The Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship in International Eye Banking was established in 2001 to provide medical or technical personnel from eye banks outside of the USA, Canada, and Central/South America, with the skills necessary to develop, operate, and maintain successful eye banks within their own countries, reducing blindness due to corneal disease or injury.
2025 Fellowship Information
The 2025 Mary Jane O’Neill Fellowship will bring an individual to the United States for a 2 week period during June 2025 to intern at the Lions Eye Bank of Wisconsin and attend the EBAA Annual Meeting, June 25-28, 2025, in San Diego. Once a Fellow is selected, the EBAA will work with the eye bank and the Fellow to determine the actual dates of the program.
NOTE: Those who live in the US, Canada, or Central/South America are NOT eligible for this Fellowship. If you are from Central/South America, please apply for this APABO Fellowship.
EBAA and The Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration in New York City established this fellowship to honor Mary Jane O’Neill, The Eye-Bank’s Executive Director from 1980 to 2000. During her long history in eye banking, Ms. O’Neill was a forward thinking visionary and championed international outreach, devoting significant efforts to establish and improve eye-banking services worldwide.
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The application deadline for 2025 has passed.
Previous Mary Jane O’Neill Fellow
Rocio Arias Silva, MD
Medical Doctor, Assistant to Medical Director
Clinica Oftalmológica – Apoyo Banco de Ojas
Rocio interned for one week at Advancing Sight Network in Birmingham, Alabama followed by attending the 2024 Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri.
