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Cataract Mission

Cataract Mission Team 2017

VEI is proud to offer free cataract surgery through our Cataract Mission Program.  Cataract Mission is for people who do not have insurance (including Medicare or Medicaid) and do not have the financial means to pay for cataract surgery. Our program is put on annually by the physicians and associates of Virginia Eye Institute who volunteer their […]

Vision Walk

Vision Walk

Since 2009, VEI has been a sponsor for the Foundation Fighting Blindness Vision Walk. Money raised by this walk helps fund research to prevent/cure degenerative retinal diseases.  In 2014 VEI doctors and associates came out in full force to support this great cause!  To learn how you can join the fight against blindness, click here.

World Pediatric Project (WPP)

Virginia Eye in Guatemala 2018

Virginia Eye Institute is a proud sponsor and participant of the World Pediatric Project (WPP). WPP is a non profit humanitarian organization linking worldwide pediatric surgical, diagnostic and preventative resources to heal critically ill children in developing countries. WPP also helps build indigenous health care capacity — saving lives now while transforming pediatric health outcomes […]

Additional Outreach

Conexus & VEI Partnering for the Gift of Light Campaign

VEI staff and doctors donate their time to help others in need, both in Richmond and outside of the country. Our associates, doctors, and patients raise money for the Gift of Light program during the end of the year holidays. All of the donations go to Conexus vision (formerly Prevent Blindness Mid- Atlantic) for the detection and correction of vision problems […]

Past Events

Dining in the Dark

Dining in the Dark Dining in the Dark is a rare and unique sensory awareness experience that will take guests on a journey of taste, sound, and touch… all in the dark. Dining in the Dark gives thousands of people a chance to peek into an unfamiliar world while raising money to help fund research […]

World Pediatric Project – Dr. Donna Brown

Dr. Donna Brown with World Pediatric Project

Originally founded in the Richmond area in 2001 as International Hospital for Children, World Pediatric Project has won the hearts of many local doctors. Dr. Nadia Blanchet feels honored to be associated with the organization. “There are dozens of other Richmond physicians who have also given of their time and resources for many years to […]

Cataract Mission Program Announcement

Cataract Mission Team 2017

The Cataract Mission program provides free cataract surgery for those Virginians who have cataracts but cannot afford the surgery. This program is for individuals who do not have insurance, Medicare, nor Medicaid and do not have the financial means to pay for cataract surgery out-of-pocket. The VEI Foundation has been in existence since 1993. To […]

Cataract Mission Trip to Ethiopia

VEI - Ethiopa Mission

Dr. Seth Krawitz has participated in 3 high volume cataract surgery outreach programs in Ethiopia since 2014. In tandem with fellow American surgeons and native Ethiopian surgeons over 1,000 sight restoring cataract surgeries were performed during each of these programs. These missions were organized by the Himalayan Cataract Project.

2015 Cataract Mission Trip

Cataract Mission Team 2017

The Cataract Mission program provides free cataract surgery for those Virginians who have cataracts but cannot afford the surgery. This program is for individuals who do not have insurance, Medicare, nor Medicaid and do not have the financial means to pay for cataract surgery out-of-pocket. The VEI Foundation has been in existence since 1993. To […]

2014 Cataract Mission Trip

Cataract Mission Team 2017

The Cataract Mission program provides free cataract surgery for those Virginians who have cataracts but cannot afford the surgery. This program is for individuals who do not have insurance, Medicare, nor Medicaid and do not have the financial means to pay for cataract surgery out-of-pocket. The VEI Foundation has been in existence since 1993. To […]

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