2024 Annual Meeting Package

The EBAA 2024 Annual Meeting is available on-demand. This package features select sessions from the 2024 Annual Meeting and includes over 19 hours of content. Check out all that this package has to offer!

This package includes:

• Opening General Session
  • Gift of Sight Personal Accounts
  • Keynote: The Science of Happiness
• Taking Hold of the Opportunities That Await You -  Raising Financial and Community Support for Your Mission
• Thursday General Session
  • FDA Division of Human Tissues Update
  • The Current and Future Outlook for OPOs
  • Staying Focused on Eye Donation Promotion with DLA
  • Eye Donation Month: 2024 Campaign Announcement 
  • Developing Strong Relationships with Hospice Organizations
• Social Media Strategies: Maximizing your Efforts to Make a Difference
• Moving Beyond the Label: Empowering Electronic Information Exchange in Eye Banking Using the ISBT 128 MPHO Unique Identifier
• Technical Skills Workshop
• Accreditation Board Meeting – Public Portion
• Friday General Session
  • The Power of AI – Redefining the Future
  • The State of the Association
• Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workforce
• 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 Purchase Instructions 

To purchase the package on eyeLEARN, log into eyeLEARN with your EBAA credentials, click the 'register' button, and checkout. Once the package is purchased, visit the event page, and access the sessions via the contents tab.

Package Prices:

Member: $375   Non-Member: $750

2024 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees If you attended the EBAA 2024 Annual Meeting Kansas City, you receive complimentary access to this package. To access the meeting, log into eyeLEARN using your EBAA credentials, visit the event page, and access the sessions via the contents tab. If you don't know your password, select the 'forgot password' link. If you still have issues, contact Herocia Hawkins.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT complete the session evaluation for sessions you attended in person, as you have already earned CEUs for attending those sessions.

Medical Directors Medical Directors may view the MAB Meeting and Medical Directors Symposium for accreditation purposes. Once you view the session and complete the evaluation, the certificate will be available. Please download the certificate as proof of attendance. 

CEUs

The 2024 Annual Meeting package on eyeLEARN has been approved for up to 19.25 CEUs. Details for earning and tracking CEUs are listed below.

2024 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees 

 If you attended the EBAA 2024 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, you have complimentary access to all of the sessions available in this package. You may only earn CEUs for sessions you did not attend in person; attendees may only earn CEUs for a session once.

IMPORTANT: DO NOT complete the session evaluation if you already completed the session evaluation for that session in the meeting app, as you have already earned CEUs for attending in-person. If you aren't sure if you already earned CEUs for a specific session, log into the Member's Portal, and click "View My Credit History" under the "Certification/CEU" menu tab. If you did not already earn CEUs for a session, view the session on eyeLEARN, complete the session evaluation, and the CEUs will populate on your member profile. Contact  Herocia Hawkins with any questions.

2024 Annual Meeting eyeLEARN Attendees 

 To earn CEUs, view the session on eyeLEARN, complete the session evaluation, and the CEUs will populate on your member profile. To view your CEUs, please log into the Member's Portal, and click "View My Credit History" under the "Certification/CEU" menu tab. To view credits earned on eyeLEARN, click "View my eyeLEARN Credits."

Opening General Session

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

Gift of Sight Personal Accounts
Theresa McClellan, Wife of Cornea Donor Rick McClella
Scott Hagerty, Cornea Recipient

The Science of Happiness
Gillian Mandich, PHD, The International Happiness Institute of Health Science Research

CEU: 1

Keynote: Taking Hold of the Opportunities That Await You -  Raising Financial and Community Support for Your Mission

Speakers:
Chad Jansen, CFRE, CFRM, CNBC, Donor Centric Consulting LLC
Matthew Hicks, MSH Visual

CEU: 1

Thursday General Session

FDA Division of Human Tissues Update
Speakers:
Scott A. Brubaker, Food and Drug Administration
Brychan Clark, MD, Food and Drug Administration

The Current and Future Outlook for OPOs
Speaker: Steve Miller, MBA, CAE, Association of Organ Procurement Organizations

Staying Focused on Eye Donation Promotion with DLA
Speaker: Janice Sedgwick, CEBT, Georgia Eye Bank

Eye Donation Month: 2024 Campaign Announcement
Speaker: Colleen Bayus, EBAA

CEU: 1.5

Social Media Strategies: Maximizing your Efforts to Make a Difference

Speakers:
Isabelle Weiner, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration
Brenna Wheeler, MS, Eversight
Matt Webber, VisionGift

CEU: 1

Moving Beyond the Label: Empowering Electronic Information Exchange in Eye Banking Using the ISBT 128 MPHO Unique Identifier

Speakers: 
Karen Moniz, ICCBBA
Robin Wilkinson, ICCBBA
Aditi Srinivasan, InVita Healthcare Technologies  

CEU: 1

Technical Skills Workshop

·       Ophthalmic Procedures: Which Tissue for Which Procedure?

·       Research Tissue Recoveries: Preparing for Infinite Possibilities

·       CAIRS – You Should Put a Ring on It!

·       Should I Stay or Should I Go? Donor Case Study Discussion

·       Innovation Spotlights:

o   Recipient Information – Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For!

o   There’s a Storage Solution for That!

o   Vitreous Draws: You Spin Me Right Round!

o   No More Ice, Ice, Baby!

o   Markers - The Good, the Bad, the Smudgy

Speakers:
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Miracles In Sight
Amy Lin, MD, Utah Lions Eye Bank
Patrick Becker, Lions Gift of Sight
Andrea Crosson, CEBT, Lions World Vision Institute
Karli Diggins,  Lions Eye Bank of Nebraska 
Paul Graves, Advancing Sight Network
Chelsea Green, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight
Alyson Ronan, CEBT, Southern Eye Bank
Sharlene Rupp, MPA, CEBT, Donor Network of Arizona

CEUs: 2.25

Accreditation Board Meeting (Public Portion)

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

CEUs: .5

Friday General Session

Keynote: The Power of AI – Redefining the Future 
Speakers:
Zhiguo Zhou, PhD, University of Kansas Medical Center
Dray McFarlane, Tasio

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

CEUs: 1.5

Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workforce

Speaker: Olivia Law-DelRosso, PhD, MPA, College of Business at Kansas State University

CEU: 1

Medical Advisory Board Meeting

CEUs: 2.5

Scientific Symposium 

Invited Session: Novel Surgical and Cellular Therapy Interventions for Corneal Epithelial Diseases
Speaker: Ali Djalilian, MD, University of Illinois, Chicago

Scientific Abstract Presentations: 

·       Assessing Research Productivity of U.S. Academic Cornea Specialists using the Relative Citation Ratio

·       Gender Differences in Ophthalmologist Salary Among Cornea Specialists at US Public Medical Schools

·       Identification of the Role of Wnt Signaling Pathways in the Endothelium during Cold Storage of Donor Corneas using Transcriptomics-based Approach

·       Novel Eye Banking Practices Based on Biocompatible Cryopreservation of Ocular Tissues in Regular Deep Freezers

·       Your Scope or Mine? Consistency of Trypan Blue-based ACD Evaluation across Different Imaging Setups

·       Dual-Modality Imaging for Cellular Volumetric Evaluation of Donor Corneal and Retinal Tissues

·       Ocular Surface Disease May Be Associated with Allograft Dehiscence Following DALK and PK

·       Intracameral Antibiotic Prophylaxis After Corneal Transplant Surgeries

·       Quantifying Corneal Endothelial Cell Injury during Loading and Ejection of DMEK Grafts Using a Modified Calcein-AM Staining Method

·       Clinical Outcomes of DescePrep-Prepared DMEK Tissue: A Retrospective Review of the First Eight Cases

·       A Novel Technique for Processing Keratolimbal Allografts for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency

·       Retrospective Analysis of Adult Human Retina Pigmented Epithelial Cell (ahRPE) Culture Success Rate from Human Cadaver Ocular Tissues

·       Invited Session: Novel Surgical and Cellular Therapy Interventions for Corneal Epithelial Diseases

CEUs: 3.25

Medical Directors Symposium

·       Systemic Infectious Disease Transmission & Eye Banking

·       Tissues Causing Issues: What We Need to Know about Recent TB Outbreaks

·       Determining Tissue Imputability Following an Adverse Reaction

·       The Role of the Medical Director - Inspections and Accreditation

·       The Role of the Medical Director - Annual Competencies

·       The Role of the Medical Director - Research Programs

·       Broadening Tissue Acceptance Among Surgeons

·       Medical Director Dilemmas - What Would You Do?

Speakers:
Christopher Blanton, MD, OneLegacy
M. Soledad Cortina, MD, Eversight
David DeRose, MD, Lions World Vision Institute
Mark Greiner, MD, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Joshua Hou, MD, Lions Gift of Sight
Joann Kang, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration
Jennifer Li, MD, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Amy Lin, MD, Utah Lions Eye Bank
Michelle Rhee, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration
Elmer Tu, MD, Eversight
Evan Warner, MD, Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin

CEUs: 2.75