Call for Proposals: Present Your Research!
The Call for Proposals is open! EBAA and Cornea Society are accepting proposals for presentation consideration at the 2025 Cornea and Eye Banking Forum. The program chairs encourage abstracts highlighting new procedures and therapies; scientific discoveries and innovation in cornea and eye banking; research on the preservation, preparation, processing and transplantation of corneal tissue; and any new data of interest to the cornea and eye banking communities.
Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, July 14.
Cornea and Eye Banking Forum Program Details
Program Chairs
M. Soledad Cortina, MD, Chair, EBAA Scientific Programs Committee
Jessica Ciralsky, MD, Chair, Cornea Society Scientific Programs
Event Schedule
7:00 am – 2:00 pm Registration
7:00 am – 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Cornea and Eye Banking Forum
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm R. Townley Paton Luncheon*
*Included in registration for all physician attendees, including Medical students, residents and Cornea Fellows.
Tentative Program Schedule
Section I
8:00 am – 8:02 am Welcome and Introductions
8:03 am – 9:25 am Scientific Abstract Presentations (7 abstracts)
9:25 am – 10:00 am Mini-Symposium: Invited Panel
10:00 am – 10:05 am Claes Dohlman Award
10:06 am – 10:15 am Cornea Society Business Meeting
Section II
10:30 am – 10:32 am Welcome Back
10:32 am – 10:34 am EBAA High Impact Research Grant Announcement
10:35 am – 11:34 am Scientific Abstract Presentations (5 abstracts)
11:35 am – 11:38 am R. Townley Paton Award Introduction
11:39 am – 12:00 pm R. Townley Paton Award Lecture
Session III
1:30 pm – 1:32 pm Welcome Back
1:32 pm – 3:00 pm Scientific Abstract Presentations (8 abstracts)
3:01 pm – 3:04 pm Richard Troutman Prize Award Introduction
3:05 pm – 3:15 pm Richard Troutman Prize Lecture
Session IV
3:30 pm -3:32 pm Welcome Back
3:33 pm – 4:10 pm Invited Session
4:10 pm – 4:53 pm Scientific Abstracts (4 abstracts)
4:53 pm – 4:56 pm Best Paper of Session
Best Paper by a Medical Student, Resident or Cornea Fellow
4:56 pm – 5:00 pm Closing
