Ocular and Tissue Donation: Working Together to Enhance Lives

Includes a Live Web Event on 03/26/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)

EBAA and AATB are proud to present an educational collaboration to explore the important relationship between Eye Banks and Tissue Recovery Agencies. Join us for this unique webinar where we hear from Subject Matter Experts in Eye Banking and Tissue Banking. Speakers will take you through the process of working together to honor the gift & maximize the donor’s opportunity to help others.

Learning Objectives:

Describe the collaborative processes between eye banks and tissue recovery agencies to honor donor intent and maximize the impact of donations.
Identify the key roles and responsibilities of eye banking and tissue recovery professionals in enhancing the donor's opportunity to help others.
Apply best practices for coordination between eye banks and tissue recovery agencies to improve efficiency and outcomes.
Evaluate case studies demonstrating successful collaborations that enhanced donor impact and recipient outcomes.

Attend this session to learn more about the recovery processes for eye and tissue, and how to work together to honor the gift & maximize the donor’s opportunity to help others.

IMPORTANT: This session is complimentary for EBAA and AATB members. If you are not an EBAA member but are an AATB member, please register for the session on AATB’s website.

Dana Owens, CEBT

Director, Tissue Recovery

Eversight

Dana Owens, CEBT, is the Director of Tissue Recovery for Eversight. Dana began her healthcare career as an EMT and Medic in the United States Army. Soon after, she found her calling and purpose within the world of eye banking. Dana has been involved in eye banking as a recovery technician, recovery manager, business development, research recovery development, and distribution manager and has been the Director of Tissue Recovery since 2022. Dana currently serves as the Vice-Chair for the EBAA Technician Education Committee.

Emmitt A. Savannah, III, CTBS

Manager of Tissue Recovery and Research Training

LifeGift Organ Donation Center

Emmitt A. Savannah, III, CTBS, serves as the Manager of Tissue Recovery and Research Training at LifeGift Organ Donation Center, where he provides leadership, supervision, development and implementation of training programs for LifeGift in all its Texas regions that reinforce accepted industry practices and comply with organizational operating procedures, AATB standards, and FDA regulations. Emmitt has worked in the donation industry for over 14 years, and is passionate about leading, training, educating and developing people and teams as well as developing the programs in which they work to achieve goals efficiently.