Hawaiian Eye Foundation News: Blog

Hawai’i Eye Campaign 2019: Free Cataract Surgery for Hawai’i’s patients in need

Hawai’i Eye Campaign 2019: Free Cataract Surgery for Hawai’i’s patients in need

Cataract Days III, free cataract eye surgery for Hawaii’s patients in need, is scheduled for March 11, 2019. Exams and clearance appointments will be scheduled prior to this date for qualifying… Read More

July 2018 Palau Mission with Mission Director Dr. Jeff Rutgard

For the 1st two weeks of July, HEF’s Mission Director Dr. Jeff Rutgard and assistant Corinne Spencer, paired up again for HEF’s annual mission to Koror. For nearly a decade,… Read More

St. Vincent & Dr. Brett Bielory Phaco Surgeries in August 2018

HEF has been asked to help with the backlog of cataract patients in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), and to teach phaco techniques to local surgeons. Dr. Brett Bielory… Read More

MSICS Training Mission – Dominican Republic

Our missions to Los Llanos, about an hour outside of Santo Domingo, are fueled by the passion of our local host, Ms. Olga Canto. The hospitality and hard work of… Read More

Inaugural Training Mission at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital (KSFH) in Cambodia, A Huge Success!

Our inaugural training mission at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital (KSFH) in Cambodia was a huge success! HEF was honored to work with Dr. Ngy Meng, Director of KSFH and Chairman of the National… Read More

Dr. Jeff Rutgard and ED Darrah Kauhane join Dr. Geoffrey Tabin and The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) in Arba Minch, Ethiopia

In mid-August 2018, Dr. Jeff Rutgard and ED Darrah Kauhane were invited to join Dr. Geoffrey Tabin and The Himalayan Cataract Project (HCP) in Arba Minch, Ethiopia. Those familiar with… Read More

Hawaiian Eye Foundation Volunteer Surgeons Train Eye Doctors in Cambodia

From KITV — HONOLULU, Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Highly trained and valuably skilled ophthalmologists from across the U.S., Canada, England and Asia joined together to form a 27-member volunteer team that traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this month…. Read More

Inaugural Cambodia Eye Training Meeting October 2018

Novartis announces winners of 2018 eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award!

We are so proud to announce that the Hawaiian Eye Foundation was selected as 1 of 5 awardees for the coveted XOVA grant by Novartis! At the 2018 EURETINA conference on September 20th, the… Read More

13th Annual Taveuni Eye Project (TEP), Fiji 2018

68 surgeries were performed in 10 days by Dr. Jeff Rutgard and Dr. Federico Rupil as part of the 13th annual Taveuni Eye Project (TEP). The TEP was started by… Read More


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