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Nov

See it Forward 5K 2022

See it Forward! Do you like running? Do you like being outside? Do you like supporting good causes? Do you need something to do with your family next Saturday? If you said yes to any of these questions, we have the perfect event for you! The Chu Vision Foundation's Annual ...

Nov

The Secret Ingredients That Win the Hearts and Trust of Patients

Back to Blog Most businesses have good to great customer service, but few have exceptional service. Conglomerates such as the Ritz Carlton, Zappos, Disney, Starbucks, and Nordstrom, which most would agree have exceptional customer service, have an unconditional commitment to g...

Nov

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COVID-19 pandemic poses unique challenges for reopening practices

Back to Blog Reopening and maintaining services for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic have presented unexplored and unforeseen challenges for medical practices. The pandemic has forced owners and practice administrators to make on-the-fly decisions that directly affect care ...

Nov

Myanmar – 2017

Back to Blog Dr. Chu and Chu Vision Foundation joined Hawaiian Eye Foundation (HEF) volunteer faculty again in 2017 when they returned to Yangon in Myanmar for an education-based mission trip. The goal of this mission trip was to continue to educate and train Burmese ophthalmolog...

Nov

Myanmar – Tour of the Yangon Eye Hospital – Part 2

The tile floors, high ceilings, barred windows and whitewashed walls have the feeling of an asylum or hospital from an old movie set depicting a turn of the century dormitory. Up one level is the operating theater, pre-op and post-op areas. We notice right away that the pre-op a...

Nov

Fiji – 2017

Chu Vision Foundation participated in their second mission trip in 2017 traveling to Fiji to help at Ba Vision Eye Center. While at Ba Vision Eye Center, Chu Vision Foundation was able to teach as well as provide hands-on patient care and perform sight-saving surgeries. When giv...

Nov

Myanmar – Shared Vision

Creating a successful independent ophthalmology practice teaches you two things—believe in yourself and nobody goes it alone. These principles are built into the foundation of our Foundation, and guide our selection of those people and organizations who will do the most to help ...

Nov

Myanmar – Operating Room – Part 1

Back to Blog The most exhilarating experience of our trip was the morning spent in the operating room suite of Yangon Eye Hospital. On the first day we had already seen the pre-op waiting area, with its screenless windows open to the courtyard, and sounds of birds filling the ai...

Nov

Isaac’s Story

Isaac was one of many in need during the Chu Vision Foundation’s mission trip to Fiji. Isaac is a father of four, and a brand-new grandparent, but he has never seen his granddaughter as he was nearly completely blind from cataracts. Because of this, Isaac was unable to work to p...

Nov

Myanmar – Tour of the Yangon Eye Hospital – Part 1

Myanmar has a system of combined private and government-run health care. The country’s total population is 60 million, with about two-thirds living in rural areas. Yangon is the capital city, with a population of just over 5 million. The YangonEyeHospital is 1 of only 4 teaching...

Nov

Local Ophthalmologist Looks to Help Cure Blindness in Myanmar

Cataracts, a common and preventable condition in the United States, is the leading cause of blindness in countries like Myanmar. There are many problems with the eye care situation in Myanmar, stemming from the lack of ophthalmologists in the country to the lack of the technology...

Nov

Myanmar – 2015

Dr. Chu and Chu Vision Foundation joined Hawaiian Eye Foundation (HEF) volunteer faculty in August 2015 traveling to the capital city of Yangon in Myanmar. While there, Dr. Chu performed surgery while instructing dozens of Burmese ophthalmologists and ophthalmology residents on ...

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