Gold and Silver Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

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Corza Ophthalmology, a business unit of Corza Medical, is dedicated to vision care globally. Our broad portfolio includes biologics, diagnostic lenses, punctum plugs, knives, instruments, devices, and suture. We promise to always prioritize you, so that you can prioritize patients. Together, we can create the best patient experience. Find trusted product brands like Katena, Sharpoint, Asico, Blink, Barron, AmbioDisk, EagleVision, Rhein and more at corzaeye.com

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Konan Medical develops and distributes CellChekD and CellChekD+, used in donor corneal analysis, providing comprehensive imaging to assist both eye banks and corneal surgeons to make better decisions on implantable material. See What You’ve Been Missing®

Address: 15770 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 150
Irvine, CA 92618

Phone: (949) 576-2200

Website: www.konanmedical.com

Email: sales@konanmedical.com

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Precision Ocular Network is a nonprofit organization formed through the merger of Advancing Sight Network and Miracles In Sight. Built on decades of trusted eye banking experience, Precision Ocular Network represents a bold step forward – expanding beyond traditional eye banking to advance compassionate care, innovative research, and intentional collaboration. We work collaboratively with donor families, recipients, surgeons, researchers, and community partners to help restore – and advance the science of – sight.

More than a new name, Precision Ocular Network reflects a shared vision for the future of ocular donation, transplantation, and research.

Addresses:
Birmingham:                           Clemmons:
500 Robert Jemison Road        4750 Commercial Park Court
Birmingham, AL 35209             Clemmons, NC 27012

Phone:
800-423-7811
800-552-9956

Contact email: kmitchell@advancingsight.org

Website: www.precisionocular.org

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Marken, UPS Healthcare Precision Logistics (formerly Marken, MNX & Polar Speed), the clinical and advanced therapy subsidiary of UPS Healthcare, unites expertise across healthcare and complex secure logistics to drive the success of our clients through innovation. Operating in 220+ countries and territories, our team of 4,000 experts orchestrate over 6.6M shipments annually at all temperature ranges across our harmonized air, sea and ground network. With a ready-now packaging catalog and global depot matrix, Marken overcomes the most complex and evolving industry challenges, mitigating risks to always make it happen. Marken offers a complete range of services that integrates drug supply, storage and distribution, advanced therapy, radio pharma logistics, patient-driven services, laboratory logistics, kitting solutions, and connected medical device management. By prioritizing quality and putting patients first, Marken ensures time and temperature-critical shipments reach those who need them most. We are ready. Now. Experience. Our Precision.

Phone: 800 627 5361

Address: 
1009 Slater Road, Suite 120,
Durham NC 27703

Email: info@marken.com

Social Media:

• LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/marken/
• Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Marken.LLP/
• Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/markenllp

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Ascent Global Logistics, headquartered in Belleville, Michigan, is a leading global provider of expedited, time-critical logistics solutions and other direct transportation services. Since 1979, Ascent has supported mission-critical supply chains across regulated industries by connecting customers to its extensive carrier network and its own airline, USA Jet, and by leveraging its PEAK technology to provide robust carrier capacity and transparent pricing, backed by 24/7/365 logistics experts. Within its Life Sciences vertical, Ascent partners with eye banks and transplant centers to move corneal tissue and other sensitive biological materials within narrow viability windows, combining air charter, on-board courier, next-flight-out and ground expedite solutions with TSA-compliant handling, real-time visibility and proactive exception management through its PEAK Next platform. The experienced Ascent team solves customers’ most challenging logistics needs by providing industry-leading service, protecting the chain of custody and supporting successful surgeries and patient outcomes when every minute counts.

Address:
2068 E Street
Belleville, MI 48111

Email: Info@ascentlogistics.com 

Phone: 1-800-614-1348

Website: www.ascentlogistics.com

Learn more here or by watching their video.

Social media:

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascent_global_logistics
• https://www.facebook.com/AscentGlobalLogistics
• https://www.instagram.com/ascent_global_logistics

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At InVita, we are a collective force of dedicated professionals who understand the unique challenges of eye banking and are proud to provide our industry-leading and comprehensive iTransplant® Eye Banking Enterprise Solution to meet its demands.  Our comprehensive end-to-end modern digital solution – encompassing donor referral intake, screening, authorization + DRAI, recovery, processing, eligibility + release, distribution, surgical follow-up, donor family aftercare, referral source development, and more – is depended upon by leading eye banks around the world.  Please reach-out (link) to contact us for information and no-obligation demos of our solutions to help elevate your vision-preserving operations.

Addresses

• Baltimore: 180 W. Ostend Street, Suite 267A | Baltimore, MD 21230
• Los Angeles: 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #1005 | Los Angeles, CA 90025

Phone: (310) 392-1400

Website: https://www.invitahealth.com/

Email: info@invitahealth.com

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Lions Eye Bank of the Northeast (LEBNE) is dedicated to providing ocular tissue for transplantation, medical education and research. 

For over 70 years, we have served as a resource center for visual advocacy.

In 2024, LEBNE worked with over 700 grieving families to facilitate eye donation and provided over 1200 corneas for transplant.

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Aurion Biotech’s mission is to restore vision to millions of patients with life-changing regenerative therapies. Aurion is advancing AURN001, an investigational single administration, allogeneic cell therapy to treat corneal edema secondary to corneal endothelial dysfunction. It received the prestigious Prix Galien award for best start-up in biotech in 2022 and was granted both Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) and Regenerative Medicine for Advanced Therapy (RMAT) by the U.S. FDA in June 2024 for its’ endothelial cell therapy program. Aurion Biotech developed and has launched the first commercially available corneal endothelial cell therapy in Japan as of the fall of 2024 and is currently set to initiate the U.S. Phase 3 Clinical Trial in 2026. To learn more, visit www.aurionbiotech.com.

Address:
Aurion Biotech
117 E. Louisa, #561
Seattle WA 98102

Email: hello@aurionbiotech.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/aurion-biotech

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aurionbiotech

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Silver Sponsors

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We recognize the value of enhanced life that comes from the gift of sight. We strive to ensure that our donor’s gift is used in the best way possible. Our goal is to provide the highest quality grafts that yield the best surgical outcomes for recipients. It is with the newest technologies and proven processes in eye banking that we transcend the legacy of the donor and gift of sight above all else. Additionally, we aspire to be leaders in the profession for technical innovation of ocular gifts. We are committed to restoring sight both in our community and throughout the world.

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The Cincinnati Eye Bank is a non-profit organization established in 1956 to provide donor tissue for corneal transplantation in the Cincinnati area, Nationally and Internationally, for ophthalmic research to facilitate medical advancements, and to surgeons for practice and development of their surgical skills. The eye bank is fully equipped with instrumentation and technical staff to process corneal tissues for DSAEK, ALK and DMEK surgeries for distribution locally, nationally and internationally. The eye bank works collaboratively with partner eye banks, international surgeons and local researchers to maximize utilization of donated ocular tissues. The eye bank also has programs for public and professional education about the need for eye donation.

Address:
4000 Executive Park Drive
Suite 420
Cincinnati Ohio 45241

Phone: 513-861-3716

Email: tinamays@cintieb.org

Website: https://cintieb.org/

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AltruVision is committed to enhancing a person’s quality of life by restoring or improving vision through cornea transplantation, medical research, and education. 

Address: N. 3^rd Street, Suite 305
Philadelphia, PA 19123

Phone: 215-563-1679

Email: info@altruvision.org

Website: https://altruvision.org/

Social handles: FB: @altruvision Insta: @altruvision1 LinkedIn: @altruvision YouTube: @altruvision

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The Association for Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation (AMAT) supports our partners in the transplant field as they save and heal lives in our diverse communities.

Multicultural communities play a critical role in America’s transplant system. They save and heal lives as donors of organs, eyes, and tissue, require life-saving kidney transplants in disproportionately high numbers, and serve patients and families as healthcare professionals.

Address:
10825 Midlothian Turnpike
Suite 201R
Richmond, VA 23235

Phone: 1-844-654-2628

Email: info@amat1.org

Website: AMAT1.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amat1/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMAT1.org

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The Association for Advancing Tissue and Biologics (AATB) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, innovating, and advancing the safety, quality, benefits, and availability of donated human tissue worldwide. AATB achieves this through standards development, accreditation and certification programs, education, research, and collaboration with regulatory and legislative partners, helping ensure donated tissue has the greatest impact on patient care.

Email: aatb@aatb.org

Phone: 703-229-1020

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The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is the not-for-profit trade association leading the nation’s organ donation community to save and improve lives through organ, eye, and tissue donation. Founded in 1984, AOPO advances organ donation and transplantation by driving continual improvement of the donation process, collaborating with stakeholders, and sharing successful practices with its 46 member Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs). AOPO envisions a future where every opportunity for donation results in lives saved. For more information, please visit www.aopo.org.

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