Recently, our own Christina Gill was interviewed by CHVN Radio Canada regarding the awareness campaign we are currently running in that country! She spoke about the need for awareness and education and about her personal journey with her son, Eli, who has lost an eye …
Meet Ana, KTG Ambassador
Ana Sebrek’s one woman crusade to improve vision care in Croatia began the day her son, Noa, was diagnosed with Coats’ Disease. Coats’ Disease is a very rare eye disease. Ana discovered this herself as her son was only the second patient in Croatia to seek help for …
Meet Dr. Didi Fabian
In 2017, Dr. Ido Didi Fabian had just completed a three-year fellowship in Ocular Oncology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Wanting to take a deep breath and slow down his pace, he decided that he would take his family the long …
Meet Dr. Michael Jones
Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, recently had the opportunity to “join” Dr. Michael Jones on his morning commute to work. Dr. Jones, a pediatric ophthalmologist in Sydney, Australia was driving to visit a patient family in a hospital across town and was excited to hear …
Meet KTG Ambassador, Christina Gill
Christina joined our team in January 2022 after her youngest son Eli lost his eye to advanced Coats’ Disease in September 2021. Christina first noticed the glow in Eli’s eye September 1st and learned the many conditions that could be related to the glow from …
Interview with Dwayne Collins
It is often said that if you want to get something done right, do it yourself. When speaking with Dwayne Collins, a self-taught and internationally renowned ocularist from Australia, it was immediately clear to Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, that Dwayne took this axiom to …
7th Annual Know The Glow Event hosted by Jimmy Choo
We’re thrilled to invite you to an elegant evening of shopping, light bites, and cocktails on Thursday, October 13, 2022 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Jimmy Choo in Beverly Hills! A percentage of all purchases will go directly towards providing critical sight-saving support and education to …
Interview with Dr. Juame Català
Dr. Jaume Català-Mora had wanted to be a doctor from a very young age, but it was life itself that specifically led him to become a pediatric retinal ophthalmologist. Dr. Català-Mora studied ophthalmology at the Bellvitge Hospital and found himself gravitating toward retinal diseases. It …
Interview with Chantal Kritzinger
Chantal Kritzinger, an ocularist in Johannesburg, South Africa, always knew she wanted to go into a helping profession. After completing high school, she pursued studies in psychology and gravitated toward working with adults with special needs until a desire to study further gave way to …
PreventBlindness.Org
Prevent Blindness (PB) has been preserving sight and preventing blindness in the United States for more than 100 years! Established in New York in 1908, Prevent Blindness was the second national voluntary organization in the US preceded only by the American Lung Association. As Megan …