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Zander Raisch

Cornea donation helps glaucoma patients too

Thursday, July 3, 2025
Some glaucoma tube shunt surgeries utilize corneal tissue recovered, evaluated, and distributed by Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Tyler McKinney with his family today.

Ex-Creighton basketball star grateful for his vision

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Tyler McKinney was a junior and the starting point guard for Creighton University’s men’s basketball team in late 2003 when he was sidelined with an eye infection called acanthamoeba keratitis. McKinney isn’t sure how he contracted the infection in his right eye, but his best guess is that it happened when he was in Canada during a preseason basketball trip.
Steve Wanders

Steve Wanders

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
07/20/1959 - 05/22/2024
JaLaMeshia Caldwell-Shook

JaLaMeshia Caldwell-Shook

Monday, May 12, 2025
05/13/2002 - 05/16/2024
Carles Farley

Carles Farley

Friday, May 2, 2025
08/14/1964 - 03/28/2025
Sarah Rickey

Sarah Rickey

Monday, April 21, 2025
08/06/1954 - 09/27/2022
Steven Frederick

Steven Frederick

Monday, April 21, 2025
04/12/1983 - 05/31/2021
Richard Hansen

Richard Hansen

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
1932 - 2023
Jennifer Russell

Jennifer Russell

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
2000 - 2023
George Carsner reminisces about his time working on the EyeNet Ham Radio Network.

Former EyeNet Ham Radio Operator Reminisces About His Work

Thursday, April 3, 2025
In 1962, Ted Hunter and Alson E. Braley created the Eye Bank Network, utilizing ham radio operators to coordinate the exchange of donor eye tissue between eye banks in the United States. The two recruited George Carsner to participate.