Supplemental fellowship
Investing in world-class research into eye banking & corneal transplantation
Eversight proudly sponsors a supplemental eye banking and vision research fellowship for one cornea fellow at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The program is chaired by Eversight Medical Director Nambi Nallasamy, MD.
Eversight fellows receive advanced training in research, clinical skills and education related to corneal transplantation and eye bank practices. The position offers protected research time away from clinical duties and supplemental funds that support the fellow’s salary, research, travel and supplies. Eversight also provides mentorship and unrestricted access to the Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research and its expert staff.
Award includes
- $10,000 salary support in addition to the standard fellowship salary at the University of Michigan
- $10,000 in research support including research funding, travel, supplies, etc.
- 20% protected research time
- Access to the full resources of the Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research and Kellogg Eye Center research division
“As a cornea specialist in training, I’m incredibly thankful for the opportunity that Eversight has given me to participate in research. The Kellogg eye banking fellowship allows me to participate in exciting projects that will advance our ever-changing field and ultimately impact patients’ gift of sight.”
Tania Padilla Conde, MD, 2023 Eversight fellow
From left to right: Angela Verkade, MD instructing Kellogg Eversight Fellow Pauline M. Dmitriev, MD
Latest fellow
2024 - Pauline M. Dmitriev, MD - A novel technique for processing Keratolimbal Allografts (KLAL-Pro) for the Treatment of Limbal Stem Cell Deficiency
Past fellows
2023 - Tania Padilla Conde, MD - Temporal Differences in Expression of Limbal Stem Cell Marker p63α in various F.D.A. Approved Corneal Storage Solutions
2022 - Alexa Thibodeau, MD- Simple Limbal Epithelial Transplantation
2021 - Miles Greenwald, MD- Early Experience with Keratoplasty Tissue Obtained from Donors Aged Greater Than 75
2020 - Megan Tuohy, MD- Corneal tissue use during the Covid-19 Pandemic
2019 - Grace Dunbar, MD- Vision related quality of life among corneal transplant recipients
2018 - Jennifer Ling, MD- Clinical Aspects of Eye Banking
2017 - Jason Hooton, MD- Safety of Long-term Storage and Shipping of p3DMEK
2016 - Meraf Wolle, MD- Donor Cornea Tissue Characteristics and Associations with Surgical Suitability
2015 - Daniel Sand, MD