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Dr. Michael Vrabek and the trainees take a first look at Sry Loy's cornea, during a post-op exam at Preah Ang Duong Hospital, December 12, 2007. Loy received a new cornea the day before. His cornea is still tinted green from the fluorescent stain used during the operation. Loy, 32, is a rice farmer who has been bilaterally blind for the past 10 years. He traveled 12 hours to Phnom Penh, in hopes that ORBIS could restore some of his sight. Loy was the recipient of a cornea donated by the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin, and had the first corneal transplant performed in the country. (All Photos: Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
The halls of Preah Ang Duong Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were filled with people hoping that ORBIS would be able to help them or their family members with eye health problems, December 10, 2007. ORBIS International brought its world renown programs to Cambodia at the invitation of the Cambodia Ministry of Health. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital was stationed at the airport, and volunteers also worked with trainees at the local facility. 
As volunteer anesthesiologist Dr. Artem Grush wheels Line Chea, 5, into the operation room for her surgery, she turns back and cries for her mother, aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 11, 2007. Line was the first surgery performed for the 100th trip of the FEH, and the first of the program in Cambodia. ORBIS volunteer Dr. Robert Kersten, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, performed a levator resection for Line's left eyelid. 
Thol Ram, left, watches her mother Thou Hem, center, during her post-op exam aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 13, 2007. Translator Kaknika Kosal, right, assists. Mrs. Hem was treated for glaucoma by Dr. Ralph Sanchez, of Glaucoma Consultants of the Capital Region in Voorheesville, NY.
Bunly Chhreng, 20, thanks ORBIS volunteer Dr. Michael Vrabek, as the doctor lets him know that Bunthoeuom Song's corneal transplant went well at Preah Ang Duong Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 12, 2007. 
Sokin Von holds a photo of himself and ORBIS volunteer Dr. Michael Vrabek, left, who performed Mr. Von's corneal transplant. Dr. Vrabec, assistant clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison removed Mr. Von's bandages during his post-op visit and the pair took a Polaroid photo together.
Dr. Michael Vrabek and the trainees take a first look at Sry Loy's cornea, during a post-op exam at Preah Ang Duong Hospital, December 12, 2007. Loy received a new cornea the day before. His cornea is still tinted green from the fluorescent stain used during the operation. Loy, 32, is a rice farmer who has been bilaterally blind for the past 10 years. He traveled 12 hours to Phnom Penh, in hopes that ORBIS could restore some of his sight. Loy was the recipient of a cornea donated by the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin, and had the first corneal transplant performed in the country. (All Photos: Kristyna Wentz-Graff)
The halls of Preah Ang Duong Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, were filled with people hoping that ORBIS would be able to help them or their family members with eye health problems, December 10, 2007. ORBIS International brought its world renown programs to Cambodia at the invitation of the Cambodia Ministry of Health. The ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital was stationed at the airport, and volunteers also worked with trainees at the local facility. 
As volunteer anesthesiologist Dr. Artem Grush wheels Line Chea, 5, into the operation room for her surgery, she turns back and cries for her mother, aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 11, 2007. Line was the first surgery performed for the 100th trip of the FEH, and the first of the program in Cambodia. ORBIS volunteer Dr. Robert Kersten, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, performed a levator resection for Line's left eyelid. 
Thol Ram, left, watches her mother Thou Hem, center, during her post-op exam aboard the ORBIS Flying Eye Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 13, 2007. Translator Kaknika Kosal, right, assists. Mrs. Hem was treated for glaucoma by Dr. Ralph Sanchez, of Glaucoma Consultants of the Capital Region in Voorheesville, NY.
Bunly Chhreng, 20, thanks ORBIS volunteer Dr. Michael Vrabek, as the doctor lets him know that Bunthoeuom Song's corneal transplant went well at Preah Ang Duong Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 12, 2007. 
Sokin Von holds a photo of himself and ORBIS volunteer Dr. Michael Vrabek, left, who performed Mr. Von's corneal transplant. Dr. Vrabec, assistant clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison removed Mr. Von's bandages during his post-op visit and the pair took a Polaroid photo together. 
