2023 Annual Meeting Package

The EBAA 2023 Annual Meeting is available on-demand. This package features select sessions from the 2023 Annual Meeting and includes over 18 hours of content. Check out all that this package has to offer!

This package includes:

• Wednesday Opening General Session
  • My Sister’s Keeper
  • Pathways to Donation after Neurological Death and Current Controversies
• Quality Assurance Workshop
• Wednesday General Session
  • Inspiring Culture: The Power of Empowerment in Eye Banking
• Thursday General Session
  • Research: Creating a POSITIVE IMPACT on the World and Your Bottom Line
  • State of the Association
• Developing Strong Relationships with Hospice Organizations
• Handling Tissue with Care: Preventing Technician Induced Trauma
• Technical Skills Workshop
• Accreditation Board Meeting – Public Portion
• Friday General Session
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Moving from Initiatives to Lasting Principles and Practice
  • Creating a Deeper and More Diverse Bench of Medical Directors
• Donor Tissue Evaluation: Current and New Technologies
• Medical Advisory Board Meeting
• Scientific Symposium
• Medical Directors Symposium

CEUs are no longer available for this package.

Thank you to our meeting sponsors!

Access

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CEUs

CEUs are no longer being awarded for this meeting.

Wednesday Opening General Session

Chair’s Address
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank

My Sister’s Keeper
Shannon Hartley, Cornea Recipient and Donor Family Member

Keynote: Pathways to Donation after Neurological Death and Current Controversies
Michael Rubin, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
CEU: 1

Quality Assurance Workshop

• Best Practices for Recipient Follow-Up 
• Adverse Reaction Investigations & Reporting

Speakers: 
Elizabeth Ellett, MSHA, MT(ASCP), CQA(ASQ), ACHE, Advancing Sight Network
Kristin Mathes, MS, MA, VisionGift
Susan Hurlbert, CEBT, Eversight
Tiffany Ramirez, CEBT, CQIA (ASQ), Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Melissa Williams, CEBT, Altru Vision
Wayne Dietz, CEBT, San Diego Eye Bank
CEUs: 1.5

Wednesday General Session: Inspiring Culture

Keynote: Inspiring Culture: The Power of Empowerment in Eye Banking
Speaker: Frederica Spotser, CEBT, Cultivate

Donate Life America Update
Speaker: Janice Sedgwick, CEBT, Georgia Eye Bank
CEU: 1

Thursday General Session

Keynote: Research: Creating a POSITIVE IMPACT on the World and Your Bottom Line
Sponsored by The Cincinnati Eye Bank

Speakers:
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Vinod Mootha, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Onkar Sawant, PhD, Eversight
Ching Yuan, PhD, Lions Gift of Sight
Gregory Grossman, PhD, CEBT, CCRP, BCMAS, Advancing Sight Network
Khoa Tran, PhD, VisionGift

State of the Association
Speaker: Kevin Corcoran, CAE, Eye Bank Association of America
CEU: 1

Developing Strong Relationships with Hospice Organizations

Speakers:
Jenna Dumas, MBA, Nevada Donor Network
Teresa Ham, Advancing Sight Network
Nikki Richardson, RN
CEU: 1

Handling Tissue with Care: Preventing Technician Induced Trauma

Speakers:
Chris Conwell, CEBT, CQIA (ASQ), Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Miracles In Sight
CEU: 1

Technical Skills Workshop

• Invited Session: The Medical Examiner Perspective with Dr. Satish Chundru
• Panel: Building Strong Relationships with Medical Examiners
• Supporting External Partners in the Implementation of Post-Mortem Eye Care
• Donor Eligibility Case Studies
• Case Study: A Living Donor Innovation Spotlights
• Innovation Spotlights 

Speakers:
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Miracles In Sight
Satish Chundru, DO,
Patrick Becker, Lions Gift of Sight
Andrea Crosson, CEBT, Lions World Vision Institute
Kerry Gray, Saving Sight
Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight
Darrell Lee, CEBT, Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio
Alyson Ronan, CEBT, Southern Eye Bank
Darcey Ross, Saving Sight
Troy Win'E, CEBT, Miracles In Sight
CEUs: 2.5

Accreditation Board Meeting (Public Portion)

The public portion of the meeting was recorded and is available to attendees. 

CEUs: .5

Friday General Session
Sponsored by Lions Eye Bank of the Northeast

Keynote: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Moving from Initiatives to Lasting Principles and Practice
Speaker: Shawna Nesbitt, MD, MS, UT Southwest Medical Center 

Creating a Deeper and More Diverse Bench of Medical Directors
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank

Crystal Cornea Award Presentation
Communication Optics Award Presentation
CEUs: 1.5

Donor Tissue Evaluation

Speakers:
Jonathan Lass, MD, Eversight
Amy Ansin, VisionGift
Monica Freiburger, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank|
Kerry Gray, Saving Sight
Mark Soper, CEBT, CTBS, VisionFirst
CEU: 1

Medical Advisory Board Meeting

CEUs: 2.5

Scientific Symposium 

Invited Sessions:

Alfonso Sabater, MD, PhD, University of Miami/ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, “Novel Biological Therapies for Corneal Endothelial Dysfunction”
Ellen Koo, MD, University of Miami/ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, “Endothelial Magnetic Cell Injection for Treatment of Corneal Edema: The Early Observations and Clinical Results”

Scientific Abstract Presentations: 

• Suitability and Early Clinical Outcomes of Corneal Donor Tissue in the Greater-than-75-Year Age Group
• Screening Potential Cornea Donors for Signs of Sepsis
• Report of Two Cases of Monkeypox Keratitis
• Tissue Characteristics and Early Clinical Outcomes of DMEK Performed with Donor Corneas Stored in Eusol-C/Kerasave vs Life4C/Optisol-GS
• Analysis of Novel Corneal Preservation Media
• Efficacy of Amphotericin B and Voriconazole in Optisol-GS Under Different Temperature Exposure and Timing of Antifungal Supplementation
• Efficiency of the Novel Narrow-Band UltraViolet (UV) Handheld Light Apparatus in Antifungal and Antibacterial Decontamination of Donor Corneas – Preliminary Results
• Comparison of Endothelial Cell Loss Associated with Standard-of-Care Forceps and a Prototype Scleral Clamp Device used to Fixate the Cornea during Corneoscleral Recovery: Pilot Study
• Corneal Transplant Rejection Post Vaccination: Analysis of a National Medicare Dataset
• Limbal Stem Cell Viability following Eye Bank Storage
• Effect of Paired Radial Incision Placement Relative to DMEK Scroll Axis on Triple Scroll Formation in Young Donor Tissue
• Comparison of Conventional Methods and a Commercialized Cone-shaped Funnel Adaptor Device for Loading DMEK Tissue into Modified Jones Tubes
• Corneal Allogenic Intrastromal Ring Segment Implantation with Trypan-Blue-Stained and Dehydrated Segments
• Developing Standardized Quality Metrics Following Corneal Transplantation Using a Delphi Technique

CEUs: 3.5

Medical Directors Symposium

• Accreditation Inspections: Common Findings
• Neurologic Conditions and the Cornea
• Case Study: A Recipient with CJD
• The Role of the Medical Director in Establishing Eye Bank Donor Criteria and SOPs
• Slit Lamp Microscopy Image Consults - What Medical Directors Need to Know!
• Succession Planning in Eye Banking: The Role of Mentorship
• Medical Director Dilemmas: What Would You Do?

Speakers:
Lisa Brooks, CEBT, CTBS, VisionFirst
Clara Chan, MD, Eye Bank of Canada
M. Soledad Cortina, MD, Eversight
Joshua Hou, MD, Lions Gift of Sight
Ricardo La Hoz, MD, UT Southwest Medical Center
Barry Lee, MD, Georgia Eye Bank
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Amy Lin, MD, Utah Lions Eye Bank
Jordan Masters, MD, LifeShare Carolinas
Shahzad Mian, MD, Eversight
Melanie Truoung-Le, DO, OD, UT Southwest Medical Center
Evan Warner, MD, Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin
CEUs: 3