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Abstract Categories:

1. International Medicine and International Health
2. Public Health
3. Eye Care
   
4. Scientific and Medical Research
5. Advocacy and Health Policy
6. Social innovation and entrepreneurship
7. International Development
   

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When: April 14-15, 2007
Where: Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA
Theme: "Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices To Achieve Global Goals"
Who should attend?Anyone interested in eye care, international health, medicine, health education, health promotion, public health, international service, nonprofits, or microenterprise
Conference Goal: To exchange ideas across disciplines about best practices in public health, medicine and research, and international health and development.  Conference topics range from "The Right to Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America" and "Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World" to "Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella" and "Once I Was Blind....The Challenges of Eye Care in Ghana"

• Join over 1,500 leaders, doctors, professionals, and students from 5 continents
• More than 150 speakers about eye care, public health, international development, entrepreneurship, microfinance, policy and advocacy, bioethics, and medicine
• Exchange ideas about best practices to achieve global goals in health and development

Confirmed Speakers in Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy Sessions
Confirmed Speakers in Global Eye Care and Research Sessions

Global Health, International Development, Public Health, Medicine, Health Policy and Advocacy

Nancy Aossey, President and CEO, International Medical Corps
"Project ECHO: Telemedicine Extension For Community Healthcare Outcomes," Sanjeev Arora, MD, Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
"Infectious Diseases and Human Rights: Making Research Matter," Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
"Social Investing and Entrepreneurship in the Business of International Development," Philip Berber, Founders, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH, Senior Lecturer, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine
"Insecticide-Treated Bednets in Mass Disease Control and Elimination Campaigns," Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases, Stanford School of Medicine
"Health Care in Georgia," Trish Blair, MD, President, A Call To Serve International
"Antiretroviral Drugs and Issues of Drug Access and Quality in the Developing World," Terry Blaschke, MD, Professor of Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University
"Critical Health Issues in the 21st Century," Susan Blumenthal, MD, MPA, Former US Assistant Surgeon General, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown School of Medicine and Tufts University Medical Center
"Implementation of Adolescent Sexual Health Education in El Salvador," Gabriel Brat, MD Candidate, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Creating a Rural Learning Environment in a Rural School in South India," Mason Byles, former executive at Hewlett Packard
"The Right To Health: Towards Social Inclusion and Universal Health Care in Latin America," Arachu Castro, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Social Medicine; Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Harvard School of Medicine
"Leprosy Rehabilitation in India," Robert A. Chase, MD, Emile Holman Professor of Surgery Emeritus, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Global Progress in Preventing the Burden of Blindness and Other Diseases Caused by Measles and Rubella," Stephen L. Cochi, MD, MPH, Senior Advisor, Global Immunization Division, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alex Counts, President and CEO, Grameen Foundation USA
"Passing on the Gift: Heifer's Approach to Sustainable Development and Program Expansion," Jim DeVries, MD, Senior Vice President of Programs, Heifer International
"Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South Asian Immigrants: Apo A-I Gene Mutations," Sunita Dodani, MD, MS, FCPS, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh
Kamran Elahian, MS, Chairman, Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Partners; Co-Founder, Global Catalyst Foundation and Schools Online
"Public Private Partnerships to Advance Technologies for Neglected Disease," Christopher Elias, MD, MPH, President of PATH 
"The Ground Meat Parable: Real-Life Lessons From Africa For International Volunteers," Valda Ford, MPH, MS, RN, Director, Community and Multicultural Affairs, University of Nebraska Medical Center
"The Dominican Bateyes: Humanitarian Crisis on the Sugar Cane Plantations," Ulrick Gaillard, JD, CEO of Batey Relief Alliance
"Advocacy and Community Health," Gabriel Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean of Medical School Admissions, Stanford University School of Medicine
"With Women Worldwide: Sexual and Reproductive Rights and Health to End HIV/AIDS," Adrienne Germain, President, International Women's Health Coalition
"Hold Your Breath: Cultural Competency," Maren Grainger-Monsen, MD, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Biomedical Ethics, Stanford School of Medicine
"The War on AIDS - Integration Equals Impact," George Guimaraes, President and CEO, Project Concern International
"HIV/AIDS in China," Jessica Haberer, MD, Research Advisor, Clinton Foundation
Lee Hall, MD, PhD, Chief, Parasitology and International Programs Branch, NIAID Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
"Health As If People Mattered: Development With A Human Face," John Hammock, PhD, The Alexander N. McFarlane Associate Professor of Public Policy, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Former Executive Director, Oxfam America; former Executive Director, ACCION International; Founder and Former Director, Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University; Consultant, Women's World Banking and USAID
"Fair Trade and the Dignity of Work in Rural African Communities," Lindsay M. Harris, Managing Director, A Bridge for Africa Foundation
Polly F Harrison, PhD, Director, Alliance for Microbicide Development
"Interplast:  Using Innovative Technology to Improve Surgical Care in Developing Countries," Susan Hayes, President and CEO, Interplast
"Dilemmas in Public Health," David Heymann, MD, MPH, Former Executive Director for Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization
Ralf Hotchkiss, PhD, Co-Founder, Chief Engineer and Principal Instructor, Whirlwind Wheelchair International
Amreen Husain, MD, Assistant Professor of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University
Roy Jacobstein, MD, MPH, Medical Director, EngenderHealth; Director, ACQUIRE Project
Evaleen Jones, MD, Founder, President and Medical Director, Child Family Health International; Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine
Judith Justice, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology and Health Policy in Residence, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
"The HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Community Response, and Disease Specific Activism," David Katzenstein, MD, Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Pediatric AIDS: Worlds Apart," Mark W. Kline, MD, President, Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative; Professor of Pediatrics and Head, Section of Retrovirology, Baylor College of Medicine
"Addressing the Reproductive Health of Women and Girls Displaced by Conflict and Natural Disasters," Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Beyond Firewood: Fuel Alternatives and Protection Strategies for Displaced Women and Girls," Sandra Krause, MPH, BSN, Reproductive Health Project Director, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
"Partnerships in Public Health," Jacob Kumaresan, MD, MPH, Dr.PH, President, International Trachoma Initiative
"Healing Through Laughter - An Innovative Psychosocial Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Southern Africa," Jamie Mclaren Lachman, Project Njabulo Director, Clowns Without Borders
"Trends and Successes of the Global AIDS Epidemic," Peter R. Lamptey, MD, DrPH, President, Family Health International Institute for HIV/AIDS
"Women and Health," Ana Langer, MD, President and CEO, EngenderHealth
"Global Food Systems: Does How We Eat Threaten Food Security For Low-Income Countries?" Robert S. Lawrence, MD, Edyth H. Schoenrich Professor of Preventive Medicine and Associate Dean for Professional Practice and Programs; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"An Effective Model of Rural Microfinance," Brian Lehnen, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Village Enterprise Fund
Fiona Macaulay, President, Making Cents International
Jane Maxwell, Editor, Hesperian Foundation
Carol Medlin, PhD, MPA, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
"Solar Cooking and Solar Water Pasteurization - Addressing Two Basic Needs in Developing Countries," Robert Metcalf, PhD, Professor Biological Sciences, California State University, Sacramento; Treasurer, Solar Cookers International
John McGoldrick, Executive Vice President, Bristol-Myers Squibb
"Is Women's Health A Human Right?" Mini Murthy, MD, MPH, MS, Assistant Professor of Practice,New York Medical College School of Public Health
"The Emergence of a New Type of Physician: Lessons Learned From International Experiences," Andre-Jacques Neusy, MD, DTM&H, Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Center for Global Health, New York University School of Medicine
"Innovations in Global Health Education," Thomas Novotny, MD, MPH, Director of International Programs; Professor in Residence, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF School of Medicine
"From Strong Innovative Programs to Strong Innovative Organizations," Bjorg Palsdottir, MPA, Consultant, Co-Founder and Associate Director of the Center for Global Health at New York University
"The Polio Eradication Partnership: A Model For Public-Private Partnership," Carol Pandak, Manager, Division of PolioPlus, The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
"Exploring Reproductive and Sexual Health With Liberian Refugee Women," Rena Patel, MPhil, BA, MD Candidate, Stanford School of Medicine
"Growing Big Babies: A Positive Deviance Approach to Nutritional Support for Pregnant Women in the Republic of Guinea," Jennifer Peterson, Country Director, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Helen Keller International
Philip Pizzo, MD, Dean of Stanford University School of Medicine
Jonathan D. Quick, MD, MPH, President & Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health
"Delivering HIV Prevention and Care Services to Rural African Villages Through Christian and Muslim Religious Groups," William W. Rankin, PhD, President, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
Farshad Rastegar, MD, President and CEO, Relief International
"Addressing the Root Causes of Disease in Haiti," Ian Rawson, Hopital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
William Reese, President and CEO, International Youth Foundation
"To Replant the Uprooted: Toward A Shared Vision of Health Communities," George Rupp, PhD, President and CEO, International Rescue Committee
"Love, Labor, Loss: A Film on Obstetric Fistula," Lisa Russell, MPH, Filmmaker
"Education in Africa: Foreign Aid to the Rescue?" Joel Samoff, Consulting Professor, Center for African Studies, Stanford University
Harshad Sanghvi, MD, Medical Director, Maternal and Neonatal Health Program, JHPIEGO
Scott Sasser, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
Karen Sendelback, President and CEO, Friends of the World Food Program
"Ensuring Equitable Access to Skilled Maternity Care" Jill Sheffield, President, Family Care International
Robert David Siegel, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Program in Human Biology, and Center for African Studies, Stanford University
Lilit Simonyan, MPA Candidate; Founder, Former CEO, International Director, Stepanavan Youth Center NGO Armenia
"Medicine in Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future," Peter A. Singer, MD, Chairman, East Meets West Foundation; Professor of Clinical Medicine, Chief, Clinical Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
"Basic Pathology and Immunology of Leprosy," David M. Scollard, MD, PhD, Chief, Research Pathology, National Hansen's Disease Programs, Louisiana State University
Cathy Skoula, Executive Director, Action Against Hunger-USA
"Travel Medicine: Preparing For A Trip & Evaluating The Ill Returned Traveler," D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
"Jade Ribbon Campaign: Uniting the World To Eliminate Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer," Samuel So, MD, Lui Hac Minh Professor of Surgery; Director, Asian Liver Center; Director, Liver Cancer Program, Stanford University School of Medicine
Jim Smith, Executive Director, American International Health Alliance Inc
Jessie Stone, MD, Director, Soft Power Heath, Uganda
James Toole, PhD, President, Compass Institute; Professor, School of Social Work, College of Human Ecology, University of Minnesota
"Global HIV Prevention From Mother to Child: Challenges for Low Resource Settings," Landry Tsague, MD, William H. Foege Fellow, Department of Global Health at Emory Rollins School of Public Health
"Global Health Ethics in the New Millenium, Evolving Concepts," Anvar Velji, MD, Treasurer, Global Health Education Consortium; Chief of Infectious Disease at Kaiser Permanente, South Sacramento; Clinical Professor, University of California at Davis
"Advances and Ongoing Challenges in HIV Therapy," Paul Volberding, MD, Professor and Vice Chair, UCSF Department of Medicine; Chief, Medical Service SF Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Co-Director, UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research
"Community Programs With Vision," David Werner, PhD, Co-Founder, Director of HealthWrights; Visiting Professor, Boston University International School of Public Health; Author, "Where There Is No Doctor"
Karen White, MBA, MPH, Senior Researcher, Institute for Global Health, UCSF
"Developing A Regional School of Nursing in South Africa," Tanya Whitehead, PhD, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Elliott Wolfe, MD, Consulting Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
"Leadership of Global Health NGOs," Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, Director of Rockefeller Foundation's Program on Global Health

Global Eye Care and Research

"Logistics of Mass Drug Administration, The Case of Azithromycin For Trachoma Control," Sam Abbenyi, MS, MSc, Director, Program Planning and Analysis, International Trachoma Initiative
R. Rand Allingham, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology; Director, Glaucoma Service, Duke University Eye Center
"Eye Care in Ghana, The Challenges and Way Forward," Thomas Tontie Baah, MD, Our Lady of Grace Catholic Hospital, Ghana
"Progress Towards Affordable Vision Correction: New Appropriate Technology and Clinical Methodology," Ian B. Berger, M.D., M.P.H. Dr.PH, Founding President, InFOCUS
Tom Beggins, MD, Former Medical Director and Surgeon, Lusaka Eye Hospital, Zambia
Sandy Block, OD, Illinois College of Optometry
"Cataracts in Developing Countries: A Humanitarian Emergency," Harry S. Brown, MD, Founder and President, SEE International
"Glaucoma in Africa: What We Know and What We Need To Know," Donald Budenz, MD, MPH, Professor of Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
"Cornea Transplant Needs and Barriers in Ghana," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana
Pat Cross, PhD, Professor and Associate Dean for Medical Student Research and Scholarship, Stanford School of Medicine
"Ocular Leprosy: Results From A Seven Year Longitudinal Study," Ebenezer Daniel, M.B.B.S.M.S.D.O.M.P.H.M.A.M.S, Division of Ocular Immunology, Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicines
Osei Darkwa, PhD, MCSE, CCNA, Founder and President, Ghana Computer Literacy and Distance Education; Founder, Asante Akim Multipurpose Community Telecentre; Unite For Sight Ghana Program Coordinator
Syril Dorairaj, MD, Glaucoma Service at New York Eye & Ear Infirmary
"Sustainable Eye Care in the Developing World with ORBIS," Gordon Douglas, MD, Medical Director, Orbis International
"Eye Health Integration; 'A New Vision For The Future," Michael R. Duenas, OD, Health Scientist/Project Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Diabetes Translation and National Vision Program
"What I Have Learned About Glaucoma Management in Ghana," Peter Egbert, MD, Professor, Stanford Department of Ophthalmology
"Optometric and Ophthalmological Cooperation in Education in the Developing World," Jay Enoch, OD, PhD, Professor of the Graduate School; Dean Emeritus, School of Optometry, Berkeley School of Optometry
"International Trachoma Initiative - Public/Private Partnership To Eradicate Blinding Trachoma," Joe Feczko, MD, Vice President, Pfizer Inc., Executive Vice President, Pfizer Global Research and Development, and President, Worldwide Development
"Women and Eye Disease," Ilene Gipson, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School; Chair, Women's Eye Health Task Force Executive Committee
"A UK Ophthalmologist's India Eye Care Experience," Jasvir Grewal, MD, Ophthalmologist, UK
"Eye Health Promotion in Southern Rwanda," Egide Gisagara, Medical Student, National University of Rwanda
Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Retinopathy of Prematurity," William Good, MD
"River Blindness Control and Elimination Programs," Ken Gustavsen, Manager, Global Product Donations, Merck & Co., Inc
"Nutritional Factors in the Development of Cataracts," Heskel Haddad, MD, New York Medical College
"Globalization of Ophthalmology," Dunbar Hoskins, MD, Executive Vice President, American Academy of Ophthalmology
"Current Challenges in Glaucoma Management," Andrew Iwach, MD, Glaucoma Research & Education Group, American Academy of Ophthalmology Committee of Secretaries
Mohammed Kabir, Optometrist, Kumasi School of Optometry, Ghana
Vasudev Kanade, MD, St. Raphael's Hospital
"River Blindness Disease - Past, Present, and Future Control/Elimination," Moses Katabarwa, BSc, MPH MA, PhD, Program Epidemiologist, River Blindness, Lymphatic Filariasis, and Schistosomiasis Programs, Carter Center
Murali Krishnamurthy, President, Sankara Eye Foundation
"Infinite Vision - The Story of Dr. V(enkataswamy) and the Aravind Eye Care System," Pavithra Krishnan, Filmmaker
Bradford Lee, MSc, MD Candidate, Stanford University
"Visioning Tibet," Marc Lieberman, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Tibet Vision Project
"Eye Disease and Art," Michael Marmor, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
"Glaucoma and Volunteerism,"  Roger Martin, Allergan/Lumigan Glaucoma Screening Activist
"Corneal Blindness in the Developing World: Impact and Therapeutic Challenges," Stephen McLeod, MD, Theresa M. and Wayne M. Caygill MD Endowed Chair; Associate Professor and Interim Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco
"Beyond Screening Camps in Southern India/Telemedicine-Assisted Vision Centers: Aravind's New Rural Community Eyecare Strategy," Christine Melton, MD, Friends of Aravind Association
Eydie Miller, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
"Global Epidemiology of Childhood Blindness: Challenges for Public Health Ophthalmology," Mohammed Muhit, MD, Clinical Research Fellow, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
"Sustainability and Eye Care Programs: Development of a Global Resource," Kovin Naidoo, BSc, BOptomOD, MPH, Director International Centre for Eyecare Education in Africa
Alejandro Ramirez Magana, Director General, Cinepolis
Gullapalli N. Rao, MD, President, International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness; Distinguished Chair of Eye Health, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute
"Entrepreneurship and Ophthalmic Equipment," Rizvi Rawoof, Director, Optiquip Surgical, Sri Lanka
Hannah Reddick, Guinea Program Assistant, Helen Keller International
Alan Robin, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
"An Epidemic of Blindness in Cuba: Lessons on Nutrition and Mitochondria," Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD, Floral Thornton Chair of Vision Research, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurological Surgery, University of Southern California
"Mission Impossible: A Day in the Life of a West African Mission Eye Clinic," Cathy Schanzer, MD, Medical Director and Chief Surgeon, Southern Eye Associates, and Tom Lewis
"The Ukrainian Eye Project: A 14-Year Effort To Rehabilitate Vision Care Capabilities in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine," William Selezinka, MD, Retired Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, UCSD
"Eye Care in Chennai, India," T. Senthil, MBBS, Consulting Ophthalmologist, Uma Eye Clinic, India
Chirag Shah, MD, MPH, Wills Eye Hospital
"Identification of Pathogenic Mechanisms of Glaucoma By Systems Analysis of Diverse Types of Genome-Wide Data," Val Shestopalov, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
"Does Screening for Glaucoma Make Sense in the Developing World?" Kuldev Singh, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
"Forty Years of Community Ophthalmology in India," Ajit Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India; Former President, All India Ophthalmological Society
"Role of Retinal Evaluation in Cataract Surgery," Pooja Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"Continental Diversities in Community Ophthalmology," Satyajit Sinha, MBBS, Ophthalmologist, AB Eye Institute, Patna, India
"The Strategic Reorganization of Community Directed Treatment With Ivermectin (CDTI) in Post-Conflict Settings: The Case of Sierra Leone,"Mustapha Sonnie, Eye Care Technician, Helen Keller, Sierra Leone
"International Ophthalmology: Structure and Function," Bruce Spivey, MD, President, International Council of Ophthalmology
"Education of Ophthalmologists and Allied Eye Care Providers: A Cornerstone of Preservation and Restoration of Vision Worldwide," Bradley R. Straatsma, MD, JD, President International Council of Ophthalmology Foundation; Professor Emeritus, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
"From Enthusiasm to Effectiveness - Moving Forward in Liberia, West Africa," Glenn Strauss, MD, Vice President of International Health Care and Programs, Mercy Ships International
"Biominetic Artificial Cornea," Christopher Ta, MD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
"Advances in Cornea Transplantation," Shachar Tauber, MD, Director of Ophthalmology Research, Cornea and Refractive Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry, St. John's Hospital and Clinics
Jeff Todd, MS, JD, Vice President Programs and Public Health, Prevent Blindness America
"Project SCENE (Sister Congregations Enjoying New Eyesight)--Building on a Sister Diocese Relationship To Foster Eye Care Collaboration in the Caribbean," Kevin Treacy, MD, Chief of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's Hospital; Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth
"Eye Care Services in Northern Region, Ghana: The Role of NGOs" Seth Wanye, MD, The Eye Clinic of Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana
Jachin Williams, Community Eye Care, LV Prasad Eye Institute, India
M. Roy Wilson, MD, Chancellor, University of Colorado HSC
"The Glaucoma EyeCare Program:  How Do You Make a Difference in Glaucoma?" Richard Wilson, MD, Glaucoma Service, Wills Eye Hospital