2026 Annual Meeting Package

The EBAA 2026 Annual Meeting is available on-demand. This package features select sessions from the 2026 Annual Meeting and includes 20 hours of content. Check out all that this package has to offer!

This package includes:

• Opening General Session
  • A Legacy of Life
  • Keynote: Current Trends in Corneal Transplantation
• Deviation Detectives: Cracking the Case Before the Inspectors Arrive
• Wednesday General Session
  • Building Inclusive Futures: Strategies That Strengthen People, Culture, and Business
• Thursday General Session
  • Everyone Matters: The Shared Responsibility of Building Organizational Culture
• Feedback That Fuels Performance: Recovery Training Panel Discussion
• All about the Data: Tools, Tracking, Dashboards, and Utilization
• Technical Skills Workshop
• Accreditation Board Meeting – Public Portion
• The State of the Association
• Friday General Session
  • Emerging Therapies Panel Discussion
  • 2026 Eye Donation Month Announcement
• Bridging the Silos Between Technical and Quality
• Medical Advisory Board Meeting
• Scientific Symposium
  • Invited Session: Applications of Collagen Crosslinking
  • Scientific Abstracts
• Medical Directors Symposium

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

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: $400   Non-Member: $800

2026 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees If you attended the EBAA 2026 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, 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 2026 Annual Meeting package on EyeLearn has been approved for up to 20.25 CEUs. Details for earning and tracking CEUs are listed below.

2026 Annual Meeting In-Person Attendees 

 If you attended the EBAA 2026 Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, 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.

2026 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. 

Opening General Session

Opening Remarks
Kevin Corcoran, CAE, EBAA

A Legacy of Life
Jenn McBride, Donor Mother
Jessica Moore, Cornea Recipient

Keynote: Current Trends in Corneal Transplantation
Marianne Price, PhD, MBA, Cornea Research Foundation

CEUs: 1

Deviation Detectives

Elizabeth Ellett, CEBT, MSHA, Precision Ocular Network
Susan Hurlbert, CEBT, Eversight
Faith Spann, BS, CQA, CTBS, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Melissa Williams, CEBT, AltruVision

CEUs: 1.25

Wednesday General Session

Building Inclusive Futures: Strategies That Strengthen People, Culture, and Business
Jessica Custer, PhD, Hummingbird Solutions, LLC

CEUs: 1

Thursday General Session

Everyone Matters: The Shared Responsibility of Building Organizational Structure
Jeff Kaufman, PhD, Marian University Indianapolis

CEUs: 1.25

Feedback That Fuels Performance

Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Precision Ocular Network
Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight
Monica Freiburger, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Ann Kent, Georgia Eye Bank

CEUs: 1

All About the Data: Tools, Tracking, Dashboards, and Utilization

Moderator: Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight 
Nicholas Hicks, CEBT, Eversight
Mary Kinlaw, CEBT, Precision Ocular Network
David Moore, CEBT, Lions World Vision Institute
Adam Stockman, MBA, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank

CEUs: 1

Technical Skills Workshop

Moderator: Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Precision Ocular Network

New Procedures
Chris Ketcherside, MD, Kansas City Eye Clinic/Saving Sight

Donor Eligibility Case Studies
Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Precision Ocular Network
Andrea Crosson, CEBT, CorneaGen

Panel Discussion 

Moderator: Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, Precision Ocular Network
Amy Ansin, VisionGift 
Ben Lambright, MD, Lions World Vision Institute
Brian Philipy, BChE, BS, CEBT, Lions Gift of Sight
Michael Tramber, MBA, CEBT, CTBS, Precision Ocular Network

EMR Access
Monica Frieburger, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Darrel Lee, CEBT, Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio

Innovation Spotlights

• Small Changes, Big Impact: Rethinking Blood Draw Practices in Donor Testing
  Dana Owens, CEBT, Eversight

• Chambers? What Chambers?
  Paul Graves, CEBT, CTBS, Precision Ocular Network

• Nomogram App
  Adam Stockman, MBA, CEBT, Iowa Lions Eye Bank

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

State of the Association
Kevin Corcoran, CAE, EBAA

Emerging Therapies Panel Discussion
Mark Greiner, MD, Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Christopher Stoger, CEBT, OcuCell
Eris Jordan, OD, Aurion Biotech
David Price, MD, Price Vision Group

Eye Donation Month 2026
Colleen Bayus, EBAA

CEUs: 1.75

Bridging the Silos Between Technical and Quality

Nicole Klein, CEBT, CTBS, MHA, Lions Eye Bank of West Central Ohio
Brian Philippy, BChE, BS, CEBT, Lions Gift of Sight
Anthony Vizzerra, CEBT, Saving Sight

CEUs: 1

Medical Advisory Board Meeting

CEUs: 2.25

Scientific Symposium 

Moderators: Joann Kang, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration
Zeba Syed, MD, Wills Eye Hospital

Invited Session: Future Applications of Collagen Crosslinking
Speaker: Joseph B. Ciolino, MD, Harvard Medical School/ Massachusetts Eye and Ear/ Schepens Eye Research Institute

Scientific Abstract Presentations:

Invited Session: Current and Future Applications of Collagen Crosslinking
Development of Novel Corneal Storage Solution with Rho Kinase inhibitor (ROCKi) 
XTRA4 Real World Experience: Tissue Characteristics and Processing Outcomes
Improved Feasibility of Grading Fuchs Dystrophy using Retroillumination Photography
Machine Learning Survival Modeling for Keratoplasty Graft Risk Prediction
Mitochondrial responses to hyperglycemia and insulin rescue in human corneal endothelium
Impact of Postmortem Blood Draw Site on Blood Sample Suitability for Serology Testing and Donor Eligibility Determination: A Retrospective Multivariate Analysis
Predicting Corneal Tissue Suitability for Transplantation from Donor and Procurement Characteristics
Postmortem conjunctival microbial milieu: Culture findings and exploratory ITS fungal profiling
Stepwise Cell Loss from Preparation of Endothelium-in DMEK
Extending Corneal Viability During Transport with Enhanced Packaging to Mitigate Temperature Excursion
Improving a model for automated determination of endothelial cell density (ECD) with high-quality auto-generated masks
Hemolysis in Donor Blood Samples: Evaluation of a Novel Collection Device
DEKS Donor and Donor Preparation Factors Impacting Donor Preparation Outcomes

CEUs: 3.25

Medical Directors Symposium

Moderator: Joann Kang, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration

Medical Director Needs to Know for 2026
Shahzad Mian, MD, Eversight

Accreditation Board Update
Amy Lin, MD, Utah Lions Eye Bank 

Adverse Events- Reporting, Investigations and Case Studies
Sean Edelstein, MD, Mid-America Transplant
Susan Hurlbert, CEBT, Eversight
Carrie Lembach, DO, Central Ohio Lions Eye Bank
Elmer Tu, MD, Eversight

Fungal Infections after Keratoplasty: Prevention and Prophylaxis
Ellen Koo, MD, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Nakul Shekhawat, MD, Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute
Bennie Jeng, MD, Scheie Eye Institute Penn Medicine

Medical Director Dilemmas: What Would You Do?
Moderator: Jennifer Li, Sierra Donor Services Eye Bank
Panelists:
Win Chamberlain, MD, PhD, VisionGift
Clara Chan, MD, Eye Bank of Canada -- Ontario
Joann Kang, MD, The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration

CEUs: 2.75