For a UW-Madison ophthalmology professor about to enter half-time retirement, his vision for the future is clear: a world rid of avoidable blindness within his lifetime.
“It can be done,” says Dr. Suresh Chandra, quietly confident in his mission even after more than two decades spent fighting an epidemic that has only grown.
Chandra in 1984 started the Combat Blindess Foundation in 1984, and has been treating hundreds of patients across the world.