Lions Medical Eye Bank And Research Center Of Eastern Virginia Inc
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- EIN 54-1116569
- (757) 388-2748
- 600 Gresham Dr Norfolk VA 23507-1904 USA
- lionseyebank.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Eye Diseases, Blindness & Vision Impairments, Health
Mission: The lions medical eye bank & research center of eastern virginia provides people the opportunity to donate ocular tissue, health care professionals the means to end blindness and patients the hope of clearly seeing form, color and motion.
Programs: The purpose of the oraganization is to provide safe, quality ocular tissue to health care professionals for the restoration of sight through transplantation and research. Tissue is donated to the organization and processed, evaluated and distributed pursuant to guidlines issued by the fda, ebaa and other regulatory bodies. These functions include, but are not limited to, donor elegibility determination, tissue evaluation, storage and distribution. In 2016/17, the eye bank provided 800 tissues for transplantation/implant and 62 tissues for research and education.
the organization promotes ocular tissue donation through public and professional education. In 2016/17, the eye bank conducted over 200 professional inservices and lectures to public and professional organizations, to promote eye donation. Throughout the year the eye bank offers families of cornea donors and cornea recipients the opportunity to share their life changing experiences with one another. The eye bank continues to be a model for us and international eye bank facilities. Research, such as examining pre-tissue recovery serology testing of corena donors to increase safety and efficiency, is ongoing.