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Back to School: Taking Care of Eye Health for Better Learning. Listin Diario Newspaper
20 August 2026
20 August 2026
The Espaillat Cabral Institute, which in 2019 became the first Dominican health center to receive the HFAP international quality accreditation, has received a new certification from the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) of the United States.
Innovative. The Espaillat Cabral Institute was the first ophthalmology clinic in the country and is the first national medical center dedicated to a single specialty in the area of medicine.
It was the first health center in the Dominican Republic where eye surgery was performed for the first time with the use of a microscope, laser surgery for eye problems and, in addition, it had specialized operating rooms exclusively for ophthalmological interventions.
Los equipos más modernos de la época, como fotocoaguladores, tomógrafos, aplicadores de radiación, crioaplicadores para cirugía de catarata eran novedades en un centro moderno e innovador. Además el doctor Espaillat formó un grupo de oftalmólogos que han hecho importantes aportes a la medicina dominicana
The Espaillat Cabral Institute is the first Dominican health center, and first outside the United States, to receive the HFAP international health quality accreditation.
Doctor of Medicine Cum Laude, Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU). February 1988.
