SIGHTLINES: Educational Eye Health Medical Podcasts

SIGHTLINES is a new Orbis Video Podcast series hosted by our very own Dr. Hunter Cherwek, Vice President of Clinical Services. The series will discuss the global fight against blindness, how COVID-19 is impacting that fight, and how Orbis is innovating to overcome and move forward.

SIGHTLINES: A MEDICAL PODCAST THAT DISCUSSES EYE HEALTH

You can subscribe to Sightlines on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or the podcast provider of your choice. You can watch the video version below or by subscribing to the Orbis Canada YouTube page.

All episodes are now available to watch or listen.

SIGHTLINES Episode 9: The Orbis Family

In this episode, we discuss the need for connection and collaboration in the fight against preventable blindness. Nurse Sandy Burnett and pilot Captain Cheryl Pitzer join us to share their Orbis memories and their thoughts on why saving sight matters so much.
Episode 9

EPISODE 8: AI & SIMULATION: A NEW FRONTIER

In this episode, we explore how we’ve added artificial intelligence (AI) to our toolkit in the fight against global blindness, how simulation is playing a bigger role than ever, the implications of these technologies on the future of eye care, and how the next steps may or may not be influenced by current events.
Episode 8

EPISODE 7: THE NEW NORMAL IN EYE CARE

In this episode guests Dr. Umang Mathur and Dr. Rishi Raj discuss COVID's impact on eye care in India. Dr. Rahul Ali and Dr. Munir Ahmed also share how community based programs ensure care continues.
Episode 7

EPISODE 6: WOMEN CHANGING THE WORLD

Guest co-host Bulgan Orgilsaikhan returns with experts Julia Anderson, the CEO of the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health and Dr. Suzannah Bell, a clinical Research Fellow at Moorfields Eye Hospital to explore the gender disparity in eye health and discuss how women will play a critical role in the fight against global blindness.
Episode 6

EPISODE 5: UNSEEN CHALLENGES OF COVID-19

This week's co-host is Bulgan Orgilsaikhan, with guests Dr. Carlos Solarte, Dr. Marie-Josée Aubin, Carolyn Collantes, a consultant for our Latin America programs, and Elisa Urruchi, staff nurse on the Flying Eye Hospital. This episode explores the clinical implications of the delay in service resulting from COVID-19 safety measures.
Episode 5

EPISODE 4: AVIATION FOR GOOD

Our guests this week are Maurice Geary and Bruce Johnson, Operations Director for the Flying Eye Hospital. Maurice and Bruce explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital and discuss the new learning models that have evolved in response to the pandemic.
Episode 4

EPISODE 3: A NEW FLIGHT PLAN

Guests Maurice Geary, Director of the Flying Eye Hospital, and Lucia Nadaf, Country Director of Orbis Zambia, explore the impact of COVID-19 on the Flying Eye Hospital and the new learning model developed by our Flying Eye Hospital team.
Episode 3

EPISODE 2: THE ORBIS SPIRIT OF INNOVATION

Dr. Andrea Molinari, Dr. Daniel Neely, and Dr. Eugene Helveston explore how Orbis’s pioneering use of telemedicine is proving invaluable during the COVID-19 crisis and how our innovative spirit is helping us adapt on the ground.
Episode 2

EPISODE 1: TRACHOMA AND COVID-19: TACKLING INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Dr. Danny Haddad, Orbis Chief of Program, and Dr. Alemayehu Sisay, Orbis Ethiopia Country Director, discuss techniques for treating infectious diseases like Trachoma during COVID-19 restrictions.
Episode 1

SERIES TRAILER

The spirit of innovation that has defined Orbis for four decades has never been more important. Join us as we navigate the COVID-19 crisis — creating solutions that allow us to safely deliver urgent eye care in 2020 while preparing for the “new normal” of the future.
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