Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow (KTG), and Helene Dameris, Director of Global Outreach at KTG, recently sat down with Tom Sessions, Director of Development at Living Goods (LG), to learn more about LG’s work and to discuss the synergies in their shared mission to improve …
Introducing Dr. Louise Allen
Dr. Ashwin Reddy recently introduced Megan Webber, Co-Founder of KnowTheGlow (KTG), and Helene Dameris, Director of Global Outreach for KTG, to the innovative and inspiring Dr. Louise Allen, a consultant pediatric Ophthalmic Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospital. Dr. Allen, who has spent over two decades …
Introducing Dr. Rebecca Claire Lusobya, Ophthalmologist
In the heart of Kampala, Uganda, a determined force in pediatric ophthalmology is quietly making waves. Dr. Rebecca Claire Lusobya, a young mother of four daughters under nine, juggles her roles as a mother, surgeon, and advocate with remarkable grace and determination. Her story is …
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 …
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 …
KNOW THE GLOW INTERVIEWS DR. RAMESH KEKUNNAYA
Childhood blindness in India is estimated to be five times as that seen in the developed world. For that reason, KTG is making a concerted effort to reach out to medical professionals in the country to better understand how to reach these children and increase …
KNOW THE GLOW INTERVIEWS DR. BRENDA GALLIE
Picture and bio information from: http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/G/Brenda-Gallie.html INTRO: Dr. Brenda Gallie is an ophthalmologist at The Hospital for Sick Children, who specializes exclusively in retinoblastoma. Her research has led her to the discovery of fundamental principles of tumor suppressor genes and the regulation of activity of …
CBS News: App scans photos to detect eye disease
We want to give a huge shoutout to CBS This Morning for sharing the vision-saving technology ‘Cradle’. We hope the millions of viewers of this clip are now aware of the glow and will download the app if any suspicions arise in their children’s photos.
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