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National Donate Life Month
Apr 1, 2018
You can give the gift of sight. Register to be an eye, organ and tissue donor. Learn... read more
You can give the gift of sight. Register to be an eye, organ and tissue donor. Learn... read more
See life in full bloom at the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show
Feb 16, 2018
CHICAGO — Join Eversight at the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show and take a visual journey through its featured garden themed “Sights and Sounds to Delight Your Senses–Leap into Spring” that celebrates eye, organ and tissue donation. Thanks to a grant by Donate Life Illinois (DLI),... read more
CHICAGO — Join Eversight at the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show and take a visual journey... read more
Support the gift of sight
Jan 5, 2018
Celebrating Sight honors the healing connections we make through donation and transplantation in the face of adversity. In this collection you will read real letters from donor families and recipients and see favorite sights shared by friends who support our mission.  These stories reflect the... read more
Celebrating Sight honors the healing connections we make through donation and transplantation in... read more
Glaucoma Awareness Month
Jan 1, 2018
Make a resolution for healthy vision in 2018. Glaucoma is a condition in which high pressure within the eye causes damage to the optic nerve, resulting in partial vision loss or blindness. The best defense against developing glaucoma-related blindness is by having routine, comprehensive eye exams.... read more
Make a resolution for healthy vision in 2018. Glaucoma is a condition in which high pressure within... read more
International conference to fight blindness worldwide
Nov 7, 2017
Jan. 24, 2017—Eversight received high praise from world-renowned physicians and trained more than a dozen surgeons at the annual Asia Cornea Society (ACS) Scientific Meeting in Seoul, South Korea. At the heart of the conference was an Eversight sponsored wet lab, orchestrated by the Singapore... read more
Jan. 24, 2017—Eversight received high praise from world-renowned physicians and trained more than... read more
Donor family meets researcher
Nov 7, 2017
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Tim Anegon's only hope for survival was a liver transplant. When his wife, Coleen, received the phone call that one was available, she and her two daughters knew it was only possible because another family was experiencing the grief of losing a loved one. Sadly, Tim passed... read more
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Tim Anegon's only hope for survival was a liver transplant. When his wife,... read more
A gift for knowledge
Nov 7, 2017
June 15, 2017—Eversight is brimming with some of the most knowledgeable and talented professionals in eye banking because of a commitment to employee development. That promise to cultivate staff growth and skill continues thanks to the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation and a $10,000 grant to... read more
June 15, 2017—Eversight is brimming with some of the most knowledgeable and talented... read more
Vision for a nation
Sep 11, 2017
Joining forces with the country’s leading hospitals and vision health organizations, Eversight is developing sustainable solutions to assist the nearly 250,000 Pakistanis suffering with blindness. Collin Ross, Vice President of Global Development, is leading the initiative approved in... read more
Joining forces with the country’s leading hospitals and vision health organizations, Eversight is... read more
‘Their gifts are going to live on a long time’
Sep 11, 2017
They squeezed into the operating room until no one else could fit. Doctors, residents and trainees from the Philippines province of Iloilo stood shoulder to shoulder and watched closely as Dr. Eli Moses got to work. He couldn’t have imagined performing a cornea transplant in front of dozens of... read more
They squeezed into the operating room until no one else could fit. Doctors, residents and trainees... read more
Advancing knowledge
Sep 11, 2017
Dr. Jonathan H. Lass spends a lot of time pondering the future. He has treated thousands of patients as a corneal surgeon at University Hospitals Eye Institute and mentored young physicians for decades as the Charles I Thomas Professor of Ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve University. But... read more
Dr. Jonathan H. Lass spends a lot of time pondering the future. He has treated thousands of... read more