HelpMeSee is placing an Eye Surgery Simulator to the Instituto Mexicano de Oftalmología (IMO) a charitable hospital in Queretaro, Mexico dedicated to providing high-quality eye care at a low cost. Please help us support IMO and other HelpMeSee training partner…

The following is a letter from our Summer Intern MacCoy Weil will be attending American University in London as a freshman this Fall. Many thanks to MacCoy for his contributions during his time here in the HelpMeSee New York office. It is estimated that cataracts are…

Dr. Gao Weifeng was born in an impoverished rural area of Shandong Province in China. His father was a teacher and his mother was a farmer. In the rural areas of China, academic success is the only way for children to change their destiny. So, Dr. Gao studied…

How long does it take for residents to transform the knowledge they learned in the classroom to surgical skills applied in the operating room? According to the traditional training model, it takes at least 3 to 6 months of lab training and mentoring surgeries,…

When Dr. Min Gao first began studying ophthalmology, she dreamed of becoming an independent surgeon who could help restore sight to people in China. In 2006, Dr. Gao started her career working at Beijing Chaotan Hospital. By 2014, she finished her Ph.D. program. When…

Last month, HelpMeSee shipped three simulators to China – one to Beijing and two to Wenzhou Medical University. HelpMeSee Biomedical Simulator Technologist Anthony DeSantis traveled from New York to Beijing and then Wenzhou to set up the simulators, marking an…

HelpMeSee celebrates World Health Day (WHD), an annual celebration recognizing global healthcare as a fundamental human right, which was first demanded by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1948. In honor of WHO’s 70th anniversary, HelpMeSee declares our support…

One of HelpMeSee’s first partner surgeons, Dr. Bidya Prasad Pant has built a long and successful career working to eradicate blindness. From Geta Eye Hospital in Nepal, where it’s estimated he has performed over 100,000 eye surgeries, and now working with his team in…

“I do not know if blindness is a curse but sight is a miracle.” – Unknown.The Impact of Sight Innovators create to fulfill a need to make life easier, better or safer. The latter spurred HelpMeSee’s co-founder, Al Ueltschi to create FlightSafety International in…

In early 2016 HelpMeSee launched a campaign in Peru to identify pediatric cataracts and restore sight to children in need. This campaign was made possible with funding from HelpMeSee’s generous supporters and our project partner, USAID’s Childhood Blindness Prevention…