Dr. Kertes first heard about Orbis while he was a resident, training at the University of Ottawa, Canada, back in 1997. “One of my mentors, Dr. Brian Leonard, was a very seasoned and frequent volunteer with Orbis”, he tells us “I thought it seemed almost magical that you could duck away from your practice for a week at a time and create these great alliances with ophthalmologists halfway across the world.”
Now, as an expert in retina at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center – a teaching hospital in Toronto, Canada – Dr. Kertes dedicates his time to saving sight in his community. And with his free time, he volunteers with Orbis to nurture and mentor his fellow ophthalmologists around the world.
Over the years, his many travels with Orbis have taken him to China, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia and most recently Ghana.
Image gallery: photos of Dr. Kertes taken during Flying Eye Hospital programs over the years.