National Minority Donor Awareness Month
August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM). Its purpose is to save and improve the quality of life for diverse communities by creating a positive culture for eye, organ, […]
EBAA 2021 Annual Meeting Blog (#EBAA2021)
Enjoy Highlights and recaps of #ebaa2021 sessions. most sessions were recorded and are available on-demand along with presentation slides. . #EBAA2021 Website Agenda Saturday, June 12, 2021 – Scientific […]
New Kentucky Law Bans For-Profit Eye Banking
In late March, the Kentucky state legislature passed, and governor subsequently signed, a new law prohibiting for-profit eye banking in the commonwealth. EBAA commends Kentucky for being on the forefront […]
2021 Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarship Personal Accounts
My Technician Education Seminar Experience Joseph Monahan, CTBS, New England Donor Services I’m amazed at the amount of important information I learned at the 2021 TES. It was eye opening to […]
EBAA Women in STEM 2021
EBAA has so many amazing women throughout our membership and within our organization, we decided to take a full week (February 8 – 12) to highlight just a few of the women doing incredible work and blazing a trail for the next generation in the world of eye banking.
EBAA Women in STEM 2021: Kristen McCoy
Kristen says, “I knew eye banking was where I wanted to be; I knew I could grow.” After ten years, she moved into management, but she missed performing recoveries, so she took a part-time job at the OPO and learned tissue recovery, which she did on nights and weekends. In 2019, she moved to Miracles in Sight, where she is the Vice President of Surgical Applications.
EBAA Women in STEM 2021: Michelle Rhee, MD
“Eye banking is like a family, with a lot of cultivation of high standards in service of patients. What makes EBAA outstanding is the collaboration between eye banking professionals and physicians for a common goal. It’s very unique for an association in medicine,” Michelle says.
EBAA Women in STEM 2021: Shannon Schweitzer
Once Shannon walked in the door at the eye bank, she knew she had found the right place for her. “I felt like I was at home. I knew this is exactly what I should be doing,” she says. Coming to the eye bank put pieces of her history and interests together with her passions.
