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By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Hajirah Saeed, MD begins the webinar by showing a striking image of a patient with corneal blindness with complete xerosis secondary to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). She uses this as segue into her topic: the importance of using amniotic... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Heather Machin, RN, MBA, PhD, begins the webinar with her case for cooperation and harmonization among the world’s eye banks as an avenue to improve access to donated corneal tissue worldwide. Dr. Machin defines harmonization as sharing... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Background & history  Natalie Cheung, MD, begins the webinar with a brief discussion of the history of using human amniotic membrane (AM) tissue in ophthalmology. Plastic surgeon John Staige Davis, MD, first used human AM as a skin... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Dry eye is a common condition affecting millions of people globally. While standard treatments for dry eye exist, what can be done when standard treatments don’t work? In the April 2023 edition of Eversight's Webinar Series, Mark... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director We were joined by three recent Eye & Vision Research Grant recipients to update us on their research work in the field of ophthalmology.  First up was Elizabeth Berger, PhD, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Nov. 17, 2022 — We were joined by Dr. Uri Soiberman of the Johns Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute for our November 2022 webinar. Dr. Soiberman offered his expertise on manual techniques for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgery in... read more

By Michael Szkarlat, Partner Development Director Oct. 25, 2022 — We were joined by Dr. Daniel Montenegro of the Eye Centers of South Florida for our October 2022 webinar. Dr. Montenegro led a data-focused walk-through of the considerations for performing DSAEK transplants in eyes with... read more