Susan MacDonald, MD from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, MA will deliver the Guillermo and Marta de Venecia Lecture at the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Grand Rounds on October 31. Dr. MacDonald’s talk is entitled “Economically Sustainable Solutions to Global Blindness.”
Dr. MacDonald is a Clinical Associate Professor at Tufts School of Medicine. She is president of Eye Corps, Inc., a nonprofit focusing on Cataract Blindness. Dr. MacDonald received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and completed her Internal Medical Residency at Brown University. She then went on to complete a residency in ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center In 2018.
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About the de Venecia Lecture
Guillermo de Venecia and his wife, nurse Marta de Venecia, began traveling to the Philippines and treating the rural community in 1978. Their goal was to restore sight to thousands of people affected by cataracts due to limited healthcare access in the Philippines. The de Venecias, through the Free Rural Eye Clinics Corp., generously gave a gift to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences to continue the de Venecias’ impactful legacy. The funds assist in providing free eye surgery, medical treatment and consultation to indigent patients and introduction of new treatments to providers. It also provides opportunities for collaboration and learning experiences through an exchange program. This lecture is named in their honor.