09/18/2024 Congratulations to Dr. Aditya Maitray, MS! Dr. Aditya Maitray, MS, came to The New York Eye Cancer Center and completed an International Observership under Dr. Paul T. Finger! This fellowship was in addition to his primary fellowship at Wills Eye hospital during the month of August. About Dr. Aditya Maitray...
07/4/2024 The Summer 2024 Visionary is here! I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to you on behalf of The Eye Cancer Foundation, the non-profit organization you’ve known for years. Together, we are dedicated to raising awareness about eye cancer, as well as providing support to patients and their families. Many new...
06/14/2024 The Eye Cancer Foundation is awarded the 2024 Platinum Seal Award! For the fifth year in a row, The Eye Cancer Foundation has been awarded the Platinum Seal of Transparency by Candid, the leading source of information on non-profits within the United States. The ECF is pleased that donors, current and prospective...
05/10/2024 Congratulations to Dr. Paola Ordoñez for completing her ECF Fellowship! Dr. Paola Ordoñez of Ecuador just completed her ECF Fellowship under our Scientific Board member and training doctor, Dr. Alberto Calle Vásquez! She trained at the Calle Ophthalmic & Orbit Oncology Center and excelled due to her...
4/15/2024 Finger’s Essential Ophthalmic Oncology Textbook is Officially in Press! Since 1980, Dr. Finger has been dedicated to the fight against eye tumors, ocular melanoma and other eye cancers. In 2024, he has published a comprehensive textbook, ‘Finger’s Essential Ophthalmic Oncology Textbook’, which offers a...
3/12/2024 ECF collaborates with the IOFF and OF! The ECF is excited to announce our partnership with the International Ophthalmological Fellowship Foundation (IOFF) located in Munich, Germany and the Ophthalmology Foundation (OF), located in San Francisco, CA! The purpose of this partnership is to expand our mutual ability...
3/4/2024 ECF Fellow, Dr. Puneet Jain, Presents at this year's Singapore-Malaysia Joint Meeting in Ophthalmology! The theme of the meeting is Transforming Paradigms in Ophthalmology. It will be the first regional meeting after 2 years since the pandemic, and since then eye care has never seen more challenging...
2/15/2024 ECF-Sponsored Research on Ocular Myeloma Recognized for 6,000 reads and references! Dr. Paul T. Finger and Dr. Kimberly Chin’s research article in regards to ocular myeloma has reached an astonishing 6,000 views on ResearchGate! ResearchGate is the professional network for scientists and researchers. They help...
1/23/2024 Dr. Daniel Suárez Acosta Completes his ECF Sponsored Fellowship in Colombia Dr. Daniel Suárez Acosta of Colombia just completed his ECF Fellowship under our Scientific Board member and training doctor, Dr. Alberto Calle Vásquez! He trained at the Calle Ophthalmic & Orbit Oncology Center and stood out due to his...
11/27/2023 Winter Appeal: Celebrating 25 Years of Saving Sight and Saving Life The Eye Cancer Foundation has been working had to earn your support. This year's highlights: Trained new eye cancer specialists (fellows) to practice in Nigeria, Iraq, Ecuador, Colombia, and Ghana! Sponsored the 2023 International Society of Ocular...
10/15/2023 Meet the Fellows: ISOO Day 1-3 Presentations The International Society of Ocular Oncology (ISOO) is a non-profit corporation with the specific and primary purpose to advance and promote the practice of ocular oncology. In the 1970s and 1980s, there were few ocular oncologists worldwide. Most patients with an eye tumor...
9/20/2023 Meet the Fellows: ISOO 2023 Travel Grant Recipients As sponsors of the ISOO conference this year, The Eye Cancer Foundation funded for 8 of our fellows to fly out to Mombasa, Kenya and take part in the conference. Of the eight fellows funded, six presented on various topics related to ocular oncology, such...
8/25/2023 The Summer 2023 Visionary: 25 Year Anniversary Kindness is not what you do, it is who you are! I know this because you have read the Visionary Magazine. You made the first step toward improving the life of a person and family devastated by eye cancer. Perhaps you have been personally affected, know someone, or...
7/12/2023 Congratulations to Dr. Chigozie Ifeoma Echieh for completing her ECF Fellowship Dr. Chigozie Ifeoma Echieh of Nigeria just completed her ECF Fellowship under Drs. Vicktoria Dai and Didi Fabian of Israel. The department of Ophthalmology (Goldschleger Eye Institute) is located at the Sheba Eye Hospital, Israel. The...
6/26/2023 In Support of The Victoria Cohen Eye Cancer Charitable Trust The Victoria Cohen Eye Cancer Charitable Trust helps aspiring ocular oncologists by awarding scholarships to those in need of financial assistance for their fellowships, anywhere in the world. There are not enough eye cancer specialists – ocular oncologists...
4/20/2023 Dr. Chigozie Ifeoma Echieh attends Ophthalmic Oncology Group (OOG) Conference in Berlin From April 13th to the 16th, Dr. Chigozie Ifeoma Echieh, who is training under Dr. Vicktoria Dai of Israel, attended the Ophthalmic Oncology Group Conference in Berlin, Germany. The 57th OOG meeting was attended by over 12...
3/30/2023 Demarcation Laser Photocoagulation Extinguished PET/CT Avidity for Choroidal Melanoma In research supported by The Eye Cancer Foundation, a new article published in the Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology reveals a case where PET/CT was used to evaluate the metabolic activity of a choroidal...
3/22/2023 ECF Donor Provides Doctor in Cambodia with an Indirect Ophthalmoscope! Ms. Lynne Shevlin, a generous donor of The Eye Cancer Foundation, asked to make sure her donation would help children with retinoblastoma in an underserved country. Thankfully, the ECF was able to send a state-of-the-art...
3/2/2023 Dr. Paul T. Finger Featured in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary’s Newest Publication! This article was published Fall 2022 in the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai Department of Ophthalmology Specialty Report. Dr. Paul T. Finger, who has been akin to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary for over 15 years...
2/14/2023 Dr. Paul T. Finger Gives a Lecture on Conjunctival Squamous Carcinoma Dr. Paul T. Finger updated his lecture on the diagnosis and treatment of squamous carcinoma of the conjunctiva. He details the techniques used at The New York Eye Cancer Center to treat this ocular cancer. This video depicts how the treatments have...
2/3/2023 Congratulations to Dr. Razaq Almasry of Iraq for completing his ECF-sponsored fellowship Dr. Razaq Almasry of Iraq completed his ECF-sponsored fellowship in Ophthalmic Oncology. He trained in Amman, Jordan under prestigious preceptor and ECF doctor, Dr. Yacoub Yousef, who has been training fellows in unserved...
