HelpMeSee transforms lives through innovation and surgical simulation. Our mission is to restore vision to people with visual impairment and blindness due to cataract worldwide through eye surgery simulation, product development, simulation-based training, and partnerships that promote simulation training to improve eye surgery outcomes. Today, there are one hundred million people who are visually impaired due to cataract. Seventeen million people are blind and eighty-three million are moderate to severely visually impaired. Ninety percent of this vision loss is treatable through cataract surgery to alleviate the vast majority of vision loss. Unfortunately, there are not enough surgeons to perform cataract surgeries in the poorest regions in the world with the highest rates of vision loss, namely, Africa, China, India, and Latin America. The number of people with cataract that need surgery outnumbers the surgeons needed to perform the surgeries, a number that will continue to grow exponentially. On average, it takes four to eight years for cataract surgeons to achieve competency. Our solution uses eye surgery simulation-based training to significantly shorten the time it takes for eye surgeons to build competency and perform live surgeries. We understand the complexity and large-scale change needed to reach these marginalized populations, but we cannot achieve this mission alone. HelpMeSee is building a sustainable model with partners and placing training centers in each of the poorest regions with the highest rates of vision loss to make the largest impact on this issue.
View Top Employees from HelpMeSeeWebsite | http://www.helpmesee.org |
Funding | $350000 |
Employees | 67 (65 on RocketReach) |
Founded | 2010 |
Address | 20 W 36th St Fl 4, New York, New York 10018, US |
Phone | (212) 221-7606 |
Fax | (212) 221-7604 |
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Industry | Hospitals and Health Care, Hospitals & Clinics, Health Care, Surgical Simulation Technology Development, Healthcare, Non Profit, Courseware and Learning Management Systems, Simulation, Healthcare Financing, Software, Advanced Surgical Training, Training, Education, Virtual Reality, Hardware |
Web Rank | 3 Million |
Keywords | Helpmesee, Helpmesee Donate, Cataracts, Dr. Ashish Bacchav Helpmesee, Helpmesee Tax Id, Help Me See |
Competitors | AE Biofuels , Inc., BluPoint Ltd, DaVinci Direct, Grameen Foundation, Homeless World Cup |
SIC | SIC Code 80 Companies, SIC Code 801 Companies |
NAICS | NAICS Code 6211 Companies, NAICS Code 62 Companies, NAICS Code 62111 Companies, NAICS Code 621 Companies, NAICS Code 621111 Companies |
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James Ueltschi is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HelpMeSee.
65 people are employed at HelpMeSee.
HelpMeSee is based in New York, New York.
The NAICS codes for HelpMeSee are [6211, 62, 62111, 621, 621111].
The SIC codes for HelpMeSee are [80, 801].