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The Eye Bank is the second Eye Bank in the nation to prepare corneas for a procedure in which surgeons transplant a single cell layer.
Eye Bank Night with the Clippers is Sunday, May 20, 2012. Game time 1:05pm. Tickets are $14.00 and include reserved seats and $2.00 Clipper Cash. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Eye Bank.
Eye Research and Medical Education.
Advancement of eye care
Eye care, or ophthalmology, is a growing field in which physicians and researchers are actively discovering new approaches and techniques for treating and preventing eye diseases. Do you have a family member or friend with glaucoma, macular degeneration, or retinitis caused by diabetes? The treatment, care, and prevention of all of these depends on eye donors to advance knowledge of how the eye functions, and what causes impaired vision. In addition to corneas for transplantation, the mission of the Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank includes providing donor eyes for eye research and medical education. The Eye Bank has for decades provided donor eyes - and with them many opportunities for researchers and physicians in training - to The Ohio State University's ophthalmology department.
Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank Participates in Two-Year Study
The Eye Bank is currently participating in a two-year research project with eye researchers at Vision Optimization. Using prototype equipment, the Eye Bank is measuring and collecting data that researchers hope will lead to more accurate detection of previous refractive surgeries in donor conrneas. The project is funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Help us achieve our vision.
The Eye Bank relies on community support to help us fund our vision restoration initiatives. Click here to learn how you can help give the Gift of Sight today.
