The Extraordinary Eye by Taline Dorna

 As a primary education teacher in Toronto, Canada, Taline Dorna was accustomed to having a lesson plan for her students; always organized and ready to inspire each of her students  anew every day. No doubt, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, envied the backdrop of her zoom …

Dr. Livia Romero

As the national referral point for retinoblastoma cases for all of Venezuela, Dr. Livia Romero, a Pediatric Ophthalmologist in Caracas, has treated more than 500 patients since the first national Ocular Oncology unit at the Oncologic Institute Dr. Luis Razetti was created in Caracas 10 …

The Whitathon and Dr. Swathi Kaliki

Posted on 2021-04-23 It is hard to believe that in a country of one billion people, at least 25%- 30% of the retinoblastoma cases each year in India find their way to Dr. Swathi Kaliki at the world-renowned LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad. …

Details: a Retinoblastoma artistic expression event

After six years at the helm of the third LVPEI Tertiary Center in Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Anasua Kapoor saw the inauguration of the “Hima Bindu Yalamanchili Centre for Eye Cancer” at the Vijayawada’s Kode Venkatadri Chowdary campus, LV Prasad Eye Institute this past November 2020. …

Welcome to Poorvi Saxena!

Posted on 2021-04-20 Know The Glow is proud to highlight the work of Poorvi Saxena from Pune, Maharashtra, India.  Poorvi is a 2nd year Bachelors of Optometry student studying in Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Medical College School of Optometry in Pune.  She is interested in …

Raising Awareness!

Dr. Clare Gilbert, Mr. Richard Bowman and Dr. Aeesha Malik have been diligently working to increase global awareness and early detection of blinding and even potentially deadly childhood eye diseases (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5820629/).   Based in London, their collective reach spans the globe from Latin America across …

Winner of the 2020 Navarrete Family Belt Contest!

On behalf of the entire Know the Glow team, we are excited to announce that Austin is the winner of the 2nd annual “Navarrete Championship of Awareness Belt Award”!   Austin is a true Superhero who is determined to share his experience fighting Retinoblastoma to …

Dr. Himika Gupta

Every Tuesday, Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, starts her day with a 6:30 am  zoom call with Dr. Himika Gupta and her team as they are winding down their day at 8 pm in Mumbai, India—which means  Dr. Gupta is at the end of a …

Dr. Borah of Orbis India

As the Country Director for Orbis India, you would assume that Dr. Rishi Raj Borah has an origin story similar to that of many pre-eminent advocates leading the charge in the early diagnosis and treatment of childhood blindness; but Dr. Borah’ story is more a …

Dr. Andrew Blaikie

Posted on 2020-12-29 Dr. Andrew Blaikie was fresh out of the cataract operating theatre in NHS Fife, Scotland when Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow sat down to zoom with the ophthalmologist and senior lecturer at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine.    Dr.  Blaikie …