Meeting and the Annual Technician Course. We also had the option of attending, in person, events that included AAO and ARVO. We launched the rising professorships program to...

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Call for projects – Information Session

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Looking for funding for your project and want to brainstorm project ideas, international cooperation with other eye hospitals  and the WAEH format? Register now for the information session on 16 January 2023!  In the last few years the WAEH has funded several projects, like the Patient Eye Drop...

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Call for Projects

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Interested in funding for a project? The WAEH can finance two to three projects per year with 7.500,- euro. You can use the following WAEH project format to send in your project proposal: WAEH project proposal.Round 1 – Deadline 31 January 2023– Incoming proposals reviewed by board in February...

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