Global Ophthalmology Talk with Dr. Craig Chaya, MD

Welcome back to Open globe talk, this is your host, Rizul Naithani and I am joined today with Dr. Craig Chaya who is an assistant clinical professor at University of Utah and the division chief of it global ophthalmology department. Dr. Chaya completed medical school at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and an Ophthalmology residency at Texas Tech University. He completed two ophthalmology fellowships. An international ophthalmology fellowship as a Freedom Foundation Fellow through the Himalayan Cataract Project in Nepal. Another in Glaucoma at the University of Utah. Dr. Chaya’s global work has encompassed work in Nepal, Thailand, Haiti, Ghana, Guam, and Micronesia. His research interests are in preventing global blindness and developing novel glaucoma surgery devices with specific attention to customized and holistic care. As one of the prominent leaders in global ophthalmology, we are very glad to have him here with us today and learn about the sustainable approaches to how we can better our healthcare delivery systems.