Recent Press
August 27-31, 2012: Humanitarian trip to Port-au-Prince, Haiti
"The average Haitian lives on $2 a day and few have adequate basic living conditions, let alone access to affordable medical care"Dr. Matheson Harris and Dr. Branson Call traveled together to Port-au-Prince, Haiti to volunteer several days of clinical and surgical work on behalf of one of the teaching hospitals there in the capital. Dr. Call, who recently retired from private practice to pursue humanitarian work full-time, has visited Haiti on a number of occasions, including being present and operating at the time of the devastating earthquake in January of 2010. The average Haitian lives on $2 a day and few have adequate basic living conditions, let alone access to affordable medical care. The doctors saw dozens of patients and performed scores of surgeries on adults and children. Charity Vision, a division of the private charity Deseret International, also brought along medical supplies. Both doctors are already planning their next trip to Haiti as the people are in significant need. If you are interested in supporting their efforts, contact Deseret International. (click here to read more about their experience on our blog)
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March 20, 2012: KSL Studio 5 Appearance
"Of the 500,000 dog bites that send people to the ER annually, 42% are children"Dr. Matheson Harris appeared on KSL TV's Studio 5 to discuss dog bite injuries in children. Every year over 4 million people are bitten by dogs, with half a million needing attention at a hospital. Of the 500,000 dog bites that send people to the ER annually, 42% are children. These bites can lead to life threatening injuries and severe facial scarring. Certain breeds are more likely to become aggressive. Pit bulls, and other breeds originally bred for fighting, tend to cause the worst injuries. Common breeds, such as labrador retrievers, actually cause more dog bites just due to their sheer numbers among our population. Watch the video clip below for more information. (click here to read the article on KSL.com)
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March 6-11, 2012: Humanitarian trip to Dong Anh Hospital, Northern Vietnam
Dr. N. Branson Call and Dr. Matheson Harris traveled to Dong Anh General Hospital outside of Hanoi, Vietnam. Supported by LDS Charities, Tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment were donated, local doctors were trained, and 40 surgeries performedthe doctors brought a new operating microscope and two trays of facial plastic surgical instruments. They provided instructional lectures to the doctors on eyelid and facial reconstructive surgical techniques. They also performed 40 surgical procedures while giving the local doctors hands on training. The Vietnames doctors were able to perform some of the procedures on the second and third days of surgery and quickly showed proficiency in the new techniques. Drs. Call and Harris also toured another outlying eye hospital in Ninh Binh and assessed their needs for a future project. Dr. Call went on to the Phillipines the following week to assess future vision projects in that country. (click here to read about their trip and see photos on the UtahOC blog)
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February 19, 2012: Dr. Harris featured in the St. George, Utah Daily Spectrum Newspaper
Daily Spectrum - Kevin Jenkins
Dr. Matheson Harris was featured in a 2-page article in the print and online editions of the Daily Spectrum newspaper in Southern Utah. The article covered Dr. Harris's return to Utah after his training in the eastern United States. It highlighted that he is a Dixie College and Southern Utah University graduate and was excited to return to Southern Utah to practice oculoplastic surgery at the Zion Eye Institute. Several of Dr. Harris's patients were featured in the article talking about the positive experiences they had, both in the clinical examinations and during their surgery. Dr. Harris was photographed during a busy day of operating on 10 patients for a variety of eyelid, eye and facial problems.
