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Musician's Village Habitat Project
Dr. Thompson and Scott joined volunteers from around the country to help construct the Musican's Villlage in New Orleans after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

Serving Our Country
Dr. Thompson serves in the United States Army Reserves. He has served at Fort Hood and as Chief of Ophthalmology at Fort Riley in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He perfomed PRK and LASIK for our soldiers heading overseas...

Dr. Thompson shared insights on HealthWatch with Kelly Eckerman on KMBC-TV Channel 9.

The Nurse's Health Study revealed information about glaucoma and diabetes...

Women at increased risk for developing eye disease...

Northwest Haiti Chrisitan Mission
In January 2005, Dr. Thompson traveled to help the blind in an impoverished, medically underserved region of the world...

LASIK Research
Using his degree in electrical engineering,
Dr. Thompson designed a technique to improve the safety of LASIK surgery....

Research to Aid the Blind
Using his degree in electrical engineering,
Dr. Thompson helped research to aid the design of a visual prosthesis...

Teri Mathis Zenner Memorial 4-Mile Run/Walk
Teri Mathis Zenner was a Johnson County social worker who was tragically killed in August 2005 while helping a client in need. Dr. Thompson has worked with her family and friends to endow a scholarship in her memory...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helping the Blind to See Again

Dr. Thompson travelled to St. Louis du Nord, Haiti to aid those blinded by cataracts. In Northwest Haiti, there are no eye doctors. For those Hatians fortunate enough to find work, the average wage is around $0.50 a day. Imagine trying to feed your family and to pay your bills.

Cataracts can be quite debilitating. Due to the southern location of Haiti, they have a higher exposure to ultraviolet radiation that increases the prevalence of cataracts in the population, Abject poverty prevents most Haitians from having access to medical care.

There is no clean public water supply or public electricity in this region of the country. The clinic must provide its own utilities and sewage system. The work done by Larry Owen and the volunteers who have contributed to developing the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission to build and support the facility is truly amazing.

Dr. Thompson joined a team organized by Dr. William White to provide eye care in this remote impoverished area. The patients traveled from miles around for an opportunity to have access to eye care. Cataract surgery seemed like a modern miracle to those in need of the procedure. Other patients received their first pair of eye glasses thank to glasses donations from the Lion's Club. Untreated glaucoma had wreaked havoc on the vision of many local inhabitants. The medical team traveled with donated medicines to treat others who had not lost all of their vision from glaucoma. Donated antibiotics also helped to treat disease.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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