Teaching

1. Supported the development of an illustrated teaching guide for patients, families and health care professionals about retinoblastoma (cancer of the eye in children), This is now available at no cost in print and on the internet in English, Spanish, Arabic, Russian, Polish and two forms of Chinese.

2. Developed a resource for blind patients enabling them to access information about eye cancer from MSK with novel technology enabling the site to speak the printed words by passing a cursor over the text.

3. Supported lecturers on scientific and medical subjects who traveled to Australia, Switzerland, France, England, Spain, Thailand, Israel, Argentina, Venezuela, Mexico, Peru and Brazil in addition to the U.S.

4. Supported Nursing education and interchange of Nurses from Norway and Memorial Sloan Kettering.

5. Supported (10 years) a glaucoma fellowship at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (N.Y.) including support for teaching performed by that fellow.

Research

1. Supported basic and clinical research in medicine with emphasis on ophthalmology resulting in the publications of over 200 scientific publications in the peer reviewed scientific literature.

2. Supported researchers in the U.S., Spain, Argentina including an exchange program between researchers from Argentina and MSKCC.

Technology

1. Supported the development of a novel new computer based ocular prosthesis that enables normal pupil response and movement (still under development). Patent pending.

Education

1. Has supported the first Latin American Eye Cancer Symposium in NY. Doctors from Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Peru and Brazil met in NY to establish protocols for treatment of children with eye cancer in Latin America.

2. Has supported travel to medical and scientific meetings for more than 100 Nurses, medical students, interns, residents, fellows and attendings to local, national and International meetings.

3. Has supported the Glaucoma fellowship at Mr. Sinai School of Medicine for 10 years.

4. Supported the development of ERG (electroretinography) for use in children under anesthesia for a variety of diseases including retinoblastoma.