On October 9, 2007, Dr. Seward and his wife, Jannike, left to minister for a four-year missions term in Zambia.  Dr. Seward will be working with two other ophthalmologists at Lusaka Eye Hospital in partnership with Christian Blind Mission (www.cbm.org).  He is hoping to perform many cataract surgeries and train others to do the same.  Jannike will be writing up her dissertation research and hopes to then get involved in serving people with disabilities in Zambia.  If you are interested in receiving their newsletters via e-mail, please contact Dr. Seward at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  (Please note that medical privacy cannot be guaranteed when corresponding by personal e-mail.) 

 

Dr. Seward will be returning periodically for a month at a time (probably each January); but in the meantime, his patients are welcome to schedule appointments with one of the other doctors at GLEC, particularly with Dr. Andrew Wang, should an issue arise concerning corneal or external eye disease. 

 

Dr. Vredevoogd on Sabbatical 

As of July 2007, Dr. Vredevoogd is taking a sabbatical and will not be treating pediatric ophthalmology and adult strabismology patients at Great Lakes Eye Care for at least two years.  Her husband has taken a two-year expatriate job assignment in Bulgaria, and she has taken this opportunity to pursue work with orphans in Bulgaria who have strabismus and other ophthalmologic problems.  It is her hope that she will be able to reestablish opportunities to work at Great Lakes Eye Care in the future; but in the meantime, the doctors at GLEC are happy to continue to serve her patients.

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