We are committed to practicing and training physicians in holistic, excellent, compassionate medical care. Over the years, we have grown from an eye clinic to a multispecialty clinic.

In ophthalmology, we have especially pioneered medical retinal treatment in the country, and we serve as a referral center for medical retina, glaucoma, complicated uveitis, corneal ulcers, pediatric eye disease, and other diseases. There is a need for training in surgery as well, and we would like to add this to our busy medical ophthalmology practice if the right ophthalmologist joined us.

With a local staff eager to learn and the possibility for significant impact in advancing surgical care, especially in subspecialties of retina, glaucoma, and others, we are looking for an eye surgeon desiring to serve long-term.

We also could use a Medical Ophthalmologist, General / Comprehensive Ophthalmologist, or Retina Specialist.

Besides ophthalmologists, as the clinic has grown the need has also grown for a more experienced and focused practice and business manager to step into leadership. We are also open to other medical specialists.

Western doctors do raise support for their salary. The clinic covers work permits, licensing, and visa expenses. The rest of the clinic expenses, including all local staff, are supported by what the patients pay for our services.

Contact

If you or someone you know may be interested, please contact us at: info@christianeye.net, or at bjz@fastmail.fm.

Eye Care International - El Salvador is in need of two (or more) optometrists for their annual mission trip in February 2026!

Their clinic runs for two weeks. You can sign up for either one or two weeks.

Since the early 1990s, Eye Care International - El Salvador has been cooperating with local sponsors to serve the underserved people of El Salvador -- rotating to four general areas in the north, south, east and west. 

The clinic dates are:
Feb. 9-13 (week one), fly-in on Feb. 7, clinic set up afternoon of Feb. 8; fly home Feb. 14, and
Feb. 16-20 (week two); fly-in Feb. 14, fly home Feb. 21.

The cost of the trip is $450/week plus air fare. The cost covers meals from Sat. p.m. until breakfast on the day of flying home.

You will be staying in Salvadoran accommodations (rather than North American style hotels).

This year, the clinic is in the city of Chalatenango. It’s a city of about 20,000 in the northern, hillier region of the country.

The eye care team will meet up in country. They ask that your flight arrive in San Salvador by 2:00pm on Saturday (either Feb 7 or Feb 14). Some people arrive a day early and stay Friday evening at the Quality Inn, a North American-style hotel near the airport. Either way, once you arrive in San Salvador, the team will take the shuttle to the Quality Inn and wait until a bus arrives to take the team to Chalatenango.

What the Team Will Do:

• The team will see about 400 patients a day (it could be more depending on the number of optometrists).
• You will be practicing “back to basics” optometric eye care.
• Each patient gets a full exam, and most will get glasses -- by prescription and readers (used lenses from Lions Clubs). Details of how they prepare glasses are on the Eye Care International - El Salvador website. (They also give out universal lenses if we don’t have a suitable prescription.)
• You will work in conjunction with Salvadoran surgical ophthalmologists regarding cataract, pterygium and other surgeries.

They have ophthalmologists who consult/refer on surgeries and other vision maladies. Surgeries will be done in a San Salvador hospital and follow-up is by an ophthalmologist in Chalatenango. There is no cost to patients for surgeries.

Contact
If you have any questions, please contact the Christian Eye Network at info@christianeye.net or Dr. John Novak, OD, at johnjnovak@gmail.com.

You can find out more about Eye Care International – El Salvador and what they do by going to their website: El Salvador - Eye Care International.

 

Mexico Medical Missions (https://mexicomedical.org/) is in need of volunteer cataract surgeons for a 3-day outreach to the Tarahumara people in the remote Sierra Madre Mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico.

The dates of the outreach are February 6-9, 2026. (That means flying into Chihuahua City on the February 5th and departing on February 9th.  American Airlines has flights from/to Dallas-Fort Worth that arrive/depart in Chihuahua City around 12:00-1:00pm each day). 

Once you arrive in Chihuahua City on February 5th, Mexico Medical Missions will take care of your transportation to the Sierra Madre Mountains (Note: The hospital / eye clinic will be at 7000 feet above sea level).

Surgeries will be done in the operating rooms of their well-equipped eye clinic.  They have two operating tables, two phaco machines (a LAUREATE® and a CENTURION®), two microscopes…two of most everything needed to allow two or three surgeons to operate freely.  

The cost is minimal. 

In-country transportation costs are $200 and food and housing for the time you are there will be less than $100.  

Dr. Michael Berkeley, son of prominent Houston ophthalmologist Ralph Berkeley, will be your host.  He has been serving the Tarahumara people for a number of years.  He will be taking care of all the supplies but please bring any instruments you prefer.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity, please contact us at info@christianeye.net, or Dr. Berkeley at mike@mexicomedical.org

 

Sight.org is a Texas-based Christian nonprofit working in Togo, Africa. Their mobile eye clinic teams travel to rural villages for surgery and to spread the gospel.

Sight.org has performed 8,143 surgeries, trained 32 eye surgeons in Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (MSICS), and shared the gospel with 51,000+ people. God is the Way Maker, and the Sight.org team believes God made a way to reach the unreached by first giving sight to the blind.

When Sight.org goes to a village, they must receive permission from the chief to share the gospel. Through giving sight to the blind, they have never been denied permission since 2012. Hundreds of chiefs, predominantly Muslim or Voodoo, have granted their requests, providing access to villages where the gospel was forbidden. God made the way.

Sight.org would love for you to join them in giving sight while opening doors to share the gospel.

In 2025, there are multiple opportunities for Ophthalmologists with MSICS training to volunteer:

• April 7-12
• May 19-24
• June 30-July 5
• August 11-16
• September 22-27
• November 3-8

If you are new to MSICS and want to gain experience with a senior surgeon, we would love to help! Here are the weeks MSICS training is available in 2025:

• March 3-8
• April 7-12
• May 19-24
• June 30-July 5
• August 11-16
• September 22-27
• November 3-8

What to Expect:
- The cost for flights, travel insurance, food, and hotels are approximately $3,000.
- For student doctors, there is an extra fee of $4,500.
- There are direct flights from the USA to Togo.
- We perform surgeries in rural clinics, and the locations change every outreach.
- Our Ophthalmic Surgeon, Dr. Nestor Avia, will be there and can help you if needed.
- On average, 140 to 210 patients are selected before your arrival.
- The operating room and support staff support are prepared and ready before your arrival.
- Equipment on hand: 2 Ophthalmic Microscopes, Keratometer, A-scan, Tonopen, Slit Lamp, Autoclave, and MSCIS Surgical Tools.
- We will coordinate with AlconCares for supply donations when you come to serve.
- In most cases, Sight.org staff will transport the supplies to Togo on your behalf. However, we sometimes cannot, so we hope you will help us transport supplies if needed.

“This is definitely my favorite program to work with in Africa to utilize my skills and to help a large number of patients. Sight.org is a great organization with an excellent in-country support team. I highly recommend Sight.org for a true African eye surgical mission experience.” -- Dr. Ed Kondrot

You may visit Sight.org for more information or contact the director directly at LEWIS@SIGHT.ORG or the Christian Eye Network at info@christianeye.net.