Charity

One of the strongest motivators for choosing a career in medicine is a sense of duty to help our fellow man.

I do not like, and have never participated in, programs in which outside physicians come in with a team to cure lucky cataract patients in a low-resource country without engaging the local physicians.

Donating time to serve those in need by volunteering abroad can be a personal life-changing experience as well as a meaningful contribution to the health and social well-being of disadvantaged communities.

I made my first trip as a volunteer surgeon to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, in 1978.

The nonprofit organization Optometry Giving Sight announced it has earned a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, designating it as an official “Give with Confidence” charity.

The American Psychiatric Association Foundation has named Rawle Andrews Jr., Esq., as its executive director.

Nonprofit hospitals that bring in the highest net incomes provide disproportionately low charity care compared with lower-earning nonprofit hospitals, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Optometry Giving Sight recently announced the launch of its annual fundraising campaign, the World Sight Day Challenge.

Only 3% of charity patient assistance programs accept patients without insurance, according to a study recently published in JAMA.

Two National Eye Institute scientists were awarded grants from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation to research inherited retinal degenerations, according to a press release.