2022 Annual Meeting Package

The EBAA 2022 Annual Meeting is available on-demand. This package features select sessions from the 2022 Annual Meeting and includes over 17 hours of content. If you missed the meeting, or want to revisit some of the sessions you attended, check out all that this package has to offer. 

This package includes:

• Wednesday General Session - Keynote: The Inclusive Leader
• Leading Transformation and Navigating Complex Situations
• Thursday General Session - Featuring a Gift of Sight Personal Account by Sergeant Anita Moore and the Keynote: Mindset Matters: Cultivate a Growth Mindset
• Eye Bank Recruitment and Hiring
• Utilizing Environmental Monitoring to Support Microbiological Deviations & Investigations
• Technical Skills Workshop
• Friday General Session - Featuring the State of the Association and the Future of Eye Banking and Corneal Transplantation Panel
• Building Strong Relationships with Donation Partners for Successful Outcomes
• Medical Advisory Board Meeting
• Scientific Symposium
• Medical Directors Symposium

View the "CEU Information" tab for important information about earning credits.

Thank you to our meeting sponsors!

Access

eyeLEARN Package Access Instructions
The 2022 Annual Meeting sessions are available to EBAA Members for free! To access the presentations, log into eyeLEARN with your EBAA credentials, click the 'register' button, and checkout. Once you have registered, visit the event page, and access the sessions via the contents tab.

CEUs

CEUs are no longer being awarded for this meeting. 

Wednesday General Session

Keynote: The Inclusive Leader
Speaker: CJ Gross
CEUs: 1

Leading Transformation and Navigating Complex Situations

Speaker: Sharon Newport, CAE
CEUs: 1

Thursday General Session

Chair's Address by Noël Mick
Gift of Sight: Personal Account by Sergeant Anita Moore
Mindset Matters: Cultivate a Growth Mindset for Success by Laura Buckley
CEUs: 1.25

Eye Bank Recruitment and Hiring

Speakers: Jamie Collier, MA, CEBT, and Molly Odorisio
CEU: 1

Utilizing Environmental Monitoring to Support Microbiological Deviations & Investigations

Speaker: Marc Glogovsky, MS, S.M. (NRCM) 
CEU: 1

Technical Skills Workshop

Successfully Onboarding and Vetting Technicians 
Importance of Mental Health Resources for Eye Bankers 
Donor Eligibility Case Studies 
Navigating Corneal Tissue Recovery Scenarios The Silent Attack: Fungal Keratitis after Endothelial Keratoplasty
Fighting the Never Ending Battle: Positive Fungal Cultures 
CEUs: 2.25

Friday General Session

State of the Association by Kevin Corcoran, CAE
Future of Eye Banking and Corneal Transplantation by Bennie Jeng, MD; Mark Greiner, MD; Jennifer Li, MD; M. Soledad Cortina, MD; Brian Philippy, CEBT
CEUs: 1.5

Building Strong Relationships with Donation Partners for Successful Outcomes

Speakers: Jenna Dumas, MBA; TJ Roser; Sarah Czajkowski, CTBS, LFD, CEBT 
CEU: 1

Medical Advisory Board Meeting

CEU: 1.75

Scientific Symposium

Scientific Symposium 
Invited Session:
Sophie Deng, MD, PhD, Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, “Management of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency: Past, Present and Future”

Scientific Abstracts: 
Trends of Surgery, Patient and Surgeon Characteristics for Corneal Transplants in Medicare Population 2011 to 2020 
Size and Shape Matters: Cell Viability of Preloaded DSAEK Grafts in Three Different Carriers 
Accuracy of Automated Software for Assessing Endothelial Cell Loss on Trypan-Stained, Peeled DMEK 
Low-Friction Coating of Modified Jones Tubes Significantly Improves the Post-Ejection Endothelial Cell Viability of DMEK Grafts. 
DescePrep vs Manual Dissection for DMEK Graft Preparation: Efficacy, Efficiency, and Cell Viability in Non-Diabetic and Diabetic Corneas 
Patient- and Surgeon-Level Factors Associated with Early Regrafts after Endothelial Keratoplasty 
Sterile Keratolysis after Boston Type 1 Keratoprosthesis Implantation: Incidence, Risk Factors and Outcomes 
S-Nitrosylation (SNO) Therapy to Fortify Corneal Storage Media 
Donor Cornea Storage Temperature: Investigation of the Time Period Immediately Prior to Transplantation Surgery 
In vitro Comparison of SARS-CoV-2 Cell-Entry Inhibitors in Donor Cornea Cells 
CEUs: 3.25

Medical Directors Symposium

COVID-19 and the Cornea: Impact on Eye Banking and Keratoplasty 
Back to Basics: Medical Director Consults 
Corneal Surgeon Tissue Acceptance Criteria and Eye Bank Sustainability 
Investigating Adverse Reaction Reports 
Case Spotlight: From Transplant to Explant 
Medical Director Dilemmas: What Would You Do?
CEUs: 2.75