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Eye doctors who love God’s word
Our signature event has been our annual meeting which takes place in late July or early August each year. This event is family friendly with events for spouses and children. You'll find great fellowship, scientific lectures, a mission's day and more . . .
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First Class Medicine
Practicing our profession in a spirit of love
Founder, J. Lawton Smith never actually used the phrase "practicing first class medicine in a spirit of love", however this represents what he shared with his fellows. Striving for excellence in all things we do is important in a precise field like ophthalmology. It becomes even more important to bring glory to the one who gives us our gifts . . .
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Servant Eye Care
Following the greatest example
Matthew 20:34 states that "Jesus touched their eyes and had compassion on them. Immediately they received their sight and followed him." Our eyesight is so precious that the process of restoring it has the power to change lives. The bar is set high here for eye care providers certainly . . .
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We are passionate about Sight and Light
We believe all ophthalmologists should work hand in hand with God. For vision to occur, one needs sight and light.While ophthalmologists work on the first part, if God were to turn out the light, we're all without a job!
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Mentors and Mentees - the Glen Brindley Mentor Program
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Are you looking for a mentor? If you're a young medical student, resident or fellow and looking for a mentor, please get in touch with us. And, mentors, we need you too!
Mentors (and mentees) are needed in life -- someone who is a little further down the road than we are or has skills we would like to develop in our life, or someone who has the values or character we would like to emulate. Likewise, we all have something to offer. God has taught us much in our journey.
If you have a mentor or mentee, here is an assignment you can do together. We think you will get a lot out of it...
Watch the first 27 minutes of this COUNTERFEIT GODS – VIDEO Sermon by TIM KELLER -- "Idols of the Heart" -- by clicking on the book cover. Then take a few minutes to answer a few questions....use the discussion questions the next time you and your mentor or mentee connect.
What thing, if you lost it - could almost mean that you would lose the will to live -- What thing if you lost it, meant all significance and value would be drained out of your life --- Whatever that thing is, the Bible calls it an idol. The Israelites battled idols over and over and over -- the story of the Jewish people is largely one of following God then abandoning God as they chased after idols. Do we presume to think that our lives are any different? Is it any accident that the Old Testament repeatedly shows us the reality of idols in our hearts?
An idol is anything more fundamental to you or to your life than God -- to your sense of self, for your sense of self value. Idols are things you’re looking to to get fulfillment and meaning and a sense of life purpose from: power, comfort, financial security, your kids - your wife, career, achievement, maybe a political cause and on and on.
“An idol will always break your heart. No created thing can bear the 'freight' of your deepest hopes or the weight or your deepest longings. Idols will always break your heart.”
If you’re a phenomenal athlete, or you’re an incredibly successful businessman, or you’re a world class cataract surgeon -- if this very important, very fundamental piece of your identity was gone, how would you go on?
We may say to ourselves that if we were the best this or that, if we had the most toys, if we finally broke through, if we were finally rich, or extremely successful or highly esteemed and loved, we would be happy—we would be fulfilled…we may say this to ourselves but it’s a lie.
Pastor Keller says “Anything you worship, outside of God, will eat you alive"…If you worship money and things - if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough -- you will never be satisfied…this pursuit of things will never fulfill you because you can never have enough.
After you watch the first 25 minutes of Tim’s video, here are a few questions for discussion with you and your mentor.
What are some of the most prominent idols you see in our culture?
What are the idols you struggle with as it pertains to your career as an ophthalmologist?
How do you recognize the symptoms of idolatry in your life? You might do this by asking yourself, “What or where do I spend my money and time -- or to go much deeper…What is my worst nightmare -- What thing if I lost it, what thing if it were absent from my life, would almost take away my very desire to live?”
For some of us, career, kids, spouse, money and success are a large part of our sense of identity - our sense of acceptability, or our sense of worth - it’s not just money or prestige - in a very real sense it’s like a sense of salvation. Isn’t this an idol?
We say that God is most important to us, but honestly what is FUNCTIONALLY most important to us? For some, our parent’s approval, or spouse's approval, or societal approval is functionally more important to us than our relationship with the Lord.
The Glen Brindley Mentoring Program is run by the Christian Ophthalmology Society (cosw.org).
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Mentors and Mentees - "The Nature of Discipleship"
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For Mentors and Mentees and those we have yet to pair up....Great News!
Dr. Glenn Strauss will lead the Mentors/Mentees on Saturday, February 22th (Note the date change) at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Glenn will talk about "The Nature of Discipleship".
Please note this date in on your calendar as I'm sure you won't want to miss it...This will be an online gathering!
To join us on Saturday, please click this link on Zoom at the appropriate date and time.
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A Cataracts Symposium...the Fast and the Infuriating -- 44th Annual COS Meeting - St. Paul, MN
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As you plan your time off for 2020, remember the 44th Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN, August 5-9, 2020! Save the date! It could be a life-changer!
Be a part of a Symposium on Cataracts called "Cataract Surgery: The Fast and The Infuriating."
Also, join us for a Disciple-making and Mentoring symposium geared towards ophthalmologists: "Disciple-making in Ophthalmology". We have with some great topics and speakers lined up...
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| Calvin Eshbaugh, MD | Dan Gold, MD | Glenn Strauss, MD |
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What a Healthy Mentor Relationship Looks Like |
Becoming a Surgical / Spiritual Mentor |
Join us in Minneapolis - St. Paul this Summer!! You don't want to miss it!
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Disciple-making in Ophthalmology Symposium -- 44th COS Annual Meeting - St. Paul, MN
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Are you already starting to plan your time off for 2020? Remember the 44th Annual Meeting in St. Paul, MN, August 5-9, 2020! It might be a life-changing event for you!
“My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you've been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You're deeply rooted in him. You're well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you've been taught. School's out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 (MSG)
As a follower of Christ, at some point you come to accept and trust that Jesus knew what he was doing while he lived on this earth. One of the things he did – often times without them even realizing it – is disciple, mentor, or father the people he befriended. He pointed them to what was foundational for a life of beauty, compassion, goodness...he pointed them to himself. Jesus wants us to do the same thing. In fact, his last words while on earth were "Go therefore and make disciples.”
The Christian Ophthalmology Society wants to emphasizes disciple-making and mentoring at our gatherings because we realize that we learn how to do it in community. This summer we will have a "Disciple-making in Ophthalmology" symposium at the Annual meeting with some tremendous speakers...
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| Calvin Eshbaugh, MD | Dan Gold, MD | Glenn Strauss, MD |
| Practical Lessons I Learned From Dr. Brindley |
What a Healthy Mentor Relationship Looks Like |
Becoming a Surgical / Spiritual Mentor |
Join us in Minneapolis - St. Paul this Summer!! You don't want to miss it!
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Remembering a Past J Lawton Smith Award Recipient
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On Thursday, October 17, 2019, after bravely struggling for years with Alzheimer's disease, Dr. C. Roger DeHaven went to be with his Lord. He was 87. As the 2005 J Lawton Smith Award Recipient, we would like to remember Dr. DeHaven and the work that he did. His faithful walk with Jesus and his efforts to give both physical and spiritual light to others is an inspiration.
Dr. DeHaven was from Tyler, TX. He set up his private ophthalmology practice in Tyler shortly after moving there in 1964. Over the course of his career, he did over 23,000 cataract operations and was the first surgeon in East Texas to design and build a Medicare approved ambulatory surgical center. His involvement in the Lighthouse for Christ Eye Centre Mission in Kenya, East Africa was one of things he most treasured. He loved the Lighthouse and often said that was the reason he was put on this earth. He is responsible for the design and construction of their new Eye Center and building expansion that sits on the 2-acre Mombasa, Kenya, campus today.
Here are some of the comments on the Lighthouse for Christ facebook page
He is survived by his wife Lou Anne whom he married on December 27, 1953. They enjoyed a long and happy marriage and were able to stay together throughout the progression of his disease, thanks to her tireless efforts. They had 5 children including son Thomas DeHaven who still practices in Tyler at the DeHaven Eye Center.
If you know the family, please send them a note of support or add your comments here.. Click here for his obituary.
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