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1. Annie Wu, M.D., Kellogg resident, enjoying a meal with the mid-level ophthalmic personnel at Aravnd Eye Hospital. 2. Patient waiting room at St. Paul's during COVID-19. 3. Kellogg ophthalmology resident Olivia Killeen, M.D., at National Taiwan University with NTU faculty member. 4. Dr. Usha Kim, head of oculoplastic surgery at Aravind with Dr. Nelson. 5. UM Medical student Sahal Saleh on a break during his research in Addis Ababa.
Global Engagement 2020: Building on our Relationships In 2020, The Kellogg Eye Center Jacobson International
• As part of a funded research project, U-M medical students
Ophthalmology Program — newly named by a generous
Alex Bernard, Sahal Saleh and Tochukwu Ndukwe and Kellogg
gift from the Jacobson Foundation (see page 27) — engaged
ophthalmology resident Jara Crear, M.D., traveled to Ethiopia
with partners in Ethiopia, India, Ghana, and Taiwan. The
in early 2020. There they screened children and adults for ocular
strength of the program’s existing relationships and use
abnormalities using a cell phone application developed jointly
of virtual education and virtual health enabled Kellogg to
by Kellogg faculty member Hakan Demirci, M.D., and the
adapt and to overcome many COVID-19-related limitations.
School of Engineering. The results of this project will aid in the
2020 Global Activities Include: • Kellogg launched a global ophthalmology fellowship with Dr. Timothy Soeken. After completing his ophthalmology residency in the United States Air Force, Dr. Soeken is spending
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development of coordinated care for retinoblastoma patients, and will unite ophthalmic providers throughout Ethiopia in the care of this blinding and potentially life-threatening disease of young children (see page 30).
his first year as a fellow in corneal and external ocular diseases
• Kellogg ophthalmology resident Annie Wu, M.D., traveled to
at Kellogg. He will transition into a one-year global fellowship
Aravind Eye Hospital in India in January 2020 to study whether
designed to enhance his ability to help lead international oph-
technicians providing preoperative eyedrops from multiuse
thalmic and health activities, with travel planned to India and
containers was safe. In the U.S., once a bottle of drops is opened
Ethiopia for additional training. Upon completion of his fellow-
for use, it is discarded, resulting in substantial financial and
ships with Kellogg, Dr. Soeken will return to the US military
environmental waste. Dr. Wu and colleagues videotaped and
to lead its humanitarian medical missions across the globe.
analyzed over 1,800 occurrences of preoperative eyedrop