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Dr. Gillette with patients in Borneo.

Dr. Thomas Gillette, MD

Medical Partner

Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Borneo. What do all these places have in common? These are all locations where Dr. Thomas Gillette has performed sight-restoring surgeries that help hundreds in need.

If you can believe it, Dr. Gillette's work serves a purpose even more far-reaching than restoring sight to the fortunate individuals in those countries. Your doctor’s bigger vision is to help eliminate unnecessary corneal blindness worldwide for good. This is why he has joined SightLife in a global effort to build and support eye banks.

"I feel so blessed to be able to do what I do, so I want to give back."

— Dr. Thomas Gillette

Ten million people wait in darkness for sight-restoring cornea transplants due to a severe shortage of eye banks to provide the needed corneal tissue. Ninety percent of these blind people live in developing countries. That’s why Dr. Gillette is working with SightLife to establish new eye banks to supply desperately needed tissue in these same developing countries. Our organization believes in a teach-the-hungry-to-fish approach to sight restoration, and Dr. Gillette is a key ally in making this happen.