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The Cataract Blindness Challenge Innovations Case Discussion: Aravind Eye Care System)
Geoffrey Tabin
Geoffrey Tabin
Geoff Tabin is Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Utah and the John A. Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Tabin is Co- Founder and Co-Director of the Himalayan Cataract Project, which strives to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the Himalaya through high quality ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of a world-class eye care infrastructure. He was the fourth person to climb the “7 Summits,” the highest point of all seven continents; and has pioneered difficult technical rock, ice, and mountaineering routes on all seven continents including the East Face of Mt. Everest. Dr. Tabin is a graduate of Yale College, Oxford University (on a Marshall Scholarship) and Harvard Medical School.
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Geoffrey Tabin
Geoff Tabin is Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Utah and the John A. Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Tabin is Co- Founder and Co-Director of the Himalayan Cataract Project, which strives to eradicate preventable and curable blindness in the Himalaya through high quality ophthalmic care, education, and establishment of a world-class eye care infrastructure. He was the fourth person to climb the “7 Summits,” the highest point of all seven continents; and has pioneered difficult technical rock, ice, and mountaineering routes on all seven continents including the East Face of Mt. Everest. Dr. Tabin is a graduate of Yale College, Oxford University (on a Marshall Scholarship) and Harvard Medical School.
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2007
Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization (2007) 2 (4): 53–57.
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Geoffrey Tabin; The Cataract Blindness Challenge Innovations Case Discussion: Aravind Eye Care System). Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization 2007; 2 (4): 53–57. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/itgg.2007.2.4.53
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