Dr. Geoff Tabin is a professor at Stanford University and is on a mission to eradicate unnecessary blindness from all corners of the globe. This Doctor of Ophthalmology co-founded the Cure Blindness Project which began in the Himalayan region and has restored vision to over 625,000 people worldwide. Dr. Tabin is also the fourth person in the world to summit the tallest peak on all seven continents. In this episode:

• Getting through Yale (undergrad), Oxford (master’s), and Harvard (doctorate) all in one piece
• Using grant money as a graduate student to climb the most difficult side of Mount Everest
• The journey to climb the tallest peak on all seven continents
• How a passion for climbing fueled a newfound passion for medicine and healthcare in third world countries
• Partnering with Dr. Sanduk Ruit in 1995 with one mission – eliminate all blindness in the Himalayan Region
• How blindness decreases life expectancy by 33%
• What is a cataract?
• Reverse engineering a process to create biomedical sustainability with limited resources
• Dropping the price of a cataract surgery from $200 to $25
• Juggling many responsibilities by handling them one step at a time
• Creating local economic models for all members of the socioeconomic classes
• Curing the world from blindness

You can find more information on Dr. Tabin and Dr. Ruit at www.cureblindness.org. You can purchase Dr. Tabin’s book “Blind Corners” on Amazon and you can read about this project in “Second Suns” by David Oliver Relin.

It was love at first lift for Stephen Moore after he finished his first workout in the weight room. He fell in love with powerlifting and dreamed that he would compete in the strongman competitions one day. However, one day he was hit by another vehicle while on his motorcycle and lost his leg below the knee in surgery. A lost leg did not stop Stephen and he went on to not only compete in the strongman competition, but win a few of them, too. In this episode:

• The passion for fitness and strength building
• Getting hit while riding a motorcycle
• The depression that came after losing his leg
• Relearning how to lift with proper form with a prosthetic
• Placing 1st out of 17 competitors in the strongman competition with a prosthetic leg
• Squat 465lbs, Deadlift 500lbs
• 35 reps on the Car Deadlift
• Relating to clients who have never lifted before

Stephen is a personal trainer in Austin, Texas. You can follow him on Instagram @cybernetic_powerlifter