This award is presented annually by EBAA and Cornea Society to recognize the best paper by a medical student, resident or fellow. The 2022 award is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Lions Eye Bank West Central Ohio.

The Troutman Cornea Prize is bestowed annually by the Cornea Society for the paper published in Cornea during the previous year judged to be most outstanding and innovative, and authored by an investigator 40 years of age or younger.

The 2022 R. Townley Paton Award Recipient is Anthony Aldave, MD. Dr. Aldave was presented with the award during the 2022 Cornea and Eye Banking Forum, and then delivered the R. Townley Paton Award Lecture.

Register for this member-driven conversation to gain ideas for making Eye Donation Month an even more successful commemoration for your eye bank.

This free session includes presentations by representatives from various racial, ethnic, and cultural groups discussing acceptance of and barriers to donation.

Attend this free live webinar to hear from the CDC, and to learn more about current emerging infectious diseases that could impact donor eligibility and transplant safety.

In this webinar, Tracy King shares the fundamentals of learning design & discusses tools you can use to create and deliver impactful presentations.

Medical Advisory Board Meeting

Learn how to work with local media to effectively share your organization’s story to promote your organization, cornea donation and sight restoration. Register today!

This virtual event is an opportunity to celebrate women in eye banking, learn about the struggles and triumphs of being a woman in science, and how to continue to foster interest in the field for the next generation of women.

Ensure your organization is prepared to mitigate potential risks; register for this session today.

Register for this complimentary global update on eye banking today!

Learn more about partner recognition programs and how they can provide recognition to those who go above and beyond to facilitate donation.

From common to uncommon incidents, you’ll learn what constitutes a reportable deviation and hear examples of deviations throughout the eye banking community

Learn more about infectious disease testing and sample qualification; register today!

With National Eye Donation Month just around the corner, this fun and interactive session will provide you with ideas and resources that will elevate your social media, marketing, and outreach materials, just in time to promote cornea donation and your organization’s role in the gift of sight. Register today!

The speakers provide specific examples of resources, programs, and initiatives that have been developed at their organizations for engaging with faith leaders at local hospitals and in the local community, and will discuss how to effectively communicate about donation during National Donor Sabbath in November.

Register for this session to strengthen your eye bank’s processing procedures.

Register today to learn how to strengthen your equipment program. ​

Attend this session to learn how to strengthen the fundraising and development efforts at your organization!

The speaker, Lisa Stover, CPA, CGMA, CAE, explores real world examples of unhealthy finance departments, how they were identified, their impact on the organization, and how they were fixed.

Listen to real stories about the situations technicians have found themselves in and how eye banks have worked to keep their staff safe while also carrying out their mission.

Strengthen your quality assurance program by learning how performing process verification before distribution can be essential to your organization’s operations.

Register to learn more about corneal endothelial imaging and best practices for capturing and analyzing corneal endothelium images.

Learn more about the role of the Medical Examiner and how to strengthen relationships with the Medical Examiner or Coroner office that your organization works with!