Orbis Flying Eye Hospital is Changing the Way the World Sees - at the Museum of Flight, Seattle

Orbis’s MD-10 Flying Eye Hospital brings state of the art technology, training and teaching tools to local healthcare teams in low and middle-income countries so they can reverse and prevent blindness in their communities. On July 28th, 2018, This panel discussion among Orbis leaders explored how this international non-profit organization makes a difference in the world, and explained what it took to convert an MD-10 freighter into the world’s only mobile, fully accredited Flying Eye Hospital. This program took place in the William M. Allen theater at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA. The panelists include: Bob Ranck, President and CEO of Orbis International Ranck graduated from the USAF Academy and was commissioned in the Air Force in 1982. He went on to fly nine different aircraft throughout his career including the Boeing 707, B757, B737, Gulfstream V, DC-10. Bob has run organizations as large as 13,000 people, serving in the field, in combat, in the Embassy in Baghdad, and on the Air Staff and the Joint Staff. Dr. Hunter Cherwek, MD, Deputy Chief of Clinical Services, Orbis International Dr. Cherwek oversees all clinical activities at Orbis. He previously spent six years with Orbis as a staff ophthalmologist and medical director on board the DC-10 Flying Eye Hospital. He has now worked in over 22 countries and has specific career interests in preventable and treatable causes of blindness in low resource settings Capt. Cyndhi Berwyn, Orbis Volunteer Pilot Berwyn been a volunteer pilot with Orbis since 2012. She was a pilot in the US Air Force, and has been flying for 45 years with experience in gliders, single and multiengine aircraft, seaplanes, hot air balloons, and helicopters, amounting to over 10,000 hours of flight time. Moderator - Stacey MacNeil, Vice President, Communications, UTC Aerospace Systems MacNeil provides executive direction and strategic management for communications programs to best position UTC Aerospace Systems with employees, customers and external partners. http://www.museumofflight.org/Plan-Your-Visit/Calendar-of-Events/4730/how-a-flying-eye-hospital-is-changing-the-way-the-world-sees