SURGEONS

The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration helps surgeons give their patients the beautiful gift of sight. What is important to surgeons is what The Eye-Bank is all about. Ocular tissue provided by The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration is supported by more than 75 years of experience.

Quality Transplant Tissue

• penetrating keratoplasty (PK)
• endothelial keratoplasty (EK)
• anterior lamellar keratoplasty (ALK)
• limbal stem cell transplants
• orbital reconstruction and glaucoma implants.

Quality Service

• full and partial thickness cornea procedures including DMEK
• ocular reconstructive surgeries
• medical research, education and training.

Qualified Technical Staff

• evaluate donor tissue and screen medical/social history to meet regulatory requirements and standards for quality and safety
• use the latest technology in slit lamp biomicroscopy, specular microscopy and OCT system
• prepare donor corneas for endothelial keratoplasty procedures.

Continuous Quality Improvement

• obtains transplant outcomes
• fully complies with tissue tracking regulations
• incorporates comments and suggestions received from surgeons
• routinely provides continuing education sessions to staff.

Medical Advisory Board

The Eye-Bank benefits from the advice and counsel of a 24-member Medical Advisory Board of physicians and surgeons who provide our staff with invaluable experience and knowledge of medical issues regarding corneal transplantation and eye disease.

The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration is

• a founding and accredited member of the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)
• registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• licensed with the New York State Health Department.

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