F O U N D AT I O N
2018ANNUALREPORT
Meet Joelle! In spite of visual challenges that have left her legally blind, she enjoys a full life. Here she is volunteering in the Dominican Republic. Read her Sight Story on page 11.
ABOUT US & OUR NAME EXCELLENT EYE CARE FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO PAY
Pacific Vision Foundation was formed in 1977 by leaders of the San Francisco ophthalmology community “To provide educational instruction in ophthalmology; to develop, implement, monitor and lead the highest quality of care for the eye and related structures; to apply these interests and commitments for research and education in ophthalmology at the Pacific Medical Center and other scientific or educational institutions” (quoted from our original articles of incorporation). Excellence in eye care, education and research remain at the core of our mission. But excellence, education and research are not enough alone, unless the benefits of these endeavors are available to our entire community. And so about 20 years ago, our leaders decided to broaden PVF’s focus to establish a comprehensive Eye Institute dedicated to excellent eye care for all, regardless of ability to pay.
What’s in a Name? The words “Pacific Vision” harken back to the earliest days of the ophthalmology department, when Dr. Adolph Barkan was appointed the first professor of ophthalmology at the University of the Pacific in 1872. Our name reflects the close relationship between PVF and California Pacific Medical Centers, and its predecessor medical institutions, including Pacific Dispensary for Women and Children, later called Children’s Hospital, and Pacific Medical Center (later called Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center). We are proud of our association with these illustrious medical institutions and endeavor to continue the legacy far into the future.
This expanded mission led PVF in 2011 to purchase a building at 711 Van Ness Avenue to serve as the headquarters of the Pacific Vision Eye Institute. The Eye Institute building is now home to the CPMC ophthalmology residency program, department offices, the Frank Stein and Paul S. May Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation, the education center where ophthalmology grand rounds are held, the CPMC/Lions Eye Foundation clinic, and the clinical offices of many of the clinical faculty. And soon it will be home to our new Pacific Vision Surgery Center. The ultimate goal of the Pacific Vision Eye Institute is much greater than the walls that encompass the building at 711 Van Ness. It extends far and wide to the greater ophthalmic and philanthropic community that embraces our mission to provide excellent eye care to all.
The Pacific VIsion Eye Institute at 711 Van Ness Avenue
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LEADERSHIP LETTERS Our residents, fellows and faculty handled over 3,700 in-office exams and treatments at the Lions Eye Foundation clinic, and performed hundreds of sight-saving surgeries at California Pacific Medical Center. We launched a new program with two community health centers in Alameda County, adding vision care to their primary care clinics.
Ellen E. Jamason Chief Executive Officer 2018 has been quite a year! This past year saw tremendous growth for Pacific Vision Foundation (PVF) and the Pacific Vision Eye Institute. In the pages that follow you will learn about three of our patients who faced serious vision challenges, and received life changing treatment at the Pacific Vision Eye Institute. Vision loss can be caused by a sudden accident, an inherited disorder, or a slowly progressive disease. Whatever the cause, it is devastating and a potential threat to one’s independence, health and happiness. Most vision loss can be prevented through timely diagnosis and early treatment. However, thousands of our neighbors remain untreated because they cannot afford adequate eye care. PVF is dedicated to bringing excellent eye care to all, regardless of ability to pay. For over forty years, PVF has been working to achieve this mission with partners California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC), Lions Eye Foundation and the faculty, fellows and residents of the CPMC ophthalmology department. 2
We started construction of our new eye surgery center at Pacific Vision Eye Institute headquarters at 711 Van Ness Avenue. This state-of-theart resource will serve faculty and community ophthalmologists—stay tuned for the opening in late 2019! The CPMC ophthalmology residency program remains extremely competitive: 400+ applicants for only 3 slots. Our faculty is incomparable. We have some of the best and brightest minds in ophthalmology. We re-connected with many of our alums at the Barkan Symposium and Awards Dinner in June, when guest speaker Carter Dunn of Google described use of artificial intelligence in diagnosing eye disease. I know you will enjoy learning more about these and other activities in this, our first annual report. Thanks to you, our donors and our partners, 2018 was a year of great success and progress. Much work remains to be done in the coming years and with your continued support, together we can deliver excellent eye care to all members of our community.
Pacific Vision Foundation’s calling is to utilize these advances in treatment of eye disease, and to make them available to everyone in our community. The Eye Institute is inspired in part by the Aravind Eye Hospitals, founded by my good friend, the late Dr. Venkataswamy. The Eye Institute is committed to become an innovative model of specialty care fighting needless blindness.
Bruce E. Spivey, MD Chair Emeritus I begin with a statement of gratitude to our doctors, staff, partners, patients and donors for your enduring support. Without you, The Pacific Vision Eye Institute would still be just an idea – a vision of what a comprehensive eye institute could be. You have and will play an important role in our continuing evolution. When we founded Pacific Vision Foundation in 1977, the world of ophthalmology was very different than it is today. Most of the diagnostic testing equipment and surgical procedures now in common use did not exist. Cataract patients expected to spend several days in the hospital. Today, our patients can be in and out of cataract surgery in roughly an hour, some forms of macular degeneration can be treated with injections in an office setting, and glaucoma surgical procedures are increasingly successful. As we learned from Carter Dunn of Google, our guest speaker at the Barkan Symposium, advances in artificial intelligence promise even more than we can imagine today in identifying and thus helping to prevent and treat eye disease with more precision.
I am proud of all the progress we have made— bringing together core faculty members, the CPMC residency program and the Lions Eye Foundation clinic under one roof at our San Francisco headquarters, 711 Van Ness Avenue, building our new eye surgery center, which will serve as a resource for community ophthalmologists and their patients, and working with our partner community health center clinics to bring eye care to underserved neighborhoods. At the same time, I am aware of the challenges ahead. As I transition from Board Chair to Chair Emeritus , I want to recognize prior Board Chairs—Bob Webster, Dale Walker and Clark Warden for their dedicated service and leadership. In addition I express deep appreciation to several long term board members as they transition to Emeritus status—Rick Herrero and Erich Horn along with Dale Walker and Clark Warden. The Pacific Vision Eye Institute would not exist without their dedication, wisdom and vision. I welcome our new Board Chair, Francine Miltenberger, who brings immense talent, drive and leadership to our organization, and know that PVF is in excellent hands. I will continue on the PVF board, and look forward to our work together.
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A SURGERY CENTER IN SIGHT
Reception and waiting area
A state-of-the-art Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
don’t know to a hospital for surgery. I’m sure that
that cares for patients regardless of their financial
our patients will be reassured to be able to walk
situation is slated to open its doors in December
down the hall.”
2019 at Pacific Vision Eye Institute’s headquarters on Van Ness Avenue. Ophthalmologists and
Additional funding is needed for both the build
patients agree that ASCs are now the preferred
out and to help support services for uninsured
setting for most out-patient eye surgeries; they
and under-insured patients. “The ASC has always
have been shown to improve patient outcomes
been a priority and we are asking our community
and are more convenient and cost effective than
of donors and funders to invest in it. Having the
traditional hospital operating rooms.
surgery center right here in the building will exponentially make things easier for our patients
The Pacific Vision Surgery Center will open with
and improve our ability to provide them with
two fully equipped operating suites. While this is a
excellent care.” says Ellen Jamason, PVF’s CEO.
big undertaking for a small foundation, PVF is up for the task. Several major donors have already provided financial support, including the family
Pre-Op/Recovery
of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Yeung and the Lions Eye Foundation who provided $1.5 million from its capital campaign fund, further solidifying its 40year partnership with PVF. Lions Executive Director John Posey anticipates the new surgery center will positively impact Lions Eye Clinic patients, who lack any health insurance coverage. Many patients travel considerable distances to get free treatments at the clinic. “It can be confusing to be sent blocks away in a city you 4
Pre- and post-operative corridor
BOULDER ASSOCIAT ES ARCHITECTS
Lions present $1.5 million to PVF for the ASC build out
PVF pledges $1.5 million, over five years, to underserved ASC patients.
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MY SIGHT STORY JOSE SALDANA describes the accident as “seeing lightning”. In July while working to pry up old flooring at his mother-in-law’s house he struck a metal object with a hammer and an object flew into his left eye. Unfortunately, he was not wearing safety glasses. He had a sensation of sudden wetness on his face, but when he put his hand on his cheek, he felt no blood, and frighteningly, could not see out of his left eye. After three days of evaluation at a nearby community clinic, a local hospital where a CT scan was performed, he was then referred to Eastmont Retina Clinic in Oakland, where he was diagnosed with an intraocular foreign body. An urgent call went out to the Lion’s Eye Clinic at The Eye Institute for further diagnostic testing. On day four after the accident, Dr. Judy Chen and Dr. Arthur Fu, both highly regarded retina specialists, performed a pars plana vitrectomy and removal of the intraocular foreign body. Despite the severity of his injury, the foreign body luckily missed the macula of his eye which is the part of the retina responsible for giving us central reading vision. The prognosis is strong that Jose will be able to lead a normal life, including driving and working full time.
“You don’t know what you’ve got, till it’s gone.” - Joni Mitchell I have such great improvement since my treatment began. I am definitely seeing much better! There are no more flashes in my eyes. As the treatment continues my vision continues to improve as well. I am very happy with the help I am getting with my vision. The doctors are very thorough and have really helped me. The staff are always very nice and I am thankful to everyone in the clinic and the Lions Eye Foundation. To anyone with vision issues I want you to know this is the best clinic - there are just great people here!
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MY SIGHT STORY Artist KAREN VAN DINE has weathered many challenges, including losing the bulk of her life’s artwork in a devastating fire. She has also endured a variety of vision issues and credits CPMC faculty member and North Bay ophthalmologist Dr. Jason Bacharach for sight saving treatments that began more than 15 years ago. Although she had been diagnosed with glaucoma in her youth, she had not received timely treatment. Luckily for her, Bacharach, a glaucoma specialist, managed her care for several years, before referring her to the Lions Clinic at The Eye Institute. Now she receives care closer to home and Dr. Bacharach continues to follow her progress.
“Dr. Bacharach not only saved my vision – he saved my life.” Dr. Bacharach, a glaucoma specialist, is my primary ophthalmologist. When I first saw him I did not have insurance and my vision was deteriorating rapidly. I was terrified. I knew that without my sight I could not create art – I need my eyes to see the wonders of the world and use that inspiration to turn that vision into art. Dr. Bacharach has been with me a long time and has ensured that my continuity of care is excellent. The loving kindness I receive is incredible. He supervises the residents so well – they always arrive prepared and I know they are familiar with my case. Nothing falls through the cracks. I don’t have to repeat my story because they already know it and that makes me know they actually care about me. I know that if I didn’t receive treatment my vision would be gone – it was that serious and that scary. For others with vision issues I would say that knowledge is power. Don’t fear the unknown, instead know that there is help with your vision. Don’t suffer needlessly because help is available. I identify with the phoenix that is continually reborn – this is the metaphor for my life. I am a spiritual person who believes that you have to be out there making things happen, you can’t just expect that things will come to you. Life is constant change. Judgement of life is what makes us suffer.
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BARKAN DAY Established in 1984, the Barkan Society is affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center Department of Ophthalmology. The group welcomes all interested ophthalmologists and especially encourages participation from alumni of the Department’s training programs.
Dr. Adolph Barkan was appointed the first professor of Ophthalmology at the University of the Pacific in 1872. When Stanford University moved to Palo Alto in the 1950’s, the Department of Ophthalmology remained in San Francisco. Dr. Hans Barkan, oldest son of Dr. Adolph Barkan, served as Department Chair 1928-48 and formally instituted the residency program.
Each spring, the Barkan Society hosts a scientific symposium, featuring the research projects of current residents, and a guest lecturer addressing new discoveries in ophthalmology. The symposium is followed by cocktails and dinner when guests can re-connect with old colleagues and friends and get to know new ones.
Barkan Day 2018 included keynote speaker Carter Dunn of Google AI’s Healthcare division who spoke of using artificial intelligence in diagnosing eye disease. Google’s work involved working closely with Aravind Eye Hospitals in India, which hosts a special international rotation for CPMC’s residents.
Photography by Rob Perica robperica.com
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At the awards dinner, Dr. Arthur Fu was presented the inaugural Pacific Vision Eye Institute Distinguished Service Award, for his dedication to teaching and community service.
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FINANCIALS & STATISTICS 2018 INCOME $2,190.073
2018 EXPENSES $1,194,352 Foundation 52.9%
Program 87%
Endowment 14.9%
Corporate 7.8% Individual 24.5%
Fundraising 6.2%
2017 INCOME $1,174,852
Corporate 2.7%
Foundation 61.9%
Management/General 6.8%
2017 EXPENSES $1,565,851
Individual 35.3%
Fundraising 7.4%
Program 86%
Management/General 6.6%
The Pacific Vision Eye Institute CPMC/Lions Eye Clinic
(Residents and Volunteer Faculty Attendings)
3,732
patient visits (includes new patients, returning patients
1,160
in-office procedures and OR surgeries
Over 90% Medicaid or uninsured
Community Clinic Partnership Program
1,015
patient visits 10
Expansion planned
MY SIGHT STORY At age 10, JOELLE GATES BASSETT was diagnosed with cone-rod dystrophy, which means there are holes in what she sees. For instance, when looking at your face, she may see your eyes, but not your mouth. This is a diagnosis typically made in patients of retirement age. Told that she was legally blind and her sight could not be fully restored, Joelle worked with Dr. Donald C. Fletcher at the Low Vision Center where she learned compensatory skills, allowing her to safely and independently complete daily activities. There seems to be no stopping this young woman who, through this confidence building relationship now is choreographing dances, performing, rides horses, bicycles and skateboards, has played Powderpuff football and participates in Taekwondo and Aikido.
At a time in my life where I was a young girl dealing with the spontaneous occurrence of a vision impairment, having a doctor tell me that I could do anything meant the world to me. During that time, I heard negative predictions about my vision and future capabilities, or lack thereof, so Dr. Fletcher was a breath of fresh air for me, and was a source of much needed encouragement. The first time I saw Dr. Fletcher was when I was 10. Now I am almost 23 so a lot has definitely changed. I have graduated high school, college, and I am going on to a masters program this fall. Encouragement from Dr. Fletcher gave me the confidence to travel alone to the Dominican Republic to volunteer at orphanages. The experience was life changing. I have relied greatly on my faith throughout my life and this has helped me live a life full of fun and great experiences. There is a Bible verse that I love which always encourages me when I feel discouraged in terms of my vision. It is 2 Corinthians 12:9: But He said to me “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of my faith may rest on me.
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OUR 2018 DONORS Gifts Above $500,000 The Frederick Stroh Memorial Foundation Gifts of $100,000 - $499,999 Family of the late Mr. & Mrs. C.W. Yeung Mr. John Benson Drs. Garry A. Rayant and Kathy Fields-Rayant Prevent Blindness Northern California The William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Gifts of $50,000 - $99,999 CPMC Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Martin Roher Gifts of $10,000 - $49,999 Drs. Kevin and Susan Denny Claire Giannini Fund Ms. Ellen E. Jamason and Mr. Giacomo Marini Dr. and Mrs. Richard H. Lee Lions Eye Foundation Dr. G. Hanmin Liu and Mrs. Jennifer Mei Ms. Francine Miltenberger and Mr. Ken Kilen Mr. Michael Rudd Dr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Spivey Mr. and Mrs. Dale Walker Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Webster, Jr. Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 Alcon Laboratories, Inc. Dr. Usha Arunachalam and Mr. Siriam Viswanathan Mr. David Coulter and Ms. Susan Weeks Dr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Fung Marc F. Lieberman, MD Mr. and Mrs. David O’Neill Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Mr. and Mrs. Eric Spivey Paul Tornambe, MD Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Young Gifts of $1,000 - $4,999 Aerie Pharmaceuticals Allergan USA, Inc. Mr. Alan Baer Ms. Janet Bamberger Mr. and Mrs. Selwin Belofsky Ms. Carolyn Burnett California Academy of Eye Physicians & Surgeons David R. Demartini, MD Mrs. Rita Denny Mr. and Mrs. William Felch Mrs. Sallie Griffith Ms. Katherine Hanes
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Dr. Charlene Hsu-Winges and Mr. Jerry Winges Richard Imes, MD Drs. Bernd and Marilyn Kutzscher Mr. Thomas LeNoble Mr. Dominique Lien Lillian Albertsen Fund Mr. George Lozovik Ms. Deborah Matthies Mr. and Mrs. James McCaughey Dr. Stephen Meffert and Mrs. Melissa Kelley Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. David J. Noonan NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Novartis Ms. Erin Oberly Mr. and Mrs. Jim Paras Dr. and Mrs. Joel Porter Mr. James A. Randel Ms. Helen Ripple Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roth Mr. Jon Schaumberg Dr. and Mrs. Ivan R. Schwab Dr. Rona Z. Silkiss and Mr. Neil Jacobstein Dr. and Mrs. William B. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tully Mr. and Mrs. F. Clark Warden Mr. Robert Widi Mr. Barry Williams Gifts Under $1000 AmazonSmile Foundation Ms. Donna Andrews Michael Ang, MD Ms. Teresa Anson Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Benson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blatner Mr. and Mrs. William Boitano Mr. Victor Bonfilio Mr. Frank Bonsignori Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bradley Timothy Bridge, MD Dr. George Brinnig Jastrzebski and Ms. Nelia Boccardi Mr. James Byrnes Ms. Anna Carter Ms. Carleen Castro Michael Chappell, MD Mr. Roger V. Christensen Drs. James and Linda Clever Patrick Coady, MD Ms. Maureen Corcoran and Mr. Maurice LeVois Ms. Cherry Cotter
Mr. and Mrs. Art Dana J. Edie De Niro, MD Dr. and Mrs. Eric J. Del Piero Mr. and Mrs. Edward Derkum Jason Dilly, MD Mr. Ramon Dominguez Ms. Joyce Donohue Mrs. Betty Dvorson Ms. Sharon Entwistle Mr. Jerome Falk Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Feather Ms. Rose Marie Ferrante Mr. John Fitzgerald Harry W. Flynn, Jr., MD and Donna D. Flynn, PhD Ms. Joann Giles and Ms. Judith Melton Ms. Ingrid Gillette Ms. Cheryl Giurlani Ms. Eulalie Glaser Ms. Donna Gothelf Maria Govorkova, MD Elizabeth Grace, MD Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Grinich Mr. Bill Hagbom Mr. Jeffrey Halpern Ms. Karen Hart and Ms. Diane Tom Mr. William Heap Dr. David Heiden and Ms. Katherine Seligman Mr. and Mrs. Karl F. Heisler Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Henderson Ms. Elaine A. Hilp Ms. Jennifer Houston Mr. Leonard Huck Michael Hwang, MD Mrs. Ruina Judd Mr. and Mrs. Ron Kaufman Mr. Edward Keith Mr. Shervin Kheradpir Robert Kinast, MD Mr. and Mrs. Martin Koffel Mr. Peter Lacivita Mrs. Patricia Lester Maya Ling, MD Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Lloyd Ms. Diana Maier Mr. Bruce Maller Mr. and Mrs. Edilberto Marantal Dr. Taliva Martin and Dr. Frank Davis Ms. Marilyn Menchel Ms. Charina Mendoza Mr. Richard Miller Ms. Jeanie H. Mohan Sachin S. Mudvari, MD
Mr. David Nasaw Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Nelson Ngoc Nguyen, MD Marvin Noble, MD Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Novack Ms. Joy Ou Dr. Poorav Patel and Mrs. Jothi Patel Mr. and Mrs. Richard Petrocchi Ms. Kathy Pfeiffer Jon M. Portis, MD Vincent Ray, MD Mrs. Jean Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Richard Romero Ms. Nancy J. Russell Mr. Seth Schalet Ms. Virginia Schurz James S. Shapiro, MD Rand Siekert, MD Dr. Marina Soboleva and Mr. Leonid Sobolev Ms. Deanna Soe Dr. and Mrs. Lionel W. Sorenson Mr. William Soskin and Ms. Marian Penn Ms. Sheridan Spivey Mr. Elliott Martin Stein Ms. Anita Stork Ms. Janet Tam Mrs. William Tasman Mr. and Mrs. J. Curtiss Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tooth Mr. David Troup Ms. Diana Tufts and Ms. Carol Tufts Allen Z. Verne, MD Mr. Lenard Weiss and Ms. Meryl Brod Jon Wender, MD Mrs. Janet Westphal Mrs. Diane Whittemore Mr. D. Michael Wisdom Lauren Jill Witcoff, MD Ms. Pamela Witherspoon Richard Wolitz, MD Patricia Wong, MD Dr. Vernon Wong and Ms. Irene Lee Ms. Beverly Wu Pacific Vision Foundation gratefully appreciates the generosity of all our individual donors and foundations. Every effort has been made to ensure that listings in this report are accurate. If an error or omission has been made, please accept our sincere apologies and notify us at nbishop@PacificVisionFoundation.org
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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS Bruce E. Spivey, MD PVF Chair Emeritus
Francine Miltenberger Chair
as of 1/1/2019
as of 1/1/2019
David Cuneo Treasurer
Jo Burnett Secretary
Ellen E. Jamason CEO
MEMBERS Usha Arunachalam, PhD, MBA Maureen Corcoran, JD Kevin J. Denny, MD, Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, CPMC Wayne E. Fung, MD Robert A. Nelson, MD John Posey Executive Director, Lions Eye Foundation
David D. O’Neill Vice Chair
EMERITUS ADVISORY COUNCIL Martin Roher
Rick Herrero
Seth M. Schalet, MBA
Erich P. Horn, MD
Lee K. Schwartz, MD
Dale R. Walker
Rona Z. Silkiss, MD, FACS
F. Clark Warden
Eric W. Spivey Robert G. Webster, Jr., MD Vernon G. Wong, MD Steven R. Young, BCO
OUR STAFF Ellen E. Jamason, CEO
Sabrina Romero-Wilson, Philanthropy Officer
Nazmin Bishop, Director of Philanthropy
Helen Fitzsimmons, Controller
Karen Nelson, Office Administrator
Deanna Wong, Programs Manager
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IN MEMORIAM advertising business where she met and married Evan Peters. They lived in San Francisco and had 3 children. She took her family’s Southern California savings and loan company Wesco Financial Corporation public in 1959 - she was 33 years old. There were not many women in the boardrooms of publicly traded companies back then, but with her father having died in 1958, Betty became active in the family business for the next 50 years.
Mrs. Evan Peters March 1, 1926 - February 13, 2019
In 1973, she took a phone call that would change Mrs. Evan Peters, also known as Elizabeth Caspers
her life. It was from Warren Buffett, who had an
Peters, served on the Pacific Vision Foundation
interest in purchasing Wesco. They met and
Advisory Council since its inception. Her impressive
became friends and business partners. Buffett and
philanthropy talents focused on improvements in
his partner, Charlie Munger, acquired 80 percent of
medical care and we are honored that she is part of
Wesco’s stock for Berkshire Hathaway. In 2012, with
our legacy.
Betty’s full support, Berkshire acquired 100 percent of Wesco. Betty’s friendship with Buffett remained
Good friend and neighbor to our Chair Emeritus, Dr.
intact throughout her life.
Bruce Spivey, Betty died peacefully on February 13 in her San Francisco home at the age of 92.
Betty your tenacity, wit and counsel will be missed by all of us at PVF. It has been an honor.
Born in Pasadena, she moved to Northern California in 1941 and enrolled at Stanford University at age 16. After college, she worked five years in the
OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL Charlotte Mailliard Shultz
Robert Tomasello
Herbert Tully
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THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM Pacific Vision Foundation is proud to support the ophthalmology residency program. The California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) program is among the most competitive in the U.S. Hundreds of hopeful students apply every year, but only three are accepted. Maintaining the high standards for which the program is renowned includes ensuring compliance with national accreditation criteria, collaborating with volunteer faculty to optimize the educational curriculum, and creating customized learning tracks that meet each resident’s unique educational needs. Kasra Eliasieh, MD, serves as Program Director for ophthalmology residents: Michael Ang, MD
Meron Haile, MD
Poorav Patel, MD
Gena Damento, MD
Jonathan Hernandez, MD
Geraldine (Gerry) Slean, MD
Matthew Denny, MD
Jayson Koppinger, MD
Ann Leu Thomas, MD
Maria Govorkova, MD
Ahmadreza (Reza) Moradi, MD
Retina Fellows
Service Chiefs (continued)
Joseph Alsberge, MD
Low Vision
Michelle Peng, MD Current Faculty CPMC Dept. of Ophthalmology
Donald C. Fletcher, MD International Section Chief Sam Reiter, MD
Chair Kevin Denny, MD Vice Chair J. Michael Jumper, MD Residency Program Director Kasra Eliasieh, MD Residency Assoc. Program Director Edie De Niro, MD Service Chiefs
Neuro-Ophthalmology Richard Imes, MD Oculoplastic Surgery Rona Silkiss, MD, FACS Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus William V. Good, MD Refractive Surgery Andrew Sorenson, MD
Anterior Segment & Cataract
Research
Danny Lin, MD
Anne Fung, MD
Cornea and External Disease
Retina Fellowship Directors
Margaret Liu, MD
Richard McDonald, MD and J. Michael Jumper, MD
Glaucoma Jason Bacharach, MD &
Uveitis
H. George Tanaka, MD
Emmett Cunningham, Jr., MD, PhD
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The Pacific Vision Eye Institute has a special relationship with the Aravind Eye Care System in India. Aravind is known for its groundbreaking business model reinvesting revenues from paying patients to provide high quality free eye care to those in need. CPMC ophthalmology residents have the opportunity to do a rotation at Aravind (one of only three programs world-wide), and the Department hosts visiting faculty from Aravind. The Aravind model serves as inspiration to PVF in our mission to expand access and provide excellent eye care for all regardless of ability to pay.
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Pacific Vision Foundation is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. Our tax id # is: 94-2422439. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Thank you!
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