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| At First Sight |
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| Date: |
July 17, 2008 |
| Time: |
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. |
| Location: |
Keck Auditorium, Charles Drew University,
1731 East 120th Street,
Los Angeles, CA 90059 |
| Guest Speaker: |
Paul T. Urrea MD, M.P.H, F.A.C.S.,
Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, Keck School of Medicine |
| Medical Theme: |
Blindness, Vision impairments |
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"At First Sight" is a true story about a blind man who temporarily regains his sight, then goes blind again.
A driven Manhattan architect, Amy, takes a vacation at a small town health spa where she meets Virgil, a masseur blind since age 3. He helps Amy hear and sense the world, giving her new spirit and a burst of creativity. Over the sister's objections, Amy takes Virgil to New York for new, radical surgery. He regains his sight. He's disoriented and must learn to process these new images. Finding his place in a seeing world strains his relation with Amy; his absent father wants to connect with him now that he can see; then, retinal disease threatens to undo the surgery. Can love survive, will he find his new place and his old tranquility, and can Amy accommodate limits?
| Starring: |
Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Bruce Davison |
| Genre: |
Drama/Romance |
| Year: |
1999 |
| Run Time: |
128 minutes |
| Rating: |
PG 13 |
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About the speaker: Dr. Urrea is a Board Certified Eye Surgeon with practices adjacent to Monterey Park Hospital and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Yale University and received his medical degree at the UCLA School of Medicine and a master’s degree in Health Planning and Policy Analysis from the UCLA School of Public Health.
Dr. Urrea trained in ophthalmology at the Doheny Eye Institute. He received additional sub-specialty training in Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at UCLA. |
In addition to providing medical care to his patients, Dr. Urrea serves on the academic faculty of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC where he is a Clinical Associate Professor.
Dr. Urrea is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and has been designated a "Top Doctor" by his physician peers in the "Guide to Top Doctors" listing top-rated physicians in America's largest metropolitan areas. Dr. Urrea was also recently selected as one of "America's Top Ophthalmologists" by the Consumer Research Council of America.
Originally born and raised in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Dr. Urrea now resides with his wife and five children in the San Gabriel Valley. |
