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In 1984, Munir Ahmed, the current Country Director for Orbis Bangladesh, was looking for help with his own eyes when he came to Dhaka and met with the eye doctors of Orbis. The experience left an indelible mark on him and he immediately knew, both …

Earlier this year, we at KTG shared a story about a then five year old little warrior from Queensland, Australia named Isabelle.   (https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9111435/mum-daughter-eye-cancer-white-glow-photo/).  We spoke of how Isabelle’s mother, Kellie, noticed a Glow in her daughter’s eye and how this Glow led Isabelle to …

Dr. Mahmooda Rahman, an amazing and inspiring pediatric Ophthalmologist at OSB(Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh) Eye Hospital, had always admired how her mentor, Dr. Sabbir Anwar, worked with children.  There was a passion there; a desire to take the time to talk to the children and …

Robert and Kimberly Molter had enjoyed dual practices in Michigan but when the opportunity presented itself to sell their practices, they did and happily began the next chapter of their lives- retirement.  Regrettably, for Robert, it wasn’t long before he was asking “What now?”  Megan …

Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow, has known Sandra Staffieri for several years but never really knew the story of how she came to be such a strong advocate for leukocoria awareness in young children and for families with retinoblastoma.   Sandra is currently a Research …

When Thanmaya Bekkalale and Josephine Joseph, co-founders of the Iksha Foundation (http://ikshafoundation.org), first discovered a white fleck in photographs of their then 3-year-old son’s eye they was not particularly concerned.  It was actually a cousin who, noticing the white fleck, told them that it could …

 [Read about Minh Anh’s inspirational journey and the incredible opportunities being created in Vietnam thanks to the work begun by the Brien Holden Vision Institute Foundation and the Eye Care Foundation’s investment in Minh Anh and in the future of Vietnam.] —————————————————————- Minh Anh Tran …

Irvine, California, 4th October 2021—Targeted Therapy Technologies, LLC (3T Ophthalmics) has been awarded Breakthrough Therapy Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its lead anti- cancer drug product candidate, Episcleral Topotecan, for the treatment of pediatric Retinoblastoma. Breakthrough Therapy Designation requires that the …

Dr. Donny Won Suh, Pediatric Ophthalmologist at Gavin Herbert Eye Institute at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) and at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, joked with Megan Webber of KnowTheGlow, that his wife likes to call him “Donny Gump” as he has traveled …

Recently, KnowTheGlow Co-Founder, Megan Webber, had the pleasure of a zoom get-together with Dr. James Muecke, Co-Founder of Sight For All and also 2020 Australian of the Year.  It did not take long for Megan to see how the humble and genuinely giving ophthalmologist received …