ASCRS Prayer Breakfast
Join us in Washington DC!
Sunday, April 12, 2026
6:30-8:00am
Courtyard Washington Downtown Convention Center
901 L St. NW
Washington D.C, 20001
Room: Horne
Stan Pletcher, MD
Great Lakes Eye Care
“Innovating for Impact:
The Future of Global Eye Care Missions”*
Dr. Stan Pletcher, MD, practices in Southwest Michigan.
He is a comprehensive ophthalmologist with a focus on oculoplastics. He joined Great Lakes Eye Care in 1997 and has been there full time except for 2010 – 2012 when he and his family spent two years serving in Ecuador, helping to start an eye surgery program at a mission hospital near the jungle.
Dr. Pletcher is deeply involved in global ophthalmology endeavors. He travels yearly to Ecuador working in a small clinic on the Colombian border. He is also involved with training other ophthalmologists in manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS). He started a ministry called Christian Eye Network, that assists other ophthalmology practices to recruit like-minded physicians and connect doctors with mission opportunities.
Most recently, he co-founded eyeMobil Innovations. eyeMobil has been working to create mobile products for mission work, and their flagship product is a portable microscope.
Dr. Pletcher has been involved with the board of the Christian Ophthalmology Society and is a past president of the society.
Dr. Pletcher’s wife, Shelley, is a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a master’s in community nursing. They have four children and one grandchild!
* This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Medical Association of Georgia through the joint providership of Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties CME and Christian Ophthalmology Society. The Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties CME is accredited by the Medical Association of Georgia to provide accredited continuing education for physicians.
The Southern Alliance for Physician Specialties CME designates this hybrid/other activity for a maximum of 1AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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