Heise Award Nominations Are Open
EBAA is accepting nominations for the 2022 Leonard Heise Award. The Leonard Heise Award is presented to non-medical eye bankers in recognition of their outstanding devotion to the Eye Bank Association […]
Share Your View Photo Contest
Eye Donation Month:Share Your View Photo Contest Submissions Due: Thursday, September 15 The theme of this year’s Eye Donation Month is:A New View! It celebrates the new perspective on life […]
#EBAA2022 Photos Available
The professional photos from the 2022 EBAA Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD, are available. The are sorted by day of the event. Feel free to share and use as you […]
Georgia Eye Bank President & CEO Awarded Eye Banking’s Highest Honor
EBAA has announced Eric Meinecke, CEBT, of the Georgia Eye Bank as winner of the 2022 Leonard Heise Award. The Heise Award is the association’s most prestigious honor presented to a non-physician eye banker.
Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia Awarded Eye Banking’s Highest Honor
EBAA will present the 2021 Leonard Heise Award to Brian Philippy, CEBT, Director of Transplant and Research at the Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia. The Heise Award is the association’s most prestigious honor presented to a non-physician eye banker in recognition of their outstanding devotion to the eye banking profession and for exemplifying the precepts of Leonard Heise, one of EBAA’s founders.
Senator Ralph Alvarado Awarded Crystal Cornea Award by Eye Bank Association of America
Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado is the 2022 recipient of EBAA Crystal Cornea Award. The Crystal Cornea Award is a prestigious honor presented to an individual or organization from outside healthcare and eye banking, who elevates public awareness of corneal donation and transplantation and supports EBAA’s mission to restore sight worldwide.
2022 Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship Personal Account
Read the personal accounts of 2022 Jachin Misko Scholarship Recipients Nikki Smith (Kentucky Lions Eye Bank) and Kailynn Gilbert (Iowa Lions Eye Bank).