Guerrilla Eye Service

The Guerrilla Eye Service of the UPMC Eye Center is dedicated to eliminating barriers to eye care for patients in the Western Pennsylvania area. The GES is staffed by students, residents and faculty who are dedicated to providing comprehensive eye care to the residents of our area who would otherwise go without.
 
 

Announcements

Signup sheets for GES missions now available online

We now have signup sheets online for GES missions. Sign up early and often. Please report any problems.

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Guerrilla Eye Service Boot Camp starts Wednesday January 6th

The first meeting of the GES Boot Camp mini-elective will take place on Wednesday January 6th at 6 pm in Scaife Lecture Hall.
GES Boot Camp is a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Mini-Elective sponsored by the UPSOM Department of Ophthalmology. The overall goals & objectives for the course are to
1) provide basic training for students who wish to participate in GES activities
2) provide and introduciton to the field of ophthalmology for pre-clinical students with an interest in ophthalmology

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Course Events

GES Mission at Squirrel Hill Health Center
03/16/2010 - 6:00pm
Squirrel Hill Health Center

Our mission on Tuesday March 16th will be to the Squirrel Hill Health Center. SQHC serves diverse community of patients including immigrants. We often need Spanish and Russian translators at SQHC.

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Guerrilla Eye Service Boot Camp - Session 4
03/24/2010 - 6:00pm

Diabetic Retinopathy and Macular Degeneration
 

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GES Mission at Birmingham Clinic
04/05/2010 - 5:30pm
Birmingham Clinic

Our mission on Monday, April 5 will be to the Birmingham Clinic in the South Side neighborhood in partnership with the UPMC Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations. Birmingham Clinic serves a diverse community of adults and children including immigrants. We often need Spanish translators at Birmingham Clinic.

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GES Mission at the 9th Street Clinic in McKeesport
04/10/2010 - 9:00am
McKeesport 9th Street Clinic

Our mission on Saturday April 10 will be to the 9th Street Clinic in McKeesport in partnership with the McKeesport Hospital Foundation.

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GES Mission at Jubilee Soup Kitchen
05/22/2010 (All day)
Jubilee Soup Kitchen

Our mission on Saturday May 22 will be our first to the Jubilee Kitchen in the Uptown neighborhood in Pittsburgh. The Jubilee Kitchen serves residents of our city challenged by poverty, illness, joblessness, or homelessness. They provide an array of services including

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GES Mission at Cornerstone Care - Greensboro, PA
09/24/2010 - 10:00am
Cornerstone Care - Greensboro, PA

Our mission on Friday, September 24th will be to Cornerstone Care in Greensboro, PA. Cornerstone Care serves a largely rural community of patients in an area that is known for coal mining and glassmaking. Our focus at Greensboro is detection of diabetic retinopathy. Our Greensboro mission will be followed the next day by a mission to neighboring Waynesburg. GES members who want to stay overnight will be fed and lodged courtesy of Southwest PA AHEC.

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Catholic Charities Mission at UPMC Eye Center Mercy
03/09/2010 - 5:30pm
UPMC Eye Center Mercy

Our mission on Tuesday March 9th will be for the patients of the Catholic Charities clinic. Catholic Charities provides primary, specialty and dental care primarily to the residents of downtown, uptown and the Hill districts.

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GES Mission at Cornerstone Care - Waynesburg, PA
03/06/2010 - 9:00am
Cornerstone Care - Waynesburg, PA

Our mission on Saturday, March 6th will be to Cornerstone Care in Waynesburg, PA. Cornerstone Care serves a largely rural community of patients in an area that is known for coal mining and glassmaking. Our focus at Waynesburg is detection of diabetic retinopathy. Our Waynesburg mission will be preceded by a mission to Greensboro the day before. GES members who want to stay overnight will be fed and lodged courtesy of Southwest PA AHEC.

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GES Mission at Cornerstone Care - Greensboro, PA
03/05/2010 - 10:00am
Cornerstone Care - Greensboro, PA

Our mission on Friday, March 5th will be to Cornerstone Care in Greensboro, PA. Cornerstone Care serves a largely rural community of patients in an area that is known for coal mining and glassmaking. Our focus at Greensboro is detection of diabetic retinopathy. Our Greensboro mission will be followed the next day by a mission to neighboring Waynesburg. GES members who want to stay overnight will be fed and lodged courtesy of Southwest PA AHEC.

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Guerrilla Eye Service Boot Camp - Session 3
03/03/2010 - 6:00pm
Jake Waxman
Eye & Ear Institute 7th floor

Cataracts and Glaucoma

At this session of GES Boot Camp we're going to cover cataracts and glaucoma.
Please read the attached “Essentials” handouts and use this information and whatever you can get from

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GES Mission at Birmingham Clinic
02/22/2010 - 5:30pm
Birmingham Clinic

Our mission on Monday, February 22nd will be to the Birmingham Clinic in the South Side neighborhood in partnership with the UPMC Program for Health Care to Underserved Populations. Birmingham Clinic serves a diverse community of adults and children including immigrants. We often need Spanish translators at Birmingham Clinic.

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Guerrilla Eye Service Boot Camp - Session 2
02/17/2010 - 6:00pm
Jake Waxman, Eric Wu, Kari Eisley
EEI Building 7th floor

Refractive Error

At this session we will cover refractive error

We'll start by reviewing refractive error definitions and principles and move on to a review of the literature regarding the burden of refractive error globally, in the US, and in particular vulnerable populations. 

We'll follow with a introduction to the practice of refraction. 

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