About Eye Corps

We are Reshaping the Future of Eye Health in sub-Saharan Africa.

Eye Corps isn’t just fighting blindness. We’re building future Eye Care teams.

Led by two women, a surgeon and a nurse, we have stood at the operating table, trained young doctors, and walked the dusty roads to rural clinics. We are medical professionals who understand what it takes to build eye care systems that work and last.

In Tanzania, where millions live with preventable vision loss, we take a bold, dual approach: delivering care today through six permanent clinics and outreach teaching camps, while building thelong-term infrastructure through strategic partnerships with the local medical community and ophthalmic training institutions. We partner with medical schools, Regional Hospitals, and the Ministry of Health, training the next generation of ophthalmic professionals and equipping them with the tools and support they need to serve their communities.

We don’t believe infly-in, fly-out solutions. We believe in shifting power. In listening first. And in trusting Tanzanian professionals’ full capacity to lead, while recognizing that enduring partnerships can amplify impact and accelerate progress.

Susan MacDonald, MD

CEO & Executive Director

Susan MacDonald, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist. She received her medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. She trained in two specialties Internal Medicine at Brown University and Ophthalmology Residency at the University of Utah. In 2017, Susan co-founded Eye Corps, a nonprofit in sub-Saharan Africa. Within five years Eye Corps has grown from a small idea to a well-respected model of sustainable eye care. The goal of Eye Corps is to improve the quality and quantity of eye care provided by in-country professionals. Under Susan’s leadership, Eye Corps has three sites in regional hospitals located in Kilimanjaro, Lindi and Ruvuma regions of Tanzania.

Lisa Williamson, RN

Nursing Director

Lisa Williamson, RN is a registered nurse with 28 years of ophthalmic nursing in preoperative, recovery and circulating areas for ophthalmic surgeries and has extensive ophthalmic outreach experience with Eye Corps and Moran Global Outreach. She is the Lead Registered Nurse on all Eye Corps trips. She is involved in logistics and planning of outreach trips, as well as nursing education. She is currently employed by the University of Utah Moran Eye Center in an ophthalmic registered nurse capacity.

Roger Furlong, MD

Medical Director

Roger Furlong, MD is a board-certified ophthalmologist practicing for over 30 years in Missoula, MT, specializing in glaucoma, cataract and intraocular lens surgeries. He received his MD degree from UCSF Medical School and his ophthalmology residency from the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. He followed this with an anterior segment fellowship under Dr. Alan Crandall at the Moran Eye Center, University of Utah. Roger is the Medical Director of Eye Corps and is also Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the Moran Eye Center. He has traveled for 20 years with Eye Corps and Moran Global Outreach working to create sustainable delivery of eye care and surgery to address treatable and preventable blindness in underserved regions with an emphasis on increasing the care being delivered by local heath care professionals.

Jane Durcan, MD

Director, Education Resources

Jane Durcan, MD is an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah. She received her medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and completed an ophthalmology residency at the University of Utah. Additional training included fellowships in neuro-ophthalmology at the University of Iowa, and glaucoma fellowships at the Moran Eye Center with Alan Crandall MD and at the Devers Eye Institute with Mike Van Buskirk MD. She did an additional 3 months of glaucoma training at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London England. She was an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center from until from 1987 until 2001 and then was in private practice at the Spokane Eye Clinic in Spokane Washington until 2015. She is thrilled to be able to continue to fulfill her passion for providing eye care to those in need and also helping to train the next generation of ophthalmologists through her current work with Eye Corps.

Stephanie Nowacek

Director, Finance

Stephanie Nowacek is the Director of Finance for Eye Corps. She started with Eye Corps as a volunteer in the fall of 2019. Since early 2020, she has worked in her current role. Stephanie completed her Bachelor of Science at Santa Clara University and her Masters of Science at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Allison Clements

Director, Operations

Allison Clements is the Director of Operations for Eye Corps. Prior to joining Eye Corps in June of 2022, Allison worked in the finance industry for over 20 years as the Office Manager to a small investment firm. She holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of Wyoming.

Andy Pendleton

Head of Strategic Partnerships

Andrew Pendleton recently retired as the Western Area Vice President for Johnson and Johnson Vision and is excited to increase his involvement in supporting ophthalmic medical mission efforts to provide eyecare services to populations who are in need. Andy worked in the ophthalmic industry for over 40 years in multiple positions and with many companies including CooperVision, Pharmacia, Pfizer, AMO, Abbott, and Johnson & Johnson. In this new position, Andy continues his significant involvement in medical mission supply projects and participation in numerous ophthalmic medical mission trips. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Eye Corps isn’t just fighting blindness. We’re building future Eye Care teams.

Gifts with Impact