NEW YORK (TIP): Morgantown , West Virginia based eminent Ophthalmologist Dr. VK Raju has been invited to Vietnam as a guest lecturer at the Asean Ophthalmology Society. He left for Vietnam on October 26th of and will return November 5th. Dr. Raju is a favorite with international institutions where he is invited as a guest lecturer and to deliver talks.
The Eye Foundation of America which he founded in 1977 to combat eye ailments, in particular blindness among children, has since its inception treated 2 million outpatients.
The Foundation has performed 300, 000 surgeries, with 25,000 plus on children.
This was completed by a team of Eye Foundation of America in India and 21 other developing countries. Teaching and Training of health professionals is very important for the Eye Foundation of America.