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EBAA
SAFETY FIRST INNOVATION ALWAYS Eye Bank Association of America News & Updates
Lions Gift of Sight is is is excited to announce that Eye Bank Sci- entist Minhua Wu and Metro Recovery Supervisor Katie Miller were awarded Jachin Misko Memorial Scholarships for Techni- cal Advancement in in in Eye Banking The scholarship gives high- ly-motivated technicians from EBAA
member eye banks the the chance to attend the Technician Education Seminar Minhua has has been with Lions Gift of Sight more more than a a a a a a a a dozen years She has has taken on on ever more more complex roles at the the eye bank and is is is is now an an an indispensable member of the the tissue pro- cessing team Katie Katie is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a relative newcomer who has quickly proven her value Starting as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a recovery technician Katie Katie now leads the busy metro team The Eye Eye Bank Bank Association of of America is is proud to announce the inaugural issue of of of Eye Eye Eye Banking Banking and Corneal Transplantation (EBCT) successor to the the International Journal of of Eye Eye Banking Banking The new publication partners the the the EBAA
with Wolters Kluwer one of of the the the the world’s foremost scientific journal publishers EBCT extends the the the the the reach and and impact of of of research on on on the the the the the issues most most relevant to the the the the eye eye banking profession profession while expanding the the the the scope of of of of discoveries eye eye bank bank professionals can share with each other The International Journal of of of of Eye Banking was started at at Lions Gift of Sight!
Sean Poppoff Katie Miller Patty Stockdale Patrick Becker and Jolie Schmidt spent three days at at at at at the Eye Bank Association o of America’s Leadership Program in Kansas City Missouri March 1-3 More than 70 eye banking leaders from across the the country attended and the the National WWI Memo- rial and Museum pro- pro- vided a a a a thought-pro- voking backdrop for lessons in in leadership and communication Team Spotlight: Recovery Technicians
There are many roles that contribute to the success an an roles are to the and involve supporting coworkers and operations in in in in countless are to to to to sight in in in in this issue we would like to give a a a a special shout to Lions Gift of of Sight is fortunate to have four recovery teams taking care of of of the 87 000 square miles of of of Minnesota as as well as as as parts of of North Dakota and western Wisconsin Based in in the Metro Duluth Rochester and Fargo/Moorhead areas the the the teams work together to to ensure people have the the the option of eye donation Recovery teams are on-call around the clock standing ready to recover and and preserve donated eye tissue shortly after a a a a a a a donor’s donor’s death They work independently and when dispatched travel to the donor’s donor’s location a morgue or funeral examine such draw a infectious then the a procedure minutes organ tation Technicians
Metro Area
Katie Miller is is the the supervisor of the the Metro Recovery is is the largest percentage of our donors covers 6 900 square of the territory includes our top referring agency the Hennepin Says Katie “I am lucky to have such a a a a a resilient group strong recovery technicians We have a a a a very very challenging be part of this team ” The metro team handled 1 1 514 donors in 2022! donors 1 1 transplant and and 1 800 tissue for research and and medical is 4 Lions Gift of Sight