Keratoconus – Overview, Current Treatments and Future Therapies

W. Barry Lee, MD, FACS, is a partner and fellowship director at Eye Consultants of Atlanta, affiliated with Piedmont Hospital and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he specializes in Cornea, Cataract and Refractive Surgery.  Dr. Lee has served as Co-Medical Director of the Georgia Eye Bank since 2009. Dr. Lee has served on various EBAA Committees including the Accreditation Board as Co-Chair, the EBAA Board of Directors, and the Medical Advisory Board.  Dr. Lee is the President of the Cornea Society and Past President of the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology. In 2018, Dr. Lee received the EBAA R. Townley Paton Award for his significant contributions to eye banking and sight restoration. Dr. Lee has also received the Senior Achievement & Secretariat Awards from the AAO.  He is co-editor of the textbook, Ocular Surface Disease: Cornea, Conjunctiva, and Tear Film, published by Elsevier in 2013.

Bruce Varnum, MS, serves as the Chair of the Georgia Eye Bank Board of Trustees, and is the former CEO & President of the Georgia Eye Bank. Bruce has been associated with GEB for 37 years, first as Chair of the Executive Advisory Board (1987-1996), then elected as Chair of the Board of Trustees in 1996, and then transitioned into Chair, President and CEO. In 2013, Bruce turned over the responsibilities of President and CEO and continued as Chair of the Board of Trustees. During his career in eye banking, Bruce has been an active member of EBAA. Bruce began serving the EBAA on the Finance Committee in 1998. Two years later he joined the Constitution and By-Laws Committee. From 2001-2012, Bruce was an active member of the EBAA Board of Directors, serving as Chair-Elect from 2006-2008, as Chair from 2008-2010, and as Immediate Past Chair from 2010-2012. Bruce served as chair of the Audit Committee and was involved in numerous other subcommittees and projects to help grow and shape the association. in 2011, Bruce received the Leonard Heise Award for his service and commitment to EBAA, eye banking, and the gift of sight.  Bruce earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Lehigh University College of Business. Bruce is a corneal transplant recipient and continues to support eye banking as the Chair of the Georgia Eye Bank Board of Trustees. 

Ingrid Schunder, MBA, CEBT, began a career in ocular transplantation in 1999 at the Lone Star Lions Eye Bank in Austin, Texas.  During her 13 years there, she performed all aspects of eye banking in her role as Technical Director. Ingrid accepted a position with North Carolina Eye Bank in 2013 as the Supervisor of Recovery Services. In 2016, she earned her MBA in leadership and was promoted to the Vice President of Donor Logistics after the acquisition of ocular recovery services in South Carolina.  Ingrid was responsible for the day-to-day logistical operations of the donor recovery process, hospital development, Medical Examiner and Coroner relationships in North and South Carolina. In 2020, Ingrid led the project for the acquisition of the Lone Star Eye Bank, now Miracles In Sight, Lone Star Division. In June of 2022, Ingrid was promoted to President & CEO of Miracles In Sight. 

Ingrid is an active member in the Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA) and serves as chair of the Technician Education Committee, EBAA Medical Advisory Board and Certification Board.

Ingrid served in the United States Army, HHC, 2AD as the Commanding General’s Attendant. Prior to her career in eye banking, she taught high school Spanish and English.