Eyes For Sumba

The Sumba Eye Program Team

Ophthalmic Surgeons

  Dr Mark Ellis AM     Dr Jon Ruddle      Dr David Workman OAM                                                     Dr Abrah Ishmail        Dr Adelina Poli    Dr Jaclyn          Dr Gus Clark                  Dr Terry Ong        Dr Ben Clark   Dr David Van der Stratten  

Optometrists

 Peter Stewart OAM  Peter Lewis OAM   Norm Russo   Chris Katopodis                  Janine Hobson        Vincent Penry    Ms Alison Steer

 Andrew Thomas     Liz Vidor          Rowena Beckenham                                                                Andrew is a former OA (S.A) President -now OAA is known as OA ,Optometry Australia – in Private Practice in SA and always possessed an interest in helping those less fortunate joining the team for the August 2015 visit.

Nurses                                              

(RN) Alison Plain OAM – Chief Ophthalmic  Nurse   

   Julie Tyers OAM – Nurse          Jan Parker –Nurse                                                                       Virginia Holloway – Nurse          Tony Tang – Nurse

The Sumba Team Of Eye Care Nurses

  Nefry – Chief ECN

  Serly    Elsiana (Elsi)  Sani Mutiara    

  Elsi       Jovin   

Volunteers

 Janet Ellis  Anne Lewis  Fiona Lewis Steph Korin – RACS global health administrator

Don Heath – Rotary Glenferrie Rob Hogan – Rotary Glenferrie Thelma Hutchinson – Rotary                                      

Mike McFarlane – Rotary    Ian “Father Christmas” Willmott – Rotary  Harry Katapodis

Stephanie Stewart  Georgia Stewart Heidi Beckenham                                            Rohan Gibbon – Industry Rep                                      Aishah Ishak (RACS)

Donor

  Gail Hoole

Sumba Helpers

  Wawan and Lilly  –  Drivers

The Sumba Foundation

  Dr Claus Bogh                 Andy – SF Nurse      Rainy – SF Nurse

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Some of the challenges that the team encounters and is endeavouring to rectify.

Conjunctival cysts, inoperable traumatic corneal scaring, bilateral blindness (vitamin A definciency) cataracts and pterygium                                                                 are some of the major cases that confront the team.

                                                                                  

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The Sumba Surgical Teams at Work :

Teaching and performing corrective surgery to the local Sumbanese community.