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researcher

Ocular researchers are necessary to finding treatments and cures for diseases responsible for blinding or impairing the vision of millions of people worldwide.

As a key part of the mission of the Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia, tissue not suitable for transplant use and with expressed consent for research use is distributed fairly to researchers and for medical education.

If you are a researcher and would like to receive tissue from the Lions Medical Eye Bank & Research Center of Eastern Virginia, please contact:

Brian Philippy
Director of Transplant & Research
757-388-7567 (office)
757-636-5563 (cell)
brianp@lionseyebank.org (email)

 

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As a key part of our mission, tissue not suitable for transplant use and with expressed consent for research use is distributed fairly to researchers and for medical education.