Eversight

Eversight is a global nonprofit eye bank and full-service eye and vision research partner with a mission to restore sight and prevent blindness through the healing power of donation, transplantation, and research. With more than 75 years of experience since its founding in 1947, Eversight has transformed lives and established itself as one of the l... eading nonprofit eye banks in the world, operating in Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and South Korea. The organization works in collaboration with surgeons, researchers, academic medical centers, and eye banks across the United States and internationally to address the global burden of vision loss affecting one billion people worldwide, including 12 million who suffer from corneal blindness, the fourth leading cause of blindness globally.The Eversight network is responsible for recovering, evaluating, and providing human eye tissue for transplantation, supporting research into the causes and cures of blinding eye conditions, promoting donation awareness through public and professional education, and providing humanitarian aid to people around the world in need of corneal transplantation. The organization operates the cutting-edge Eversight Center for Vision and Eye Banking Research in Cleveland, where expert teams facilitate meaningful scientific inquiry by providing human eye tissue and biofluids for research, consulting with partners to design and conduct impactful studies, and advancing the fields of eye banking and ophthalmology through in-house research and development.Eversight's global initiatives focus on eliminating corneal blindness through eye bank development, clinical training, and tissue provision. The organization partners with local leaders in underserved communities to build sustainable, culturally informed eye banking infrastructures, provides training for international eye surgeons and eye bank technicians, and supplies corneal tissue for transplantation and research. Eversight is a proud member of Vision Share, a ...Read More