From May 22 to May 27, 2022, Dr. George Pronesti, Medical Director of Kremer Eye Center, one of the premier facilities in the USA for cataract and refractive surgery, led a group of Ophthalmologists and support staff on a medical mission to Morocco where they performed cataract, glaucoma, plastics, corneal and refractive surgeries. The doctors also held workshops to share their knowledge and train local doctors in the procedures they used while performing eye surgeries.
They worked at 3 sites in Morocco, the Hassan II Hospital in Agadir, the Tifawt Eye Clinic and two mobile truck clinics in Drarga, the neighboring town of Agadir.
This medical mission has enabled the performance of 147 cataract surgeries, 14 glaucoma surgeries, 10 orbito-palpebral surgeries and 9 refractive surgeries for high myopia, as well as the organization of 4 conferences and a workshop on corneal transplants.