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Eye doctors who love God’s word
Our signature event has been our annual meeting which takes place in late July or early August each year. This event is family friendly with events for spouses and children. You'll find great fellowship, scientific lectures, a mission's day and more . . .
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First Class Medicine
Practicing our profession in a spirit of love
Founder, J. Lawton Smith never actually used the phrase "practicing first class medicine in a spirit of love", however this represents what he shared with his fellows. Striving for excellence in all things we do is important in a precise field like ophthalmology. It becomes even more important to bring glory to the one who gives us our gifts . . .
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Servant Eye Care
Following the greatest example
Matthew 20:34 states that "Jesus touched their eyes and had compassion on them. Immediately they received their sight and followed him." Our eyesight is so precious that the process of restoring it has the power to change lives. The bar is set high here for eye care providers certainly . . .
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We are passionate about Sight and Light
We believe all ophthalmologists should work hand in hand with God. For vision to occur, one needs sight and light.While ophthalmologists work on the first part, if God were to turn out the light, we're all without a job!
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Estes Park 2018
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Registration is now open for the 42nd COS annual meeting at Estes Park 2018. (July 18 - 22, 2018) Click here to register. Our annual meeting will be at the infamous YMCA Camp of the Rockies just outside of Estes Park, Colorado. Please reserve your rooms since our housing promises to be sold out. Also, please note that all 3 meals / day are included when you register your room. To reserve your room today, please use this link.
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Lodging at Estes Park
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Please reserve your room now for the upcoming summer meeting. This year we will be staying in the updated YMCA lodges. These rooms can accomodate up to 5 persons. Our lodging this year is unusual because all three meals are included for the number registered. (only a banquet fee upgrade will be added to registration)
We ask that you please reserve your room promptly if you are considering coming to the 42nd annual meeting. Please do this if possible in the next few weeks prior to April 1st. We anticipate the potential for running out of rooms this year and so appreciate early reservations to help us predict this space.
To reserve your room, please use this link.
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Eye Equipment needed for Coté d'ivoire (Ivory Coast)
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Many of you met Dr. Jeremie Agré who was present at our Portland meeting in 2016. Jeremie is currently leading the mobile eye clinic project in the Ivory Coast, a French speaking country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast is a country of 24 million with less than 30 eye surgeons and most of them work in the capital city leaving the rural area under-served. The mobile eye clinic project is to serve the rural population. The project is planning to open 2 new satellite eye clinics and to hire 2 ophthalmic nurses to support the important needs outside the large city. The satellite clinics will enable cataract and glaucoma screening to take place in the under-served rural areas and visiting surgeons from the capital to perform surgeries and follow up care.
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Help Needed in Burundi
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The eye team at Kibuye Eye Clinic has grown to two ophthalmologists with the addition of Dr. Darrell Baskin. Dr. Baskin and his family of seven have joined Dr. John Cropsey in 2016 after studying French for one year. In this Vimeo video, John discusses the vision that is helping to develop the unique eye care clinic.
Due to a one year furlough for Dr. John Cropsey and an unexpected trip back to the USA for the summer for partner Dr. Darrell Baskin, the Kibuye Eye Clinic will have need for an ophthalmologist to help for a few weeks or for even a month this summer. Those versed in MSICS can help with the backlog of cataract surgery utilizing the experienced eye team and the operating room which is setup. If you have potential interest, please email directly to Dr. John Cropsey French language is certainly helpful. Learn more about this powerful team for Christ serving in Burundi.
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Help for Retinoblastoma in Burundi
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'The following story is from a recent newsletter from Kibuye Eye Clinic in Burundi, Africa where Dr. John Cropsey and Dr. Darrell Baskin and their families serve.
What’s the longest that you’ve walked to get somewhere? A few miles? Likely it was a recreational choice, not a medical necessity. In Burundi, a country with only a handful of ophthalmologists, it is incredibly difficult to find access to eye care. An example is Mamma Eliane. Her husband abandoned her and took their two healthy children with him, leaving her destitute with only the youngest child who had retinoblastoma (RB), in both eyes. Desperate for help for the only person left in her life, she walked barefoot with two year old Eliane on her back for more than 50 miles over mountainous terrain to the Kibuye Eye Clinic, hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately, the cancer had progressed to the point that it was necessary to remove both of her eyes.
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