The grant will fund screenings through September 30, 2005.
"Glaucoma and diabetes are real problems among African Americans," said R. Linsy Farris, M.D., professor of clinical ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center and staff physician, Harlem Hospital Center. "This grant will enable Harlem Hospital Center to pursue an aggressive screening program. We are extremely grateful for this assistance from the Foundation."
"I am pleased that the dedication of our Harlem Hospital faculty is being recognized in this way," said Stanley Chang, M.D., chair, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University Medical Center. "As a leading medical institution located in New York City, one of our primary goals is to give back to our communities by creating programs that can prevent or reduce the risk of potentially severely debilitating diseases, such as glaucoma."
"Harlem Hospital Center has done an impressive job screening the people of Harlem for this devastating condition," said Stanley J. "Bud" Grant, president, Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation. "As a result of the hospital's positive work with a grant we provided last year for glaucoma screenings, we substantially increased the amount for the upcoming year in this second award. This grant is tangible evidence of our high regard for the work of the Department of Ophthalmology at Harlem Hospital Center."
The award will be officially presented today by Mrs. Alma Rangel, wife of the Honorable Charles B. Rangel, a founder of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus.
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Columbia University Medical Center
15-Dec-2004