The Wills Eye Center for Academic Global Ophthalmology (CAGO) is dedicated to leadership in ophthalmology by bridging the gaps in education, research, and clinical care that exist across the globe in an effort to prevent blindness worldwide.
INFORMATION:
GlobalOphthalmologySummit.org
Wills Eye Hospital and the American Academy of Ophthalmology will host the 2026 Global Ophthalmology Summit in Philadelphia. The mission of the Summit is to improve eye health and eliminate vision loss through global ophthalmology education, research, collaboration, public health advocacy and by bridging global eye care stakeholders.
The Summit will provide attendees with:
• Access to global ophthalmology leaders through interactive sessions.
• Intimate networking events tailored to regional areas of interest and fields of work in global ophthalmology.
• Cutting-edge surgical simulation technology.
• Dedicated resident and fellow programming.
• Healthy competition in a Global Hackathon that allows attendees to crowdsource innovations to come up with winning solutions to address inequities in eye health.
International Scholars Program
The Wills Eye experience touches every corner of the globe. We are excited to share our world class eye hospital with you through our expert physicians teaching overseas, physicians from around the globe visiting the Wills Eye Hospital, and our web-based educational resources.
ACADEMIC GLOBAL OPHTHALMOLOGY FELLOWSHIP
The Wills Eye experience touches every corner of the globe. We are excited to share our world class eye hospital with you through our expert physicians teaching overseas, physicians from around the globe visiting the Wills Eye Hospital, and our web-based educational resources.
WILLS INTERNATIONAL RESIDENT EXPERIENCE
The Wills International Resident Experience (WIRE) places our residents at partner sites for up to two weeks to learn, teach, and serve in high-need settings
Rwanda International Institute of Ophthalmology
ORBIS International
SEE International
Tenwek Hospital,
Kenya
LV Prasad Eye Institute
Himalayan Cataract Project
My passion is to educate and equip the next generation of African physicians to meet the challenges of their world and to pass on what they have learned to those who come after them.
John Cropsey, Partner, Burundi
Wills Eye hosts an annual David Paton Lectureship in Academic Global Ophthalmology as well as multiple lectures and wet labs aimed at engaging our trainees and community in global ophthalmology.
